Since when was it unusual to find "white powder" in the paddock of an F1 event? Especially, at Monaco....

Excellent quality wmv's from British hillclimb events:
http://www.brayspeed.co.uk/video.htm

example: http://www.brayspeed.co.uk/ass ... web/The%20Wiltmiester.wmv

(And scroll right to the bottom to see a V8 powered mini pwn a mustang at Santa Pod...)

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Quote from mrodgers :

This isn't an issue of "you needing" or "I needing" advertising.

But it should be... Simple question: Do I need it? Answer: No. Therefore, do not force it on me, and do not expect me to respond with anything other than reluctant cynicism to any suggestion that it might be useful.

Quote from SamH :

I don't think you could lift that further out of context without enlisting the help of NASSA.

Yeah, fair comment... but the only response I have is: "I don't need advertising.". I would far and away prefer to have some real-life tracks, but I don't really need that either. I have GPL for that.

Quote from SamH :

Half-baked argument....

LFS is fairly half-baked... We're happy to accept fictional cars, but to improve "realism" we need real-life product placement? Don't think so....

Quote from Ian.H :

There's a _big_ difference between having some artwork representing a real life company logo and blatant advertising however etc etc

I have to agree (except for the bit about fish.... You are so wrong there...)

Quote from Scawen :

In multiplayer mode there is a slight delay in seeing your lap time because the packets are sent to all computers.

I don't believe this is the case at Westhill. Even in single player mode:

Quote from nihil :

The first lap you do will not be timed, because the timeline seems to be a fair bit behind the start position.

Quote from Blackout :

Although I must say that if I sleep during daytime I get a weird feeling once I wake up. I feel dizzy, thirsty and generally weird, like some sort of sleep hangover. Does anyone get something like that?

Yeah, I get exactly the same symptoms and have no idea what causes it. A short, daytime nap means I wake up feeling like utter crap, as if all the moisture has been drawn out of my body by some kind of sleep demon!

Quote from GFresh :

Perhaps an 'LFS does Le Mans' event could be organised for next year?? It could be great

Let's keep that idea bubbling - I would be really into that. Last time I went was when the Jags came in first and second. Looooong time ago Its a superb event; enjoyable from the moment you drive onto the ferry!

@Maggot... Not a fan of the Peugeot's design either... Cockpit shape makes it look like something Captain Nemo would step into.

Quote from Woz :

Well we DO NOT HAVE RALLY in LFS.

Yes we do.... http://www.lfsforum.net/forumdisplay.php?f=103

Isn't it great that there is a section of the LFS user base that can tell us what we can and can't do, can and can't have...?

Quote from Storm_Cloud :

Race circuit my arse.

You said "over here", so I'm assuming you live on the island. I'd be interested to hear more about the general attitude of Manx residents to the race. From my perspective, you may not want this burden, but living on the island means you are the caretakers of a quite special celebration.

The TT is a kind of Dionysian festival, the likes of which are becoming rarer and rarer. Would you really want to see something so rich, so stimulating, so different from the idiocy of nine to five productivity, erased from life just because of a fear of what might happen?

Quote from Crashgate3 :

I was thinking as I was walking round the stalls set along the racetrack, wondering how long it takes for all the crap and dust that settles on the track during the weekend to stop affecting the racing.

I've just got back from working at the Isle of Wight Festival - there was an army of lorries with huge vacuum cleaners on the back, that cleared entire fields in less than half an hour.

Quote from wheel4hummer :

Why does his site have a Star of David on it for?

Doesn't take much searching: http://www.cjnews.com/viewarticle.asp?id=11137

It might encourage the system to be used a little more responsibly, but frankly I think it should be junked altogether. I agree with col - if you haven't seen the event, you shouldn't even be voting.

Quote from Julppu :

I got my LFS.

As someone has already pointed out, LFS is just as much a contributor to the "problem": all those servers, all those pcs, all those cable networks and telephone exchanges - they don't run on bio-degradeable dolphin excrement. They use energy. Mostly they use energy produced in gas or coal fired power stations. "Formula One fans" are vastly outnumbered by "people who use power"

Quote from Maelstrom :

at least one dedicated ice race in LFS?

http://video.google.com/videop ... 2852624242457072283&q

Quote from Becky Rose :

I phoned them, as we're short staffed at the moment if I go today i'd be leaving the boss in the office on his own.

Unfortunately, this is why the NHS is such a bureaucratic mess... Too many bosses left to their own devices. The best solution would be to rake the pyramid with gunfire, until you reach the tiers where effective and useful work is done.

But I have to take my hat off to the NHS. Just over a year ago I was given a twenty percent chance of being here to type this today. Still typing...

Quote from Gunn :

This guy's never heard of Cricket.

Or golf.... They may be called 'greens', but the amount of pesticide used to keep golf courses verdant has serious side effects on the local habitat, poisoning water courses and diminishing the variety of both plant and animal species. Not to mention the excessive amounts of water that such complexes consume.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Motorsport is a tricky one. On the one hand it may not be a huge polluter in the grand scheme of things, but it is a very visible display of western excess. How is this interpreted in developing countries?

Motorsport is not one homogeneous thing: is club hillclimbing the same as Formula One?

For instance, if we consider Iran to be part of the "developing world", then motorsport, as well as being popular, is also the site of real social debate, the likes of which are unknown over here: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/110979.html

Quote :

Max Mosley, the president of the FIA (and son of British Fascist leader Sir Oswald, but that has nothing to do with this subject . . . probably) ....

Not that I like Max Mosley in the least, but anyone arguing green issues should know better than to throw dung like that around...

'Ecology' and the Modernizatio ... in the German Ultra-right

Quote from VTiRoj :

Screw a mountain, we need a classic Essex B road, with twistys and bridge jumps, then a Escort XR3i look-alike to thrash round it

Yessss!!!

The B181!!!! One of my favourite roads for a dawn thrash....

Quote from DieKolkrabe :

I want to get back racing, but don't feel confident. Is there a way I can feel more confident?

DK

Having confidence is nothing more than having a strong recollection of your previous successes. So:

Get onto the grid
The longer you prevaricate, the harder it will become

Know that you are there because you can drive
You have a right to be on the grid no matter how others may percieve your skill level. You may have to renogotiate your own expectations: you're not there to break records, you're not there to win, but you are there to race to the best of your potential. With this in mind, starting at the back and finishing a few places up is going to reinforce your feeling of having succeeded, and therefore your confidence.

Turn off the chat
There is never anything worthwhile said on the chat channel in any case. Its a distraction, but at worst it can sap your confidence if some kid from Nowheresville is telling you that "You're in my way, dude". Screw him. If he can't get past without shouting or tooting his horn, he's not a racer. You are.

Go when the lights turn green

Quote from nikimere :

Well that goes for any corner then...

Probably... But its most irritating when it happens at a chicane, particularly the one on AS club. Fast drivers hate to lift there, even if there's a car already entering the chicane.

It always ends in tears....

Quote from luftrofl :

Don't you mean the 125cc & 250cc classes? MotoGP (800cc) is mostly boring.

Quote from nihil :

In recent years....

Those three words are probably suggestive enough to imply that this season needs a chance to warm up. There's absolutely no doubt that the previous few seasons are a lot to live up to, but with the engine change this year the pack has been shuffled to a degree that means we haven't seen the nail biting duels we're used to.

It'll happen though...

Quote from nikimere :

What's wrong with passing at a chicane or around the outside of a tight corner?

Nothing wrong with trying a pass, but I think the thread is actually aimed at the snots who try a pass at a chicane, when the slower car has clearly already entered the turn. When it all goes pear shaped (since nine times out of ten it will in this situation), the would-be ace then gets all high and mighty about how the slower car was "in my way!"

Brats....

He's probably talking about a skin....