Quote from Ihab Abbas :

hi gentlemen

I cant signup for sunday race in your form.. so please can you sign me up ....
Live for speed user name: Ihab Abbas
Live for speed screen name: Ihab Abbas
Car in use: FOX

Thx

Hi mate. Another way you can enter is to register in the forum and PM me.

I will add you to the list in the meantime now anyway.

The server passwords are displayed in the members only forum anyway so you will need to register there before the race.

Welcome

Circuit: Blackwood GP Reverse
Cars: FOX/FO8
Laps: 75
Max Grid Size: 32 Cars
Server: Gentlefoot.com#1

Current Entrants:

1. R4RGentlefoot - FOX
2. Adam5k1 - FO8
3. FiredUp - FO8
4. ((Onion)) - FOX
5. Hydrophonic - FOX
6. Starblue - FO8
7. Lateralus - FOX
8. count.bazley - FOX
9. FPR|Tob - FO8
10. Zeromussov - FOX
11. LRB_Aly - FOX
12. ted209 - FOX
13. Taavi(EST) - FOX
14. hichman - FO8
15. ian maslen - FOX
16. Storm_Cloud - FO8
17. nigelpm - FOX
18. spdoJosh - FO8
19. Ihab Abbas - FOX
20. [SR]Blackbird - FOX
21. jamesrowe - FOX
22. Alex Laidlaw - FO8
23. laudi - FOX
24. deFINe. - FOX
25. [SR]de Souza - FOX
26. Arrow. - FO8
27. Koa - FOX
28. Huppis - FO8
29. juiceman - FOX
30. Blas89 - FO8
31. racer hero - FOX
32. [SR]G-Man® - FOX
33. [SR]JAMBO - FOX

This is a Gentlefoot Formula Challenge event. The final round of season 1. There won't be another GFC race until 6th January 08 when season 2 starts.

All entries welcomed. Enter here

Last edited by Gentlefoot, Sun 18 Nov 2007, 14:03.

Quote from Hamed Sam :

Hi

i don't know how i must practice in new track !

learning apex and ...

should i start with low gear ?

i started it fast befor .

i dont know anything about right practice.

any idea?

thanks for your help.
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sorry about my english.

Have a look at this:

http://gentlefoot.com/LFS/improvinglaptimes.html

There's other stuff on the site that will help too.

Thanks everyone for all the feedback and constructive criticism - I really appreciate it.

I have two more videos planned. Another one to music but shorter. Expanding on some of my techniques, introducting some new ones and properly timing it in to the music. Just waiting to hear the right soundtrack.

The other one will be more of a GFC quali/race highlights video where you can follow the action, see the positions and watch replays, shot a lot like a TV programme.

Quote from Storm_Cloud :

There you go...

:bananadea

I think there are at least 7 or 8 races featured on there, so it is not really a race you can follow. It is a super effort GF. I loved, just loved the FO8 to FOX segue where the camera was on the bridge. Very slick.

It would be super cool IMO if you did a proper season review and instead of a random pastiche to music actually recorded a commentary over it. It would have to be a really cheesey Murray Walker style "AND LOOK AT THAT! CONTACT!" sort of thing, but done right it could be the dogs gonads.

I've thought about it - I know how I can do it. Would need two people commentating to work off one another. If you're up for it, for the next one maybe we can skype/teamspeak the commentary.

I've messed about with techniques for positions listings and replays etc and I definately wanna do it.

Done quite a few laps around this track now. T1 is great - a bit like Paddock Hill.

Still accepting entries. Up to 17 now so plenty of space if anyone is up for it.

Quote from pine-fin :

Ok, so it's definitely a codec issue. Since it plays same 2,5 minute empty loop with Winmediaplayer, winamp, divxplayer, bsplayer etc. whatever I tested it with.

Actually - I take it all back There does seem to be some extra time got stuck on the end somehow. I uploaded it to youtube and I could see the total length was longer than it should be.

Will sort it out later.

Thanks for letting me know.

Quote from pine-fin :

Örr.. fun idea, but I can't hear the sound even when I cranked up the volume with headphones The 2,5 minutes black screen is annoying. Otherwise was fun to watch the racing part

Not sure what is up with your media player. It's only about 30 seconds. You hear the garage door shutting and then the tic-tic-tic for about 30 seconds. Thats all - not 2 and a half minutes.

Anyone else have this problem?

Quote from pine-fin :

The wmv file. It runs fine, but in the end, there was a minute or two a blank black screen.

EDIT: Im downloading it again, see if its any different. Maybe just a codec problem, who knows..

Yes - right at the end after it says "what are you waiting for?" there is about a 30 second sound clip - you have to turn your volume up to hear it clearly. It's the sound of an engine cooling down after a run - tic-tic-tic.

Quote from pine-fin :

I watched it, but it was not finished even when you said it was finished. Blank in the end for few minutes.

Did you watch the flash or the wmv? - I've watched it right the way through with no problems in both formats so this surprises me a bit.

Quote from Chrisuu01 :

Its nice but more pacient's woulkd be nice to

Patience?? I posted originally on the 10th. 130 people viewed the thread but I didn't get any replies. That is why I was asking for comments.

Why doesn't anyone comment?

I've finished this now. It's worth downloading the wmv file - the quality is much better.

Quote from shiny_red_cobra :

What? The front bumper of car B was beside the front wheel of car A. That's not sufficient overlap?

Well, strictly speaking no - it's not sufficient overlap. You should be 'fully' alongside by the apex is my understanding. Ofcourse you wouldn't see a racer get penaliseed for an incident like this.

But in simple terms of blame, which is what is being asked here I believe, driver B was more at fault than driver A.

Quote from danowat :

DFP, gonna try and rake enough together to buy a G25.........

It is worth the money. I had a MOMO before and the feedback on the G25 is far more refined. Reckon it improved my car control and may have even made me slightly faster.

Quote from danowat :

I am out, wheel is dead.

Nightmare - G25? I wonder if they've come down in price yet. I must say they seem rock solid. Mine still feels like new and it must have done 20 - 30k miles.

Still in need of FO8 drivers for next weeks race.

It's at Blackwood GP reverse (a classic configuration in my opinion - T1 is a lot like Paddock Hill at Brands) and it's on Sunday 18th November (next Sunday) at 20:00GMT (UK Local Time)

Love to see some new faces.

Easy to enter - just click here

Quote from Killer lemur :

but wen i was i came across a really good setup some1 on this forum was giving it out it's racefinal google it i can get 1.25 in it before i got 1.32 lol

What are you saying here? Sorry I don't understand this.

Car B did not have adequate overlap and should have yielded.

Well, I thought I'd post now even though it's not quite finished yet.

It's still better than my previous efforts. Just need some good racing footage to fill the last 3.5 mins.

I'll do it tomorrow if I can face more video capture and editing lol

http://www.gentlefoot.com/LFS/gfcvideo2.html

You can also enter all the gentlefoot.com events by clicking here. Add a comment that you would like to enter the next race and which car you will be driving.

Next one - Sunday 18th November - 20:00 UK Local Time (20:00GMT)

Last one of the season!

Quote from z3r0c00l :

We are getting the lx8 though...? Bob teased out some pics etc to shut up some progress requests... so we'll have our light RWD nutbar car....

http://lfs.thefloatingwidget.net/pics/lx8evil.JPG

There's no reason to drive the lx4 or lx6 once we have the lx8 if there's no need for "toned down nanny cars". By logical extension, anything but the BF1 with the traction control is a nanny car too.

You don't need to dish out the virtues of RWD to me, I've got one, and I kart, and they're both brilliant.

But I also watch top gear. One of the most popular shows around, and they say driving one of those things is brilliant. While I know they're not the most technical minded of people, I'm inclined to listen to someone suggesting "this is great fun".

Interesting figures on that LX8. I guess this must have an ali V8 lump cos the weight distribution is almost 50/50. I would have thought with 300kgs of cast iron v8 engine up front it would be quite different.

Also torque figures seem low in comparison to power for this type of engine. I wonder what engine it is based on.

Kerosine heads!

Quote from mantvisrep :

i wish to have these seats in lfs http://www.rallyracingshop.gr/images/Spg%20XL%20Hans.jpg

I've driven a car with seats like that. When you have your harness on and you look left or right all you see is the seat's built in head protection. Nightmare on the road.

Still, doesn't matter that much in LFS - seems most people don't bother with look left/right anyway hehe

Quote from tristancliffe :

Yes, it is (Formula Student UK).

But the MSA is allowed to give specific regulations to series' if it so desires. The Formula Student waiver is for 1" ride heights

I see OK maybe we'll let the MRT stay then hehe