Quote from lizardfolk :

DONT FORGET MODIFIEDS:

and sprintcars, and legends, and mini's, and and and =) There are tons of cars that run on ovals =)

I have a couple ideas, I will have a chat with Sam, not that I have helped much lately... Sorry UKCT =(

The problem is you are theoretically asking someone to be on call for 24 hours a day. While this could happen your asking alot for someone who is not being paid a single penny. If there was cash flow and people paid for services then it's a different story.

I know that there are people out there that will happily give some of their time to CTRA. But there are problems with this. First is that in all likelyhood this person would help for, a month or so, then they would cease to help. The next problem is quality, how can we garuantee that the person who volunteered is up to the task, to the standards we would like to see.

The last bit is who, honestly, in their right mind would devote a significant amount of their time to a project that they don't get paid for. That in itself is not a huge issue, it's the idea that this person is not being paid to look at complaints and no matter which decision that this person made someone always loses out and feels they were treated unfairly. It's all fine and dandy if your hobby is building cars for example. That car will never winge or moan or complain that the treatment recieved was not acceptable or that they feel they were wronged in some way and retailate in various ways. It's just not worth the hassle, now if people were willing to pay a fee that opens up many more possibilites, one being 'live' help.

What I am getting at is if people are wanting more time spent on managing the CTRA they are going to have to delve into their pockets and help us out. Yes having an admin would help but we can only do so much with our free time, which is what the CTRA is run with.

Last edited by Viper93, Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:20.

When I worked at the auto shop they used 2 wooden wedges and pried the door out on top and hit the unlock button with a bar when I locked my keys in my car accidentally.

Quote from Ultimate[RUS] :

May be Viktor Szabo can catch fxo, even be faster. But a situation on a server such, that 4/5 drive on fxo.

I put this down to the FXO is easier to throw around, not because it's faster, because it's not =P

Quote from niall09 :

Oh, Chris, don't forget your self

Hehe, I am second best in the RB4. Might as well be last =) I make a decent run on the short tracks and the rally tracks, but when it come to long sweeping corners and straits a mile long I just can't cope, yet =)

Quote from Ultimate[RUS] :

But FXO is faster on a straight, and on the fast track, like WE1 RB4 has't any chance .

The RB4 has never had much of a chance on any of the long tracks. This is nothing new =) But IMO what do you expect? With double the driveline there is bound to be something lost, and it's top end! =)

FYI driveline power loss for each type of vehicle (RL cars, assuming transfered to LFS)

FWD: 15-20%
RWD: 20-25%
AWD: 25-35%

The lower the speed the less the loss, thats why AWD's have problems with top end. All the mass in the driveline is hard to keep moving at that speed of rotation.

There are other items that effect top speed, but this gives you a rough idea. My numbers may be slightly off, but shouldn't be too much.

Quote from The Very End :

Imo the XRT falls a little behind, mostly because it`s a much harder car to controll.

Just watch Viktor Szabo running the XRT against Hannu in the RB4 in the STCC, that will show you what both cars are capable of =)

Last edited by Viper93, Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:52.

ROFL

For a second there I thought that was serious

XRT removed from demo = More people buying S2! Atleast they should, IMO why play a demo and treat it like a full version (IE leagues ect.) and not pay for it? It's and awesome simulation and the devs deserve your money for what they have created =)

I semi play. I mainly just do the skillage now, at least you don't have to play to skill up =) I enjoy the game and hop on from time to time to complete missions. I have not gotten into the PVP much yet.

It is about 40p a liter, but you can't really use the exchange rate so if you live in the states, making dollars it's .80cents a liter.

It's still less than here, but it's not that much less and it's definatly not as big of a disparity as people make it out to be.

So it's .80 a liter instead of 1.03. But then you have to add in the fact that Americans on average make double the income of a British person, and pay less tax every year...

Quote from mickyc30 :

i sure did, and why dont they delete un-nessecery old threads?

For Historical records. Maybe they should be archived? I donno. Just look at the post date before posting =P

Quote from tristancliffe :

But I was comparing them back in 2000, and I think the Focus is a lot better these days in comparison to other 'modern' cars, but I bet it won't put a smile on your face like a proper 80s Hot-Hatch.

Omni GLH turbo FTW =) Open diff FWD with 200BHP at the wheel. IIRC they ran 14 flats. They handled OK, nothing to write home about. Did I mention unequal length 1/2 shafts? =P

Quote from Swiss_Tony :

Agh, that's a shame. Well, no, tis a good thing to spend time with family ... you know what I mean Anyhow, was looking forward to another good scrap with you Chris. Maybe some other time.

Have a good night out and thanks for telling us.

There will be more Depending on CTRA workloads ofcourse, that is taking more and more of a precident over my racing. There is so much that could be done through the system, if only there were more hours in a day!

On the other side of this too is that I am no longer on the factory floor building magnets for Siemens. I have been ushered in with the Process engineers and am looking at more of an engineering role. I have found that my Associates degree (thats three courses away from being finished...) is the equivilent to a HNC so I can get into a full engineering position.

That being said I don't know where my time will be if/when I start schooling up again. As much as I love racing it may take a backseat while I get this sorted... not to mention Aimee and I want kids in the near future.

Very nice!

I cannot make it. I will be going to the pub with the family =)

I have to verify with the wifey, sign me up =)

Quote from danowat :

What the heck is a biometric passport?, never heard of us needing one, might be a cunning ploy to keep the Germans out.........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometric_passport

I have heard that all new passports in the UK would be biometric, but I have not looked at when.

Count me in. I can pick up anyone near the Oxford area and up =)

Quote from viper-2007 :

I ve just watched all the lfs touring car races and it looks great and all but i do karting (and i am in the worlds biggest team) and the team spirit is just so much in real racing this game will never compare to real life i say all lfs driver should buy a kart and go race them!

Then you obviously have not been in a team in LFS? Defiantly not a good one thats for sure.

Quote from SamH :

I had a wife once! Boy was I glad she couldn't breathe through a pillow!

ROFL :hidesbehi

Quote from anttt69 :

Ha ha, the problem is finding one who does'nt think she's in charge & actually has a conscience of some sort

Aimee treats me well, so I return the favor =) All I am worried about is if I can race on the computer and play with my SRT-4 =) Needs new brakes already, only been 6k miles and the rotors are shot and the pads are gone...

Quote from TFalke55 :

YOU YOU YOU!!!
with one event you scored more then I did the last 6 ones together

I got lucky?

You all are racing great. The times posted in quali show the level of competition. I mean jeez the whole field was like, what 2 seconds from each other? It doesn't take much to go from a top 5 position to not scoring points. Points are not the only signifier of a good race when you all are running so close to each other =)

Quote from Drunken Predator :

No, but i believe fighting a little for the matters i find important to me.
Some people just bend over, i wont, i do what i can but keep it in good taste and behaviour.

Well the devs can do what they want. But if enough people sign then who knows what happens =)

I like the new look, much better than it was. In the tintops I think you still should be able to look using a two button press(it is harder ot look farther, hence it should be harder for us too) but you still can do it. (Duck aleady says this is possible)

I don't know how theTrackIR works, maybe this would solve the look issue?

Quote from niels1 :

Hey Sam, we all have a real live m8. Dont worrie, you admins all take your time. No rush needed.

Well it is a valid point about the waiting time for reports to be processed and if there was money involved it would not be acceptable. But since there isn't any money involved and it's all on people's free time I am content the way it is for the time being.

Hopefully once the new year rolls around we can improve the waiting time for reports to be processed. Currently it takes someone a good 10 hours a week to review the new replays. I don't know about anyone else but I just don't have the time to really sit down and check them out, not with everything thats been going on in my life (new job)(moved house)(wife to maintain)

I had fun! What happened with me was it came on 1900GMT I had nothing to do. I asked UKCT what they were up to for the evening and said this. Sam did me up a skin in about 10 minutes. I hopped onto the server and ran the last 30 minutes until the racing started =)

I do not know if I will make it for the last race, but if I do I am defiantly putting some practice in if I do.

I had a couple collisions with people, but nothing serious and all is forgiven on my end =)

Quote from The Very End :

I have seen the movie/serie before, and it`s awesome work. It shows LFS`s full potential, and I think it could be used some way as a adverting for the game.

It does show whats possible, but not it's full potential =) There is so much more that could be done with these broadcasts it's not even funny.

From a hobby standpoint I don't think you could go much further with how the STCC is. YOu would need some full time people and jobs to continue the project into the bigger stages. Anyone up for donating 100k a year, with expansion into the millions? =P