WOW that is awesome
It's got the Jake logo on it and everything, I can't wait.
It's got the Jake logo on it and everything, I can't wait.
I don't think they need to change the track at all, but maybe look into putting some other kind of barrier in where he hit. That's two years in a row where someone hit those tire barriers(two different spots) and got thrown right back into oncoming traffic. The tires need to catch the cars not spit them back out.
What they should have done is took out a couple CoT backup cars yesterday, throw some Nationwide rain tires on them(pretty sure they'd fit) and see what happens. Nothing was going on at the track in the rain anyway, and it would give the fans something to watch. Tell the drivers not to get out of control so no one wrecks their cars. I know those tires are built for the lighter Nationwide cars but they wouldn't be going that fast in the rain so I don't see it becoming a huge issue for a couple of test laps. Just sucks sitting in the rain for hours and never get to see a car on the track the entire day.
I don't actually think the tires are the biggest issue though. I think its mostly visibility, which is why Nascar could just mandate windshield wipers and defrosters on road courses in the even of rain. That brings up the issue of cost though, because you're basically only going to MAYBE need them one weekend a year, at Watkins, because racing in the rain on ovals would be a very bad idea, and it doesn't rain in California so the other road course is safe. So is it really cost effective to develop this stuff for one week a year rather than just have the teams stay an extra day? Probably not, which is why they don't do it. Until they put more road courses on the schedule(probably never), it's just not worth it to try and put together a rain package for these cars. Sucks but its the truth.
OT: Does the IRL race in the rain? I feel like they would, but I can't think of it happening any time recently.
I don't actually think the tires are the biggest issue though. I think its mostly visibility, which is why Nascar could just mandate windshield wipers and defrosters on road courses in the even of rain. That brings up the issue of cost though, because you're basically only going to MAYBE need them one weekend a year, at Watkins, because racing in the rain on ovals would be a very bad idea, and it doesn't rain in California so the other road course is safe. So is it really cost effective to develop this stuff for one week a year rather than just have the teams stay an extra day? Probably not, which is why they don't do it. Until they put more road courses on the schedule(probably never), it's just not worth it to try and put together a rain package for these cars. Sucks but its the truth.
OT: Does the IRL race in the rain? I feel like they would, but I can't think of it happening any time recently.
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Lucky until it rained all day yesterday. I'll be following the race from my cubicle today instead haha.
Got my tickets for Watkins Glen this weekend sitting on my desk right now, can't wait!
I don't really get it, but I laughed anyway.
They have stated a couple times that it is in their plans. They haven't said if its something that's actually being worked on though, or when it might actually come out. I'd love to see it next season, but if I had to guess I'd say it's at least 2 seasons or more away.
My hands generally hurt after those restrictor plate races because I hold on to the wheel so tight, it is pretty intense being in such a big pack where one wrong move can take out half the field. Kind of makes you realize why some of the drivers hate it so much in real life.
They said they changed the Lotus steering in today's build. It feels worse for me now too on my G25. Maybe setups need to be adjusted or something for whatever they changed.
I'm going to focus on Impala B for the most part. I'll probably also hop in the Trucks when I like the track they're racing, and the modifieds for a quick race when I have the time.
I caught some of this yesterday, cool to see Kenny Brack win, I didn't even know he was still racing after his IRL crash. I wish Pastrana didn't screw it up in the final because that looked like it was going to be a really close one.
Weird, I could never get it to work properly maybe I'll have to try that resolution out.
To be HD I'm pretty sure it does, I've tried messing around with it before and no matter what quality video I had, if it wasn't widescreen it would not give me HD. For HQ it can be either.
Just seeing my car with numbers and logos on it on the website makes me happy haha.
I'd say the pissing on the cones goes right up with these two.
HD has to be widescreen I'm pretty sure, or you need to be able to slap bars on the sides of your video. If you can do that, then I think you want this: www.h264encoder.com
License updates are happening after week 13, so next Monday.
The OS is already progressing faster than LFS.
Sorry I had to.
I think hibernate would be when you spend too long chatting and your engine automatically shuts off.
I wish I could meet a woman who goes down this much.
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