i agree, i never had any trouble with the mazda over curbs apart from the realistic issue of the inside wheel lighting up on the tight ones but then i set my setups high enough to make sure i didn't bottom out. once i learnt to feather the throttle slightly if i was using a curb it was fine and i wasn't any slower than i was with the stupid setups as it felt more controlable. as a good guidline for the mazda i found that if you could get a setup from an australian or european racer it would handle the curbs fine
. you see people flying off at the last turn at summit in the mazda but i always found it was ok even when running up a lot less wing that other setupsi love the radical, it's just that some of the setups out there seem to try and turn it into a pogo stick, i eventually found that if i stuck to shawn purdey's setups i wouldn't be far off. at i used to alter them slightly to calm the rear down and then as i got used to them work them back to his origninal settings, now i just use them striaght out of the box. like the skippy the key seems to be that rather than setting it up to try to be neutral and prevent oversteer, you set the car up so the oversteer is more predictable and consistent even if in theory you have less grip. certainly the radical at laguna or barber are two of my favourite combinations
the nobel peace prize has a history of being awarded to people who are attempting to bring more peace to the world and is often awarded as an encouragement to achieve things that have been started rather than a reward for having completed something.
in obahma's case its for his decission to not deploy the antimissile system in eastern europe and commence talks with the all nations on nuclear weapon reductions plus his statements about wanting to talk to musslim states.
the BBc in its usual even handed manner at lunch time stated that many americans would be confused by the awarding of this on the same day that "NASA declared war on the moon "
in obahma's case its for his decission to not deploy the antimissile system in eastern europe and commence talks with the all nations on nuclear weapon reductions plus his statements about wanting to talk to musslim states.
the BBc in its usual even handed manner at lunch time stated that many americans would be confused by the awarding of this on the same day that "NASA declared war on the moon "
was talking to an australian i practice with a lot on iracing this morning he's already got his drinks in for a good day
first time that my holidays have worked out right so i can watch this
first time that my holidays have worked out right so i can watch this
lol
maybe just maybe he'll prove to be a hit (as opposed to hitting everything else) it could be that it was the whole F1 telemetry and settings that caused him the problems as he must have a reasonable amount of talent to get to where he got to what ever his name was.
the trucks with their emphasis on driver input may be more his thing though obviously it'll take time for him to learn all the little nuences of its setup and he'll be very dependent on his crew chief
yep jetta is fun and it teaches you good habits with lines to as it's all about not loosing speed through the corners, i enjoyed the fun races in it but i won't enter any championship races as i prefer single seaters and i'd feel really bad if i screwed up someone's chance of the prize
maybe he's working on the principal that most F1 circuits run clockwise so maybe it's turning right that causes him the most problems ?
genuine question not a piss take
what happens when you're playing and the dog walks between you and the camera or the cat thats sitting in the room jumps onto the seat next to you? is it "keyed" to certain people at the start of the game or will it pickup any movement in the general area of whoevers playing ?
what happens when you're playing and the dog walks between you and the camera or the cat thats sitting in the room jumps onto the seat next to you? is it "keyed" to certain people at the start of the game or will it pickup any movement in the general area of whoevers playing ?
at least vettel has (hopefully) learned a lesson about defending a position that he maybe should have conceeded in australia, the points he lost there could make a big difference in the preasure on button in the last 2 races
they probably will just after the winter olympics take place in egypt
actually with climate change that may be sooner than we think
as stated the bmw gave 1400 bhp in quali trim, what made it really scary was the power curve ( cliff?) according to gordon murray at 8000 rpm it delivered 100 bhp, at 8300 it delivered 200 bhp, at 8400 it delivered 300 bhp, at 8500 bhp it delivered 1200 bhp !!!! imagine trying to judge your throttle with that curve, piquet snr admitted that he concentrated on getting the car through the bend at a constant speed before hanging on for dear life down the straight.
what i found most impressive was that one of the engines (cant for the life of me remember which make) was able, when the throttle was blipped in neutral, to gain a 1000 rpm with each turn of the crankshaft which has to be the closest to instant throttle response you'll ever come across, imagine it was turning at 3000 rpm and you blipped the throttle, to get to 12000 rpm took 9 turns of the crank which would be less than .2 of a second
hmm since i've hit a brick wall (and numerous tyre walls and a tree) trying to get the lotus dialed in consistently at VIR i may pay the mazda a visit, havent run it for a few months
be interesting if kovalainen is at williams and the hulk gets the other seat, will allow a fair comparison of hulkenberg's pace against kovalainen and hence against hamilton. plus over 4 seasons we'll have been able to compare hamilton v kimi v massa v alonso v hamilton.
whats interesting is why the question is so specific, i.e. rear antirollbar rather than just antiroll bars.
possibly we're looking at a specific case in question, certainly on a front wheel drive car fitted with twisting beam suspension the fact that the beam has to twist to allow independant rear wheel movement means it acts as an antirolbar, manufacturers would specify the thickness of the U section to achieve the stiffness they required. so any additional bar can be avoided purely by stiffening up the beam. usually by the simple process of converting the U section into a box section by welding plates across the open side. however at best this is an inexact way of stiffening it and as far as i know was only used as way round competition regs that prohibited additional of non standard antiroll bars but did allow for the standard suspension components to be strengthened.
going way off topic but following in the spirit of "strengthening" suspension components, a certain engine tuner, best known for his work on mini's, campaigned another make of car in the british touring car championship in the '70s and was repeatedly crticised by his competitors etc for retaining the standard fuel tank location under the boot floor which mean he had to carry extra weight to protect it, rather than follow convention and mount it in the boot. what no one realised at the time was that his fuel tank protective structure had the effect of forming a smooth surface from the rear axle to the lip of the lower rear valence which gave him a lot less drag than the others who had a gap before the rear valence then presented the airflow with a flat vertical surface
possibly we're looking at a specific case in question, certainly on a front wheel drive car fitted with twisting beam suspension the fact that the beam has to twist to allow independant rear wheel movement means it acts as an antirolbar, manufacturers would specify the thickness of the U section to achieve the stiffness they required. so any additional bar can be avoided purely by stiffening up the beam. usually by the simple process of converting the U section into a box section by welding plates across the open side. however at best this is an inexact way of stiffening it and as far as i know was only used as way round competition regs that prohibited additional of non standard antiroll bars but did allow for the standard suspension components to be strengthened.
going way off topic but following in the spirit of "strengthening" suspension components, a certain engine tuner, best known for his work on mini's, campaigned another make of car in the british touring car championship in the '70s and was repeatedly crticised by his competitors etc for retaining the standard fuel tank location under the boot floor which mean he had to carry extra weight to protect it, rather than follow convention and mount it in the boot. what no one realised at the time was that his fuel tank protective structure had the effect of forming a smooth surface from the rear axle to the lip of the lower rear valence which gave him a lot less drag than the others who had a gap before the rear valence then presented the airflow with a flat vertical surface
it'll be interesting to see if alonso's and massa's driving styles are compatable. if not ferrari may end up with a car that either suits one driver more than the other or can be adjusted to suit both but isn't an optimum design for either.
same story at mclaren, can they drive each others setups or will they struggle to keep both happy
same story at mclaren, can they drive each others setups or will they struggle to keep both happy
did anyone else see the epic thread on the general forum.. how the hell does a pro licence holder get 190 incident points in 6 laps practicing in rookie legends with only 3 other cars in the session?
have to agree with others, whilst i can understand you're initial reaction, your mate was definatly too close if he couldn't avoid hitting the car. no excuse for leaving yourselves insufficient time to respond to another's maximum braking no matter what you drive / ride. no one's perfect and in theory we should all leave enough space or adjust our speed so we can stop in the distance we can see but it's stupid to deliberately reduce your safety margins just because another has upset you
in general this tale just proves the point that it's not worth getting wound up about things when on the road as any reaction tends to lead to lead to bigger problems especially if you're mode of transport is likely to come off second best with almost every other vehicle on the road. be thankfull the outcome wasn't worse.
p.s. ironic that you're first rant was about a car thats struggled to stop in time
in general this tale just proves the point that it's not worth getting wound up about things when on the road as any reaction tends to lead to lead to bigger problems especially if you're mode of transport is likely to come off second best with almost every other vehicle on the road. be thankfull the outcome wasn't worse.
p.s. ironic that you're first rant was about a car thats struggled to stop in time
whilst i know what you mean 50 years may be overdoing it, 82 in particular was very unpredictable with 11 different drivers wining races and no one apparently wanting want to win monaco
thought i'd put up a pic of the front page of one of the local freebie papers.
one obvious point is that his "jedi cloak" looks a hell of a lot like a hoodie
one obvious point is that his "jedi cloak" looks a hell of a lot like a hoodie
nice video, was reading in autoport that he'd set the fastest sector 1 of the race on the last lap and was working to get as close as possible at the ascori chicane and then use the full kers allowance on the run to parabolica. the idea was he had nothing to loose at ascari as if he over ran the turn in it wouldn't matter but obviously the closer he was the less he'd have to make up, hence the on/over the limit cornering at lesmo
we all assumed it was luca that was doing a bad job in a reasonable car yet now we have fisi coming from a good result in the force india being slower than kimi and the force india's at two tracks.
so is fissi making luca look better?
so is fissi making luca look better?
this is one of the few things thats impressed me about my sons teenage half sisters education. in my day religious education was about christianity in its broadest form with no seperation of the various varieties such as protestant, catholic, methodist etc.
her R.E. included all the major religions from around the world and she found it quite stimulating and thought provoking (which is a different type of miracle entirely ) in particular she was struck by how much of the relgions was interchangable and how, if you replaced the figure head of one with the name of another religion's figure head, the various teaching etc were acceptable for any religion.
although not religious my self, i'm of the firm belief that if there is a god, then all religions are just different ways of worshiping the same god and each is equally as relevant and true for the circumstances in which it was formed.
her R.E. included all the major religions from around the world and she found it quite stimulating and thought provoking (which is a different type of miracle entirely
) in particular she was struck by how much of the relgions was interchangable and how, if you replaced the figure head of one with the name of another religion's figure head, the various teaching etc were acceptable for any religion.although not religious my self, i'm of the firm belief that if there is a god, then all religions are just different ways of worshiping the same god and each is equally as relevant and true for the circumstances in which it was formed.
and that's the reason why some LFS ers have the right to moan at having to pay for new content?
the point i was making is that the iracers are a lot more supportive of the LFS devs than a lot of the so called hard core LFSers on here who seem to want the devs to work 24 hours a day, have no private life and live in poverty so they can get all the content they want, now and for no extra cost. if they want rushed new content on the cheap go try some (most ?) of the r factor mods. the LFS devs do a fantastic job at keeping the costs down whilst still improving this sim. it would be far more profitable for them to just release LFS 2 and let everyone pay for everything from scratch but thats not the way they like to treat their customers. did anyone get the cost of GTR deducted when they bought GTR2 ? i don't think so
funny also how there is so much bitchiness about demo users who dont go licenced and ask for more free content, yet some people who are licenced don't want to pay for any extra content themselves.
what i'm finding ironic is that the thread i started on the iracing forum is far more supportive of the new track and content in LFS than a lot of the posts in this thread, as far as i can see there's not one negative post there in 4 pages
maybe it's because iracers realise how much programming time and cost goes into creating a real car and laser scanned track and how much difference the track should make to the experience
maybe it's because iracers realise how much programming time and cost goes into creating a real car and laser scanned track and how much difference the track should make to the experience
there's a lot of people on here that need to get real, would they expect to be given COD modern warfare 2 for free just because they've bought COD 4 ? i don't think so. it's always been known that LFS would be released in 3 stages called confusingly S1. S2 and S3. no one hid this so it's a bit rich to complain that you'll have to pay the third installment, even at a total of £36 LFS is worth every penny even if no more work is ever done on it, the netcode/ online playability alone is worth every penny.
the fact that it's currently known as S2 alpha is a complete non issue, if this was a true alpha or even a beta release, we would not be playing with it as that is what they have beta testers for. S2 alpha is just what the devs choose to call this stage of the development and now they appear to have chosen to call the next stage S3 (alpha ?) rather than S2 beta. so what ? yeah it'll cost you £12 but have anyone actually thought before moaning about how much one laser scanned track and one real car on iracing costs to use? taking, atlanta motor speedway a similar track to rockingham, and the jetta which is pretty close to the scirroco as examples you're facing a cost of $35 so to get both for just £12 is a bargin without the new tyre model etc. anyway you're not being forced to change to S3 anymore than the devs force demo users to buy an S1 or S2 licence.
if you like LFS be happy and relieved that the devs havent abandoned it to work on a new creation, if you really don't like the way the devs are developing this sim then, as we say on our COD4 server to people who moan about our rules, go find another one that has rules that suit you.
the fact that it's currently known as S2 alpha is a complete non issue, if this was a true alpha or even a beta release, we would not be playing with it as that is what they have beta testers for. S2 alpha is just what the devs choose to call this stage of the development and now they appear to have chosen to call the next stage S3 (alpha ?) rather than S2 beta. so what ? yeah it'll cost you £12 but have anyone actually thought before moaning about how much one laser scanned track and one real car on iracing costs to use? taking, atlanta motor speedway a similar track to rockingham, and the jetta which is pretty close to the scirroco as examples you're facing a cost of $35 so to get both for just £12 is a bargin without the new tyre model etc. anyway you're not being forced to change to S3 anymore than the devs force demo users to buy an S1 or S2 licence.
if you like LFS be happy and relieved that the devs havent abandoned it to work on a new creation, if you really don't like the way the devs are developing this sim then, as we say on our COD4 server to people who moan about our rules, go find another one that has rules that suit you.
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