That really depends on what other hardware you have and on the power supply itself. But I don't think that a 7300GT should be too hungry, so I wouldn't give too much about what it says on the box. Afaik, you won't damge your system by trying it, but you better wait for someone more knowledgable than me to confirm that.

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Hm, that's strange, the shift+F9 - shift+F12 thing works for me, but I have an nvidia card, maybe that makes a difference?

Quote from [RCG]Boosted :

depends on the track of course
my FOX AI does on the oval (AI's PB) 45.65, WR is 45.46

I thought the AI couldn't deal with banked turns ... Or is the FOX not fast enough for this deficit to come into effect?

Uhm, yeah deleting the cookies works in a way. Only problem is that I'm logged out then and as soon as I log in, I'm getting the same message again and can't post. Probably has to do with the fact that my account has not been validated -- which is another problem. I'm not getting a validation e-mail for some reason .

I'll try contacting the admins.

Edit: problem solved.

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Is it just me or is there something wrong with the LFS-section at ASS? I'm getting this when trying to view the section:

"No topics were found. This is either because there are no topics in this forum, or the topics are older than the current age cut-off."

Good point, Soundcrash, I didn't even notice that he had only one post.

So, just to make this clear: It's all meant in good humour. Welcome to the forum .

But still, -1 for the Track Editor, sorry.

And you probably want that editor to be available in demo mode, too .

Seriously, I doubt that it's gonna happen any time in the near future.

It's pronounced Liv (Tyler) for Speed.

I believe there used to be a little app that achieved that, but I don't know if that still exists or if it works with patch V.

(and keep in mind that having your headlights on increases fuel consumption )

Quote from Nard :

Race car interiors should look like race car interiors, and road cars should have road car interiors.

This might be a truism, but I guess it has to be said every once in a while . I agree wholehartedly and am waiting for the next incomp patch to finally see the GTR-interiors fixed.

Nice stuff. A very similar program on german tv with Vykos showing LFS got me to playing LFS back in 2004. Things like those are perfect advertising .

Why don't you get S2 in the meantime? If you're planning to buy S3 anyway, you might as well get the most out of your money.

Even though I would rather not have this conversation about the STCC going on here, I want to make two points:
1. The article by Magnus is clearly marked as a "comment" (in bold red letters) and therefore is by definition supposed to be very opinionated (biased if you will). Nothing wrong with that.
2. What Becky said was in context of explaing where the idea for the tiered servers came from and how popular they've become. It is imo not misleading, as it's just a factual statement that's true -- whether or not all of those 5000 were actively seeking to become platinum licensed or not does not matter in that context. Others may read something into that, but oh well, opinions differ.

And could we please stop this now?

Edit: forgot to mention that the preface is indeed wrong and thus misleading.

Lol, stevewhite, this is the second time you got people confused .

Sadly, I can't help you with this one either, but next time you might wanna state that you are making a random combo generator, and that you want it to be able to start up LFS with the generated combo loading on start up .

So, did you figure out how to get the track changed?

Relax, Albieg, what Jiminee wrote was clearly an exaggeration, you really shouldn't feel offended by such a statement. I mean, I would rather be racing in real life, but I'm not frustrated either -- I hope

I still don't see the benefit of a thread like this.

But anyway, to the OP: Best thing you could do imho is get in contact with the server owner, send him the replay, if you have one, and see if he feels like taking action towards the people who made racist remarks. He could always ban them for what they did (although, your position would have been a lot stronger, if you hadn't snapped back at them).

I'm out of here.

Hello? Mods, please, could you stop this, before it's getting ugly?

It really shouldn't be that important, how many pictures who sent and why they were not in the magazine :sigh: It's really not that big a deal, imho, and I would find it rather sad, if this thread would now go back to the state which I thought we had overcome in the last posts . Let's try to keep this constructive.

Edit: I guess the above can be disregarded now, as we seem to be on track again after that's been cleared up .

@Jiminee: I like the idea of an article about how sim racing is a substitute act for real racing. Actually, that's probably a rather large portion of what sim racing is about for me: The lack of money and opportunity to race in real Life (If I won a ton of money in the lottery tomorrow, I would probably soon only be racing LFS to cater for my racing needs during off season). ASS had a couple of articles that went in that direction already (a racer who switched from sim racing to real racing, the self-test whether sim racing helps for real racing, just to name the two I noticed), so I think that would be a nice addition to that theme.

Quote from mrodgers :

I'm just curious, why do you want to alter that? It only takes a few seconds for LFS to change the track/car combo when starting it. If it is the fact that you want to save those seconds, there is an option to not load the track when first starting LFS. Options>Misc>Load track when starting...

He wants to know that because he's working on a little random combo generator from which you can directly start LFS with the generated combo selected -- which I think is a great idea, btw .

Quote from thisnameistaken :

I'm not particularly welcome there.

Oops, didn't know that. Not a very valuable suggestion then, I guess .

Quote from SmokinBob :

It is ineresting to discover that the LFS community wants little to do with AutoSimSport which is too bad. However, after reading this thread--and some of the things that Becky mentioned, well, I am starting to not be too surprised why the coverage is 'lacking' for this product and wish you all good luck in your magazine endeavours.

Actually, I think that's not quite true. Or at least the way you put it makes it sound a little wrong. If you try to blend out those not-so nice posts and the accusations (I know it's hard ), you might find that most of the people posting here actually do want a lot from ASS, which is: reliable, objective information about what's going on in the sim-world and in the surrounding communities. It's just that many, including me, feel that they're not really getting that from ASS the way it works right now.

Edit@Kev: Judging by the latest news on the netKar Pro site, what Kunos has actually been doing was setting up a deal with a Hill-climbing team to get their car into nKPro -- don't know if that's good or bad, though.

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Quote from thisnameistaken :

You'll be either driving a FWD or finishing at the back of the pack though.

Not on STCC silver&gold, though. Quite a few people do choose the XRT or the RB4 there, because they haven't reached gold-status yet, or they want faster progress, or they just enjoy those over the FXO.

Unfortunately, I suck big time in th RB4 and the XRT, and packed in after my first laps to get to actually know the car offline a little .

Quote from Alex111111111 :

2 - Linden - you make the case for me - by stating that Pat wrote the article, we made sure no-one was mis-informed as to the bias of the writer of the article. Pat is a good friend who has spent a lot of time and passion and money to developing a fabulous product - sorry if it doesn't meet with your approval, but Indy 500 winner Lazier thought otherwise, and we thought that was newsworthy. Also, like the moderators on this forum, you make a misguided assumption when stating it was a paid ad - it was no such thing, and, not that it is any of your business, but we have taken no money from Pat for his advert.

Sorry, but that's not enough. No serious magazine or newspaper would do such a thing, because it doesn't comply with journalistic ethics. You clearly seem to think it does too, though, which I find quite disturbing, especially since you apparantly have, as you stated, experienced journalists in the staff. The whole article should have been marked as advertising or not published at all. God, I really can't get over the fact that you actually think it's perfectly fine ... unbelievable.

Plus: Just because I noticed who actually wrote that "article" when I read back, doesn't mean that every reader will (I didn't notice the author until I stumbled over the marketing blahblah). Heck, the author is quoted in the bloody article!?

And even if the ad was not paid for, it doesn't make it much better. The fact that Pat is a "good friend" of yours also makes me very suspicious. As I stated before, my post was not meant offensive, but just to give you an idea why I don't hold ASS in very high regards, and your reply made it sink even lower, tbh.

Edit: And, yeah, people, please cut these constant cracker-accusations. It's becoming ridiculous, really.

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I'd like to tell a little story on how ASS lost all the little credibility it might have had for me at a certain point (please, ASS-staff, don't take this as slander, take it as something to think about):

I'm not a regular ASS-reader, but I sometimes do read it, and like many others here, couldn't help but noticing that most of the reviews are mainly praise and little critique (talking about my personal impression here). Now, that in itself may not be bad, if it really reflects the mindset of the authors. It does seem a little odd, though. And it obviously also applys to any piece of hardware that's reviewed.

Now, it always makes me somewhat suspicious, if I find a praiseful article about a certain product in a magazine and right next to it I see a paid ad for the exact same product. Effective ad-placement, you might say, but nonetheless, it makes me suspicious. What made me more than suspicious, was an "article" in the latest issue. It's the one about the Ultraforce GS-1 G-Seat (a piece of equipment, I don't really believe in to be honest. Can't really imagine that it does what it supposedly does). I read it and thought, god, this sounds like a press release, printed without further editing, let alone toning down the marketing blahblah. So, I read back two pages to find out that the author of that "article" was a guy named Pat Dotson. Pat Dotson? I thought, didn't I just read that name in the article itself, and wasn't that the developer of the G-Seat, and wasn't he quoted in that so-called "article"? Well, yes, he was. And I honestly think, that a magazine which does those kinds of things, cannot be regarded as a source for valueable independent information. Sorry.

I'd like to hear what the ASS-staff thinks about this .

You're not drunk by any chance, Funnybear, are you?

Well, when you start out you can collect points in the UF1 on "STCC 1b New & Bronze" or in the XFG on "STCC 1a New & Bronze" (which runs in S1 mode). With a bronze license you get access to the XRG which is currently only available on STCC1a along with the XFG. Once you're silver licensed, you get access to the XRT and the RB4 on "STCC2 Public Silver & Gold". With a gold license you're allowed to drive the FXO on STCC2. More info can be obtained here: klick.