Holden Torana GTRX

That was a tough one.

Just finished watching the High Quality ver.

:clapclap:

Excellent production. Must have taken alot of hard work to produce this.

Brilliant racing from all drivers. Well done.

Keep up the good work Becky and everyone else involved.

Looking forward to Round 8 at Blackwood RallyX.

Quote from keiran :

That is not what is says. You are interpetating it all wrong.

"The blue flag during the race tells a driver he is about to be lapped and to let the other car overtake, on pain of a time penalty for obstruction"

What this is stating that a waved blue flag is telling the driver he is about to be lapped. He must let the other car overtake. It doesn#t say give up the racing line, all it says you must let him overtake so in other words don't defend the position.

I'm not interpreting it wrong. The driver who is flagged should let the lapping driver overtake, yes? They must let him by or recieve a time penalty.

I just said that that's what I do, pull off the racing line or take the wide line on a corner.

Quote :

68. WHAT ARE THE FLAG SIGNALS?
In addition to the red flag, "stopping the race", and the chequered flag, "end of the race", there are other flags, each having a specific meaning. The blue flag during the race tells a driver he is about to be lapped and to let the other car overtake, on pain of a time penalty for obstruction. The yellow flag indicates danger, and overtaking is prohibited. One waved yellow flag means slow down; two waved at the same post means slow down and prepare to stop if necessary.

Just browsed the official FIA site in the FAQ section and found this.LINK So Gunn, I don't know what rules you read but this looks like the flagged driver should pull over to let the faster driver past.


I always, when I am about to be lapped, pull off the racing line or take the wide line on a corner. I don't see the point in holding up a faster driver.

Last edited by U4IK ST8, Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:57.

:doh:

Thanks

Ok, instead of creating a new thread I'll just keep this one going.

I have watched 4 "Getting Started" tutorials for Blender and thought I'd try something. I went to the LFS Manual site, 3D Render Tutorial and noticed that the CMX Importer is only for 3Ds Max. So does anyone know how I can import/append LFS cars/mesh/wireframes/textures into Blender? Has anyone ever rendered LFS cars with this program? Will I just have to get 3Ds Max the alternative way?

Quote from samyip :

Bryce and Blender renders are OK to many people, but not to a professional standard like Mental Ray or Brazil. I saw a lot of Bryce/Blender renders have to use raytrace/reflection heavily to compensate the weakness of their shaders.

Bryce and Blender are capable to do 'some' very good 3D jobs. But software like 3Ds max is capable of doing 'much more'. It is all depend on how much you wanna pay and what your 3d requirements are, more importantly how interested are you in the world of 3D.

Thanks to your post I found that Blender program. Dygear originally posted it as Bender and I couldn't find it.:doh:

Reading some tutorials now, hopefully I'll have the hang of it soon.

Anyone else notice that the graphic for the rear left tire temperature is covered by the connection bars in the bottom left corner?(see attachment)

Quote from joen :

You could just make a copy of your LFS folder, and install the patch on that one. That way you can always check out the new stuff while keeping your other install "safe" That's what I always do anyway

That's what I have just done. I wasn't to sure about installing it but I asked a couple of questions in the STCC thread and I decided to copy the whole LFS folder and upgrade the copy.

Had a quick race on a W9 server(500Servers) and it looks like LFS is getting more realistic with every patch that comes out. I was waiting to be sent to spectate for false start but never was. No problems so far for me.

Great work.

Thanks, yeah that sounds like a better option.

Quote from SpikeyMarcoD :

If you want to be on the safe side and have enough diskspace then it might be better to just make a copy of your LFS map and patch that one.

This way you will have a full W and W9. It is safer that way since not only exe might have changed.

When you say 'LFS map' what do you mean? The whole LFS folder? Because I have a 200Gb HDD so space isn't a problem.

Quote from AndroidXP :

The patch you download is just a compressed archive that contains a whole new exe. If you "apply" the patch normally, the old one simply gets overwritten. The exe itself is actually not "patched" or "modified", if that is what you meant

Just rename it, and you will keep the original patch W exe.

Cheers for that, I just like to understand what is going to happen and not just go ahead and do it because someone says so. Thanks again.

Quote from AndroidXP :

No, just rename your current exe (version W) to something like LFS.W.exe, then apply the W9 patch. This will create another LFS.exe, which you can rename to LFS.W9.exe. AFAIK, there have been no substantial changes in the data folder, so simply using the changes from W9 should be compatible.

Please forgive my 'n00bish' questions, I'm still learning...

So, when I rename my current .exe and download the W9 patch, it creates a new .exe? So the patch is infact a full .exe, not an upgrade for my current .exe?

Quote from wheel4hummer :

I just use two .exe files. LFS_W.exe and LFS_W9.exe, seems to work fine for me! When I want to play W, I use LFS_W. When I want to play W9, I run LFS_W9. Are W9 setups are compatible with W?

Hmmm... Sounds like a good idea, never thought of that!

So I just make a copy of my LFS folder? Then run one .exe and upgrade that to W9? Is that it?

I think I'll wait for a compatible patch. The new features sound great but still, I'd rather not upgrade and have LFS crash, for whatever reason.

So what happens if you don't get this W9 patch? Can you still race on the server?

Yeah I noticed that but judging by the renders I have seen, it will take me more than 30 days to get it right.

EDIT: Well maybe not 30, but if I do get it right I wouldn't be able to continue it.

Quote from Dygear :

Free (Or used to be):
Bryce (They did like a whole month for free, yeah it's meant for landscapes).
Bender (Totally Free, and Totally Awesome, now if only I understood how to use it).

Paid:
Softimage XSI (Hated it in my Half Life days, still don't like it today).
Maya (Never much liked this one much, interface is just retarded).
3D Max (I've used it for such a long time, but I am by no means a master, still In my view the best).

I wanna try abit of rendering but not for the prices of Maya and 3D Max.

I can't find that Bender program anywhere, and tbh the Bryce renders don't look the best. Maybe it's because they were quick jobs but I would rather try something that will have a nice finish.

If someone could point me in the right direction to get that Bender program, if it's still around, I would much appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

Hmmm...

Quote from tikshow :

koeningsegg cc
http://www.fastcoolcars.com/im ... llpaper13/koenigsegg3.jpg

Spot on!

Nice.



I'll have a pic up soon.

EDIT: Pic added.

Last edited by U4IK ST8, Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:58.

Toyota Corolla?

Easy, yeah? I heard that before.

Quote from Btoryo :

This should be easy!

This one doesn't look too difficult.

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