Quote from Jakg :

Ditch Kapersky for AVG or NOD32. Ditch the Zalman cooler, unless your overclocking massively get something like an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro.

Apart from that it's ok.

What screen do you have ATM?

At the moment i have a Hanns G 17" TFT running at 1280x1024 @75hz, so shouldn't have to many problem's FPS wise there?!?

Hey guy's.

Im thinking about buying myself a new budget gaming pc for around £550/£600.

Here's what i have come up with:

Gigabyte GZ-X3 - Black Case
https://www.aria.co.uk/Product ... +-+Black+?productId=28082

Samsung SH-S203 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
https://www.aria.co.uk/Product ... +-+Black+?productId=29919

Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 2.0GHz (Retail 775)
https://www.aria.co.uk/Product ... l+775%29+?productId=29175

Patriot 2GB PC2-6400 C4 Extreme Performance (2x1GB) (I will get 2x this so i will actually have 4GB as Vista is a bit memory heavy :P)
https://www.aria.co.uk/Product ... 2x1GB%29+?productId=26802

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products ... o.asp?WebProductID=661326

Zalman CNPS9500-AT Intel LGA775 Aero Flower Cooler (To overclock CPU)
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products ... o.asp?WebProductID=369638

512MB HiS (HighTech)HD 3870
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products ... o.asp?WebProductID=719123

650W Coolermaster eXtreme PSU
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products ... o.asp?WebProductID=603573

Windows Vista Home Premium 64 OEM
https://www.aria.co.uk/Product ... m+64+OEM+?productId=25906

Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 OEM 1yr
https://www.aria.co.uk/Product ... 0+OEM+1yr?productId=28025

Already have basic's like TFT etc.

Im hoping to get decent online FPS with LFS, rFactor etc and also to run newer DX10 game's like Crysis, Call Of Duty 4 etc at medium(ish) setting's.

What you think, any idea's?

Im not even certain i will get this yet but i thought i would ask what you think if it.

Cheer's,

Mclarenmatt.

Edit: Sorry for post being so long! :P

Edit 2: I just realised i forgot the HDD!
250 Gb Western Digital
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products ... o.asp?WebProductID=567857

Last edited by mclarenmatt, Tue 22 Jan 2008, 13:47. Reason : Spelling

Quote from JTbo :

I guess we don't see tintops any time soon

There's more chance of 1.0.3 patch coming out in the next 20 year's than Kuno's creating some tintop's!

I actually prefer Single Seater's BUT at the same time i enjoy racing tintop's too, so it would be nice to get some!

Still, Kunos & BRD seem to be Single Seater freak's :P

I can't belive i actually wasted my money on this sim! :/

It has so much potential, yet i seriously doubt this will be alive for much longer. Kunos has lost the plot i think, all we need first is the 1.0.3 patch!!!!

Bring back the realistic tyre's (Eg flatspotting!), fix the bug's etc and then build upon that!

Finish the Hillclimb/Osella, THEN think about adding new feature's, track's, car's etc!

I have all but given up on NKP, i spend all my time on LFS, rFactor and Grand Prix Legend's :P

What a shame.

Last edited by mclarenmatt, Sun 20 Jan 2008, 14:37. Reason : Tag's

C'mon guy's join up - we still need lot's of racer's :P

Introducing Team Coombe Drive Racing

We are a new team, who race's FBMW mainly along with some BF1 and FOX.

CDR was setup by myself and a friend who has just recently bought S2 (Adam Maxwell or gliderpilot.adam)

We are currently looking for S2 driver's who are willing to learn and help improve this team further!

Please check out our website(s)

http://www.freewebs.com/coombedriveracing/index.htm (Main Site)
http://www.bebo.com/cdracinglfs

We have agreed a Partnership with TCD (Thank's TcD~ Simon ) which will allow us to use their server's whilst agreeing to be an academy for up and coming racer's

We hope TCD can help us with our objective's and im sure we have just begun what will be a successfull era for us both!

Please check the Forum's on our website(s) for our application to join or to ask us any question's!

You can also email us at [email protected]

Thank You,

Coombe Drive Racing Team.

Hey,

I am currently looking for a team, i am willing to learn and i would say im a "quick" driver.

I mainly race the FBMW around South City Chicane Route but also race the BF1 and FOX from time to time on other circuit's.

I am online most night's and sometime's in the afternoon.

Don't mind racing with team skin etc

Cheer's

Mclarenmatt.

Edit: I race as [25] Kemsley in LFS

Last edited by mclarenmatt, Mon 31 Dec 2007, 16:22. Reason : Added LFS name

Quote from GloryJ :

It seems like you used a very low quality vodafone logo. There are pages like http://brandsoftheworld.com/ where you can download logos as vector graphic. you should be able to open them with photoshop or illustrator. If you use freeware try gimp and inkscape.

Thanks for the link Im already using GIMP but i will take a look at inkscape too!

As i said im a complete novice at this so any help/idea's i get are much appreciated

Thank you.

Updated Sidepod to Vodafone Logo.

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/5766/cdracingbeta2dz2.png

Look's better now i think

Tomorrow i will begin to add other sponsor's etc!

EDIT: Made a presentation wallpaper

http://img246.imageshack.us/im ... ingbeta2wallpaperpku4.png

I plan on entering a league with a friend when he get's LFS S2.

Will begin work on the other sponser's etc tomorrow

Cheer's!

Last edited by mclarenmatt, Fri 28 Dec 2007, 23:23. Reason : Spelling

Hey Guy's

This is my first wip skin - im a complete novice at skinning!. There's still lot's to be done and i hope after i have done a few more skin's they will get a lot better.

I have done the colour scheme, now i have to add all the sponsor's etc. The "Coombe Drive Racing" On the side will probably be replaced by a sponsor - i just put it there so it doesn't look so "empty".

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/1107/cdracingbeta1yo6.png

Hope you like it so far (remember it's my first skin ever ).

Cheer's!

Edit: Been looking around on the forum - there are some amazing skin's!

Last edited by mclarenmatt, Fri 28 Dec 2007, 21:05. Reason : Added Info

Quote from Travis Rowe01 :

the reason why most of us dont have S2 is becuase i dont have a credit card becuase im only 14.

I bought LFS when i was 15 and i don't have a credit card. It's called give the money to someone in your family and use their credit card!

Announcement To All Demo Users:

Want the XRT back?

Follow This Link

(Save £1 a week = S2 in 24 weeks!)

Not willing to stump up £24? Show's how much you love the car then doesn't it?!?!?

So buy S2 - or disappear out of this thread/community and stop making these f#@*ing usless thread's/post's which are filling this forum up!!!

Quote from marzman :

What's in a name? LFS S2 is LFS 2. Just wait till it is finished and then compare S1 final with S2 final.

I mean a new game as in Live For Speed 2 not S2

Quote from rainspecialist :

i no s3 isnt even close to coming out but will s4 ever come out or is 1.00v or known as S3 the last LFS? i will b so sad if it is

You would have to ask the dev's but i would think an LFS 2 would be more likely than S4 - you can only develop so much before you need a fresh(ish) start.

Still like i said this is one for the dev's, i don't wanna start any rumor's flying around!

Quote from Scawen :

Thanks but I'm thinking about my month after Christmas, Patch Y will be out this week!

Yay! Good news Looking forward to Patch Y!

Quote from Stang70Fastback :

I'm trying to back up an image of my Tablet's hard drive using Acronis to a shared drive on my desktop. At first, it would only get to 4% and then give me a write error. Turned out Norton Worm was blocking it. I turned it off and it seemed to be running ok (EVERYTHING is disabled on both computers) and yet this time it only got to 39% before giving the error. The thing is, when I get that error, if I go into the My Network explorer, I cannot access the other computer again, and I have to fiddle with it until it shows up. What gives? Any ideas anyone?! HELP!

Are you using a wired connection or wireless?

Quote from Bob Smith :

Which bit of thin air did you pull that from? Just want to kill that rumour before it gets any bigger. Otherwise, the rumour mill can keep going.

Lol - was just a guess! Maybe a new car/track tool is being released?

Quote from Bob Smith :

Actually Android got surprisingly close to the mark.

LFS and rFactor have formed some kind of partnership?

Hello everyone.

I wish to setup a new LFS clan, called Team 25 (25 is my lucky number )

The idea of this clan is for everyone to have fun, whether it be racing against another clan or having inter-team racing/competition's! You don't have to be super fast, we would welcome everyone, fast or slow!

I don't want a fancy name, all the best driver's etc, i just want a clan where everyone can develop their skills and have a great amount of fun!

Obviously we would compete in everything we do but it isn't a big deal if we don't win much, as long as we move forward as a clan Success will come eventually, all the more sweeter!

There will be 3 section's, S2, S1 & Demo.

We will participate in all type's of racing, BMW Sauber to UF1000! Whatever we are good at racing!

So please post here if you are intrested, i can setup a forum/website and shall run thing's as top boss lol, although obviously i wont control everything and everyone will have a say!

The only problem is i dont have a server we can use to practice/host race's on. If anyone wishes to join and has a server spair, it would be greatly appreciated if we could use it! You would obviously recieve credit on the website, server etc

Thank's
Mclarenmatt

P.S. I race as [25] Kemsley atm!

My Rig:

Intel Pentium 4 64Bit 3.40Ghz HT
2x 1GB DDR2 Corsair Gaming Ram
Gigabyte Motherboard
Sapphire Radeon 1650 Pro 256mb PCI-Express
160GB Sata 2 Samsung Drive
Window's Vista Home Premium 64bit
17" Proview TFT
Logitech G25

LFS run's smooth

If your still looking for a team checkout Kemsley Racing (www.freewebs.com/kemsleyracinglfs) + our forum (Link on homepage).

Cheers,
Mclarenmatt

Quote from Indiana Jim :

Matt, no offense created on your part. I was only offering a suggestion for your benefit. Anyway, you see how fast people volunteered to join, right? I give you lots of credit for applying wisdom here. Good luck with the team.


Regards

Cheers mate

Quote from anbiddulph :

since lf-lfs is dead i wanted to join a new team.

I am a clean racer who doesnt like to drift and i am anything but fast

are there any teams recruting?

We are recruiting (Kemsley Racing). Take a look at our temporary website www.freewebs.com/kemsleyracinglfs (One being designed as we speak) and our forum (Link on homepage) and if you like what you see, fill out the application on the forum!

Cheers,
Mclarenmatt

Quote from battle :

I would recommend you read this thread.
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=22105
Get a free linking site like http://yourteamname.hostname.com or something. It looks much better then a freewebs.com and /blabla/blalbla/blala.
Just a idea

This is just a temporary website, we currently have one being created!

Cheers,
Mclarenmatt

Quote from MR_B :

Well, I'll give you some of the old Kudos for your nickname Matt and especially your display pic.

Mika Hakkinen in Monaco is it? Looks like the MP4-14 (1999), or is it the MP4-15 of 2000?
(I'll place my bet it's the 2000)

Yep it is 2000 & kudos? lol