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xaotik
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Quote from unseen :Don`t the girls all have large moustaches and a full beard under each armpit over there?

Not the Norwegian ones.
xaotik
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Quote from thisnameistaken :Or if not, "woman-influenced".

Well it is a fact, if it wasn't for women's "needs" we wouldn't have reached current levels of ability to pollute. It all started with "simple" things like "why can't we get a bigger cave like the bears on the other hill have?" and was shortly followed with "not tonight, I'm cold" and next thing you know we're breeding scientists who tell us that the sun makes us warm.
xaotik
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Quote from PioneerLv :For 5Ls i can buy 2 Big Mac complects and eat them.

Yes, but in LFS you can Buy burger from burgerking
xaotik
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Quote from The Very End :I just want to tell you all that damn! Norwegian girls are hawt! And I wish I had a chance on them

Come to Greece then.
xaotik
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Quote from ajp71 :Are there any videos of people racing them on normal circuits?

Nope - haven't seen any - actual racing videos are pretty scarce so far and usually boring oval stuff, mostly practice laps showing off the circuit racing.

You're likely right though that in races it might be constrained - sounds silly though: there's nothing oval-only in the Legends' car, I can understand the built-to-turn-left-Mad-Max-like SK Modifieds being only in ovals, but not the Legends.

Quote from bbman :I think he meant RL videos of Legends at a road track... nikimere in his at Mondello for example...

Nah, I mean in the iRacing videos on youtube - ajp71 got it. I was given the impression that the Legends' car was locked to ovals only, however I saw a video of someone driving it at Lime Rock I think.

Anyhow - I'll stand by the 'pricing policy not for me' crowd. I've got enough toys to keep me busy when I'm so inclined.
xaotik
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However the close-up of the suspension working in the formula mazda here seems to be ok:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBBCf2n18e8

The above, low quality, video shows 3 different cars - even has a radical in it which bounces along quite a bit at Lime Rock, perhaps the suspension setup wasn't too good. Pity about the frozen inanimate driver in the T-cam view. In the front suspension close-up of the radical it seems to be ok again, despite the clipping between the spoiler and the track surface that occurs pretty often, it also shows some damage modeling towards then end where he loses it, sadly he don't zoom out to see the extent and if it's pre-defined.

Also in the related videos I saw people racing the Legend cars in normal circuits - what's all this about them being oval-only (it's even mentioned in the SRT preview)?
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xaotik
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Quote from Shotglass :and they never will... looks like they have as much physics running during the replay as rfactor does

And I was wondering about this one that deggis linked up there - it's a TV cam view of the same in-car lap he linked. I guess I'm not the only one that found the motion of the car weird - especially that odd dip during shifts.
xaotik
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Well, let's throw books into the fray and give a nod to "Good Omens" too, shall we?
xaotik
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Quote from NotAnIllusion :trying to survive to the last man in some god-forsaken post apocalyptic Waterworld

Or just go the Delicatessen way and see who makes a better stew.
xaotik
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Quote from nemia123 :hmmmm well i would buy the game but they don't sell it where i live...

If you live on planet Earth you can buy a license directly from here: http://www.lfs.net/?page=shop
xaotik
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What's funniest is that if you look at the brochures for National Rail they actually advertise a specific (and very expensive) folding bike brand on them: Brompton ("lifestyle" photographs included!). Two other brands that are worth looking into (and cost much less for similar quality), according to friends, are Dawes and Dahon.
xaotik
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Quote from Electrik Kar :Well, riding a bike's like supporting alternative energy- in this case the energy is 'you'.

Which brings to mind the philosophical complications of what such an activity does to one's psyche and how it affects the ego and going to a social level how the people around such a person are affected. Not to mention the whole psychology behind making the announcement of intent to ride a bike - how does that tie in with intent to other activities - where does it end?
xaotik
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In that case you have to upload your skin in www.lfsworld.net - log in there with your webpassword and username and then select the "my online car skins" icon.
xaotik
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As far as I know automatic multiplayer skin distribution is a feature/service only available to licensed users. Makes sense too, since it costs bandwidth. If you want friends of yours who play the demo to see your skins you'll have to either send them to them manually or host them online yourself and have them download them from there.
xaotik
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Quote from Becky Rose :So i'm pledging myself to a greener lifestyle for a few months to see how it goes, a combination of bicycle, train and where necessary taxi.

I'll post again to let you know how it went!

Best of luck.

A few tips for the bicycle part:

- Get a bicycle that fits you perfectly. Wrong size or geometry will be painful and annoying.

- Adapt your clothing or you'll end up reaching wherever you go in a sweaty mess. Very light outershell when it's chilly/drizzling and wool clothing as much as possible, it dries out quicker. Consider what sort of bags you'll use for transporting things - if you'll be using a rucksack/backpack make sure it has a firm back to it.

- Get a bicycle that fits you perfectly. Wrong size or geometry will be painful and annoying.

- Get rechargeable batteries and strong LED lights (I'd recommend "Cat-Eye" as a brand). Don't go the dynamo way if you want something efficient/dependable that will give you decent visibility as well.

- Get a bicycle that fits you perfectly. Wrong size or geometry will be painful and annoying.
xaotik
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Quote from Electrik Kar :I wonder how far you could go before you'd start to melt peoples computers?

I think you just stop where there's adequate detail for people to actually be able to distinguish specific and important traits of a track in as much as visiting gives a sense of familiarity.

Having done the scan as accurately as possible will give you all the bumps, dips, rises and the correct camber for turns, but eventually you'll end up having to approximate grip levels for the surface(s) of the track and other such parameters - and at some point you'll just run across limitations of the simulation platform you're making it for. For example, a track could be notorious for being in a windy area and dust being brought into the track ever so often - which sim could accommodate for that? So, in the imaginary scenario that you do visit the track (which is what all this realistic/accurate reproduction is about) you'd be in for an extra, possibly unexpected, challenge.

I suppose one could say that laser-scanned data is an "investment" for the future when simulation software becomes more accurate/complex as well - instead of carrying conversions of approximate track renderings from one platform to another like is being done now.
xaotik
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Quote from DarinSRT :You can see the difference in laser scanned tracks.. there's more depth.

iRacing tracks look deeper than anything I've seen. Eastern Creek does as well.. Laser scanning is the way to go !

Depth as in "more detail"?

Because honestly with Eastern Creek I saw nothing different in it to the well-made scratch-built tracks (not conversions) that are available for rFactor. Especially the fantasy ones seem to carry more detail*. With "detail" I'm referring to the track itself and not the scenery necessarily.

* I suppose because the creators didn't have the pressure associated with not pleasing fans of a real track and being doomed forever and ever.
xaotik
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Quote from Intrepid :Luck is such an empty word used by people who don't have the knowledge to explain or understand a situation

Indeed - he had completely calculated that his rear suspension could withstand a bang in the Armco and it would be better to do it before the pit entrance instead of after it. Just to spice it up a bit but not to overdo it.

I hope they've fixed that place Kubica did his stunt last year in Montreal. Or at least added a ramp there for some good air.
xaotik
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Quote from beefyman666 :Come on, they made it in Britain!

True - that's always a good excuse.
xaotik
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Quote from spurri :I got a bit worried on the N there

It's not you that should be worried really - they should be, because they formed both the N and the D wrong. It was visible okay from above with a camera, but when viewed from the ground it will be mirrored.
xaotik
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Quote from thisnameistaken :I wanted to buy burger from Burger King , but I didn't have an opportunity to practice it so I bought burger from Burger King in Live for Speed. It was just like the real thing, but less filling, and when I went to buy burger from Burger King later that day everybody agreed I was a total pro at it.

Thanks, LFS.

Yet another Giga Cruise success story. Thanks Kev.
xaotik
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Quote from NotAnIllusion :yesterday i helped my uncle jack off the horse

Considering that Jack isn't a typical Finnish name I'd say your family needs to invest in a couple of mares, friend.
xaotik
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Quote from Mackie The Staggie :Ok you may notice a small white cylinder in the top right hand quarter of the picture, what is it?

Parking meter. This has been the true cause of all previous lander missions disconnecting after a while - not battery failure - they get towed away.
xaotik
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I am seriously glad someone finally pointed out this malignant grammatic growth that has been undermining the lingual fabric of this forum.
xaotik
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Quote from Bremskiller18akaHeinz :Buy Burger From Burgerking

For some reason I can't stop snickering over that one. Did you wear that wee paper crown they got when you typed that? The whole mental image of that thumbs up after someone says that line with capitalized emphasis is surreal.

Only thing that could possibly top that would be a winking emoticon

Buy Burger From Burgerking

Can't possibly go wrong there, ladies and gentlemen. Play LFS, buy burger from burgerking.
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