Quote from Bob Smith :

I'm planning to re-write my guide at some point over the summer. Perhaps it would be sensible to pool our efforts?

I'll be tackling it from a slightly different angle to your guides I think mate.

My guide will focus on the process I go through to set up a car as apposed to what springs, dampers, diffs etc. do.

But maybe we could link to each others work by way of refereces. What do you think?

Why have a ladder?

Not everyone can commit to a league event like the Gentlefoot Formula Challenge. Some people just want a ranking without having to race at set times. With this new ladder system you can race as little or as often as you want.

How does the ladder system work?

Initial ladder position will be decided by order of entry into the contest. The first person to enter will be ranked 1 and the second ranked 2 etc. Every person is then able to challenge someone up to 5 places above them in the ladder. The higher ranked player is obliged to accept provided the challenger offers a variety of times for the race. The challenger must allow the challenged driver time to prepare. The Challenged driver can request up to 1 week for preparation. The races will be sprints - between 3-5 laps only. If the challenging driver wins he moves up the ladder to the position the higher ranked driver was in. The loser will drop one place in the ladder.

What cars will be used in the ladder

There will be ladders for all Single Seaters to start with and if this is successful, further ladders for other cars will be introduced.

What tracks will be used in the ladder

The Challenger proposes the track and number of laps

How do I enter the Gentlefoot Ladder?

PM me and I'll add you.

How do I post my results

PM me the result. The result will be added as soon as both competitors have PMd me the result.

When does it start?

It's already started. I am ranked in position 1 at the moment

Please go to http://www.gentlefoot.com/LFS/forum/index.php to read more and enter.

Why have a ladder?

Not everyone can commit to a league event like the Gentlefoot Formula Challenge. Some people just want a ranking without having to race at set times. With this new ladder system you can race as little or as often as you want.

How does the ladder system work?

Initial ladder position will be decided by order of entry into the contest. The first person to enter will be ranked 1 and the second ranked 2 etc. Every person is then able to challenge someone up to 5 places above them in the ladder. The higher ranked player is obliged to accept provided the challenger offers a variety of times for the race. The challenger must allow the challenged driver time to prepare. The Challenged driver can request up to 1 week for preparation. The races will be sprints - between 3-5 laps only. If the challenging driver wins he moves up the ladder to the position the higher ranked driver was in. The loser will drop one place in the ladder.

What cars will be used in the ladder

There will be ladders for all Single Seaters to start with and if this is successful, further ladders for other cars will be introduced.

What tracks will be used in the ladder

The Challenger proposes the track and number of laps

How do I enter the Gentlefoot Ladder?

PM me and I'll add you.

How do I post my results

PM me the result. The result will be added as soon as both competitors have PMd me the result.

When does it start?

It's already started. I am ranked in position 1 at the moment

Please go to http://www.gentlefoot.com/LFS/forum/index.php to read more and enter.

Last edited by Gentlefoot, Fri 18 May 2007, 11:42.

OK I've set this up already. I'm ranked at number 1 lol

See www.gentlefoot.com/LFS for details.

Quote from felplacerad :

Try here:

http://www.gentlefoot.com/forum/


:P

Maybe you mean www.gentlefoot.com/LFS/forum

That link is for the old "GF Motors" forum which I have since removed. I only created it to sell my Alfa and experiment with PHPbb

Quote from fujiwara :

You could post what you do best.
How to pick the RACE_S setup or other setup and tweak it for for a specific track.
The most important things would be the dampers, springs, ARB's, etc.

Yep - a setup guide is planned already.

Quote from Bladerunner :

How about a topless pit-girl section? OOPS....maybe not

One thing that I would like to see is a sort of ladder competition, not in the same way as the hotlap charts, but maybe a competition where people can race head to head, winner gets the points...same as a tennis ladder but with 2 car races instead. The advantage of this is that people who cannot be available for all races in a league season have little chance of active competition.

I know exactly what you mean. I've competed in ladders in squash. Yes - great idea. Consider it done/doing lol

I'll do it like this. Ask people to sign up. Initial ladder position will be allocated by order of entry. Every person is then able to challenge someone up to 5 places above them in the ladder. The higher ranked player is obliged to accept. The races will be sprints - maybe 3-5 laps only. If the challenging driver wins he moves up the ladder to the position the higher ranked driver was in. The loser will drop one place in the ladder.

Sound any good?

Last edited by Gentlefoot, Fri 18 May 2007, 09:49.

Hi all,

Hope you can help me with something. You probably know that I have recently built an LFS website www.gentlefoot.com/LFS.

On there at the moment are track guides, setups, skins and a forum for running the Gentlefoot Formula Challenge (GFC).

Now, I also plan to put some videos from the GFC on there. Highlights of great passing manouvres and battles between drivers. Obviously the track guides section will expand along with the sets and skins. There will be a whole judicial decisions section with video of incidents and the decision that was made in terms of blame and penalties. I will probably add driving and setups guides too at some point.

I also plan to add a section showing how to use telemtry in LFS and how to setup your wheel e.g. G25 settings.

I'm trying to setup events on a demo server for my friends in various forums - ClubGTi, Piston Heads etc. They will choose the time to race and I will password protect the server and post the password on their forum. Then they can come in and race each other, have some fun and hopefully buy LFS

Is there anything else you would like to see on my site? I'm just looking for suggestions at the moment. Doesn't matter how wierd an idea it might be - I'm just looking for inspiration at the moment.

Quote from Nick A :

I just pressed every button till I found it...press "T"!

I find that view really helpful when seeing how I am losing time.

I plan to add a section to the site at some point to explain how best to use the telemetry available in LFS to improve your pace. All this kind of stuff will be in there.

btw - updated the FE Club track guide last night so all the fonts are correct and the mistakes in the text have been corrected.

Quote from FOG Daheee :

Ok I downloaded some setups and saved them into my LFS/Data/Settings folder. I load the game and in the garage I dont see them, I do see the other setups that I did myself?

Make sure they are named correctly. Look at the format for the names of the sets that are showing. If they are too long or don't start with the correct characters they won't show.

Visit the GentlefootFormulaRacing server some time. Always good clean racers on there.

I've now created a track guide for the first event in this league. See http://www.gentlefoot.com/LFS/trackguide2.html

There are quite a few mistakes at the moment in terms of fonts and stuff and I will update it tonight but it should be of help while you practice for the 27th.

GF

Quote from Nick A :

Thanks, would like to try your set too.

One more minor thing I noticed last night when practicing was that the red flags you mention at turn 3 are actually yellow. I'm sure I can get another few tenths off my PB using your tips - thanks again!

One of the many changes I plan to make tonight. When I wrote the text I couldn't remember if they were red flags or yellow turn signs. I guessed wrong

Thanks for the feedback guys - I didn't proof read it to be honest and there are some parts I forgot to change. I just knocked it up real quick and stuck it up cos my Dad was staying with me last night and he needed to go to bed. PC is in the 'guest' room (if you can call it that lol). Also, I haven't taken a photo of the FOX yet hence the top image of the FO8.

I'll sort out all the issues tonight and change the way the track guides are listed. You'll see what I mean. Also, I will add the set I did a 36.04 with too.

Thanks for the great feedback again.

Fern Bay Club track guide for the FOX now on the site. Go to http://www.gentlefoot.com/LFS/trackguide2.html to see the guide.

Tell me what you think of the new features.

Quote from Victor :

done.

you can send a banner to our regular email.

Thanks Vic - fast and efficient as usual

Quote from rovens :

That guide is really helpful, KY GP has just become my favorite track of the moment. Just one small request, could you also do the guides as downloadables, either PDF or Word files that are more printer friendly. Pretty Please.

Trouble is I'm not creating Word or PDFs of the track guides at this stage. I just create them straight off as a webpage. I may do this at a later date but for now you'll just have to visit the site. The next guide should be done tonight with any luck and the images will be far smaller so the page should load a lot quicker.

btw it's worth registering in the forum. That way you'll receive emails of latest news like the publication of new track guides and setups.

Hi Victor,

Posting here because PM is turned off for you Victor.

I'm sure you're busy right now with patch X but I need a new subsection set up in the leagues section if possible.

The league is called 'The Gentlefoot Challenge' (GFC) and the website is www.gentlefoot.com/LFS

Is a dual class formula with FOXs and FO8s on track together Strict rules and penalties mean drivers score more points of they don't hit other cars. First meeting is scheduled for this coming Sunday.

Is it possible to get a banner ad or something for it for the forum?

Thanks mate.

James (Gentlefoot)

Quote from WildRacerUK :

Unfortunately I won't be able to make the first event has I am away on a weekend break with the missus. It's a shame really was looking forward to the first race roll on the 2nd one.

Shame mate. You won't have to wait too long for the next event.

Quote from Storm_Cloud :

No problem - shouldn't take long as it's only a 32 second lap. I like the casual way you ask for a near WR pace hotlap. I will try.

lol - I asked it casually cos I know you'll just be able to casually bang one out

FE Club/FOX guide almost completed now. Just need to stick it all together and publish it. Will be done by the end of tonight.

Quote from Storm_Cloud :

Do you want text for an FO8 version mate?

Not sure weather I will do one for the FO8 around this circuit. Let me think about it

Actually, I've thought about it and yes please mate. And if you could do a hotlap near to WR pace that would be helful too.

Nice one Storm.

OK lads, as promised I have fixed the problem that Firefox users were having viewing the video on my Track Guides pages.

I've now embedded flash which looks much nicer and I installed Firefox and all looks fine to me.

If you could all visit the page and tell me if it's working OK for you that would be great. Happy reading.

FE Club - FOX guide coming soon.

Quote from The Moose :

I wont be taking part....running a 130 odd lap race with these cars at FE club is my idea of a complete nightmare tbh, though i kind of understand your reason for running it there.

Come on mate - it'll be fun and people will soon learn that we have to be sensible with two classes on track.

Quote from andybarsblade :

i have

I only appear to have your championship entry so far mate. No entry for the event on the 27th recieved as yet. Are you competing?

There is an entry for each individual event because there are more championship entries than grid slots. The idea is that people will not make all events but we still want full grids.

First come first served basis for each event with a reserve list.

Quote from MyBoss :

Yeah, I know :P

That was allso why I came up with the idea
But you aren't planing on putting some more weight on the FO8?

Nope - no handicaps for FO8s. The whole point of my event is so that the fast cars have to negotiate the slower cars. Like when LMPs at Le Mans come up behind GTs etc.