Yeah, longest ride so far is nearly 50miles, been training since Christmas, currently riding about 100-150miles a week.

Pedals?, who needs pedals?

Have yet to do one, however, I have a 100 mile race on 6th June!!!

Only took two years, but after doing over 500 miles on my Mongoose hybrid, I've brought a proper road bike!!!

Its a Specialized Allez Elite.

Quote from Rudy van Buren :

all i can say about 1.1 is that imo its the best ive ever driven, ffb , setups, everything is so acurate.

only thing what misses for me are real tracks, but apart from that a new addiction has just begon...

That comment alone is going to make me download the new version

Quote from Dac :

The developers are bailing out. Perhaps LFS was just a project to get on their CV's for a better job higher up the pecking order!

Great knee jerk there.

Whilst I think that Vic pulling out of "doing" the league forum anymore is a worrying move, it in no way signals a "bailing out" of the devs.

Business as usual untill advised otherwise is the way to look at it

Quote from AstroBoy :

I feel so stealth now that i can use a USB to save game data without it being illegal, thank god Microsoft woke up

Also good times in Forza 3 and its rewind function :P

Quote from Boris Lozac :

C'mon Cool Cool, after that 'rain going inside the car' debacle you should know better about posting stuff like this. That means nothing, let's wait for some official release..

The mind boogles, I find myself agreeing with Boris!

Quote from ACCAkut :

Victor is not doing this anymore.

Hmmm....thats a little worrying.

I big **** off dog is better

I got in the beta, played it, meh....

Our whole road system is a mess, must cost them a damn sight more to do the crappy "patch up" jobs than it would to repair them properly.

European roads aren't a great deal better, was in France and Belgium a little while ago, and their roads are almost as bad with regard to potholes.

Quote from PaulC2K :

LFSWorld Username: jonathon.provost
I would like to run for the position of nation's manager: no
Skills: reviving 2yr old threads on a series which is long gone

Tis quite a skill

I dunno, you convicts do a fair amount of whinging

Quote from sam93 :

Don't state the obvious. I know how it all works.

Might seem like an idiot. But I'm most certainly aint!

It was obvious, yet you stated you can't see the point in declaring non engine mods to the insurance?.

Do you even understand the logic?

Quote from sam93 :

Yes I know. Engine is very dodgy not to declare, but things like strut braces, new anti roll bars and suspension, yes are suppose to be declared, but I can't really see why.

I tell ya why, because if you have an accident, and the insurance company get anything like a sniff that there are undeclared mods, regardless what they are, then they will declare your insurance null and void, and you'll be in a world of shit

Quote from pearcy_2k7 :

How are you planning on insuring all these modifications Sam? Out of interest

Pffft noob, no one declares mods on their insurance

Quote from sam93 :

Yeah, you have to deal with french build quality, but still :/

Really?, my 307 did 60'000 (faultless) miles without a service, and it only went wrong because I didn't service it!!!!.

Nah, still playing it pretty much everyday, just don't feel the need to post about it!!!

As for waiting for GT5, we've all been waiting, since frigging 2004.

Only 50bhp?, maybe if I remove my EGR and get a tuning box, I can get another 50, plus an extra 20mpg .

Off to ebay for me...........

So if I stick a Ferrari badge on the front of my Mazda its a Ferrari?, BONUS!!!!

Quote from Jakg :

...for the last time, it's not a Rover.

I can get a body kit for my car but it really looks out of place. Only mod i'd ever consider would be a Laguna diffuser as per here or the OEM spoiler like this if I ever found one cheap. That and paint the calipers a nice trophy blue...

LOL, it is a Rover!!!!, albeit a Rover in a dress, but its still a Rover!.

As for those "mods", can I hear a RRRRRIIIIICCCCEEE!!!

Whilst I'd disagree that its a "shit" car, I can see your point

Quote from Jakg :

But I rarely use my car at WOT - performance at partial throttle is improved.

Huh?, how can you even judge partial throttle performance?

Jak, just leave the car standard.

Quote from tristancliffe :

EGR is a good thing. Removing it is stupid, although I will grant you that your original unit (if that pic is actually of your old EGR unit) is in need of a decoke and clean.

How does a failing thermostat decrease economy?

Agree 100%.

EGR removal is almost akin to diesel "chip tuning" (don't even get me going on this, had one on my old Mondeo, under the impression it did what it said on the tin, all it did was fill the ECU with overfuel warnings and **** the injectors up), most people do it without any knowledge of why or how.

Removing a perfectly servicable EGR valve for the reasons of "performance" or "increased performance" is a bit mad, but there you go, plus, you MAY have issues come MOT time with emissions.

They can, and do give problems, but the problems occur when you don't drive the car properly, i.e. pottling around all the time at 2000rpm, or short journeys / sitting in traffic, as they can bung up with crap, a bit like the current crop of DPF's (big problems there), but if you drive like that, and don't give them a good blast once in a while, then you really shouldn't be driving a diesel.

Good post from the link Jak posted

Quote :

So Much Garbage

I have never heard so much garbage talked on this forum about the EGR valve. I am so suprised that droves of R75 lemings are heading for the cliffs, based on half truths and miss-information, to the extent that they are removing a crucial bit of automotive design, in the mistaken belief it is costing them a few HP.

There seems to be this idea that the introduction of a small percentaqe of exhaust gases into the inducted air is going to increase the air temperature and not cool it, as Honest John & others have suggested.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH AIR INTAKE TEMEPERATURE!

IT HAS ALL TO DO WITH COMBUSTION TEMPERATURES - IN THE CYLINDER!

It is a great pity the majority of forumites do not understand the chemistry of combustion in a diesel engine.

The fuel takes as much oxygen as it needs. At low revs there is a surplus of oxygen, such that the flame temperature starts increasing as the fuel/air mix gets more diluted. Ultimately, this produces Nitrogen Oxides (NOX), which are not only toxic , but are bad for the environment.

The introduction of exhaust gases, which are low in oxgen, dilute the oxygen in the cylinder, thus reducing the combustion temperatures.

The suggestion that turbo bearings etc can be affected by these increased temperatures is perfectly valid. Even exhaust valves could be at risk.

People have suggested that disabling the EGR doesn't affect the MOT emmisions. This is only because they are done at max revs, where most of the oxygen gets used up correctly, so it is low in NOX's

The other misconception is when the EGR valve actually operates. It is supposed to be closed at idle, otherwise there can be erratic idling, which I'm sure a few suffer from.
However under full acceleration (wide open throttle), it should NOT be open also. At cruising where the engine is operating more effeciently then the valve should open, as controlled by the ECU.

So it is quite possible that by removing the EGR, cruising fuel consumption could be compromised.

So why many people are prepared to pay good money for EGR by-pass tubes , for the sake of an indeterminate increaser in power is beyond me. Although I will accept that at wide open throttle, then the marginal restriction could lose a few HP- big deal.

Leave well alone, but clean reguarly.

Colin

Last edited by danowat, Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:56.

I've owned them all, and the physics aren't GT's highpoint.

That said, GT1 was groundbreaking in terms of console physics, but it seems PD have never really riden the wave as things have improved in other games.