I must say these sounds are the best yet. Thankyou

Thanks gentlemen
I'll get busy right away!

I am thinking of setting up a dedicated machine on my home network and I got a question or two.

1) Do I need to unlock the dedicated server or is it capable of hosting S2 by default? If I need to unlock it, how do I do this?

2) I know the machine doesn't have to meet the same specs as a machine running full LFS, but "how low can you go"?

Quote from mrodgers :

I can't remember if Heat was the sequal to Thunder or not. I'm thinking it is since Papyrus quit after 03 due to EA buying exclusive rights.

Nope, it's not. Nascar Heat hit the shelfs in the spring 2000 and was almost never heard of outside USA. Few copies even got to this side of the pond. It was made by Monster Games Inc. (MGI) and distributed by Hasbro Interactive and later sold to ATARI. The later is actually why ATARI is the owner of the Ghostcar Technology and why they sit so tight on it. MGI invented it for Heat and it's a blast.

NHeat has some of the best netcode known to man. And when your connection cant handle it any more, you shut down the server, switch to "thin" mod and go again only to find out you can host twice as many cars
It's also nice to your machine, but still able to look resonably good for a sim that old. With 1024 textures at work (and if the artist was any good) it'll look just as good as NR2003 ever did, and most times even better.

So... If you're tired of NR2003 demanding to much of your machine, and Nascar Thunder always lacking in looks and physics. Try Nascar Heat for instant satisfaction.

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Oh and there isn't one mod made for any of the other two Nascar sims, road or oval, that NHeat can't match or do better. I promise!

The best Nascar Sim is Nascar Heat. I don't car that NR2003 is the best known and most spread out there, Nascar Heat still stands taller in just aobut every aspect. Better netcode, better mods, easier on your machine, more mods, more tracks and apart for cup car style racing it also handles dirt and road course racing like nothing else.

The Nextel Heat '06 mod is soon to be finished as well as the Car of Tomorrow mod, ported from rFactor. NR2003 will have a hard time competing with those.

And to add to things, there is a package these days that let's you play mods for free, no need to buy the game. It's called the Nascar Heat Essentials and are made up form the freely distributed demo files, completely legal.

Find out more here: http://themodsquad.uni.cc/

This was the latest I found. He's up and walking

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2371688,00.html

He is out of intesive care!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5371556.stm

Good progress!!!

Please tell me why anyone would want a 12 hour clock only when the day has 24 hours? IMO this 12 hour system is only causing confusion, and even more so since most of us try to keep track of different timezones when organizing events that span over multiple countries.

Yes, please do. There are always some who miss a race. There's usually always a slot free somewhere. Please sign up

Quote from sil3ntwar :

yet the games that allow for tracks to be made only have crappy converts of the ring that arent much fun or even realistic.

umm... Nascar Heat anyone?

I got it set to 240 and compensaton to 1.00.
And since all the cars in LFS has more loch than my physical 240 degrees it's going to as you described above, yes. That's why I have turned off the graphical wheel and hands, cause they just get confusing after a little while. Wish I could have full on 1 to 1 all the 240 degrees
And yes, it's a logitech

Yeah I know. And in just about every series or leage or pick up race, there are going to be drivers that are slower and drivers that are faster. If enough people are on the same server, the over all racing will be awesome, I'm sure
But It's plain wrong to punish someone for just being fast. If he/she is fast AND a winner, well then we punish them

Let's not make it complicated, please. Let's stick by simple rules, like those above. And... the only races that "count" is the first two after qualifying. After that, it's just for plain laughs.
And let's not spam the server with chat messages while racing

Original idea is back on. After two official fun run races as Blackwood, it's clear that 4 passengers is nothing against a speed deamon

So...

1:st place = 4 passengers
2:nd place = 3 passengers
3:rd place = 2 passengers
4:th place = 1 passenger

Next track will have to be chosen by XCNuse

Ok, we're on in about an hour.
After a bit of testing without the slickmod, I think the above posters where right, 4 is too much. So we're going to go with:
1:st and 2:nd place = 2 passengers.
3:rd and 4:th place = 1 passenger.

See you on track

I did two quick short movies to explain this better.
Right click and save as if you got trouble viewing them.
How it is
What I want

Still doesn't do exactly what I was looking for, sorry
I was looking for a function that locks the virtual wheel to the same ammount of rotation as my desktop wheel. 240 degrees from lock to lock.

hmm.. I find "wheel turn" and "wheel turn compensation", none which do exactly that what I was looking for. The vitual wheel still turns a lot more in the end.
Where is this option "Wheel Rotation" hidden, cause I've been trough the menues a lot

I'm setting this up for testing tonight, just for fun. Server will be up and online at 22:00 CET which means something like 4pm Eastern US time.
Remember, it's just for fun

I'll select the first track: Blackwood GP
Server name will be: SCORE:TCC

Suggestion:
My wheel (my physical, on the desk wheel) can turn max 240 degrees from lock to lock. I'd like an option to set the corresponding (spelling) ammount of visible turn of the graphical wheel in the car (I hope this explanation makes sence).

It's not a high priority request, just a suggestion, and I'm sorry if it's allready possible and I've missed it :duck:

And here they are. After 10 races this season, the standings for the European division have been counted together.
I'd like to thank B11TME and [ITEK] for hosting the races and I would like to especially mention how much I appreciate drivers who show up for the races. Four of the drivers was there for EVERY single race and deserve an extra mention in the series. They are:
B11TME
Bo Kristiansen
Powerslave
Pedro Silva

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Also the Norht American results are now counted together. I'd like to congratulate P.Laan to the over all victory in the series.

See you all in the SimFIA DTM series.

Last edited by X-Ter, Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:54.

Totally agree. A blue flag only means don't fight for position, and please leave a little room. Usually taking a slightly wider line in the next turn will do the trick. Those who demand that the slower people move over right away don't know how proper racing is done.

Yes, but at least then they will not have too much confindence in themselfs right? Might even be a fairly clean and a bit slow race? Laptimes will tell I guess, hehe

By request (and common sence) the last race for the North American division in the FakeDTM series will be postponed on full day. It's 4:th of July, and I don't wanna have to explain to the trackmarshals why a bunch of drunk people try to race, when they really should be lying down

So... European division will go as usual and the North American division will go one day later than usual. Questions? No? Good!

They are most welcome. In fact, anyone is welcome, regardless of where they live. It's called North American division because it's mostly North Americans that drive on a time fit for that particular timezone.
Heck, I've got an Aussie fellow who set's his alarm clock to 5am so he can get up and race Nascar Heat mods on SCORE with the rest of us.