the way i see it, all 6 (or however many) threads will disapear pretty quick after sunday anyway. if you're not interested, don't read.

speedfreak227

does anyone know why the percentages aren't working?

speedfreak227

Who do you think will be in the top eight points paying positions?

i'm assuming i'll be able to set it so people can pick more than one option but PLEASE ONLY CHOSE 8 DRIVERS.

thank you,

let the best 8 win.

Speedfreak227

Edit: i couldn't fit the SUPER AGURI drivers but come on.......... i think not.

Last edited by speedfreak227, Fri 10 Mar 2006, 07:55.

Quote from Ball Bearing Turbo :

What exactly is it that causes a surge in foward momentum during the transition from wheelspin conditions back to non-wheelspin conditions?
I realise it's a massive gain in traction, but that traction ramps up greatly long before the tires are rotating at the speed that matches the vehicles velocity. Why is that?

Driving in the snow today it occured to me that this effect is just as pronouced in the snow as it is on pavement....

I am no tire physics guru, so I was hoping someone could explain this to me in some level of detail.

It seems that this is present in LFS but so hard to tell w/o feeling the car under you. Perhaps a GMeter analysis will tell.

I think i can shed more light on the topic.

There are two types of friction; dynamic and static. the coefficient of friction is a number relating the stikyness between any two surfaces. the coefficient of static friction is ALWAYS higher than that of dynamic friction.

think of it this way. when you're pushing a heavy box on the floor, it's hard to get it moving, but once it starts sliding it's much easier to keep it sliding. that's because you've gone from static to dynamic friction conditions.

with a spinning tire, as the tire slows down and is slipping less, more asperities on the tire's surface contact more asperities on the road surface and have more time to momentarily interlock and create a directional force.

did i explain that clearly? it's late and i'm over tired.

BTW, this is why it's faster to stop a moving car by NOT locking up a wheel. once a wheel locks you've moved into dynamic friction between the rubber and road surface and therefore lost a certain amount (approx 1/6 to 1/3) of your frictional force.

speedfreak227

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Yes

does the driver drive it to?

when do they do this?

i'm curious what the exact procedure is.

thanks,

speedfreak227

the sheets that the co-pilots read from........where do they get them? do they drive the course and make their own?

speedfreak227

last year was pretty good. you guys must have missed it.illepall

i'm really looking forward to this season with all its new rules

speedfreak227

i don't drift and it doesn't interest me at all, but i think it would be good to have a track with nice corners for the drifters.

i think it was the original need for speed undergraound that had drifting events. it was kinda fun to do.

if it improves the member base then i say go for it.

speedfreak227

the two times i tried puffs of cigarettes i was chewing gum at the time. the "flavor" stayed in the gum and that was enough for me to never try that crap again.

while in venezuela i picked up a box of 30 cigars. after smoking 1 per day for about 4 days i was having nicotene rushes every 30 to 60 seconds for about 2 days. that's not cool when you're climbing a ladder in an industrial plant.
again, that was the end of that.

speedfreak227

Quote from Vendetta :

Once your stopped sure, but they dont slow you down quick enough. I woud love to see tires sinking in the sand

real life sandtraps don't slow down fast moving cars either. that's why they're being repllaced with paved run off areas.

speedfreak227

ok, i see what you're talking about, it's called "F-Lock" on mine and that makes sense. i'll give it a try before i post this post.......



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ok, it worked. awesome! thank you.

speedfreak227

every time i go to check my tires or damage or whatever else the F9 - F12 keys show, my computer jumps back to desktop and opens my music, or my pics, ect......

i didn't change ANYTHING and i'm not sure how to make them stop that.

i've got a logitech cordless mx duo keyboard and mouse.

any help?

speedfreak227

Quote from Vendetta :

Wow, GTL does sound sort of nice. I like the crowd sound effect at the start of the race though. Cool video

i'm only in this thread for steve's avatar

speedfreak227

I'm curious what some of you computer savvy people out there think about System Mechanic.

Positives?
Negatives?

Thanx,

Steve

Good job guys.

You deserve this.

speedfreak227

Quote from Hankstar :

C64-heads, go here: http://c64s.com/

i went there but the games don't seem to be playable for me. maybe i need a newer java but mine should be pretty up to date.

i want to play Blue Max and Rags to Riches again!!!

speedfreak227

Quote from Hankstar :

Good thread It's a big list because all of these games have hooked me in and kept me absorbing cathode radiation for hours upon hours. Could account for the paranoia I suppose...unless the CIA is making me paranoid with it's thought control satellites...

C64 - the beginning:
Dambusters, Ace of Aces, Turrican, Test Drive, Grand Prix Circuit, Powerdrift, Outrun, Attack of the Mutant Camels, International Soccer, Park Patrol, Midnight Resistance, Phantoms of the Asteroid (awesome soundtrack)

SNES: F-Zero, Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat, Super Mario Kart, Donkey Kong Country

PC: Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Command & Conquer, Need For Speed, Interstate 76 (too wicked!), X-Wing vs TIE Fighter, Grand Prix Legends, Live For Speed, Medal of Honour Allied Assault (that Normandy level is insane, and Sniper Town rocks), Prince of Persia, The Sims, GTA3, GTA Vice City, Max Payne(s)(can't beat bullet time )

PS1:
Gran Turismo 1 & 2, Micro Machines 3D, Metal Gear Solid, Armored Core, Tenchu: Stealth Assassins, Ghost In The Shell, Silent Hill, Resident Evil(s) (closer .. closer .. BLAM BLAM SPLUTCH muaaahahahahaa!)

PS2: GT3, Metal Gear Solid 2, Silent Hill 2 & 3 (icky!), GTA San Andreas, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time - great fun

I could go on ... but I won't. I can't remember anymore

wow, we have a lot of favorite games in common.

i had dam busters for my colecovision but i think i only saw the dam once....maybe...... if that was actually the dam........

and i LOVE the dude from bruce lee as your avatar.

speedfreak227

Quote from SparkyDave :

nice price now youll be able to buy the GF a diamond

yeah, next time she comes home with ANOTHER pair of shoes or ANOTHER purse, i'd bring up the wheel. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

speedfreak227

I've found some free ones but most of them run in linux. I need one to run on XP.

I'd like to calculate heat flows through a copper heat sink for an engineering project at school.

Thank you,

Steve

I'd like to write a script to monitor an XML file on a website and check it every five minutes. I would like this to log itself into excel. I have been told that this is commonly done using Virtual Basic.

that is EVERYTHING i know about the topic.

can someone please fill me in on this a little bit?

thanx,

Steve

MASTER OF ORION: (PC) fantastic empire building game. i still play it.

MOONSTONE: (amiga) great 4 player knight game where you take on monsters to win treasures and such. my friends and i LIVED on this game for years.

PIRATES: (C64) awesome because of its open endedness.

MANIAC MANSION: (C64) awesome because it could be finished multiple different ways

ZAK MCKRACKEN AND THE ALIEN MINDBENDERS: (C64) fantastic follow up to Maniac Mansion which included the elusive chainsaw gas. hahahahahaha

THE ORIGINAL TEST DRIVE: (C64) learned how to shift with that.

ANOTHER WORLD/OUT OF THIS WORLD: (amiga) first fully polygon game. when i watched the intro i nearly crapped myself with excitement. i tried to explain the signifigance to my father but it was lost on him.

RAILROAD TYCOON: (amiga) again awsome for beong so open ended.

TOMB RAIDER: (PS) the first one was the best by far. i wish they would remake it for PS2 with updated graphics.

PRINCE OF PERSIA, THE SANDS OF TIME: (PS2) just a fantastic game.

speedfreak227

Quote from v4forlife :

all italians are flamboyant fatties that are either pizzia chefs, or mobsters

you forgot that we're all masons as well. LONG LIVE CONCRETE

speedfreak227

Quote from Infiniti :

Hmm let me try this :

No, I wasn't calling you a drunken and rioting hockey fan. I was comparing your stereotype with mine towards you. I didn't like you stereotyping me about living in Nebraska. There is nothing wrong with it, nor Canada in my opinion, but soon as you make it a problem then I will bring it up.
Am I suppose to be correcting my mistakes you point out? Because if I weren't, then why do I do so well in school? Guess you can't answer that yourself, but I'm on break. Why not give my brain a rest after frying it for finals?
One thing that I am learning is how careless I am typing on forums or internet. You know I don't care about spelling and grammar online hopefully by now. What you don't know is that I am a really good writer, just want you to know I'm not a complete idiot. Besides you're how old? Much older than I am I presume. You sound like my dad editing my own work. By the way he is a lawyer and part time teaches at Creighton Law School. So you're not doing anything new to me.

ok, there were a few tiny little mistakes in that one, but you came across sounding VERY INTELLIGENT there. My appologies for being a bit of a prick to you. If you type like that all the time in the forums you will recieve a lot more respect and have people take you seriously much more often.

I really don't want to sound like a nag, but (assuming you're in highschool) at your age if you can start presenting yourself professionally it will do a lot to help you move up in the world.

Yes I am older. I'm 30 and an engineer. Nothing frustrates me more than having to read a poorly written report or an email with "internet abreviatons". I think you called it "aim language" but I don't know what that is.

USE YOUR OBVIOUS INTELLIGENCE TO GET YOUR POINT ACROSS! Don't pander to the lowest common denominator and use "aim language" to appeal to all the "internet english" junkies.

speedfreak227

Quote from Infiniti :

Oh and me living in Nebraska doesn't have anything to do with it?

That is not a question.

Quote from Infiniti :

I live there, and I'm in the largest city, there isn't a corn field insight...

No comma needed after "there". "Insight" in this context is two words.

Quote from Infiniti :

Sure I'm in honors english "I know how to spell and use grammar" does not mean I'll use it, your not proving a thing to me execept maybe I'm not taking my time to spell and your wasting your time correcting meillepall

MEGA-RUN-ON-SENTENCE! "You're" not "your" (X2).

Quote from Infiniti :

Oh well I careless I shouldn't waste my time explaining myself,

In this context "careless" is two words and should have a period after it.

Quote from Infiniti :

Least your keeping me entertained, but I won't write a paper for you to correct and base me for...

"At least" and "you're" not "your"

Quote from Infiniti :

I dont want to bash other countries but since you stereotyped me for just living in Nebraska, Canada to me is just a bunch of drunk hockey fans rioting whether they win or lose...

"Since" denotes a passage of time. You were looking for "because".

Quote from Infiniti :

Don't be such a stereo type...

Are you calling me a drunken and rioting hockey fan or did you mean to tell me to not be someone who stereotypes other people? I think you were meaning to say "Don't be a stereotyper".

One more thing..........there's a new invention called the "paragraph", give it a try one day.
speedfreak227

Quote from wheel4hummer :

There are no wreckers IRL (Except in Nascar)

i can think of one. he's not that popular, maybe some of you have heard of him.......Michael Schumacher perhaps?

final race of 1995 anyone?
final race of 1997 anyone?

speedfreak227

oh, and be careful how you abreviate things, especially in a racing forum. it took me a minute or two see realise that "indy racing league" wasn't what you were trying to say.