I dunno, given the fact that drifting in other sims is awkward at best, having a little 'official' snippet of it in LFS would give it a leg up. Couldn't do any harm, anyway ...

Quote from Riders Motion :

make a dexscrition of ur temfe and learn to rits

English isn't his first Language, so thats not a fair statement ... its better than many native English speakers!

Extreme - have you got plans to set up a website etc?

Screamer 4x4 was great, shame it won't run right on a new PC

Info on the races/season etc is all on Nascar.com ... I used to watch every whole race until Nextel took over and the last few old school stock car drivers retired. The 'car of tomorrow' has been the final nail in the coffin for me so I'll not be watching the highlights any more, but don't let that put you off

What a teeny tiny circuit! No need for 3rd gear!!

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Edit - actually that's the CVH engine I think. Used them too.

The 1.8 Sierras were CVH (yuk!), 2 litre were Pintos (yay!).

A torquey setup is only good if you can get traction, or have a heavy body - hence these bike powered kit cars are so damn quick on the track!

I was expecting something more like THIS (good stuff starts at about 50 secs in).

Quote from governor :

just an update for you guys, it is REV.C0 ... must be a new series out ... in case you are interested in...

And whats it like, in terms of sturdiness etc?

With real life stuff going on I've decided to put off buying a wheel 'till Autumn

A bit OT: Watching a Top Gear repeat they showed the Japanese D1 cars in action, and they all seemed to be locking up the rear wheels on-and-off through the whole corner - has anyone found this helping under LFS?

At the mo I usually feint into the corners, just occasionally using the handbrake if its not turning enough.

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That was a 2.4L I believe

There was certainly a 2.2 litre six (wen in the Landcrabs), but I was thinking of whatever went into the 1800 MGBs ...

Triumph did a really nice 2 litre six

BMC 'B' series engine perhaps?

Shox - don't let the rabble put you off. If you look up a guide on drifting for real, the same techniques apply in LFS (same goes for racing), you should be able to do it ok with the mouse but it will take LOTS of practise (just like in real life ).

Start with the default setups, get used to power sliding with them, then start playing with the setups to make the car more 'loose' but to suit your technique ... do searches to check out the good info already posted here, and over at lfstorque.net for more info

If they made the driving test so tough that only 50% of people could pass, and made people re-take it ever 10 years, it would encourage use of public transport, help with pollution and keep dangerous drivers off the road ... radical, but it would work

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now both the 360 and the PS-3 have other features now than just playing video games, but for some reason the marketing ppl don't seem to want to show this as much

Thats where the Wii comes in As for replacing DVD and stereo in the house, I got an XBox 1 on launch day and used it like that right from the off; I liked it so much that when it recently completely died, I bought a brand new one for £40 off ebay

2nd row, 1st pic - don't think you can get much closer, lol

You only /need/ higher octane if you're running higher than stock compression, otherwise it'll just give a marginal improvement and help prevent pinking/detonation if you're using forced induction or nitrous at high revs.

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argh, can't they use a dummy for the carrera GT?

He was busy behind the camera at the time ...

Just go to the scrap yard and collect a set of steel wheels

Volvo T5Rs were quicker than most cars when bone stock ...

There's a couple of 'seperate screen dashboards' which will show relevant data on a second display

Goodyear Eagles are a good compromise tyre, less grip than the equivalent Pirellis, but better wearing. At the moment I'm using Firestones, but havn't been running them long enough to evaluate the wear yet.

A spare set of wheels for the track is a godsend (even if they're only steel wheels), just get decent partworns for them (or better yet, used slicks - I've found asking local race teams nicely will quite often land them for free).

Meh, Michelin tyres are overpriced and arn't any good anyway

XRT for me, I've experimented with all the cars, had a hard time keeping my speed down in the FZ50 between corners, and I felt like the tyre wear could catch me out. The LX6 is great, I just prefer the weight of the XR on the transition through chicanes.

Quote from mark skafe :

if you read the stuff ian was saying then you would understand

I understand that your post, which I quoted, made very little sense and didn't successfully address Ian's points. Formulate a reasoned argument or make a fool of yourself, its your choice

Anyway, back to the topic, I'm sure the Devs are well aware of the popularity of this idea for a mountainous course. If they build one I'll enjoy it in both ways In the mean time I'm going to occasionally fire up Forza on the XBox to get my 1 in 3 incline fix ...

On a side note, a 1/4 mile bullring (symetric oval) on dirt would be great for practising drifting technique