Welcome John! 
I would recommend downloading the latest patch, some cars might handle differently, so you won't learn habits you can't use when you update... As for the wheel: it looks promising, nobody got it yet though as the very first batch will arrive with customers only as early as the end of May...
Not to slow your enthusiasm, but a bit of a warning: due to your timezone it might be hard to find a race server that runs S1 content... Peak times are euro prime time and the big majoritiy of the userbase already upgraded to S2... Therefore be prepared to search a bit longer - though it's really worth the hassle when you DO find a good server!
It might also be worth looking into leagues even though you may not be up to speed - as long as you're not inconsiderate when lapped I'm sure nobody will mind...
I would recommend downloading the latest patch, some cars might handle differently, so you won't learn habits you can't use when you update... As for the wheel: it looks promising, nobody got it yet though as the very first batch will arrive with customers only as early as the end of May...
Not to slow your enthusiasm, but a bit of a warning: due to your timezone it might be hard to find a race server that runs S1 content... Peak times are euro prime time and the big majoritiy of the userbase already upgraded to S2... Therefore be prepared to search a bit longer - though it's really worth the hassle when you DO find a good server!
It might also be worth looking into leagues even though you may not be up to speed - as long as you're not inconsiderate when lapped I'm sure nobody will mind...
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I know it's more semantics than anything else, but that's more due to shorter spring lenght etc. than rake angle really... Rake angle is just a result of your suspension settings, not the other way round - in itself it is pretty meaningless...
Don't worry, we'll see the comeback of tyre ovens (unless they're explicitly forbidden) and teams will bring them out JUST before the car enters pit spot... It might make for more Ferrari-like moments where a team just forgets to bring a tyre (in time)... 
www.virtualr.net - from hardware to speculations over the next NfS you can find everything there...
None, although there is the possibility to overpower the preload... I'm just not sure how helpful an opening diff is when you're already spinning (quite wildly at that)...
In testing I've fiddled with the defaults - just getting the rake right (don't know why they're all squatting) makes a big improvement on turning already...
Just so you are informed too (since none of the posts above contained any information whatsoever):
The graphics engine LfS uses needs a properly layed out path, it just can't cope with multiple different paths at once (yet)... Big open spaces like the Autocross Area are a borderline workaround already... Scawen would have to rewrite the whole engine for your suggestion to happen, which would probably need years, so that's highly unlikely...
And real makes require costly licences, which given the nature of three developers without any backing investors is just not affordable (not even going into the hoops manufacturers like Ferrari and Porsche let applicants jump through to be granted the holy licence)...
Anyway, welcome to the forums! Don't let the bashing get to you, your suggestion albeit a repeat is way better than the usual "I want car xy" or "why no Nordschleife"...
Maybe the most important info for those sitting on the fence: Paypal will be accepted starting with the next season (28th of April)! I know it has been mentioned, now it's official with a date...
Safe the money (for now) and try to get the free month from Radical (if that's still available)... After that month, you'll know whether iRacing is worth it for you or not...
When the safety car is deployed, it's a full-course yellow already, so who wasn't picked up yet is obviously slowing down until they too are behind the SC-train... They a.) can only get a penalty, but no place in such a situation, and b.) SC means the track isn't raceable, so there's bound to be an obstacle of some sort on the track, permitting going fast anyway...
So, who cocked that up? Piquet again making a stylish exit?
I would have liked to be present, but I'm on holiday starting tomorrow...
Anyway, two points that should be clear really but I think are worth reiterating just to remind everyone:
1.) Remember you are one place lower than on qualifying, so there is no need to retake a place - that's the Safety Car! As soon as the SC pulls in, you'll be at your rightful starting position, so stay where you are... Overtaking under the Safety Car is a PUNISHABLE OFFENSE and it will be punished!
2.) What you are experiencing prior to the green flag is completely the same as driving on a motorway with heavy traffic... So act like it, the rules are exactly the same here! Don't stare at the rear bumper of the car directly in front of you, look ahead! What the third car in front of you is doing, you should be doing... You have a track map on your screen and know the non-winged safety car is coming up to a bend, so don't be surprised when it has to brake to make it through... In reality you should have 2 seconds distance between you and the car in front - I know you won't leave that space, so I'm not evenn gonna suggest to do that, only be reminded that if you rear-end someone, it's completely your fault for not being aware enough and not leaving enough space... It will most likely get you a penalty too...
As a sidenote, if you want to fight the "accordeon-effect" (the stretching out and bunching up of the field - drivers with a real driver's licence will know from aforementioned motorways) there is one simple trick: brake as soon as possible, but only as light as you have to...
Anyway, two points that should be clear really but I think are worth reiterating just to remind everyone:
1.) Remember you are one place lower than on qualifying, so there is no need to retake a place - that's the Safety Car! As soon as the SC pulls in, you'll be at your rightful starting position, so stay where you are... Overtaking under the Safety Car is a PUNISHABLE OFFENSE and it will be punished!
2.) What you are experiencing prior to the green flag is completely the same as driving on a motorway with heavy traffic... So act like it, the rules are exactly the same here! Don't stare at the rear bumper of the car directly in front of you, look ahead! What the third car in front of you is doing, you should be doing... You have a track map on your screen and know the non-winged safety car is coming up to a bend, so don't be surprised when it has to brake to make it through... In reality you should have 2 seconds distance between you and the car in front - I know you won't leave that space, so I'm not evenn gonna suggest to do that, only be reminded that if you rear-end someone, it's completely your fault for not being aware enough and not leaving enough space... It will most likely get you a penalty too...
As a sidenote, if you want to fight the "accordeon-effect" (the stretching out and bunching up of the field - drivers with a real driver's licence will know from aforementioned motorways) there is one simple trick: brake as soon as possible, but only as light as you have to...
Are you seriously posing that question in a thread about aerodynamics?
1.) take aforementioned set
2.) max out front ARB
3.) set rear ARB to minimum
4.) corner hard
5.) ???
6.) enjoy!
2.) max out front ARB
3.) set rear ARB to minimum
4.) corner hard
5.) ???
6.) enjoy!
Many of the new shopping trolleys (including the one in your avatar) got it across their whole engine range - which can also be less than 140 HP...
Hihi, please nobody tell him LfS' aero model is bare basic at best... oh, dammit... 
And so it becomes an ordinary race car... All the electronics and gizmos that make the GTR punch way above its weight won't be in the race car, so I can't see it stack up against in this competition... 
Ambulance crew calling it a day, don't know what's so special...
They would've been allowed to change the tyres, as was pointed out by McLaren over comm I think, but what do they know about rules...
I disagree, it actually would be a good idea - many if not all series use a warning signal when a car enters the pitlane, and since LfS recognizes when a car crosses the pit entry line, tying an acoustic (or written) signal to that wouldn't be that much of a hassle...
Red card in the right bottom corner of his post?
Position-wise, the race was quite a good start, but I'm quite disappointed with admins: first I had to send a reminder to get the server password (dunno what happened with the first message), then we get an uncalled for penalty that we are not allowed to appeal even though we can provide evidence to redeem ourselves and another from us gets denied although it was a two-fold blue flag situation (rejoining track and lapped)... That brings me to the next point: completely appalling lappee-behaviour... I had to throw the anchors out quite often due to a backmarker practically stopping in a corner on the racing line... Guys, if you get a blue flag and it's evident you'll be caught in the next 1-2 corners, go wide! Makes life that much more easier for all...
No way they're gonna restart the race... It's still raining heavily...
Or not...
Or not...
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