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hyntty
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Can I give an opinion: I find the 6 race rotation way too short too. However I could live with it if the combo doesn't suck arse like yesterday. Don't get me wrong, it's been a long since I've actually even played lfs but doing laps with xfg/xrg or tbo around so long or ky long is as interesting as the inside of a cucumber. The longest tracks don't mix with the slowest cars. Secondly there were literally no setups available in sg so it was all a bit meh. After all pickup racing shouldn't depend on your ability to fine tune a setup over a week (which wouldn't even be possible because the track would have changed over 60 000 times in that time).

I know some people like tbo or gti even on the longer tracks. I personally don't really like the slow cars and I hate tbo with great passion but on shorter circuits it would have been a bit more bearable. So can you please either ditch the long tracks in whole or return junior ngt or gt2. Please?
hyntty
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I see, I didn't think to look there. Then again, why would I

Thanks.
hyntty
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Can I ask what time these are normally at? I find it strange that in order to find out whether it suits me or not I should read the rules which I can't read because I haven't registered to your site, which is because I have got no idea what time the races are held and I might possibly be completely wasting time.

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hyntty
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Quote from Jonathon.provost :FFS I dont care what you think I was board.
I realy dont care what you think.

This section of the forum is supposed to be for people who want to share their finished addons. Something mainly utterly useless, over complicated that has in fact nothing to do with LFS hardly qualifies. You've managed to waste the time of us all.

Want an encouraging, helpful piece of friendly advice? Study programming 10 ****ing 1!
hyntty
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Quote from TFalke55 :plan says yes

Sehr schön.

msn bitte wenn du zeit hast, dummkopf.
hyntty
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Except you still went way over the top. For arguments sake, lets say you for reasons I can't imagine you desperately need a program to keep track of a team database. It'll take less than five minutes to write.

And it's spelled "bored." Unless you are a wooden product.
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hyntty
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Quote from =Wolf=[NO] : what is the purpose

It has none.

Honestly, I fail to see the point in the concept as a whole, and I really don't get why you've bundled it with an sql server.
hyntty
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Quote from Kova. :I've try to download it yesterday, but it stop at about 50%

I'll see if it'll work or not

Unfortunately it's taking me forever to download too because multibc's internets are too capped. I can only get 1030 kbps
hyntty
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That'll be awesome then

Anyway, since ngt / jrngt hasn't been the most popular class till now, maybe some people could start building a setups they would be willing to share? I doubt there are many available currently and that could boost the numbers.
hyntty
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Quote from EQ Worry :
@ points : It seems a good idea to enable them after all, together with ranks (point ranges). Everyone who doesn't care about points and ranks can always turn off their display, completely. It takes just about 2 clicks in the !opt screen, the selection is remembered and applied on next connect.


What would be the point of collecting points then? I hope it won't compromise the safety rating based car availability. Or do people just race for points for the sake of collecting points? In real life I'm an awesome driver, I got 18 points in September alone but I still don't get why you would want to collect them
hyntty
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Can I make one last plea against this rotation nonsense: If you get bored of a track after an hour or 5 races or whatnot, you're playing a completely wrong game. It's a driving simulator and you should be forced to put an effort into driving and not just cruise along while the track changes every minute.

I would understand a reasonable rotation interval, one that would be measured in days and not minutes.
hyntty
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Since the schedule (and the layout) has been out since September, you lot wanting to make changes to it a few days before the race MAKES NO ****ING SENSE WHATSOEVER.

So expect deko to go along with it :|
hyntty
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I do hope you mean XFR and not FXR? Cos if u don't I say u mad!!
hyntty
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Quote from jasonmatthews :The problem I have with airio is I never know what ranking I have/need to drive a car

And then you have the decency to tell me off for the same thing

Oh, deer.

Quote from EQ Worry :
Two car categories, changed by rotations? Why not!

I don't want to sound lame (but I do often) but I really can't see that working. Sure it would add a bit of variance but really honestly, will it be an attraction? Now of course if there's a wide "organiser" base and the server is always populated you don't need a special attraction and masses always find the most populated server. But still, how many people went on ctra race 3 and drove a different car / class every week? Everyone just drove their favourite (albeit for the majority it was gt2) till it died.

I would actually suggest using very little rotation if possible. AS3 / GTR anyone? Even though everyone is supposed to be bored of it, it still provides a good race.
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hyntty
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Quote from jasonmatthews :I don't get you?? If you read my post, it clearly states that your license level will be based on your LFS experience when you first join the system, so if you had 100kms online, you could drive any car you want.

And the iRacing style ratings don't work? You mean the SR bit? If so, it is exactly the same as what cargame does, all it would mean is converting the percentage to a license level.

Okay, an honest mistake by my side. Don't call the classes A-D since airio also gives you a rank in that area. Or something like that.

And yes, iracing does not work, it's a stupid system and I hate it with passion. I'll admit that the more incidents you cause the more accurate the system is but that's about it.. It's not a measure of driving skill. Nor safety.
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hyntty
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This I'm afraid is a bit of a rant

iRacing style ratings don't work. That is a fact. Also, while you're at it could you make a rank system that works? Why can't I have a go in a gt2 car despite having driven a 100 k online? Is that not enough? What is?

So what was originally a pretty good idea is shaping up to be something quite awful. Concentrate on the systems that worked in the past, don't try and shape this into iracing!
hyntty
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A mirror (even though the original one works fine :| )

http://koti.phnet.fi/hynrau/timo/exe.win32-2.7.zip
hyntty
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So a bit of a progress report. Not that anyone cares but since I like to boast

So in stead of doing something useful like driver / team / laptime statistics I have decided try something else that is really of no relevance regarding the actual data in question. As some of the people blessed with the gift of reading might remember Yann was earlier all jelly for the old, fancy graphical overlays. We all know how irresistible he can be with the sad-puppy look he makes with his face, so I couldn't decline the request.

So I've made a small proof of concept I intend to work on next week. Whether it makes it into a broadcast anytime soon I don't know. Also I haven't really put any effort into it since I discovered no one was willing to actually use this app for anything, apparently because it's too difficult to use (Currently you have to run it and press two buttons, I'll try and make them easier next time...)

So I've made a small app that creates a cunning borderless window, and makes the race order (according to the tracker) appear. The overlay window will be on top of everything else. It will appear after running the program and close after 10 seconds (this is because you can't close a window that has no button for closing it :P ).

Anyway, this proof of concept: In case you are interested to test how it works and / or give feedback on the possibilities you see in this, you can download it here.

Or from a mirror here

Disclaimer:
By downloading this application you acknowledge the fact that downloading applications from the internet may cause distress in the user. Viewer discretion is advised. Therefore you wave any right to be offended by the content.
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hyntty
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.... :|
hyntty
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Quote from J@tko :They just called Dave Williams a rookie.

What an arse for a commentator anyway :P
hyntty
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explain you knob.
hyntty
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Quote from TFalke55 :noone thinks of me... thank you

There are reasons.
hyntty
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Quote from GreyBull [CHA] :Me?.

Have you ever considered changing your name? You'd make an awesome 'Elvis Bananahammock'
hyntty
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Quote from 5laps.com admin :Hello, LFS forum users!

Hello sir / madam who could not be arsed to introduce him- or herself!

Quote :
Now is your chance to become a part of the new 5laps.com test group!

I'm sorry but my first impression is that I'd rather be a member of NSDAP.

Quote :
This year, we here at Dodreams – a company situated in Finland –, the developers of 5laps.com* racing service (powered by LFS), are going to launch our service to include all of Europe to bring much anticipated global feel to competing. The project we have going on includes translating our site to support English, but also to test the gaming servers with the help of recruiting a small group of volunteers.


I hope you're going to get the translation job done by someone who knows his grammar. Why do you portray your company as a strictly English speaking one? It doesn't make you look smarter, for that you need to buy some glasses.

Just to prove a point (and somewhat for being funny)
Quote from Dodreams people on their website :
Our office is located in the center of Helsinki and we produce amusing things

Quote :

To have a chance to become a member of the unprecedented 5laps.com voluntary test group, please send a short application to support@dodreams.com, and include your personal information as well as information of your country of residence. All the applicants will be contacted personally.


What is so unprecedented about it?

Quote :

*[I]5laps.com is a Finnish-born game service based on the award winning Live for Speed simulator.

EH? That's just a blatant lie isn't it? What recent awards to be exact, ones from 6 years ago don't count (obviously)?

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