Quote from Bean0 :

I think it was John Cleland on Eurosport yesterday discussing it with the other commentator who summed it up perfectly...Diesels just don't stir the soul like a high revving NA engine. It is this effect on people that draws them to motorsport in the first place - the noise, the smell. With the diesel cars it's all a bit 'Meh'.

A very true, if not entirely PC point.

I didn't think much of the opening meet as a spectacle. The Seat trains and watching them destroy the rest in wet and dry was pretty dull

The rain really shoud have made things more interesting, but theres a big something missing.

Team Name: FUBAR Racing
Car Number: 12
Drivers:
S. Abernethy [SabersKunk] GBR
K. Newton [Turbo Dad] GBR
M. Ruis [HVS5b] GBR

Oh btw, the country list needs amended :slap:

Quote from DeKo :

everybody knows there is no HD feeds, they cant broadcast in HD if they arent actually getting an HD feed. does nobody ever read this?

Is it nice up there? Heres hoping the horse bucks.

Well, after having a look at the timing charts

We aren't going to trouble the top or even mid-table runners so for us it's a learning experience from which we will hope to improve.

Never run a race more than half an hour or so, never done driver changes, never driven with a (nearly) full tank of fuel or had to worry about tyres blowing out near the end of stints....it should be real good fun and I'm looking forward to it immensely

Clean consistant driving and bringing the car home is the limit of my ambitions. I'll leave all the fancy manouveres and over-taking to my faster and more experienced team-mates

Quote from DarkTimes :

If you believe the wizards at crash.net. Yes.

http://www.crash.net/Formula+O ... _return_of_the_chain.html

Brundle was on radio 5 during Sunday evening when I was driving home from the Lakes. He confirmed The Chain would be the theme track and that there would be no HD feeds.

Note to newcomers: Subject to the game being run the same as last year, we should get a bonus question before the first GP. If you get this correct you will have another 2.5M credits to spend. This may or may not influence how you pick you team

I have 4 different team options atm, off to have a scan around and see who is sounding positive amidst the lower ranked runners .

Quote from danowat :

Do you need to know much about F1 to "play" this?, I am a bit green when it comes to F1.....

Not really. This year might be more a lottery than usual with all the changes going on.

Its just like the fantasy football leagues, but you select two drivers, one chassis, one engine and a fuel supplier. Depending on how they perform you win points with which to upgrade the various components.

There are bonus questions before each race (generally easy with a little research) and bets you can place for pole position, 1-2-3 race finish etc which will also provide more funds for those Ferrari/McLaren items.

A bit of inspired guesswork and a little slice of luck can be enough

Quote from oldnavy :

ATM this cup dont look like amateur cup,because tjere is teams like TDRT ,LRT and ect...

We at team FUBAR thought we would redress the balance a bit

Thanks for setting this up, really looking forward to it.

Trekkerfahrer: Can you let us know the track for the test race so we can get some practice in?

Ta

Team Name: FUBAR Racing
Car: FZR
Team Manager: HVS5b
Team Co-Manager: SabersKunk
Drivers:
S. Abernethy [SabersKunk] (Scottish)
K. Newton [Turbo Dad] (Scottish)
M. Ruis [HVS5b] (Scottish)
C. Ness [nessie] (Scottish)

Last edited by HVS5b, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 21:59.

still interested

pmsl, the number of times I've done that electronically

cuppla beauts mate

Well, I know for a fact that my RX8 is capable of exactly 150mph

Thats just the wee 192bhp version.

Quote from lerts :

i tried gtr evolution demo......so now im buying gtr evo and i intend not to play this game again, the main diference i see between both games is that in lfs theres either total grip or total skid theres no mid point like a slight skid which gtr evo does modelate

Strange. Thats 100% the opposite of my experience of both games

Actually, maybe not so strange

The Caterham round the Nordschliefe is the only combo worth the effort on GTR Evo.

Quote from Kalev EST :

Voted "other" since there wasn´t an option for "none".

Word.

Next patch - VWS
2nd patch - the rest of the interiors

If the poll was a wish list I'd have to go for this order:

1. Body damage
2. Engine wear
3. Traction curve

Try reading this

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=45729

I drive mostly on CTRA Race 3 and almost never experience this type of driving. It's such a nice place to be

Even on Race 2 (although it was a while ago) the standards were very high and people took pride over their cleanliness, albeit mistakes will happen.

The difference between a fast driver and a fast racer is enormous.

Quote from duke_toaster :

He clearly has a passion for motorsport, and I guess RBS could be a good background. He wouldn't be my first choice, but he would be a sensible guy to put in charge - more so than Mad Max.

What, the bloke who was in charge when they were part of the worst takeover in the history of takeovers (the Dutch bank, cant remember the name) and ran up £28bn worth worth of debt.

Just because he like to tinker with old classic autos and runs his Ferrari rounf Knockhill now and again doesn't really qualify him in my eyes.

A fine example of replacing one walloper with another

http://news.scotsman.com/topst ... er-F1-job-plan.4914929.jp

How the hell can this man be the one to "maximising the FIA's financial return" and what are his connections/background with motorsport?

Once again, its not about what you know.........

Quote from SidiousX :

Anyone here snowboard? If you do, where(and tell us all about it!)

Good fun, but Scotland is a harsh environment to learn in. We call it iceboarding with good reason.

I gave it up up after two shoulder dislocations in a 6 month spell.

Did go to BC for a 3 week session a few years back, what a difference! That was much more like it. Powder doesn't hurt to fall in at all

Enjoyed the stuff I've seen and heard so far

Damn good racing.

My fave is a brief electricity cut over night, my alarm didn't go off

Same again for this year chaps?

Only 65 days to go until the season opener in Oz.

Quote from Hypothraxer :

Is it a possible to make another version? Like:

"iTCC Attempted League Driver - I try hard but the Aliens won't let me in"?

Guffaw

I got a card from the postie instead. Have to go an collect mine from the depot. Well I assume it's the hat anyway .

They look decent quality, grateful mine doesn't have a certain British drivers moniker!

Thunderhead and Gil07

Many thanks guys, really appreciated.

Good luck in todays race