Thanks =)

I have had questions regarding this so I thought I would make it a sticky.

As obtaining a platinum license takes time I thought I would still make it a sticky even though the application window is currently closed.

Some of the wording was off because I had posted that thread on the STCC forums and I copied it over to here, BAD ME =)

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Quote from Becky Rose :

The CTRA is supporting Vykos' new project, and UKCT will be running National Championships too. I will be involved in that. It is not related to the broadcasting things I am working on.

Shhh, nobody is supposed to know yet =P

CTRA is very much a part of the STCC. All STCC drivers need a platinum license and in order to qualify you will need a license.

I don't know what Becky has planned exactly, but the STCC was defiantly not the end of it in terms of leagues =)

Hehe, it would look like that =P

With Christmas around the corner not many people are going to have free cash, after Christmas sounds good. I wouldnt mind going back to the place in southampton, problem is sets that everyone agree's on. Thats the sticky point for my people that don't attend.

Karting would be fun, haven't really raced karts. Been in a kart 30 minutes total in my lifetime =) Really pissed the regular off when I ran with .1 of him and put myself on the front row after 3 heats =)

Hehe my PC started on fire a few weeks ago, I was waiting for parts =) New PC up and running and going to be online practicing for the last STCC round now =)

Grats Ben! So your paying for the next LFS meet right? =P

Quote from lizardfolk :

America really likes the "playoff" style of sports and NASCAR responded to that.

As for people complaining, I really dont know anyone who whole heartedly complained about it.

I complained and stepped away from NASCAR in road circuit racing. So I know it pissed at least ONE person off. It doesn't matter how well the points leader did the first 2/3 of the season, as long as your in the top 12 and finish well in the last 1/3 of the season you win a championship. Nevermind that someone else had dominated the first 2/3 of the season. It does make it more entertaining but it's getting too far away from what I feel real racing is.

Just to explain how into NASCAR I was before they did this. I had $25,000 set aside to run at the local track Kenseth started to kick his career off. My neighbor was running superlates with Kenseth and I was going to get help from him. My Dad also used to race. It was all set and I was getting geared up to race, until they put the 'chase' in. Instead I bought a car to drive daily and play on the computer, which I am grateful for now, it costs too much to race real cars. Even my SRT-4 costs too much and I have only been on Silverstone for a few laps, and thats not even a real racecar, almost though =) To put my car on the track for a track-day would cost me nearly £1,000 for a full day!

But thats OT. I no longer will watch NASCAR and only check the standings once every few months to see where Kenseth is at and thats only because I saw him race when I was a kid while he made his was into NASCAR.

I would have thought Becky or Sam would have already said it so I will say it for them. Thank You =)

There are more features planned, stay tuned. One problem now that I think Becky has used all of the 200 buttons allocated for use through in-sim

I don't want to say too much but there is a thread somewhere with some of the stuff planned. I think there was a mention of an event system, but I cannot remember off the top of my head. This is all rumour ofcourse =) Becky can tell you better than I.

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

At most tracks, especially if I'm around drivers I'm not familiar with (would however trust the STCC guys for a while), I'll brake earlier, even If I'm not braking, just to show my lights to warn them.

It's nice to see you using your head Dustin Your on your way, don't let up =)

Xfire consumes less resources than MSN by a large margin, and offers more for the gamer than MSN does. Automatic game updates to name one, and they are accessable through most games, which cannot be said for MSN.

I do see your problem, it was very inconsiderate of your fellow drivers and I hate seeing it, but it was a majority vote =(

I never want to see that but there isn't a 100% way to solve this problem. You could prevent restarts and ends within a few laps of the end of the race, but even then there are circumstances that people would want to restart.

This has been discused in previous threads.

Voting to change the track is done by a majority vote. It sucks when there are not many people on the server but there is nothing we can do about it, mathmatically the majority got what they wanted.

Vote to End and Restart are going to stay, on the whole it's not used poorly, just a shame that people do it when people are having a good race.

But it's NOT about LFS. It's about the community, which is why it's here, it has nothing to with the LFS application.

This is NOT LFS related and is in the right section.


My name is Vipercar93

LOL James you make me laugh every time you post

Quote from richy :

I just thought of

GTRA. damn that has a good sounding ring to it, no?

lets think of ways this can be used.

kidding.

Just to make it clear, CTRA is not about a specific car =P It's the sim version of FIA because they had no desire to reach into sim racing in this manner.

Quote from SamH :

hehe.. well, we can all favour an individual sim over all others. I'm well-known for my LFS fanboyism but recently I've come to realise that the sport of simracing is bigger than just "our corner of the market". Sure, I'm only happy when I'm racing in LFS, but it doesn't *have* to mean that I hate all other sims, or that I must criticise them at every opportunity. Though I have done, and often, I gotta stop doing that. Sim racing as a sport is now very important to me.. and it's something I want to help get recognised in the real world. It's a bit of a paradigm shift, but I really think it's worth doing

[edit] and what she said ^^^

What He and She said

Quote from Becky Rose :

I think Quake is his game, and he's not pimply. Although he fullfills other aspects of the stereotype .

Hehe steriotype matched Does he wear glasses? Single? Living with Mom and Dad (before he made tons of cash) from the basement playing in low light conditions?


When's the next broadcast coming out?

Quote from frokki :

Simulators sell a very small minority of racing titles. And of simulators, all the 6 "ISI-engined-copies-of-each-other" obviously rule the mainstream market.

So not a big portion, but enough to feed 3 developers

Haha, they are pretty much copies of each other, I like that

I have always been a fan of quality, not quantity myself.

LFS is probably a few million, but thats not the point. Check in on any of the other ISI games and you would be lucky to find a server that wasn't locked =P

No, but by using SRT you are putting LOTA into that arena and handles are not welcome

I am purchasing a Fatality soundcard. I almost DIDN'T buy it for that exact reason of having fatality on it, but the specs on it are too good to pass up. I thought to myself WTF is Fatality, must be some pimpley teenager who made it big sitting in front of CS for eons

The big issue with real names is not pronounciation. The problem is we are trying to bring across Sim Racing as a viable professional sport and nobody is going to take it seriously if they hear/see "look there goes $IS"(?~#) in his (insert vehicle here)" It just doesn't sound right.

STCC uses real names and it just sounds so much better and helps get rid of the "pimpley teenager geek" attitude towards gaming.

This is not the case, but there is a steriotype thats being fought against here and having N00bzor racing is not going to help matters.

SLI'ing 6600GT's are about the same as a 6800GT with a bit more throughput.

The cards themselves are nothing hot, cheap now =) Did buy them at $160 each a few years ago.

Awesome job, congrats =)

Quote from ans7812 :

Here is a simple solution: Learn basic addition and subtraction

James, you have shift selector fork issues in your brain? Your posts are not the easiest to understand. Just an obsorvation =)

:edit: Just a gentle ribbing James, don't take it personal =)

I want people to bring things forward and I am sure the other CTRA admins do aswell so this will not be deleted. But I am not really sure what your asking about though. If you are causing yellows in LFS your a hazzard, no matter you midrace joining or not. Yellows are for everyone, not just the people that started the race.

Tristan is right, hold your lines, stay predictable, and get off the racing line as fast as safely possible without letting off too much, otherwise you become a hazzard aswell as a backmarker.

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