Quote from (SaM) :

God, here comes the personality-disorder spam attack.

kidcodea anyone?

I think you forgot one persona...

Quote from UncleBenny :

I think that's because LFS has been around for a while and has gone without any new content(other than the FBM) for a long time. iRacing is still somewhat fresh, if it sat for a couple years with no new cars or tracks you'd see plenty of complaining over there too I bet. And it does seem like iRacing is coming out with new stuff on a somewhat regular basis.

Still, is that a reason to take the countless, quite clear refusals of Scavier any less serious than iRacing's EULA?

And the stuff from iRacing is of absolutely no relevance as you can't use it - unless you buy it (ironically not even then in half the cases)...

Quote from George Kuyumji :

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iRacing seems to manage fine without mods and with even less usable content than LfS... Both developers declared they would not (yet) open their game to mods, and yet I haven't seen you suggesting mods on the iRacing-forums...

Why here then?

Quote from Mustafur :

why not they all be deisel, its much more efficient and the cars have way more torque.

Haven't seen a diesel producing the same amount of torque (or power) as a petrol engine when the odds are evened out... If you compare a turboed engine to a naturally aspirated one, of course the turbo will produce more torque...

Quote from senn :

General public are retards, in any country.

Agreed... But then I'd fire the idiot responsible for that article - either he/she's dumb him/herself or he/she can't research properly...

1. 1000 people CANNOT give any meaningful analysis of a country's youth... I know it says over - that just means there were just over 1000 participants or they'd have put a higher number...
2. 2 % of 1000 people are 20, NOT hundreds - not even one... Surely we can all agree you'll find such an amount of total numpties easily...
3. 77 % of the participants apparently got it right... A number that can be improved (and should be), but to use the article's distorting words: nearly 8 of 10 students knew what Auschwitz was!

Quote from Speed Soro :

- It is not too much realistic flying without wings, and 80hp is not enough power to launch a tourism car to the 4th floor.

I beg to differ...

Has this game also some magically indestructible cement? I always cringe when I see Abrams fail against a single soldier because the house he's in somehow doesn't even get a scratch from a 120 mm tank shell... Blows all realism right out the window...

Quote from Crashgate3 :

How easy are these games to get into? Is it like counter-strike where you have to play for 8 hours a day, every day to stand a chance of being good enought to even just have fun, let alone winning anything?

I really want to get it and play it, but don't want to have to commit everything to get enjoyment out of it.

You have to like those games - it can be quite frustrating to run 10 minutes to a good position only to be sniped 10 metres away from it and having to do it all over again... So there is quite a steep learning curve about it...

Quote from Jakg :

But why? Whats the point at ALL?

You're not really familiar with the concept of verification of data, are you?

Wouldn't that create quite a low-pressure zone inside the airscoop that would lead to damage in the supercharger and/or the real carburetor?

Quote from Juls :

Very interesting thread here. IMO all this is a question of philosophy. With the recent posts from Eric and Scawen, I understand better how they see LFS (maybe).

They do not seem to consider it like a software company, but rather like a traditional craft company. For example a company producing limited series hand crafted cars.
In such craft company, the main objective is to create the best atmosphere for working. Too much production, too big team, and you introduce additional constraints which prevent you from fully focusing on the product. You have to cut costs, remove marketing, use a reduced team, work in small workshop to give the best result without getting prisonner of commercial constraints.

This is a great, ethical idea. I would like to create similar business (but hardware product)... product first, marketing to hell, never do anything that could result in a quality loss. But sometimes I wonder how this model can apply to software business. Writing a large piece of software like LFS is not like producing hand crafted cars, one after the other.

It is rather like building a castle. LFS grows all the time, each part added requires maintenance, repairs, improvements, and will consume another part of the workforce. For example, Eric has been carefuly adding textures for years, progressively...imagine the work required to make all these textures high-res now!
IMO, building larger and larger software without scaling the team leads to a progressive decrease of new features development rate and motivation. This is unavoidable, and in fact it is not a problem, it's their choice, it's their product. A bit frustrating sometimes for those who think LFS has the potential to eclipse all other racing sims like I do.
I admit this is very easy to dream about what Scavier should or should not do...I go back to work

Perfect comparison - there is nothing to add to that...

Quote from sil3ntwar :

69% in 124.24

I was hoping they would show a small photo and you had to guess the circuit!

Or, to make it a bit harder: show a photo of a corner and you have to guess the circuit... That would've been so much fun!

Well, that proves my worry... Redesign for the sake of marketing - that is never a good thing... The Charouz was so competitive last year, changing that just to say "oh, but it's a real Aston" (even though it's not) is mindboggingly stupid...

88 % in 1:06... Never heard of Jarama and mistook Zolder for Zandvoort...

Quote from deggis :

PICS!

http://www.endurance-info.com/ ... ualite-endurance-332.html

No "omg" effect really

I'm worried that a/the designer had more word in creating this than the engineers... I mean there's gotta be some advantage when everyone else opts for OW-style noses, but Aston thinks a squashed nose of one of their roadcars will do...

Quote from Equinox :

Its a blower, usually houses/replaces an air filter. So its an air intake. Just makes it look all fancy & stuff, rather then having a big red K&N filter stuck on top

"Blower" usually refers to the supercharger itself, the thing brt900 wants to know about is just the intake for what is commonly a screw-type (or roots?) supercharger underneath...

If you watch the H2H Allstar Event next Saturday (shameless plug, I know), I'm sure you'll see plenty of this technique in the LX6 at AS Cadet Reverse, especially T1...

Isn't the MRT also a prime candidate for induced understeer, especially in fast corners?

Quote from Zen321 :

Well actually you are one of the two (or more if you manage well) participants of that actions, which mean you can influence events to favor you, so go hit some clubs

(To everyone)
But what people fail to understand is that none of their forum post can have a positive action on the development speed, and can only lead to frustration from the devs whom, in return, may lower the speed even more.
If you want to participate to the development, build some tools and create tracks/cars/etc but don't moan

Even more? As far as we know, apart from a break due to moving house nothing has changed development-speed wise...

Quote from SamH :

Something's not right.. http://www.flame.hj.cx/img/lfs-history/bmw_sauber.jpg <-- the background image isn't a 2004 image.

Yeah, the BF1 was Patch S as far as I remember, so it's actually after the "new alphabets"...

Quote from Riders Motion :

Hey,

I'll get that damn laptop soon when USPS find when I live but there's no mouse with it (obvious) so I plan to buy one. I would like a good-looking laser mouse with a wire. I would like to pay under 50$ if possible. Thanks!

I recommend you to go to an electronics super market and test-feel them... Remember to be thorough, a mouse that feels good on first touch might lead to a cramped hand with extensive use...

I very much liked my MX510 for its superb hand support, I don't think there's been a better layout since (the G7 looks both appaling and unconfortable, same with the MS Sidewinder)... I've then switched to a Razer Copperhead, which got unconfortable after 2-3 hours of uninterrupted use and now got a Lachesis: not as good hand support as the Logitech, but very good button layout - I've never pressed any other than I wanted... The Lachesis could be over your price limit though, don't know what they're selling it for over there...

You could also take a look at the Habu or the IntelliMice, if the MX-layout fits you...

Quote from CSU1 :

...I hate lazor mice, there's just no feel.

Ball in teh hole mice are best imo

I thought so too until I used my first optical mouse... I love having no resistance until that damn ball gets rolling - it makes it way more responsive too...

Simon Pegg and John Cho in this? Do they want to make a comedy?

I thought Pickard was the bar brawler, now they make Kirk one too?

Quote from SamH :

Hmm.. doesn't work that way then does it? LOL! All that engine and it's heavier at the rear?

Just radiator, lights and front suspension in the front, the engine about bang on in the middle, with the gearbox, drivetrain and driver adding to the rear already...

Quote from senn :

interesting. What are the advantages/disadvantages to raising or lowering these numbers, or is it also totally dependant on the programming of the game itself?

The advantage is of course the slower interval between calculations, so the higher the interval, the smoother it should be... The problem is that obviously it puts load on the CPU, and there is a higher probability of spiking (if high enough, it will pick up every little flaw in the driving surface for example)...

Yeah, the promotion has been posted on virtualr.net, so there will be quite some requests now... Tim Wheatley commented there that he himself gets all those requests and manually activates them - with today's downtime he wasn't able to, therefore the delay...

Palmer, Brundle, Surtees, Clarke... Is that a coincidence (I know one is not, but the rest)?

Quote from McDee :

Problems have already arrived, I used to be able to race any car I felt like (except when they released a new car) and now I can't, that is a problem IMO. I would happily put up with a price increase or policy change if it meant more updates, and due to more updates, more racers. It's all about more racers.

Your problem, not one of the business... And I honestly can't say that it has been any different in the whole time I've been here - it was always 2-3 favourite combos which were boring, but somehow driven to death and some leagues to the side... CTRA made it worse in a way, as it gathered many racers so that even those 2-3 combos were reduced to 1-2... Now that it's gone, people have to reaquaint themselves with the thought that they have to visit other servers again and/or make their own to have a race... I'll give TBO 2 more weeks before it goes to GTR@ASNat again - Oval seems to have disappeared to iRacing...

Quote from McDee :

Hey, I feel for the guy and even agree with him on a lot of levels, but the fact remains. It's just not smart to make those feelings public to your customers/potential customers. Can you imagine any successful business having PR like that? Heck, even a call center person would get fired for saying something like that to just one customer.

Crowd control. As simple as that... See it this way: You are king as a customer, but if you think you can walk all over me in my own store, I will literally kick you out... Eric has shown that there is a limit and we're approaching it - I find it surprising some people don't seem to get that...
Anyway, if someone is offended by probably this one first time the devs haven't made a jolly face to the constant bickering on here, his life must be bliss...