ABOUT TIME that someone made a V8 Supercars pack. I absolutely love all the liveries in the current and past seasons, good job!! Would be nice to see them on the FXR and XRR though... maybe mix the car choice up a bit, rather than all FZR. Autobarn is my fav to go with my black & green theme, thx Flinty72
You've got to buy the NOS kit upgrade after you win 5 races, then pass 6 pro license tests and you have to win 10 gold stars in order to unlock the BMW M3 "turbo".
Why does it look like you inverted the image? As if the skin was already using other colors (because original is the proper one it seems)? Black inverted looks terrible.
It is a very good gaming mouse for FPS games and such. But things I dislike about it are the 'coating' is uses on the dark parts your fingers rest on. If you knick that coating onto something like the edge of your desk/table, it can start to tear off. Once that happens, it starts to peel, and you have a really rabid looking mouse . Sucks. Also the red "butt" on the end of the mouse shows way too much LED lighting, and it shines right in my eyes when I lay down on my bed away from the computer. I'd much rather prefer a mouse like my old Logitech one, but nowadays they are just coming up with weird designs that hurt my hand.
2 thumb buttons is a MUST for BF2, or any FPS game really . I still like the Intellimouse, is a common mouse for gamers... it just has some issues, like any other mouse does really.
The Habu looks stupid imo. Their gaming hardware is far too overpriced. I own the Reclusa keyboard too, and while it was expensive and not entirely worth the money, it still is a solid keyboard with fairly good functions. Design was ok, but software for the device is really lacking. Logitech definitely beats Microsoft with their software for their peripherals.
OH OH, also to note, Laser Mice SUCK for FPS gaming. They are very sensitive to the surface you use it on, and so sensitive, that even a spec on the mousepad or whatever will cause it to jump farther than you really want it too. A standard high DPI optical mouse is perfect, you don't need Laser for gaming. I have a few friends that were Quake 2 champions over here on the West Coast, and they went and got Laser mice and absolutely hated them... they switched back to optical.
We shouldn't be forcing people to choose GT2, people can choose what they want. But if any team would like to offer driving GT2 instead of GT1, that is appreciated, and would help change this GT1 class majority. We probably should have had a slot system where teams had to register the class they wanted before the class filled up.
The only reason I suspect people have not chosen GT2 is because they are unsure about which car will be faster, and that nobody is really accustomed to driving those restricted cars.
Again, we encourage more GT2 entries, even if it means some teams decide to switch from GT1 to GT2. I am thinking that if we do get teams switching car choices, we will want no more than 20 GT1 cars. 10 GT2 cars would be fine, but I think we will want around 12 for that class.
I want to also point out that I am trying to arrange some deals for prizes to our winners. This means that GT1 could possibly have a set of prizes for the top 3, and GT2 have prizes also.
I'm sticking with XP until 2008 like spankmeyer says... because SP1 patch for Vista is expected in Q1 2008 (not new features, just bug fixes, etc)... and that is when DX10 is expected to really hit the market. A fresh/new install of Vista for the new year is what I am planning to do. Still, I don't like Vista anyways... it's just a "cool" glamorized/glittered version of XP, it's nothing special, it really isn't. If you want raw speed and performance on your desktop/apps, use XP. Gaming in XP vs. Vista is really an even comparison I'd say. Some people report better performance in XP still, and some report better performance in Vista. It's really no big deal, and at best, only 10 FPS gained or lost either way. But I have a very similar system to what you ordered Bladey, and I can say that you WONT be complaining about FPS @ max graphics
Atm I use 64-bit XP, and it runs fine (absolutely no issues), but Vista 64-bit runs into tons more issues with software at the moment.... it's best to avoid it. The only reason I use 64-bit is because I want the most out of my 4gig of RAM.... that's all.
Absolutely disgusted by this game, in only SOME areas.
First, I'll say what I like. I think the graphics and effects are fine, still looks ok, but obviously GTR-ish... I thought it was gonna look a weee bit better. I have everything maxed out, full res, etc... game isn't all that great, but still looks decent. Menus are fairly ok and easy to use, sounds are about 4/5 stars I'd say.
The bad things are the real spoilers for the game.... Multiplayer netcode and online gameplay IS SHIT. I still fully disagree with the whole 'session' system that ISI invented... yes it may be real, but 1 race will take forever. (Quick online racing - One of the beautiful things of LFS that no other game can compare to).
Racing online in the poor netcode is just atrocious. People banging into you, having no feedback through the wheel, and just jello bouncing off each other. It's terrible, and those are with GOOD pings.
Again, the session voting system is shit shit shit.
Chatting is a pain, there are limited multiplayer options and features. Server settings can ruin the gameplay a whole lot.
And the worst part about this entire game is that it is available via STEAM. I vowed to never touch Steam for a long while, until this game. Went ahead and reinstalled it all, and just played the game. Sure enough, I already see tons of keyboard drivers with the names "L337 Sauce" noobing it up on the track and "kansei-drifter" using a FWD Seat Leon car and trying to drift it.... asking this question: "you can't drift in this game???" Finally, there are hardly any track rules or flag rules, and people cut the track, as well as go backwards on the track and start wrecking. Terrible terrible terrible. I already know of one wrecker that joins the servers, his name is "clino". He keeps cycling through the servers back and forth and just wrecking races.
It's quite crap to be honest, and it can only get worse once more CS kiddies get their hands on it. To be honest, I don't think Simbin could give a flying fluck about their userbase, and know that marketing towards a huge community of L337 players will get them more money. A win win for them, but a big loss when this game is approached by a 'simulation community'.
The game is hardly a simulation, it is way too easy to drive... way too easy. It's just something else to play, and not a serious racing game at all.
So far I've hit the low 1:35's at Brands. Laptimes for real WTCC are 1:34's and 1:33... though my setup cannot get me anywhere near those times.
Having my dog come running into my room all excited and hitting my feet causing me to crash ---- then being told it was an excuse for losing by some noobs. Happens to me A LOT.
Nice, but the music is so depressing, as if Norbi died recently or something :doh: Dunno why you couldn't put in some of the onboard footage of his. I have tons of onboard footage that he gives me... I am sure they are spread all over the Hungarian forums too.
Incredibly lame knock-off of the FD machine. It just wobbles, and has hardly any large degree of motion. That, and the attempt to make the thing look trendy with an overused white theme and posh smirk on the guy's face, what more could you ask for when wasting your money on this product?
I run 1600 x 1200, and I'd still rather see fewer userbars and text in signatures....
I don't think resolution is at fault here, it is just like AndroidXP stated already; the fact that the signatures on this forum cause an unwanted break in the "line of reading".
Before I get started with what? Why would I even waste my time shoving anything in your direction. Why do you always have to be so offended, holy hell... I thought sarcasm in England was commonplace. :doh:
Yes you have your user specific userbar, but you have all these other ones that people 'can' use, why not make a userbar that generates exactly what they have into one image? (eg, CTRA logo + license level + national level + etc) Then again, that wouldn't seem practical and hard-to-fit, but there ought to be some way of making it cleaner. Sam just goes on a roll with those userbars... I don't see how it is allowed to have so many, he is moderator I guess.
Other leagues only give out one to use, and yes they can make more if they please I bet... but they have some common sense in knowing that too many is just overkill, yes?
Aussies should have trouble pinging most LFS servers, always. Also people far away in South America.
I ping your servers around 170ms, which is average from here to England. At best, I've pinged 120ms to a BF2 server in England, and that is really good. LFS plays fine for anything under 200ms.... it's just how stable the connection is that really affects LFS.
I think the new Nordschliefe for rFactor is the best version I've seen to date for a PC simulation...
So it may have a few kinks slightly off, but it is really damn close to what I've seen in videos. The video Niels has linked up there should be a good enough example of the track itself... but I do agree that the laptimes simulations get versus reallife, that can never be a fair comparison. As for the track itself, again, I think it is one of the best out there at the moment, and it most definitely keeps my time away from LFS-boredom. Finally rFactor gives me something else to do when it comes to choosing a driving simulation for the night.