Quote from mythdat :

Not like this, anyway!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Etb_kqxnI

There is only one King Of Slide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tqxykKDck0

500cc two stroke - what a boy!

Good luck Bradley

Authority over motorsport activities comes from the local / national associations and they form a Federation (hence the F in FIA). Through this web they can sanction a large percentage of motorsport activity all the way down. If you don't accede to that authority then you can't race. A "rogue" series would be strictly limited on the tracks it could use for example.

So, that can't really apply to LFS. The only thing that could get in any way close is if the major leagues formed an alliance so they could pool resources (like marshals, servers etc), standardise rules and co ordinate race calendars etc. It would have anything to bind it together (like commercial interests) so it wouldn't be very cohesive, useful or longlasting.

Thanks for putting the series on. I wish I could have made more of the the races because the ones I did race were great fun.

Practice Session 2

Timecode - from 13.34 for the next lap and a half.

Cars 46 (me) and 38

Under yellow 38 is constantly pushing and hitting the back of my car. I had to brake quite hard a couple of times to stop him pushing me into the cars infront and on the last turn before the green he nearly spins me out.

Quote from Ori :

It is about oval events in genral. It would be most regretful and disappointing to see races beeing wasted by factors that could or better said should have been eliminated in the preceding period. In practice number 2 for instance you can see a process which is even more annoying than a crash: you have cars like 09, 24, ... driving in a way that

1. outrageously slows down the drivers next to them
2. does this because the other drivers are confused and in the same time must avoid accidents
3. finally causes accidents

I had the most trouble last year with oval "experts" who seemed to make up their own set of rules - like don't overtake if you're the third car in the draft and nonsense like that. They then took it upon themselves to mete out their own punishments to the guys who did not do whatever passes for conduct on FM Oval Junkies.

That was more boring than driving FWD.

Quote from seniecka :

Damn, so annoying, I will have to skip this race, because at the same time, tomorrow will be broadcasting Eurovision Song Contest.

WTF! I know our European brothers take this a little more seriously than us Brits, but... WTF!

I'll be there if I'm home from work in time.

Everything manufactured on planet Earth is based on natural materials.

Quote from TFalke55 :

world record is 1:05.90 by Darkone. I definately predict race pace times under 1:07 by Rudy, as the 1:07.01 World Record on the reverse configuration is set by rudy.
If the world record would be a pole position lap, the 107% mark is at 1:10.51. So everyone driving this time or faster will definately be part of the grid!

And I predict a pole time around 1:06.50

Sounds about right - OWRL went to Town last season and pole was 6.46

Race pace was a little misleading as the podium finishers all did 62 laps with no stop. Fastest lap was 7.3 so a shorter race should give slightly quicker times.

Quote from D.Zanetti :

haha pier, good times - well atleast what i can remember of it!

Met the wife there on 4th November 1994 . I'm also fairly sure my daughter was conceived after going there for my birthday in October 1995, so I have a lot to thank the Pier for

(Note to mods - there's no conception smiley)

This one always takes me back to Wigan Pier 1994. This was THE guaranteed floor filler.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... 8mXs4&feature=related

White gloves, whistles, liver failure, flourescent tabards, heart palpitations, bottled water vs lager sales ratio of 300:1...

Happy Days

It's their rule so it's their problem, but it can be checked.

Admins can check the blue light which is solid on if TC is off. If TC is on it flickers when in use.

As for the mandatory pitstop, that can be set by the server but BF1 won't do 40 laps of Westhill anyway.

Bubble dress picture in the first post just looks like "camel toe", not hidden balls IMO.

A couple of thoughts...

BMW are mired in the middle of the pack. Why have they BOTH filled themselves to the gunnels with fuel? Surely it would have been better to have one light car and one heavy one to hedge their bets?

Button needs to get aggressive with Hamilton otherwise he'll just get blown away down to T1. If he gets behind the McLaren then he might get stuck and the front three will get away.

Vettel looks very strong. Amazing driver and a likeable personality - they can combine.

Webber will be Driver Of The Day. (Does Martin still do that?)

Great find - thanks.

It's Southword please Maz

My race report from SR forums:

Quote :

Qual 13th (!!) Race 1st

This report really starts this morning after watching the Chinese GP. I did a few laps and found a line and speed through Eau Rouge where I picked up virtually no damage at all but only lost around 0.4s. I decided to do a one stopper and then play it by ear - either I tippy toe through Eau Rouge and not fix damage at the pitstop, or I can push harder and run the damage up as far as I could in the first half of the race.

Qually was a disaster as I didn't have any experience in qualifying. I don't do Q sets because you don't need them in OWRL. Anyway, 13th, so I was fully prepared to be punted off at T1 as there was no way I could get to the inside. Shut my eyes and came out of T1 in 12th and slowly built the race pace. Damage was negligible but I was able to maintain pace with all but 2 or 3 guys at the front and they had to be 2 stopping. Around lap 10 I was 6th and the top 4 all made early first stops. Around my pitstop I knew I wouldn't need to fix damage but I did debate about changing tyres. I was looking good for the podium but decided to take a chance with the tyres to try to win.

Running 3rd towards the end of the race the top two pitted on Lap 25. I came out right behind SK's M.Krause. I figured he would pull away and win but I kept with him and made a pass on the following lap after he made a mistake at the last turn. Then the fun began. I had saved up so much damage "credit" (all dampers less than half) that I could start pushing through Eau Rouge and I just made sure I defended where I has to and got out of all the crucial corners fastest. A couple of close shaves in the last couple of laps but I hung on for the win.

It was a real bun fight at the end and if I had realised at the time it was a SK driver I would've frightened myself off the road

It's not a bug it's a lag thing really. The gap between the two cars is very small so what is displayed is not always entirely accurate but LFS ranks the cars according internal timing meaning the result are always in synch even if the display can be a bit out sometimes.

Quote from Storm_Cloud :

If Rudy's racing then race pace will be in the 28s.

I look like a freakin' genius now

Hi Kristjan!

What are you up to - you were joining Core last time I caught your name somewhere?

How are you doing my old china plate?

Same old same old for me - single seaters all the time.

Doing a bit of GPL when I can aswell. UKGPL hosts loads of series for different mods. They have a Novice League in the 65s if you're interested, but if memory serves you are a bit of an old hand at GPL aren't you?

Possibly...