I wrote a review on here somewhere after buying mine back last year, it is very annoying to race without it; even for 1 lap. Hotlapping without it isn't terrible but you can easily loose the sense of immersion that TrackIR gives, nothing compares... Well worth the money, for immersion sake, well worth it.

Classic!

I haven't sent the invites out yet, but I promise I will by Wednesday. I am quite focused on work at the moment and it needs to stay that way for big plans I have. The date is March 14th, and the racers may not just be the top 10 from this series, although in the future it probably will. There are a few other good names I'd like to invite; who have participated in events in the past. Hope nobody has issues with the selection when it is announced.

No e-mail here, although I am wondering if its too late now.

Head-to-Head: Allstar Cup will be starting at 18:00 or 19:00 utc, and it will run for about 2.5 hours or so.

Is the port open for listening and such? Dumb question but its possible...

Wow... that was a good one:

Quote :

Today, my mom walked in on me looking at a 1978 playboy. She asked if I found it in the basement. I said yes. Then I realized she was the centerfold. FML

OUCH ; / Poor kid.

Here are the replays guys... Enjoy! Especially Taha's race in Round 1, Match 6...

Quote from zeugnimod :

This one will follow you around forever, Taha.

Yes, I will NEVER let that go... The day Taha couldn't complete 1 lap because he ran out of fuel... Talk about shaving weight... Try ripping your fingernails and toenails off, unneeded ounces there... And a racing helmet, who needs that - its an extra pound or so... :P

I better stop giving Taha ideas that will get him killed.

Well since it is public information:

You burst your own bubble, 'you'. By not carrying enough fuel for ONE lap... ONE LAP... 'nuff said.

Mista - I said 10 invites, no top 10 drivers. I don't know though, I mean you've been to almost all Head-to-Head events ever; so I am beginning to think you do too much Head-to-Head...

In all seriousness though I will figure out the invites and send them out this week. If you can not make it please let me know so I can use the invite for someone else. If you can make it, please make sure you will be there. This will be broadcasted live and I need to make sure the people who get in will be there. More info can be found in the Allstar Cup thread of the Head-to-Head section.

My penalty changed my position, can I take back those points since I learned my lesson? (please?)

Nah, but the replays will be up sometime tonight, I've already renamed them and such just need to put them up here. In the future we will have everything on the Head-to-Head website and that will be the access point for replays, results, standings etc... Thank-you all for participating and supporting the series; now soon to hold the Allstar Cup...

WOW! I made it to the semifinals on a PTW... Niall, did you let me, because that was insane. I knew i had the launch, and shoved it into the first turn nice and tight, but I didn't really think I would hold you back.

Chris: What did I say about behaving in a professional manner? That extends to the Head-to-Head section of the forum, please edit the post just a little bit.

Choose a weekend time, because I really want to join, if I can, and I won't be able to during the week... Over the pond...

Driver: Tim Beaudet
LFS Username: blackbird04217
Country: USA
Preferred Number: 42

Quote from LFSn00b :

3 of you? There is people who were active in SR such as me, and few other people im unable to name at the moment.(I only was in the team few months before you left though =/)

I wasn't saying we were the ONLY active members. Wanna list:

Cobra, You, Simah, Blas, and Greg maybe a few more that I can't think of. Don't twist my words please.

Quote from blackbird04217 :

the level of racing activity was minimal, and the three of us: Michael Passingham (Mp3 Astra), Eduardo de Souza (de Souza), and myself Tim Beaudet (blackbird04217) were really the most active of all 20? teammates that we had.

I didn't say only active, but we were more active than most everyone, on the forums trying to help, and on track supporting the team in the 12hr race, holding events etc. I'm not saying anything bad about anyone, and I will leave it that way, but the activity level of the team was far below 40% of the members for longer than I remember. Please don't twist the words to make it seem that way.

Quote from zeugnimod :

So why did they leave?

Quote from Thorvertonian :

You would have to ask them wouldn't you!

We provided them with all the support they wanted, and once they had a working system they all left....
Make of it what you will

Well, others seem to think differently from what I am about to state. But, I agree with Thor's statement that Storm Racing gave more support than anyone could have asked for. They provided us with so many tools for developing things such as the Head-to-Head system, and other big systems that I decided to stop working on. However, after being in the team for 8 months, the level of racing activity was minimal, and the three of us: Michael Passingham (Mp3 Astra), Eduardo de Souza (de Souza), and myself Tim Beaudet (blackbird04217) were really the most active of all 20? teammates that we had. I tried over and over to get the Storm Racing team more active, and we all even became a team admin; highest notch we could achieve. The reason we left was simple; we wanted more from the team. I have nothing to say except great things about Thor and Missing (Paul) who are the founders of Storm Racing, they are great people and have taken care of their team very well. Their goals were different than mine, and different than what I originally thought it was.

This is the first time we've publicly announced why we left because Thor and Missing took it quite hard. I understand bits of why they do, but they should know it was never my intention to "stab them in the back". I wanted to maintain close friendships; especially considering it was Thor's idea for us to break off into our own team. During the days when the three of us were in Storm Racing, SRS was going to something big that I do not want to mention. I poured 4 months of my life into that project, and then spawned the idea of Dash-for-Cash, which in turn spawned the idea of Head-to-Head. I wanted to keep running Head-to-Head under Storm Racing's name, considering they made it possible; without them, there wouldn't be Head-to-Head, or anything. I'm not sorry for leaving Storm Racing, although I am sorry things went the way they did when I had left.

As Thor said, "Make of it what you will", I can only say that the above statement is 100% true, and my intention of leaving was simply because the team wasn't what I wanted it to be. Not saying it was bad, I hold a lot of great memories with a lot of the guys I called team mates, and wouldn't trade it for anything.

I've already complained to the admins of IGTC who already moved events for the Kyoto 500 conflict, but they couldn't do anything about the finale of Head-to-Head... Odd, considering the effect it is having on us...

Yes, he was.

Quote from Chrisuu01 :

yes i do but there is stil those who like to practice a bit am i wrong?

If you've been reading my posts back up where we discussed random combos announced the day of, you will notice that I do not want people to go in without their normal practice habits. Anyways, as Dave said, how ever its run people who are invited will hopefully find it very joyful and those watching the stream will hopefully find it spectacular.

@Mista, I remember a time when I could keep up with you. I may need to resort to PIT maneuvers or something now-a-days.

Quote from Chrisuu01 :

Totaly agreed this should not become A alien only leage that would be a great shame.
It would be unfair for drivers who are les skilled and thats not good for racing.

But I know its the alstar cup but there is stil skil difrence

You realize that the All-Star Cup is for those more skilled in Head-to-Head: Racing? I'm not saying they are all aliens, with myself on the verge of being invited, but this isn't a "league" it is only a one day cup where we do several combos. This is meant to be what those racing in Head-to-Head look up to. Head-to-Head as a league will always remain for everyone, at any skill level. This last season we had more participants than we knew what we could do with and it was too late to change rules to handle it. The next time Head-to-Head comes around there will be changes in place.

Quote from Niall Murray :

I havnt competed in any of the last four rounds as i would get a pm the day of the event so i missed it every time but really want to do it so could someone tell me when the next series is as it says that this is the last round.

There was a schedule, with the dates, and times, of each event. Why would you wait until the PM of the server and password to plan the event? I can't say when the next series will be held yet, although I know when I want to hold it; the help of others is something I depend on and the admin staff may be too busy to do it when I want to. There will be another one though, I will promise that. As long as LFS is still alive... Which it should stay that way!

I hope I'll be there!!

Its already the best "drivers". For the most part, from what I've noticed the top 4 in the championship practice on the day of the event and thats it. those within the top 10 practice and practice to get in the top 10.

Quote from Rudy van Buren :

If you just keep the combo for yourself whats the problem then, then you can only blame yourself is you tell it to someone

I don't get the relevance? If I am in the AllStar Cup it would be claimed that I knew and was able to practice the combo's when everyone else couldn't; same with the other Head-to-Head: Admins if they were to get in - regardless if they actually knew them or not, they are on the admin staff and fingers have the possibility of being pointed and the only thing we have is our honesty; which should be enough but try telling society that.

With random events and minimal practice it would show the user who knew the LFS engine the best; and the guy who usually got to practice would fail and make a fool of themselves because they didn't get their normal practice time. I may add 1 'finale' race to the AllStar Cup which will be a random track combo, and only the top 4 of the AllStar Cup get in to compete in the bonus round; which will prove of the top 4 who got the luck in their better combo.

Quote from e2mustang :

every video from you is full with crashes,why? nice quality tho.

Because its two wheel incidents, rollovers, and slipups that show how intense the pressure is while driving in a Head-to-Head race. It's hard to describe, but it is such a rush, and for the most part Nolan did a great job capturing that rush...


About the 1st most controversial incident, idk if that would be Taha's, I would almost go the FZR 'block' maneuver at blackwood and upon review it was because the following driver did not pull out soon enough to pass, although the leading driver was behaving strangely with a subtle wiggle to the car... There are a few more that are up there for me but I think that is the top.