Quote from sinbad :

In the case of the 7 type car vs. 911 type car then it's the only way to do it.

(Captain Obvious Say): A 7 is fast because of low power and low weight, a 911 is fast because despite its weight it has (relatively) a lot of power.

For even laptimes on every circuit you need cars with very close power to weight ratios, but of course even that is not a guarantee as the 911 and the 7 could both have identical power to weight ratios.

So reduce the weight of the 911 to help it on the tight twisty circuits, and you've got to reduce the power output too or else it becomes even more of a straight line missile on fast circuits with long straights.

Increase the power of the 7 to help it on fast circuits with long straights and you need to increase its weight too or else it's faster by an even larger margin on the tight and twisty circuits.

Or perhaps you mess with tyre sizes in the hope that slowing the 7 through the corners will help keep the 911 in touch on the twisties, but then oh, now it's even slower on the fast circuits, so it needs more power, and now it cooks its tyres whilst the heavy 911 works its fat rubber gently..... It goes on.

So I guess "crippling" a car is a good term in that situation, in one way or another. And it applies to varying, usually lesser extents to most other class balancing situations imo, but especially if engine size and weight differ significantly from car to car. You can balance anything if you're prepared to mess with everything, and imo that's A: not worth it, and B: not going to improve anything.

I think that balancing the cars so that they behave the same way and achieve similar lap times on every LFS track is pointless and also impossible. If you'd try it, you'd end up with a bunch of identical cars. There should be cars (in one class) that are somewhat specific and each has it's "favorite" environment. This could be quite interesting in leagues and tournaments where tracks change, but where you have to stick to one car.

In one-off pickup races, everyone would probably pick the same car (which is obviously the fastest for the current track). Whether this is good or bad is very subjective and I don't want to get involved in this debate, I don't have a clear opinion about this anyway.

I have a short thread somewhere where I was looking for a combination of two different cars with similar laptimes, to induce many overtaking situations in one lap (FZ5 vs. restricted FBM on Aston Historic Rev). I found a good combination, but on a different track it didn't work and I had to play with the restrictions again. My conclusion? You cannot have many different cars that are mutually competitive on different tracks.

To sum it up, I have no idea why I am writing this, probably just too much time on my hands today Good thread anyway

Is this some kind of a e-penis competition?

I would like to have your problems.

Quote from raftor :

Well, I'm running 0.5Z15, a XRR at bl1.
After stopping the car I got stuck on the road. Wheels have very little grip (I can't get the car to move!!) and looking at the forces on each wheel we can see that forces are physically impossible.

The car is stopped, so the momentum must be zero. But it's not. Something weird in mechanics...

I can't see any force at the rear wheels. A small force at right front wheel and a great force at front left wheel. (see images attached)

Sorry: title must say BUG, not BIG ;-)

Thanks...
raftor

Did you use some unusual setup? Extra low or something? The car might have got stuck on the curb with only the front left wheel touching the ground.

Contact the devs and provide some evidence that your dad is the actual owner of that account.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNVy5H9SoVI

So much for my nickname here. I can't believe this was 20 years ago...still cool though :P

James Rolfe would show you all what's what

...or have two different LFS's in two different folders, each with it's own settings. Not very efficient but does exactly what you want.

I think that there is no difference in doing it slowly or quickly. You still have the same volume of liquid and ice. However, if you do it slowly, the ice cubes will melt (although very little) due to the warm air around. In the end, it shouldn't make any practical difference, but in the name of science, do it quickly

I have a G25 set and am 100% satisfied with it. Everything is working properly and the set is around two years old (knocks on the wood).

Wasn't there a little app that converts setups to newer versions?

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In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time. Guess all those Bolivians are going to have to fly out to the Moonlight Bunny Ranch to live out that fantasy; I kid you not when I say that there is indeed a mother-daughter team working there.

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In related trivia, U.S. Patent #5,163,447 was granted to a whistling condom. (Which I guess would also attract females.) When a small sensor in the condom senses movement, it causes a tiny apparatus to whistle "Dixie." Wow, does a tiny confederate flag pop out? (By the way, the word "condom" and the phrase "tiny apparatus" should never appear in the same sentence.) I think it should whistle "Daisy," like in 2001; then, when the penis starts to go limp it can be like HAL's slowed-down voice singing, "Daisy, Daisy, give. me. your. answerrrr. trrruuue. "

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Quote from Alric :

...vise versor...

Sorry, but that one made me laugh No offense, my english is bad, you just cheered me up with that

...and the rest of you should know that the AI is perfect, it's just in the Michael Schumacher mode

Quote from The Very End :

Best thing you can do is to either PM the developers about this, or send them an email, found on the frontpage. Discussions like this on forum will only end up bad, as people generally are asshats, aswell that the subject is not up for discussion.

More information about how to contact the developers, follow link : http://www.lfs.net/?page=contactus .

What's an asshat?

This is good, I gotta try it too sometimes

Oh goody, thanks a lot

But I still suggest the interactive dashboard :P

I've done some quick searching to no avail.

I'd like to have the possibility to look around the car interior with my mouse while driving the car with my steering wheel. To be more precise, I imagine it like this:

I drive the car around the track as usual, but I need to look a little to the right let's say, so I hold the LMB down and move the mouse. After releasing the LMB, the view seamlessly returns to its original position.

This could also be later incorporated with some interactive car controls on the virtual dashboard, MS Train Simulator style.

What do you think?

I've heard in some news that the possibility of North Korea launching a nuclear attack on some other country (duh) is very small. They are more likely to sell the weapons, although I have no idea how easy that would be. However, imagine some fanatical terrorists getting their hands on nuclear weapons. Sucks ass, doesn't it?

Quote from ColeusRattus :

Having watched the adverts, I can't say they're particularly annoying. But then, we're constantly bombarded with Heidi Klum in McDonalds commercials :P

...and I thought we have bad commercials in Slovakia

Quote from shiny_red_cobra :

Well since you have "some time", why don't you figure out a good combination and share your findings with the rest of us once you've found it. Thanks!

I tried a little yesterday and found out that FZ5 (AI on Pro) and FBM (me on Noob + 5% intake restriction) is quite it on Aston Historic Reversed. I usually dominate on the whole track except the long "straight" where the FZ5 just destroys me. The problem is that that's where the finish line is

Hi.

I will be offline for some time and I'd like to do some racing against the AI. I'd like to try a different kind of racing than the all-the-same-cars-on-the-grid racing.

I am looking for a combination of a slower/lighter/agile car versus a faster/heavier/brutal car. Something like LX4 against FZ5.

Can anybody please recommend any such combination plus restrictions necessary to have both cars equal lap times? So that there is a lot of overtaking.

Thanks a lot

I'm happy too. Yesterday I went on a 900km road trip with a friend and we survived Judging by our mutual bad luck, it is a great succes (pronounce in Borat's voice).

Torque curves are available, I've asked for them myself a long time ago and it wasn't new back then. Keep on searching. I think that Bob Smith has made some, ask him. But I'm not 100% if it was him or some other mod. But ask Bob anyway

Hi,

I am a skinny guy (180cm, 65kg) and although I don't have any problems with bullys nor any conflicts, I can still appear in a situation where I'd need to fight my way out.

I've bee thinking about starting to learn some form of fighting for self defense for some time now, however I don't know which "style" to choose. I've heard that Krav Maga was specifically developed for such situations (hand to hand, disarming, hostage situations etc.). Then there is kick boxing (very popular here in Bratislava). I've always seen this more as a sport than as a self defense method, although you could still kick some serious ass on the street with kickboxing. Regular boxing and wrestling (not the WWE stuff) are also to consider but not as much.

I can't think of other fighting styles right now. However, I'd like you to help me choose one, that is first of all effective, doesn't have to be very fancy and acrobatic and doesn't require a big and strong person (even though I am working on that - gym, weights, food and so on).

Mainly please post some pros and cons of Krav Maga if you have any personal experience with it. Thank you very much in advance