I realize the flag rules, apparently missed the fact that the other marshall just switched to the red flag. I'm probably slower than this marshall (and that says a lot ).

Quote from aoun :

3:24 on the first video.

I honestly think that marshal in the background had no clue what was going on.

LMAO he's waving the green flag Well done seeing that :P

People say WOW what a crash, because the car is completely smashed. You're forgetting the fact that the car is BUILT to disintegrate. If the car didn't destroy itself in a crash, I'm certain the driver would be dead.

:drunk:

I just wish I had an STi

This is truly turning into a major problem.
I'm not one to whine, and I have plenty of things to spend my time on besides LFS. But when I take out some time to log onto LFS, mostly I see the top 4 of 6 servers are cruise servers. Outside the top 6, there's <10 players online.
The other top 2 servers are the ONLY servers that are actually populated at a given time with real racers.

I miss the diversity of public servers The only way to get some good racing with LFS today is private leagues, but I'm too busy for that.

Tristan is right. If you want to get complicated though, you'd be able to figure the wheel-torque out by accelerating in the lowest possible gear (least drag) without wheelspin. Using the vehicles mass and acceleration forces (F=MA), you find the torque at the wheels. Torque at the wheels corresponds to engine torque proportional to the gear ratio, minus losses. Now you've figured the amount of loss that exists in the LFS transmission. Put your car on a dyno, now you have your real cars wheel-torque. Adjust accordingly.

I'd love a server running FSAE-like tracks with the MRT
So if you can get it going and some people on there, it'd be awesome..

Oh lawdy.

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Edit: Loads of sexyness added.

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I'll have it tomorrow :b

I actually believe that chiptuning is able to significantly increase the drivability of many cars, especially (only?) ones with FI engines.
At the same time, fuel efficiency can be SLIGHLY improved or kept the same, at lower revs where the power usually is about the same on these FI engines. Of course a turbo pushing a lot more air than standard at high revs will make the engine require more fuel.

A related topic is aftermarket air filters. Seriously, replacing your OEM filter will do exactly nothing to your car. Unless your filter is extremely clogged by shit, it won't change anything. I have actually measured pressure drops all the way from the intake snorkel to the intake manifold, and a new aftermarket filter was no better than a 3 year old OEM filter that was pretty dirty. Cold air intakes will of course help with the air temperature, but please do it correctly.

tl;dr Chip tuning works for turbos. K&N is a scam.

Also, major bumpage.

Really well done
The money situation is sad, damn racing is too expensive

@bash0r - It's Dolan Duck!!!

Quote from Micha :

Why is there no moderator around to erase all this flaming and bitching?
People in here behave like children being left alone in the classroom.
Or is this intented to be the room for kids noone cares about?

Because this topic is the new Off Topic forum.
You didn't realize that like 50 pages ago?

Also, inb4 page 100.

Quote from speed1230 :

Hmm...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnmWpSCXPbs#t=2m15s

Sounds quite a lot like Louis Hamilton, I agree with the Youtube comments. But it's probably a lot of different drivers in different cars.

main(){ <--- oh god is that bad practice.

Also, yes guys, let's make this thread about programming languages instead

Eh, the punto looks fine. Perhaps a bit cheaper wouldn't hurt, but for that price you can only expect a car that breaks down

I don't drive it because the LX6 is the best car EVER! Great challenge to drive, but I still pray for the day the LX8 comes :bananalla

Quote from deggis :

"Has to have up to 6 cyls" - has this changed? IIRC can have up to 6 cyl.

What's the difference? It means the same to me, just with different wording.
The difference between "has to have" and "can have" is removed by "up to".

The DeltaWing concept is really, really ugly I mean worse than Porsche Panamera ugly.

I'm not certain at all but I'm gonna go with Dallara.. Just because.

I'm the only one who voted Di Grassi
Yes the car sucks, but he's keeping up with Glock in it which is good enough for me ^^ I had major expectations for Kobayashi, and he's not living up to them.

I tried playing it, but it's way too involving to keep track of basically everything you do by updating forums posts... I quit already

Going for automotive engineering myself this year
You must have an idea about what you find most interesting to work with - planes, space, cars etc? Also take into account the future of these industries.. I did that myself and I feel the automotive industry is taking a bad turn, but I hope I can contribute to sorting that out

The thing is, like RiseAgainstMe! said, they are very alike and you could probably get some job at a car manufacturer with an aerospace degree, although perhaps slightly different from what an automotive engineer would work with at the same company.

A lot of car development is taken from the aerospace industry - an example is NACA ducts.

Also, as far as I know, there's quite a difference between Aerospace and Aeronautical engineering if you didn't realize.. IDK if it's more obvious to a native English speaker.

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Besides the camera, that video is pretty cool
But yeah, I think you need one of those micro cameras if you want it inside..