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f1r3b4ll
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See I told you it was just Turn 1 in LFS!!!

Just kidding, hope you get better soon and enjoy the lovely drugs :-)
f1r3b4ll
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A number of strategies I hold....

1) Take a steady and balanced line, try to avoid large groups, and just respect other peoples spaces...if your going to be hit by an idiot then thats sod's law im afraid. Being too conservative is almost as dangerous as being wreckless, just do simple maths, if there are more than 2 cars abreast then someone is bound to come off worst.

2) If carnage is a certain issue at turn 1 and you never survive it, then you might consider starting from the pit lane, sure you will start about 10 seconds later but you will start on a clear track and more than likely catch straight back up to the back of the pack.
The only problem with this is that people using this tactic seem to make up extra time if pit stops are mandatory (Redline Racing 2 for example) you can just exit from the pits and make an immediate pit stop, then drive the entire race.

T1 is a nightmare, but its also part of the immense fun and enjoyment, skill and composure do have their part to play. But ultimately T1 is all about the Luck.
f1r3b4ll
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Would have loved to but obviously im a bit late :P lol
f1r3b4ll
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hahahah sweet
f1r3b4ll
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And since i love you lot so much there will be live audio coverage of the Pool 4 race @ http://shoutsurge.net:8050
f1r3b4ll
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Wasn't leaked - was available on the FIA website since the 19th

http://press.fiacommunications ... ranscript-13-09-2007a.pdf


But yeah i agree - very interesting and at times a frank and heated debate...
f1r3b4ll
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I think this ones better...

f1r3b4ll
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new ... 2007/09/15/ncopter115.xml

Jean-Eric Freudiger, McRae's agent, last night told The Sunday Telegraph he had spoken to the driver's brother and that he had confirmed the former champion had been piloting the Squirrel aircraft.


Speaking from his home in Switzerland, Mr Freudiger said he was still in shock and fighting back tears as he said he could not reach Mr McRae's wife, Alison
f1r3b4ll
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But then again it is wiki, i'm getting third-hand info from someone close-by...

"Info I have from the scene is that 2 adults and 2 children wer on board. He was piloting. Its beleived to be his 2 children other adult is unknown for now!"
f1r3b4ll
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Initial reports are confirming that Colin was on board at the time. This has now been confirmed to press by his Wife Alison McRae.
f1r3b4ll
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Local glasgow radio claiming 4 people dead... I hate this - so much speculation and its just horrible . *edit* four seems very unlikely so hopefully just crappy reporting lol
f1r3b4ll
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Quote from sam93 :Hope when they contact the family they say that colin wasn't on board.

Sam.

Same here but you would have thought if he wasnt on board then he would have come public by now - also *maybe* more than one person involved - i just hope to god his wife and/or kids weren't involved either.
f1r3b4ll
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I really want to make a joke about battlefield 2 and helicopters but i loved McRae as a driver He was there when I was at knockhill two weeks ago....
f1r3b4ll
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Playing this game reminds me of playing TOCA with the tank...
f1r3b4ll
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Tried it today.....dear...god.

First off, if thats how the M3 handles then thank christ i don't have one, i'd say its like driving the tank on TOCA lol, it's not too bad with the TC on level 1 and ABS but it kind of feels like cheating having them on.

Secondly, the internet lobby is a complete joke... i tried for 3 hours to get a race and all i got was application crashes, connection to server lost and connection to lobby lost... very poor.

Thirdly, I don't think you have a hope in hell of them adding any patches to it, which is a shame because it could be a great little free racing game, but at the moment... well its about as useful as the oval.
f1r3b4ll
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Quote from AndroidXP : Might be worth putting this into the wiki...

The only thing I personally can't recommend is to turn on Supersampling Transparency AA, because it produces graphics errors in LFS for me. Though it might be my 6600GT causing this.

I have the same card fella, IIRC this is one of the borderline cards, it supports the feature but the implementation is rather poor so best left to off.

Great guide JakG, some obvious ones but some not-so obvious tips as well and its great to have it all in one post.
f1r3b4ll
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Normally I would take the attitude that "well its only demo so i couldn't care less" until i kind of remembered that racing extensively on the demo was the sole reason i bought LFS...
f1r3b4ll
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" You will need the BeSpoke program to use these custom wheels in LFS. You can store the .rim files anywhere on your hard drive that you wish, the BeSpoke program itself must exist and be run from your LFS folder. Please enjoy our selection of custom files."
f1r3b4ll
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Quote from Cr!t!calDrift :I mean, do you really want s2 to be finished in development, possibly even put on sale, and maybe even retailed? Publicized?

Our family of racing sims will be overrun with new people, to the point of when this community is just a bunch of people who don't know each other so well. Where all the older people have left and are replaced with a community like a First-Person Shooter.

Even though I'd like to see LFS and all of the developers shooting for the stars and becoming successful, what will happen to the community?

Aren't you relatively new yourself ?
f1r3b4ll
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Yeah I posted this late last night when news broke of his death - to see the news now that he killed his wife and kid is..... well disturbing to say the least.
Chris Benoit Dead - Police Investigating Homicide
f1r3b4ll
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19424899/

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. - WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and son were found dead Monday and police said they were investigating the deaths as a homicide.Lt. Tommy Pope of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department said the three were found at their home about 2:30 p.m., but refused to release details.
Pope said results of autopsies on Benoit, his wife Nancy, and 7-year-old son Daniel were expected Tuesday.


Haven't watched the wrestling for ages, but RIP to a great wrestler
f1r3b4ll
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I agree he's past his best - but it's still nice to hear from him after so long, I dont know if this is a permanent return - very unlikely but yeah i'll definatly be listening, could you imagine if walker was commentating on Kubica's crash the other week... it just got a semi-warm response from Martin Brundle... if it was Walker - the speakers on the tv would be broken....
ANNNND LOOOK AT THATTT!!!


So what if he's past it, the man is a legend and if he wants to commentate on radio then good for him, nobody forces you to listen to him.
Murray Walker Returns To Commentating!!!
f1r3b4ll
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Wicked, I'm so thrilled at this !

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ra ... urns-to-commentating.html

Formula One's legendary voice, Murray Walker is to commentate for BBC Radio Five Live from the European Grand Prix in Germany on July 22.

This will be Walker's first return to a UK commentary box since his retirement in 2001. Regular Five Live presenter Maurice Hamilton will be in the commentary box with Walker, with Holly Samos providing all the news from the pit lane, replacing David Croft whose baby is due that weekend.

Walker will also commentate on the qualifying session for the race on Saturday July 21, as well as hosting a special Formula One edition of the Five Live 606 phone-in, live from the Nüerburgring at 6pm that evening.

Commenting on new racing star Lewis Hamilton, who will feature in the race, Walker said: "I think that Lewis Hamilton will go on to be one of the greatest drivers of all time. There aren't enough superlatives for what he is doing race after race – it's extraordinary and unprecedented in the history of Formula One. I've been watching Formula One since it began and I have never seen anything like this in my life. I think it is more than feasible that he could win the championship this year, which would be incredible. I've only met him once so far but he is also a thoroughly nice chap."
f1r3b4ll
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Damn - well done :-) I'm a little unsure how I would get the PC to talk to the PDA without active sync or does the app take care of that - I have an Ipaq 3950 and I'm connected thru the USB cable.
f1r3b4ll
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Hahhaha! "Aye when I were a kid there were no LFS - we used to have to make turn 1 in wooden carts - and there wir nae restarts either"
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