Quote from Mille Sabords :

I may be looking for a wheel (not sure yet as it implies doing so while wife and kids are away on holidays - consequenses may help me understand the true meaning of force feedback )I would like a little noise as possible - any tips? Is that GT wheel quiet / how does it compare with other wheels?I am willing to compromise a lot for silence as it may be the difference between use / no use of the wheel...Any other suggestion, not too expensive wheels as this may be a waste of money, on the quiet side?Thanks

Yay, finally! I was wondering when you'd get one. As they say, it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

I have no experience with this wheel, but I hear the Fanatec 911 is very silent, at least compared to the G25, due to its belt drive. If that fits within your budget I'd recommend looking into it. IMO a manual shifter and clutch adds a whole ton to the gaming experience and immersion (I'm a G25 user)

Congrats!

I'm really excited about this! I recently downloaded the 1.02 demo and I'm still having a blast just driving around on my own. The physics and FFB are totally awesome in my opinion. Let's just keep our fingers crossed that the online code is good and that people start playing regularly!

By the way, have the system requirements changed since 1.02?

Quote from floodan :

Is that where they filmed the movie "billy Elliiot" (think thats the name of it)?

looks mutch like that place anyway

My impression is that it looks like 90% of all English streets.

It won't be long now...

Thank you! I'll experiment with it later

I was looking for another camera mod. Does anyone remember that mod released a while ago where the head movement inside the car was improved a lot? It looked great when driving over bumps and stuff.

If anyone has a link or remember the name, please PM me or post here.

Did you manage to fix the problem? My throttle has started acting up as well.

EDIT: fixed it. I had to open my pedal case anyway to slice off a few mm from the nixim brake mod. While I was in there I removed a whole lot of dust and crap from the pots, although I didn't unscrew and properly clean them. However now it's working as new again!

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I wish he would have accepted your invitation to race aganist you, Darin. You would have tought him a lesson, I'm sure.

In fact I think sim racing requires more stamina, coordination and reflexes than any other genre of games. Long live the sport of sim racing!

Here's mine.

Or wait a minute.. would the force feedback be stronger if you set it to 540 in the profiler rather than using the method I described above, for the GTR cars for instance..? I've never tried, so I wouldn't know...

Quote from buedi :

I use the "Real Life" Values. But it annoys me to stop the Game, go to the Profiler and set the new Lock whenever I change a car. I suggested several Times that LFS should do that, like Richard Burns Rallye did that on the PS2 with the DFP. But I never got heard and I think that it will never be implemented.

You don' have to do that, though. Just set it to 720 degrees both in Profiler and LFS, and wheel turn compensation to 1.0, and it will automatically set it self up correctly for any car.

Aw, this was tempting..! A bit far to travel, though, just for a short event..

By the way your link seems to be broken.

Watching! nice broadcast

Quote from obsolum :

Man... That Jessica really has a huge rack!

Great show

Comment of the day!

But seriuosly, I think this was another great instalment. I also like the way they are going with hiring special reporters for the different games. If they do this for other games as well (rFactor, iRacing ++) then Darin and Shaun could have more time to focus on reviews and (maybe) even have time to resurrect the live broadcasts..

Very nice!! Keep it up.

Quote from Dajmin :

I object to my insurance costing more than the car itself

This is "full coverage" insurance I presume? Normally that's not worth it unless you have a pretty expensive car..

But yeah, insurance prices are ridiculous in Norway too. I want a RWD car with decent power-to-weight ratio. Since a big engine --> expensive insurance, that means I'm looking for a small, sporty RWD car. Yet all those cars are way too tiny for me to fit in. (I'm 200cm) So no car for me.

By the way, Jakg, you should get one of these. :P

Quote from dougie-lampkin :

I think you may be on to something

Or you could say that Scavier has saved the planet from approximately 400,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions, which is about 1% of Norway's total annual emissions.

(Using the simplification that 1 liter fuel ~ 1 kg fuel --> 2 kg CO2)

Quick, someone call Mythbusters!

Marty O'Donnel! (The Halo music composer)

I feel your pain. I had to wait a long time for a replacement when my old MOMO broke down. However the G25 was worth the wait!

Quote from r8response :

SO Ghetto, i can just see it now. everyone stuck in pits when your tyres are stolen

That would be awesome! Instead of animated pit crews we'll get animated thugs stealing your wheels.

Thanks for your review! Sounds very good indeed.

I don't suppose you could post a .spr replay of a lap in LFS? Maybe it will be possible to notice a change in the "pedal bars" in the lower right corner..?

I might have to get one of those..

Quote from AlienT. :

Conclusion.
This takes some getting used to, the pressure needed to push the pedal to the floor is probably too much unless you have very well secured pedals and seat to (meh I need a sim cockpit)
It is easier, after much practise and fiddling with calibration, to know when you are reaching threshold breaking. Trail breaking I am finding more difficult at the moment.

I built myself a very very simple system for securing the pedals. I just bolted them onto a couple of pieces of wood which I then lodged against the wall. Works just fine while I'm waiting for my Rinoseat to arrive.

It's of course piece of cake to place some stuff underneath the wooden boards to create an incline. (Although in my case I'm limited by the wall socket. )

Do we even know that the number of racers is declining? And what about the relative numbers of demoers vs. licenced racers? My impression (based on nothing, really :razz is that the peak number of racers is lower, but the distribution throughout the day is more even than it used to be a year ago, and that the proportion of demoers has gone down. I have no statistics to base it on, though..