Well hopefully we are racing against the pink ones who walk into walls.
Thank You, understood
I just asked for the same reason that Dennis pointed out: that the rule does not directly address teams with 2 Am cars or 2 Pro cars, but as long as a precedent has been set, I am happy...just wanted to make sure before I re-work the strategy
I just asked for the same reason that Dennis pointed out: that the rule does not directly address teams with 2 Am cars or 2 Pro cars, but as long as a precedent has been set, I am happy...just wanted to make sure before I re-work the strategy
Regarding the rule change with applications (teams can now enter more than 1 car per class). What are the rules regarding moving drivers between the two cars. I know if a team has 1 pro and 1 am car, you can freely move drivers between the cars...does the same apply for a team with 2 pro cars or 2 am cars. If I have 2 Am cars, can I freely move drivers back and forth between the cars between rounds?
Well for the record, My bios is no longer functioning. I wanted to look at a few things, I got into the bios and it immediately froze, the mouse would not move (it is a mouse driven BIOS), the keys would not move the cursor and the front page has temperature read-outs and CPU frequencies and clock frequencies that have always twitched and jittered a little bit (by which I mean the numbers would constantly chance ever so slightly. All those read-outs were non-changing.
I re-booted and it will boot Windows, so I re-booted again to re-try to get into the bios, I hit delete, half of the bios front page loaded and that it froze again. I can hit the re-boot button and it will boot windows, but I can not get the Bios to function
...ready to throw this MoBo out the window
I re-booted and it will boot Windows, so I re-booted again to re-try to get into the bios, I hit delete, half of the bios front page loaded and that it froze again. I can hit the re-boot button and it will boot windows, but I can not get the Bios to function
...ready to throw this MoBo out the window
Ok, I have flashed the Bios up to version F6 (from F1), there have been 6 bios updates in the past 4 months for this thing.
I also ran speedfan on the second monitor as I raced (and glitched and timed out :P ) online and the video card has a solid 1.17V, I also had the Catalyst control Center running, the Vid card never went beyond 51*C and 30% activity.
It seems really hit and miss, I was on last night playing around a a server with 4-6 people with no problems, today I was spectating with no problems. Went back on this evening and spectated at cargame, I witnessed no glitching but in Network de-bug I had InitTime values ranging anywhere from +30 to -50. I then jumped onto the AirAttack FMB server and ran back into values of -100 all the way to -1000 and eventual time-out.
Desperately trying to see what I am doing differently each time I go on to see what is causing it to work and what is causing it to not work, i just can not find things I am doing differently
I also ran speedfan on the second monitor as I raced (and glitched and timed out :P ) online and the video card has a solid 1.17V, I also had the Catalyst control Center running, the Vid card never went beyond 51*C and 30% activity.
It seems really hit and miss, I was on last night playing around a a server with 4-6 people with no problems, today I was spectating with no problems. Went back on this evening and spectated at cargame, I witnessed no glitching but in Network de-bug I had InitTime values ranging anywhere from +30 to -50. I then jumped onto the AirAttack FMB server and ran back into values of -100 all the way to -1000 and eventual time-out.
Desperately trying to see what I am doing differently each time I go on to see what is causing it to work and what is causing it to not work, i just can not find things I am doing differently
I went to Gigabyte (MoBo manufacturer) first, all I got was a barely understandable typed message by someone who clearly can't speak English telling me to make sure PEG was selected in the BIOS under "Initial Display" (which is already was), they told me to go the the video card manufacturer.
I am not necessarly blaming Sapphire, I did not know which direction to go. It seemed like a clock issue so I went to the MoBo first, they said "set your bios up this way, if that does not fix it, go to the video card company" ... so I did such and went to the Video card company and they seem to be a lot more interested in helping...the tech actually speaks English and is asking follow up questions. So I am hoping that maybe the Sapphire guys can help me out even if they can confirm that the MoBo is the issue.
There are several Bios updates for my MoBo...time to research flashing the Bios
I am not necessarly blaming Sapphire, I did not know which direction to go. It seemed like a clock issue so I went to the MoBo first, they said "set your bios up this way, if that does not fix it, go to the video card company" ... so I did such and went to the Video card company and they seem to be a lot more interested in helping...the tech actually speaks English and is asking follow up questions. So I am hoping that maybe the Sapphire guys can help me out even if they can confirm that the MoBo is the issue.
There are several Bios updates for my MoBo...time to research flashing the Bios
I hate to bring this back and bother everyone again. I have yet to solve this issue (but have not put any time or effort into fixing it over the past 2 months...been very busy)
I have learned that my game runs perfectly fine when running on the integrated graphics processor, I removed the power connectors from the video cars and plugged my monitor into the on-board card and have played LFS just fine. I then switched back over the the video card, using the drivers that came with the video card on the included CD and experienced the same problems. I uninstalled those drivers and tired the newest drivers off of Sapphire's website and am still experiencing my issue.
Does this new information shed any light?
I have a support ticket open with Sapphire right now. I am work with their techs but the problem is most prevalent in LFS. In LFS, I lost 2-3 and up to 5 seconds each minute, in Nascar Racing 2003 Season I lost at max 0.3 seconds each minute
I have learned that my game runs perfectly fine when running on the integrated graphics processor, I removed the power connectors from the video cars and plugged my monitor into the on-board card and have played LFS just fine. I then switched back over the the video card, using the drivers that came with the video card on the included CD and experienced the same problems. I uninstalled those drivers and tired the newest drivers off of Sapphire's website and am still experiencing my issue.
Does this new information shed any light?
I have a support ticket open with Sapphire right now. I am work with their techs but the problem is most prevalent in LFS. In LFS, I lost 2-3 and up to 5 seconds each minute, in Nascar Racing 2003 Season I lost at max 0.3 seconds each minute
Team just do not come together immediately and enjoy immediate success. The way I built my casual team was to start with a personal friend. With a personal friend, you then have an actual TEAM (as in more than one driver) who is very likely stick with you. Next I managed to final another local driver whom I have never met, but felt compelled to work with us as he was a similar skill ability and from the same region of the world so he felt comfortable communicating with us right off the bat.
We have then managed to grab a few international drivers to bolster numbers based on the fact that as a team we ran in events as a team and gained a favorable reputation.
It is hard as a lone ranger to convince other people to pair up with you as a team, you are an un-proven entity. I would suggest starting with someone you know and then try to find someone with a common interest or from your region. By doing this, you have 3 drivers and will become recognized as a team after the 2 or 3 of you enter and finish some races.
Build from there. I have been going for 16 months now, and started with 1 friend, grabbed one other local guy (whom I have never met), and one international driver. And now 16 months later, am just beginning to grab a few more drivers...it takes time, stick with it.
We have then managed to grab a few international drivers to bolster numbers based on the fact that as a team we ran in events as a team and gained a favorable reputation.
It is hard as a lone ranger to convince other people to pair up with you as a team, you are an un-proven entity. I would suggest starting with someone you know and then try to find someone with a common interest or from your region. By doing this, you have 3 drivers and will become recognized as a team after the 2 or 3 of you enter and finish some races.
Build from there. I have been going for 16 months now, and started with 1 friend, grabbed one other local guy (whom I have never met), and one international driver. And now 16 months later, am just beginning to grab a few more drivers...it takes time, stick with it.
Team Name: Angry Angus Racing
Server (Y/N): No
Type: Race
Team info: We have just finished our 2nd year of GT2 World Series, we are a consistent runner, respected by our competitors and a team based around organisation and planning. We have also competed in the 2011 Racing Minds 16 Hour Race (3rd in NGT class) and the 2012 MoE 24 Hours of Aston (11th in GT1 class).
Website: http://www.facebook.com/AngryAngusRacing
Are you willing to accept members immediately or will you test drivers?: We will get to know you before we throw you into a big race, but we do not have a formal testing procedure.
Demo/S1/S2?: S2
Extra Info
Teamtag: [AAR] name can be however you want
Best way to contact us: facebook group as linked above as our website or personal message to me on this forum
What experience of drivers: Intermediate, not expecting to attract any aliens, but we are looking to run the GT1 World Series this winter and feel we need more drivers (we currently have 4) to run a series composed of 6-8-12-24 hour races. We would be a great for a driver who is new to endurance racing and is looking to break into the big international series.
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Angry Angus Racing: A Somewhat Legitimate Racing Team Since 2005
Specializing in: 4 cycle Go-Karts, 1:18th scale RC Race Cars; Simulated Stock Cars, Touring Cars and Open Wheel Cars; Engineering, Design, Fabrication of components; Sponsorship planning and Livery Design; Driver Coaching.
Server (Y/N): No
Type: Race
Team info: We have just finished our 2nd year of GT2 World Series, we are a consistent runner, respected by our competitors and a team based around organisation and planning. We have also competed in the 2011 Racing Minds 16 Hour Race (3rd in NGT class) and the 2012 MoE 24 Hours of Aston (11th in GT1 class).
Website: http://www.facebook.com/AngryAngusRacing
Are you willing to accept members immediately or will you test drivers?: We will get to know you before we throw you into a big race, but we do not have a formal testing procedure.
Demo/S1/S2?: S2
Extra Info
Teamtag: [AAR] name can be however you want
Best way to contact us: facebook group as linked above as our website or personal message to me on this forum
What experience of drivers: Intermediate, not expecting to attract any aliens, but we are looking to run the GT1 World Series this winter and feel we need more drivers (we currently have 4) to run a series composed of 6-8-12-24 hour races. We would be a great for a driver who is new to endurance racing and is looking to break into the big international series.
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Angry Angus Racing: A Somewhat Legitimate Racing Team Since 2005
Specializing in: 4 cycle Go-Karts, 1:18th scale RC Race Cars; Simulated Stock Cars, Touring Cars and Open Wheel Cars; Engineering, Design, Fabrication of components; Sponsorship planning and Livery Design; Driver Coaching.
Angry Angus Racing would like to start off by saying a massive thank you to the guys at NDR for another great year of GT2 World Series. We finished the series 19th overall, of 49 entries (probably would have been 17th if we had not been crashed out in round 1), and finished 8th of 27 in the newly formed amateur classification. We would also like to thank NDR for their enthusatic and active promotion of our Run For The Cure campaign that raised $286 towards defeating breast cancer. On that note, congratulations to ineX Racing for winning our team challenge as the most generous team and thus will have a special video produced in their honour.
We are looking forward to the GT1 World series this winter but feel we require more man-power for a series composed of 6-8-12-24 hour races. We would like to hear from any interested drivers, or even whole teams who are also facing man-power shortages going into this true test of endurance, we can work something out.
We are looking forward to the GT1 World series this winter but feel we require more man-power for a series composed of 6-8-12-24 hour races. We would like to hear from any interested drivers, or even whole teams who are also facing man-power shortages going into this true test of endurance, we can work something out.
Angry Angus Racing would like to congratulate the Western Lowland ineX Lion-Wolves ... ... ... why is everyone looking at me strangely, did I pronounce it wrong? ... for winning the AAR Run For the Cure team challenge, as the most generous LFS team. We will be in contact in the next day or so to make arrangements.
This particular race was not a strong one for us, a lot conspired against us. I was the most practiced driver (I had 3 hours of practice vs every one else's 1 hour) but found last night that I had to work today.
Two other drivers are just starting up university again and had little-to-no prepp for this round so we did not have huge expectations. We were not here for results, we just wanted to race and promote our Run For The Cure efforts.
Big thanks to NDR for a great series and for going above and beyond in promoting our fund raiser (the logos and pink and links on the tracker, the mentions in the South City round), your guys help is greatly appreciated. Speaking of which, we are not counting donations until tomorrow night so you can still win the team challenge (see first reply in this thread).
As a casual group of 2 university students (one writing a thesis and one working 2 jobs on the side), and 2 guys with full time careers (I am working 80 hours a week right now), We are honoured to be racing at this level under a sanctioning body of such professionalism. Before this, I raced with a casual Nascar 2003 league and won 8 championsips in 6 years. I would rather be a backmarker here, at the top level of sim racing, as opposed to cake walking amongst other casual racers.
Best of luck to the other teams in whatever direction they go from here and massive props to NDR. We look forward to where we go next under the NDR banner.
Two other drivers are just starting up university again and had little-to-no prepp for this round so we did not have huge expectations. We were not here for results, we just wanted to race and promote our Run For The Cure efforts.
Big thanks to NDR for a great series and for going above and beyond in promoting our fund raiser (the logos and pink and links on the tracker, the mentions in the South City round), your guys help is greatly appreciated. Speaking of which, we are not counting donations until tomorrow night so you can still win the team challenge (see first reply in this thread).
As a casual group of 2 university students (one writing a thesis and one working 2 jobs on the side), and 2 guys with full time careers (I am working 80 hours a week right now), We are honoured to be racing at this level under a sanctioning body of such professionalism. Before this, I raced with a casual Nascar 2003 league and won 8 championsips in 6 years. I would rather be a backmarker here, at the top level of sim racing, as opposed to cake walking amongst other casual racers.
Best of luck to the other teams in whatever direction they go from here and massive props to NDR. We look forward to where we go next under the NDR banner.
From my desk at work: #98 looks good, good luck everyone, thanks to NDR for a great series
and remember THINK PINK!! Support Breast cancer research (use the link in my signature to donate)
and remember THINK PINK!! Support Breast cancer research (use the link in my signature to donate)
teamName: Angry Angus Racing
car: XRR
class: GT2-Am
number: 98
drivers:
- {jmeade, Jared Meade, Canada}
- {rleb, Rejean LeBlanc, Canada}
- {wody21, Zoltán Gácsi, Hungary}
- {JayEyeBee, Jonathan Björnson, Canada}
Think Pink!!
car: XRR
class: GT2-Am
number: 98
drivers:
- {jmeade, Jared Meade, Canada}
- {rleb, Rejean LeBlanc, Canada}
- {wody21, Zoltán Gácsi, Hungary}
- {JayEyeBee, Jonathan Björnson, Canada}
Think Pink!!
Remember: Angry Angus Racing is raising money for Breast Cancer Research. If we raise $1000, I will paint my kart pink for my season karting finale on Sept 30th.
We are encouraging competition between the teams. When donating, you are given a space to put in a "Personal note to the participant", In that space we want donors to place the team that they are affiliated with. On September 30th, we will tally up the donations and the most generous team will receive a prize in the form of a made-to-order team promo/highlights video by team member Zoltan Gacsi (wody21 on Youtube).
Donations are tax-deductable, you will be e-mailed a tax slip from the foundation shortly after you make your donation (compatibility with your nations tax system is not guaranteed).
Donations can be made with AmEx, Visa or MasterCard, all donations are in Canadian funds (your credit card issuer will convert into your local currency on your statement). We are suggesting a $15 donation (~10GBP, ~12Euro), more or less is greatly appreciated.
Thank you to all who support our campaign, thank you to NDR for promoting this campaign so actively.
Donations can be made at:
http://www.RunForTheCure.com/goto/AngryAngusRacing
For more information on the team and campaign updates:
http://www.facebook.com/AngryAngusRacing
#98 - Angry Angus Racing
Round 6 skin
We will run this skin regardless of the amount raised...The kart will not go pink until we raise $1000
Round 6 skin
We will run this skin regardless of the amount raised...The kart will not go pink until we raise $1000
AAR is racing for a cure to Breast Cancer
Another announcement from Angry Angus Racing: We are encouraging some friendly competition between the teams. Teams can either mass donate as a team, or individuals can donate and place their team name under "Personal note to the participant" when donating. The most generous team will win a prize. That prize is a team promo/highlights video prepared by Zoltan (wody21) Gacsi http://www.youtube.com/user/wody21/videos
www.RunForTheCure.com/goto/AngryAngusRacing
The pink car will race on September 29th, the pink kart will (hopefully) race on September 30th
Donations will be tallied on September 30th.
Good Luck!
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I will try to keep this one shorter 
Angry Angus Racing has registered in the CIBC Run For The Cure: a fund-raiser for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. We will be racing a special pink skin in the season finale of the GT2 World Series. We are asking for donations to this good cause. If we reach $1000, I will paint my kart pink for my final kart race of the season on September 30th.
Watch for the pink car at Kyoto on September 29th at www.livestream.com/pmdtv
Please donate at
www.runforthecure.com/goto/AngryAngusRacing
Some more information at
www.facebook.com/AngryAngusRacing
Angry Angus Racing has registered in the CIBC Run For The Cure: a fund-raiser for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. We will be racing a special pink skin in the season finale of the GT2 World Series. We are asking for donations to this good cause. If we reach $1000, I will paint my kart pink for my final kart race of the season on September 30th.
Watch for the pink car at Kyoto on September 29th at www.livestream.com/pmdtv
Please donate at
www.runforthecure.com/goto/AngryAngusRacing
Some more information at
www.facebook.com/AngryAngusRacing
I can count out faulty hardware (I think) I ran went into the bios and ran the clock against the stopwatch and the bios clock is bang on.
I went into windows and just sitting on the desktop, it does not count seconds off evenly
it counts like 1...2...3...4...5...6.......7.8..9...10...11...12...13...14...15......16..17...18...19...20
The thing is that 1 minute in Windows still equals 1 minute on my watch just sitting on my desktop
I have run process explorer while watching the clock and see no spikes aligning with the clock getting snagged
So I ran LFS and widows clock and a stopwatch together
Windows Clock: 1:00 (as accurately as I could gauge it with it stuttering every few seconds)
LFS Clock: 59.74 ( am willing to say this is equal to windows)
Stopwatch: 1.01:85
So the windows clock slows down when LFS is running, is there any way to view the bios clock while running LFS...is that a logical diagnostic step to take?
I went into windows and just sitting on the desktop, it does not count seconds off evenly
it counts like 1...2...3...4...5...6.......7.8..9...10...11...12...13...14...15......16..17...18...19...20
The thing is that 1 minute in Windows still equals 1 minute on my watch just sitting on my desktop
I have run process explorer while watching the clock and see no spikes aligning with the clock getting snagged
So I ran LFS and widows clock and a stopwatch together
Windows Clock: 1:00 (as accurately as I could gauge it with it stuttering every few seconds)
LFS Clock: 59.74 ( am willing to say this is equal to windows)
Stopwatch: 1.01:85
So the windows clock slows down when LFS is running, is there any way to view the bios clock while running LFS...is that a logical diagnostic step to take?
I will also add that it seems to be most prevalent in LFS. I ran some stop-watch tests in Nascar 2003 Season and found 0.1-0.2seconds discrepancy on a ~1:30 lap, I immediately closed NR2003, opened LFs and did the same thing and there is a 5 second discrepancy on a ~1;30 lap
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I do not have a win 7 disc.
I ran some stop watch tests this morning and it is gross. I did this all off the same replay.
LFS Race Time
6:31.83
Stopwatch with Fraps Running: 6:32.25 (a hair off, but almost within error of me clicking the stopwatch)
Stopwatch without Fraps: 6:47.12
personally did not believe these results, i repeated the test with two different stopwatches running side by side without fraps
LFS time is still 6:31.83
Original Stopwatch: 6:51.28
New Stopwatch: 6:51.31 (within my personal error of clicking the watches)
I then started to time individual laps and found a 5 second discrepancy between my watches and the lap time recorded by LFS
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So is this something that can be dealt with in the BIOS or drivers or is it a mechanical (I know the RTS is not mechanical, but a actual flawed component on the board). If it is a BIOS setting or driver, fine, I can continue to work on this, but this is a brand new MoBo and I do not want to get into repairing the board. If settings and drivers won't fix it, I will get on the phone and get after the manufacturer for a replacement.
I ran some stop watch tests this morning and it is gross. I did this all off the same replay.
LFS Race Time
6:31.83
Stopwatch with Fraps Running: 6:32.25 (a hair off, but almost within error of me clicking the stopwatch)
Stopwatch without Fraps: 6:47.12
personally did not believe these results, i repeated the test with two different stopwatches running side by side without fraps
LFS time is still 6:31.83
Original Stopwatch: 6:51.28
New Stopwatch: 6:51.31 (within my personal error of clicking the watches)
I then started to time individual laps and found a 5 second discrepancy between my watches and the lap time recorded by LFS
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So is this something that can be dealt with in the BIOS or drivers or is it a mechanical (I know the RTS is not mechanical, but a actual flawed component on the board). If it is a BIOS setting or driver, fine, I can continue to work on this, but this is a brand new MoBo and I do not want to get into repairing the board. If settings and drivers won't fix it, I will get on the phone and get after the manufacturer for a replacement.
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Reason : fixed a typo
:shrugs: I donno, just seemed like a nice tidy way to have a space dedicated only to Windows and a space only for program installs.
Is that not a smart thing to do?
Is that not a smart thing to do?
Ok, got clockwatch working (well I figured out how to use it)
I'm just going to compile the results of several tests
Desktop Alone: Average RTC difference = 0
LFS + Fraps: Average RTC difference = -101
LFs + Fraps: Average RTC difference = -161
LFS Alone: Average RTC Difference = -1
LFS Alone: Average RTC difference = -98
LFS ALone: Average RTC difference = -73
LFS + NR2003: Average RTC Difference = -18
I also repeated the stop watch test:
LFS+Fraps
LFS Time: 5:02.56
Stopwatch: 5:04.25
Diff: ~1.75sec
LDS ALone
LFS Time: 5:01.45
Stopwatch: 5:01.45
Diff: 0.0
kinda seems all over the map and counter intutitive, it now seems better without fraps
I'm just going to compile the results of several tests
Desktop Alone: Average RTC difference = 0
LFS + Fraps: Average RTC difference = -101
LFs + Fraps: Average RTC difference = -161
LFS Alone: Average RTC Difference = -1
LFS Alone: Average RTC difference = -98
LFS ALone: Average RTC difference = -73
LFS + NR2003: Average RTC Difference = -18
I also repeated the stop watch test:
LFS+Fraps
LFS Time: 5:02.56
Stopwatch: 5:04.25
Diff: ~1.75sec
LDS ALone
LFS Time: 5:01.45
Stopwatch: 5:01.45
Diff: 0.0
kinda seems all over the map and counter intutitive, it now seems better without fraps
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