If anyone is feeling generous enough to give me an invite keiran.smart (at) gmail.com 
, I have a cookie 
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, I have a cookie http://www.lafferty.ca/stuff/images/misc/cookie_desktop.jpgHopefully at some point in the future we will get some nice pit crew animations to keep us right Removing the tyre blankets, dropping you off the jacks and then firing the BF1 up while making sure you exit the pits in the right direction
Keiran
Removing the tyre blankets, dropping you off the jacks and then firing the BF1 up while making sure you exit the pits in the right direction Keiran
Montoya to me was a far harder driver on the car and he managed to have less mechanical failures than Kimi last year. McLaren's have had terrible reliability for years now even with Coulthard behind the wheel.
2003 must be the last year that McLaren built a car which didn't break down every weekend and it put them in a great position for the championship. Even then that was the 2002 car so they had the whole 2002 season and start of 2003 to get it to that stage.
This year I have to say things haven't been too bad on the reliability front but then they haven't built a quick car.
My friend did one of these schemes/scams for a fancy phone, oh what was it now... 7 years ago. For just £20 he was put on a list which he seemed to keep moving down
*me remembers to annoy him about it next time I see him*
Even if it does turn up, it's a brick these days
*me remembers to annoy him about it next time I see him*
Even if it does turn up, it's a brick these days
Can you post the texture as well as it's just now ?
Keiran
Keiran
Personally I wouldn't do it because you seem to have no appreciation on the time it takes to do things properly. Your asking for someone to give up some of there free time for you.
Can I at least have a reason why you don't do it?
Now if you want help, like your sig says then I'm sure people are more than willing to help. Just post a screen of your problem and even upload the texture you made.
Keiran
Can I at least have a reason why you don't do it?
Now if you want help, like your sig says then I'm sure people are more than willing to help. Just post a screen of your problem and even upload the texture you made.
Keiran
Who has been the top Michelin runner in those two races with the system ? Reuanult! Who was top Michelin runner this time without the damper? McLaren.
Keiran
If this converter is right then $3.05 = £1.63!! I can't even get two litres of petrol for that ...
Keiran
I think the major factor in tyre choice at the moment is the track temps. We have a constant temperature (as far as I'm aware). What we need is varying track temperatures to make the harder tyres of more use.
Keiran
Keiran
Silly me, thanks Victor Forgot to set the folder attributes 
Forgot to set the folder attributes Thanks for the help
Still having problems though even using the move_uploaded_file() method. Will have a better look into it and make sure it's not some silly mistake
These are the errors now:
Keiran
Still having problems though even using the move_uploaded_file() method. Will have a better look into it and make sure it's not some silly mistake
These are the errors now:
Keiran
Need some PHP help ...
I've been using apachefriends on my computer to work on a PHP script using a mySQL database to store the content etc for my website. All ran fine until I uploaded it to my webspace. One of my scripts isn't working and failing on:
with error:
Since I'm still fairly new to php I've ran out of ideas. I've tried moving it rather than copying it but it still failed.
Is this to do with my PHP setup on my webspace ? Or has anyone else got any other ideas on how to solve this ?
Cheers
Keiran
<?php
copy($photos_uploaded['tmp_name'][$counter], $images_dir."/".$filename);
?>
Since I'm still fairly new to php I've ran out of ideas. I've tried moving it rather than copying it but it still failed.
Is this to do with my PHP setup on my webspace ? Or has anyone else got any other ideas on how to solve this ?
Cheers
Keiran
How long did BTCC struggle last year ? The whole year they pissed around with 12 cars, well I wouldn't call them racing cars. Hatchbacks with some bodykits
Maybe Croft was near capacity but you know what ? I know a heck of a lot of people who go to watch the Formula BMW rather than the BTCC. From the TV it hardly looked near capacity to me ...
Top speed is 140mph they will very rarely face those speeds side by side, even if they do it's no excuse for ramming people off the track. Like that move I posted above with Kimi, those two were probably hitting over 170mph and the sheer acceleration of an F1 car makes it even harder. So don't use speed as an excuse as I've seen closer, fairer racing at far higher speeds. DTM is a perfect example of good racing with minimal contact.
Did I say I could do better ? All I can say is from my time in karting I'd never deliberately stick my nose up the inside knowing that there was no chance in hell of making it stick. The skill in BTCC seems to be in flicking the cars in front rear out rather than actually getting alongside to make the pass. Plato is a classic at ramming others off, in any other form of motorsport he'd be banned, but he isn't for the entertainment value.
By the looks of it F1 will be forced down the lines of re-using energy or something along that lines. BTCC cars are very under-developed machines so there's not much point in trying to compare fuels, when your trying to compare what is basically a pimped up road car to a fully blown pinnacle of motorsport racing car. A lot of things that have made it onto racing cars such as F1 actually eventually ends up on road cars, TC + ABS etc. BTCC lacks manufactures and there's a reason for that's explained below ...
Personally I'm still amazed at how quick Formula One cars are and how quickly they can corner. Still blows my mind how the engineers, designers etc can make them go so quick.
BTCC sends out a terrible message for UK motorsport, this is supposed to be the premiere of UK motorsport and in the eyes of the bigger series' around the world it's a joke. Tell me how many drivers it has helped up the ranks and into a decent racing seat ? Very few, the support races are far more successful. Look at Germany they have the DTM, that's got an ex-F1 world champion and various other top F1 drivers. It has also helped Gary Paffet into F1, and overall is a far more successful racing series with no silly rules to add the entertainment. Someone on another forum put it well,
Personally I'm ashamed to have that as the premiere motorsport of the UK, when you look at what other countries have as there premiere motorsports it's just down right embarrassing.
Keiran
What Michelin team performed at Indy ? Michelin were obviously being very safe with there tyres for that weekend. No way could they afford to have another farce, that one in 05 cost them big money.
Again at Magny Cours Renault were the top of the Michelin runners.
Tyres are going to decide this championship. A little rumour is that Michelin have been caught out with this heat wave in Europe. Giving the advantage to the Bridgestone tyre which never really seemed to like cool conditions.
Keiran
Isn't the biggest factor that GP2 cars use the floor of the car to generate the grip. Which is obviously not as badly affected in the dirty air. T
The FIA made F1 worse when they changed the rules in 05 making it even harder for them to follow. I really wish the FIA would stop trying to come up with silly wings and let them use the floor of the car.
Personally I very rarely watch BTCC these days, far too much contact. As my Dad said if they keep letting drivers off with that sort of contact there's going to be a big accident. Another annoyance is they have the biggest wrecker himself commentating - Tim Harvey. Everytime there's a bit of contact he tries to justify it. He also feels the need to keep commenting on Formula One, the classic was about team orders and how they didn't exist in BTCC. Then Thomson slows down and lets Plato through
, he justifies it by saying, "It's not like F1, BTCC is manufacture based." So what's F1 illepall? Ferrari are Ferrari, McLaren are Mercedes, Renault are Renault etc. Karting events are MSA run as well and believe me you try what half of them BTCC drivers do you'd be in big trouble with the clerk of the course.
I can never understand why people compare BTCC to F1. It's like they are trying to say ITV have no idea what they're doing by showing the most popular live and the other when they can. For me it shows in the size of the grid how little interest there is in BTCC, how many drivers in BTCC go onto do something else ? More drivers go onto better things from the `support` races which are often imo far better than the `big` race itself.
One move like Kimi's at Suzuka 05 is far better than a whole seasons of BTCCs banger racing imo. No contact, sets the move up with no contact through the previous corner and then makes the move with no contact.
Me and my Dad came up with an idea to stop the banger racing in BTCC, they seem to throw in all sorts of silly rules i.e pulling balls from a hat .... Anyway they should have censors that detect impacts and briefly cut the engine for a few seconds.
http://video.google.co.uk/vide ... 9372&q=suzuka+f1+kimi - thats racing
Keiran
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Problem I see is I've often seen people park up in a manner which you have to cross the yellow line ... There would have to be some sort of measure in place to make sure that you weren't forced to cross the line by another car.
Keiran
Keiran
The Renault was rubbish thats why, his driving style worked at every GP last year and has done him no harm so far this year. I wish people would stop saying he uses to much TC etc. It's there to be used and if it gives you an advantage then why not ? Most of them drivers will be stomping on the pedal these days.
You just have to remember all the drivers on the F1 grid are more than capable of driving quickly. I'm nearly almost certain that an F1 car is the first racing car most of them drivers have raced that has TC.
I'm no fan of Alonso (Coulthard FTW!
) but I don't hate him either. He is a good driver and a smart one at that. You don't get into F1 without talent nor do you win the WC.He is still a young guy and will constantly learn. Look at Massa he has really come on this year. I remember his first year in F1, he always looked like an accident about to happen. Even last year he was a bit ... well scary
Alonso will be jumping into a totally new car next year, that's IMO his chance to prove how quickly he can adapt his driving style. Would be nice to have Kimi alongside him just to see how well Alonso is actually doing
Keiran
The cars shouldn't be balanced in a way which they all drive the same laptimes under the same conditions. I'd much rather see them balanced in different areas. For example endurance racing, one of them could be quick but have a slightly smaller tank giving that advantage to another car in long runs.
When S2 Alpha was first released I used to always use the UFR over the XFR. It gave me a slight disadvantage but I still won a lot of public races because I drove it well using its braking and cornering ability to keep ahead of the XFRs. Was brilliant fun IMO. That's the sort of balancing I'd rather see, not where the cars are on par with each other under every condition.
Keiran
When S2 Alpha was first released I used to always use the UFR over the XFR. It gave me a slight disadvantage but I still won a lot of public races because I drove it well using its braking and cornering ability to keep ahead of the XFRs. Was brilliant fun IMO. That's the sort of balancing I'd rather see, not where the cars are on par with each other under every condition.
Keiran
I can't see the devs being able to afford a commercial on the T.V or at least on a decent channel. I remember my parents inquiring about advertising on the T.V and it was scary money for even just a half decent time.
In the end it's up to the devs how they advertise LFS, not us.
Keiran
In the end it's up to the devs how they advertise LFS, not us.
Keiran
I personally can't see it being banned for safety reasons. It's not like the wing weighs a tonne, the crew can still pick it up. I'm pretty sure there will be rules in place for how much weight is allowed to be placed where.
It's the same in karting, there's a limit to how much weight your allowed to attach to the seat on safety grounds (obviously the seat is the ideal place for adding weight on a kart).
I'm no real fan of Renault but when you compare there budget to the teams they are fighting it's like pocket money in comparison. Maybe they are more dependent on the damper system but there is nothing which states it's illegal. They've used it for over a year now and the FIA have said nothing. The team chose to remove it incase they were disqualified from the GP, and now that the FIA have cleared the rules up it will be back in the car this weekend. If your going to defend Ferrari I wouldn't mention cheating, especially after what they were doing at the start of the year
I can't think of a big team on the grid who hasn't twisted or taken the rules to the limit, it's the nature of Formula One. I can't get it when people say such and such sucks because they are more dependent on this and that. If you can use it to your advantage, then why not ? I bet nearly everyone who plays LFS will have used/use the exploits in setting the car up. The most common one before the patch being the high nose.
Alonso is still a talented driver and has raced many formulas to reach F1, you don't get off with throwing the car into corners like a `robot` in karting and most lower series so I'm sure he has some ability to feel the car
.Keiran
I really do think some of you forget they need to make a living out of this ... they've got other costs involved just to keep LFS active. ISP bills, website bills etc etc. Then theres the big part, actually making money to spend for themselves. £36 (if you pay from scratch) for S3 will be a bargain, how many years of development ? 3-4 years. If SimBin were in charge we'd be at GTR 4 @ £35 a go = £140!
I can't think of anything that has cost me <£24s which has given me so much entertainment with more to come ... I've never got bored of LFS because theres always a new challenge when driving a new car. Something which very few games manage to do.
Why do you want S1 ? there are zero S1 servers ... just as well with the demo. As I've said to you before, can't see what the difference is with you hiding that £12 away until you get another £12 to buy an S2 license ?
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People like you annoy me so much. You think you've got it tough and that there are no jobs to have. Go out of the house and you'll find something. Just to pay my entry fees when I was karting I did a paper round for £7 a Sunday, cut peoples grass and helped my Grandad do peoples gardens. Not to mention working around the house to keep the parents pleased since they were paying the bulk of the running costs.
Took me a few months of putting money aside to buy my wheel, but I really wanted it so I kept putting money aside. If you really want something you'll find a way, I find it hard to believe you never have any money that you could put aside.
btw you made a layout ... and your a demo user ...
illepall you really are silly Bare in mind how little development them `big name` games get compared to LFS. You'd pay them big name game prices for every version which is about the equivalent of LFS' free physics patches if not less in development from the previous version.
Keiran
Cool, what kind of kart do you have ? Not sure what laptimes are like these days with the new track, seem quicker anyway. I only ever raced on the old twisty circuit.
Since I don't have a kart I'll be hiring a club kart for the day, just a bit of a laugh. Hopefully some other ex-karters I used to race will be taking part, need some competition
My car has a springy aerial that helps it self right ...
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