Although I understand what you are trying to get at unfortunatly you have gone about it in an arrogant and uneducated manner. Okay maybe uneducated is a little harsh but by ridiculing those who love the game or as you put it "fanboys", you are in essence degrading the heart of the game of which I don't think you are intending to do.
However I will ignore this for my response and try to respond to you in an adult manner without jumping to swayed conclusions.
Yes maybe the website in its entirity doesn't give the consumer enough information about the state of the games development and offline play. Regarding the offline issues, the title of the game for me says it all. It's an online simulator and therefore should be judged on its online characteristics which are second to none.
Also if you where setting up a business and you had not fully completed a product but still wanted to reward your efforts with some payback, would you advertise that it was unfinished and risk losing customers and profit? I think the answer would be no and therefore you are unqualified to make a criticism on that point.
And finally seeing as everyone else has made a point on how they feel about the game and the own personal stance, I play LFS no other game will interest me until I hear from estabilshed respected simracers that another product is better! The hype over GTR, which online it turned out to be poor, the hype over rFactor, turned out poor and then the hype of netkar, which turned out poor.
Couple this with how this game is evolving and reacting to its competitiors shown in the latest F1 car release, it continually shows me that my investment in this game so far has been worth it, and long may it continue.
Right thanks guys, I think I have enough info from that. Sounds to me as if it is a bit of pot luck so to speak with how well it'll work out. Never the less I'll give it ago.
I'm currently in the process of purchasing a laptop, recognising the need for internet access without a direct connection to the phone line I'm looking for help on which wireless router is the best one in the current market for around £30-£40.
However my main worry is that with the 1MB connection I have at the moment will routing it to my laptop result in an increase in lag and general speed of LFS, or will it be able to cope with no problems?
Answering to the original post and noting I haven't read any of the others , I think that you'll never get an exact answer to how a race should be raced. It's a matter o common sense and no-one will ever agree fully. Just look at top level motorsport these days, crashes and differences of opinion happen all the time.
You just have to acknowledge a mistake when you know you are in the wrong.
My teammates are the reason why I play LFS, they are all great people who help each other and even if not all of them are online at the same time, there is usually one or two on the servers. This means more often than not we are having a laugh, racing against friends is fun it makes playing the game worthwhile.
I personally think you all give Tristan a hard time...but I'm a team-mate so my opinion will be judged bias or bum licking. Which I can assure you isn't the case.