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I myself never denied that, however Tristan and S14DRIFT's arguments included that it was more polluting than an Internal Combustion engine..
I do not 100% agree with BAMBO, but are chemicals and materials used in the construction of refineries and oil-wells any cleaner? :rolleyes:
Oh, and regular cars use environmentally friendly rustproofing? Or oil? Or unfriendly metals for batteries and other components?
You're just picking on an older post.
Plus, if you bring up that subject, it doesn't pollute where it's used - you can produce the power in the middle of nowhere, and the cities stay clean.
Plus, if you bring up that subject, it doesn't pollute where it's used - you can produce the power in the middle of nowhere, and the cities stay clean.
On top of everything, a big heavy power-station also has no weight-concerns to cope with, and even harder restrictions on environmental impact, and so most power-stations not only burn cleaner, but also run their air through more filters than a car does - and not just '70s diesel filters, but filters superior to all those FAP and other names for particle-filters.
And again, that's a view that only Tristan expressed - and almost everyone else doesn't agree with.
If you consider that slow, why is there a Caterham in your avatar? It's also a sporty car that's not focused on top-speed. Is it slow? No, Caterhams are some of the fastest road-legal cars ever produced. Or do you consider the R8 on which it is based as slow? Nobody has hard numbers yet except for the Finns at Helsinki Poly, so we can only speculate - but it's reasonable to assume that it'll beat the crap out of XFGs, XRGs, and maybe even the higher TBO cars.
A) Nope, per mile they don't use more energy - on raw energy calculations, electric cars can do over 100MPG, if you calculate it to factor the amount of joules in a gallon.
B) No, the amount of fuel needed for a given amount of electricity (or power) is lower in a big, centralized powerstation than in thousands of little cars.
C) No, power-stations lower their output at off-peak hours and, as others pointed out, excess energy is stored.
This is turning into a "pick a side and stick with it" argument, so perhaps it should stop?
If you consider that slow, why is there a Caterham in your avatar? It's also a sporty car that's not focused on top-speed. Is it slow? No, Caterhams are some of the fastest road-legal cars ever produced. Or do you consider the R8 on which it is based as slow? Nobody has hard numbers yet except for the Finns at Helsinki Poly, so we can only speculate - but it's reasonable to assume that it'll beat the crap out of XFGs, XRGs, and maybe even the higher TBO cars.
A) Nope, per mile they don't use more energy - on raw energy calculations, electric cars can do over 100MPG, if you calculate it to factor the amount of joules in a gallon.
B) No, the amount of fuel needed for a given amount of electricity (or power) is lower in a big, centralized powerstation than in thousands of little cars.
C) No, power-stations lower their output at off-peak hours and, as others pointed out, excess energy is stored.
This is turning into a "pick a side and stick with it" argument, so perhaps it should stop?
Yeah, Blackwood actually provides rather challenging corners that require more limited braking, or control. LFS lacks these tracks, and definitely should have more like Blackwood.
Or rather, quoted for lack of truth. As we've said - a central powerstation, considering every single factor, still uses far less fuel than a car - and alternative energy is easier to apply in a full-blown facility than on a car.
The Electric Raceabout slow? According to them (and AutoblogGreen), it's based on an Audi R8 chassis, weighs around 1250kg, and is supposed to reach over 200km/h. That's slow? Sounds rather fast, and like an idea for the next 4wd car in LFS - even with a regular engine (diesel?).
The Electric Raceabout slow? According to them (and AutoblogGreen), it's based on an Audi R8 chassis, weighs around 1250kg, and is supposed to reach over 200km/h. That's slow? Sounds rather fast, and like an idea for the next 4wd car in LFS - even with a regular engine (diesel?).
Upgrading a grid is peanuts - adding more lines, or thicker lines, and more routing-stations isn't a problem. Current grids are overbuilt as it is, and it's the powerstation capacity which limits the system. By the time we have commercially-viable mass production electric cars, we'll have a grid capable of supporting it without a problem.
And again - when you charge the car at night, there's no rush, right? It'll charge for an hour or two until it's full, and then it stops - like the cellphone when it's full, it'll only recharge what it loses during the night.
Without any statistical data, my assumption is that most of the car-generated loads will be when people arrive after their morning commute (so around 8-9am, office-hours) and their afternoon drive back home (so around 5-6pm) - those are the times with the most traffic, so I assume that after that is cleared, people will reach home and charge the cars.
And again - when you charge the car at night, there's no rush, right? It'll charge for an hour or two until it's full, and then it stops - like the cellphone when it's full, it'll only recharge what it loses during the night.
Without any statistical data, my assumption is that most of the car-generated loads will be when people arrive after their morning commute (so around 8-9am, office-hours) and their afternoon drive back home (so around 5-6pm) - those are the times with the most traffic, so I assume that after that is cleared, people will reach home and charge the cars.
I always liked Blackwood (though I suck there to no end), but that ever so slight right-kink on the straight sometimes screws me over when my crappy wheel registers the slightest of movements as a hard jerk, sending me into the grass there..
But very nice description.
But very nice description.
A) Do you really think it's impossible to see a pattern in the amount of usage and refuelling? Chances are most of the load will be during the morning and afternoon hours, when people return from work.
B) Currently, all our gasoline is transported by trucks from station to station. Doesn't this waste more energy than a grid which already exists? And isn't this system just as vulnerable as the grid?
Tristan, burning fossil fuels at a powerstation is far cleaner and more efficient than inside a regular engine. So yes, there is a saving regarding fossil fuels.
I never really noticed a real difference between games at 300 and 30FPS. Saying 30FPS is unplayable is a bit weird considering movies run at 25FPS, and we have no problem with that. Our eyes aren't precise enough to struggle beyond 30FPS...
Not that the CTRA guys have a problem with that...
I didn't request it in any way, I just pointed out that lower-profile tyres are used, and why they are used. And I agree that new cars (not necessarily modern, I'd rather have a Fulvia) are more important - though adjusting the tyre profiles (on the whole class, if you want to keep the balancing) isn't much more than five minutes. Now's the time to tweak these cars, since the changes already affected the balancing.
Thing is, lower-profile tyre, coupled with lightweight, strong race-spec wheels will lower unsprung weight dramatically. On top of it, they provide a better contact patch, and allow better changes in direction - less tyrewall flex means that the change from one direction to another is faster and more precise. These advantages outweigh those of a comfortable ride (who cares about that in a race? Tracks are usually smoother than regular roads, and if you're last, who cares how comfy the ride was?). Only Formula 1 and other single-seaters use high-profile tyres, but even is only in order to counter the extremely stiff suspensions they use in order to extract maximum downforce.
For reference, two of the world's top GT cars, archrivals C6R and the DBR9, use very low-profile tyres. Compare that to those on LFS' GTR cars..
For reference, two of the world's top GT cars, archrivals C6R and the DBR9, use very low-profile tyres. Compare that to those on LFS' GTR cars..
Several teams are rumored to have been reaching 22,000RPM very late in the season. It always made sense even with the coming homologation rules, since an engine that doesn't fall apart at 22,000RPM is also less likely to fall apart at slower speeds...
Yes, Monaco is 60km/h during race and qualifying.
In "Yes-mode", you should be able to place objects...
In the Shift+U screen, the upper button in the bottom-left bunch of buttons...
If that made any sense.
If that made any sense.
2.6Ghz Pentium D (Dual? Dreck?)
512MB RAM
And wait for it... A VIA Integrated with 64MB memory. Shared memory.
I also use a 90-degree turning wheel, but then again, it works better than a mouse. And is cheaper.
I ran it at 800x600 until I realized 7FPS in traffic is not good.
Yeah - I'm here for the physics and the online fun, not shiney graphics. Hence why I play this, at 640x480 16bit, on my crappy PC - and it barely just keep the framerate playable (20+FPS) in traffic. Any better graphics and I'd be toast.
Press "Place Objects" - that should open up the layout-modifications and save/load bits.
Drifting is a motorized version of figure-skating. And, like figure-skating, it's not really a competition, but rather a contest decided by a panel of judges.
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