Then get a better job, or save up, until you can race responsibly.
Otherwise, boohoo, cry me a river, and f**k off until you get a brain and figure out that ANY kind of racing on a public highway is a recipe for death. I can't afford to go racing, so I do it in LFS instead. I don't care if it's 3am on a rural road, how do you know that a farmer won't pull out of a side road in his old pickup after tending to his crops or animals all day and night? You don't. How do you know there isn't a broken down car over the brow of that hill? You don't.
How do you know you're not going to take an innocent somebody's life?
You don't.
Grow up.
I did my stint of GTR @ AS3 back in 2005, when the physics meant that a 1:43 was alien speed. And now I never want to do that combo ever again, even the prospect of it makes me yawn/disconnect and want to drive something that isn't flat out for 93%* of the lap.
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Heh, congrats, enjoy it!
I myself have to keep fighting off naughty thoughts of upgrading (or even thinking about upgrading) to an A700 which I simply can't afford at the moment.That's not a strong article. A strong article would be the one below, written by, err, myself, just now.
I think my version is much fairer, too.
What, from the back?
Congrats guys, HR is really growing at the moment.
Why the hell would anyone want that? Or am I the only one who keeps my sunvisor down 95% of the time? I keep it down in sunny weather (obviously), but I prefer to block out the view of the sky in general and especially streetlamps at night, so I can't be distracted or blinded by anything above.
I can't help you with your specific case, but wanted to add that I recently upgraded to the 163.71 drivers (coming from the 93.71 drivers) and LFS looks worse on my GeForce 5900 with plenty jaggies. I too noticed that it had been added to the list of recognised games in the nVidia control panel, but it ignored any settings I asked it to use. So I manually added lfs.exe to the list, as I used to do with the old drivers, and it still ignores my AA and AF settings, meaning I get none.
nvidia = wankers. I'll be rolling back to the older drivers when I get the time.
nvidia = wankers. I'll be rolling back to the older drivers when I get the time.
I don't swear in LFS until I make a stupid mistake. Like getting it crossed up then fudging it and overdoing the recovery. South City also makes me swear a lot when I keep taking right angled corners wrongly and clipping the inside wall, lap after lap even though I keep telling myself each time to take the correct line.
In the car on my own I swear like a trooper, and tend to use "f**k" as a form of punctuation.
Pet hates are boy racers that are incapable of driving anywhere without tyres squealing and stereo pumping; middle lane hoggers that should be shot in the head; dumb platinum blonde bitches aged 50 or more in their Range Rover Sports but have no clue about how to drive; people that drive across the Tyne Bridge at 28mph in the outside lane, dodging nervously everytime a bus goes the opposite way in the outside lane; the vast majority of BMW and Audi drivers; and finally people that blatantly and deliberately ignore "no right turn" signs, often causing a real danger in the process. I'd love for them to get rammed by an HGV unable to stop, but even then sadly it would still be the HGV's fault.
Oh, and I also hate the recent trend of putting your rear fog lights on when there's a bit of spray on the motorway. F**k off, I can't see your brake lights anymore, how does that make you safer?
In the car on my own I swear like a trooper, and tend to use "f**k" as a form of punctuation.
Pet hates are boy racers that are incapable of driving anywhere without tyres squealing and stereo pumping; middle lane hoggers that should be shot in the head; dumb platinum blonde bitches aged 50 or more in their Range Rover Sports but have no clue about how to drive; people that drive across the Tyne Bridge at 28mph in the outside lane, dodging nervously everytime a bus goes the opposite way in the outside lane; the vast majority of BMW and Audi drivers; and finally people that blatantly and deliberately ignore "no right turn" signs, often causing a real danger in the process. I'd love for them to get rammed by an HGV unable to stop, but even then sadly it would still be the HGV's fault. Oh, and I also hate the recent trend of putting your rear fog lights on when there's a bit of spray on the motorway. F**k off, I can't see your brake lights anymore, how does that make you safer?
And anyone who thought it was Brits who best understood sarcasm and irony, will no doubt have a wry smile at the irony of this.
Yeah, basically. I'd rather have an R32 any day. Same kind of power and performance as a 3.2 TT DSG but without looking like a hairdresser, and people will let you out at junctions in a Golf.
Oh wait, but hairdressers drive something else don't they Tristan? Fully agree with your comments about the "sporty" TT though. A friend of mine has one of the new ones, and eventually I just gave up pointing out that it's not a sports car, when he kept mentioning how great and sporty and stylish (cough) his car was at any opportunity.
Oh wait, but hairdressers drive something else don't they Tristan?
Fully agree with your comments about the "sporty" TT though. A friend of mine has one of the new ones, and eventually I just gave up pointing out that it's not a sports car, when he kept mentioning how great and sporty and stylish (cough) his car was at any opportunity.Putting speed holes in cars, for one.
No they don't, it's not called a Skyline anymore.
Have to agree with all that, I think it looks cracking - just a nice balance of muscle/power and svelteness. And suffice to say that it's going to be really rather rapid. I like it so far, hope that it proves good to drive.
what's an "insim layout"?
The cruise servers use a layout (which anyone can make, it's a just a question of putting barriers and cones on the track. Making a playable layout however is a different matter) to define the rights of way.
Separate from this is that they use a separate program that interfaces with LFS via Insim. Afaik some of the programs are custom, one-off creations by those with programming skills. Some use an off-the-shelf application, I think LFS Lapper is one such thing.
The cruise servers use a layout (which anyone can make, it's a just a question of putting barriers and cones on the track. Making a playable layout however is a different matter) to define the rights of way.
Separate from this is that they use a separate program that interfaces with LFS via Insim. Afaik some of the programs are custom, one-off creations by those with programming skills. Some use an off-the-shelf application, I think LFS Lapper is one such thing.
Have to agree about the S2 tracks being too smooth and artificial. Yes, they're wider for a reason (to accomodate larger, faster cars) but that doesn't mean they have to have the surface of a billiard table. Westhill, for example, you'd expect to be quite bumpy since it appears as a generally low budget, undeveloped track (unlike Aston, with grandstands and kerbs and configs galore).
Speaking of Aston, it'd be nice to feel the difference in the surface when using (for example) the modern GP config, compared to bits of the old Historic config that aren't part of GP and would be an older, more pitted, weathered, frost-bitten surface.
Speaking of Aston, it'd be nice to feel the difference in the surface when using (for example) the modern GP config, compared to bits of the old Historic config that aren't part of GP and would be an older, more pitted, weathered, frost-bitten surface.
Tristan, there are times when I read your posts and disagree strongly with them. This is not one of them. Well said sir, have a hearty pat on the back for saying what simply needs to be said.
You're joking, right? :o
Well that certainly explains the actions of Ferrari International Assistance...
I'm glad Kimi is champion, as Kev mentioned elsewhere, mainly because he isn't a goody two-shoes - he drinks a lot and swears on live tv for starters. Whereas Lewis is too busy thanking all his team and the sponsors at almost every opportunity. The domination of the Ferraris meant the race would've been quite boring were it not for Hamilton's antics. He n00bed it on the first lap trying not to let Alonso past, the gearbox electronic failure was very mysterious, and ultimately he just didn't have the pace to recover. His move on Barichello made for good tv, and Hamilton had to take risks (at the position he was in, he had nothing to lose); but was bad in terms of racing etiquette because it relied on Rubens getting his arse out of the way (or face being wrecked by a dive bomb), rather than Hamilton presenting himself in sufficient time for the corner. But then again, these guys aren't racing for fun like we do in LFS.
I don't, I never use it, and have no interest in using it.
However, it just occurred to me why it may be in LFS' long term interest to get the AI sorted sooner, rather than later.
One area where LFS lacks, currently, is in North America. It's common to hear people from there mentioning the lack of online activity during their timezones - there's no denying LFS is very Euro-orientated. And the AI is currently pretty unuseable, so there's no LFS for them in NA. But give them working (and good) AI, and you'll build an offline community of LFS racers in North America. When the offline players reaches a critical mass, an active online community will begin to form that could rival that of the European time zones. Obviously, North America is a huge sales market, and it can only be good for LFS in the long term to tap into it. Having revamped AI is like a first foothold in building the product's appeal in North America.
Well both, but more of the good than the bad. Only negative point I hinted at was the lack of different car types covered by your setups with it mainly being FOX, but that's understandable given the single seaters raced in your league, and the fact that the setup collection has just been started.
As much as I have to say that I tend to agree with those who take issue with your spamvertisements for the GFC league at any opportunity, I applaud any efforts to create a database of useful setups. The stuff available at Inferno is quick, but mostly seems biased towards hotlapping. What is far more useful to the average racer are setups orientated towards races, rather than hotlapping or alien sets that tend to be incredibly twitchy or unpredictable. 
Look forward to seeing the list of setups expand to the other popular classes in the future.
Look forward to seeing the list of setups expand to the other popular classes in the future. If you don't mind me asking, where the hell did you go?
Congrats Bob. Pity that carshock has closed down opposite your office, otherwise you could have gone and bought yourself a dodgy* motor with your first paycheque in your lunch break.
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Yeah, but try manoeuvring an American one around your average Lidl over here, and it's probably like trying to park a Lincoln Town Car in one of our city centre multistoreys.
Not that I've ever been to America to try their shopping carts.
Or tried to park a Lincoln Town Car in a multistorey.
Or driven a Lincoln Town Car*.
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[/size]Good interview, thanks to SRT and especially Victor for doing it. Always interesting to hear the devs chat and be interviewed about things.
lol at the question at the end asking about Victor "when he grows up" - isn't the guy in his late twenties or early thirties or something? Apart from that, good job and good questions.
lol at the question at the end asking about Victor "when he grows up"
- isn't the guy in his late twenties or early thirties or something? Apart from that, good job and good questions.FGED GREDG RDFGDR GSFDG