Jun 2nd AS National RAC [2x15]

pdanev · May 27th, 2007, 03:21 PM

http://lfs.finalgear.com/images/promo/Aston%20National%20Poster%20480px.jpg

Click poster for high-res version.

Date: June 2nd
Track: Aston National
Cars: RAC
Qualification: 15 minutes
2 Races x 15 Laps
Time: 18:00 GMT
Server: [FG] Racing
Password: fg

FireFox · May 27th, 2007, 03:55 PM

This will be a tough race. You have your handsfull on the RAC. In some corners you have understeer and oversteer.... images/smilies/smile.gif

Have a look at the fuel consumption page on http://lfs.finalgear.com. You can see how much fuel the car on a track is using. So if you know a fuel consumption for a combo, please fill it in so we can have a nice full database. images/smilies/smile.gif

In the top center of the page you will find the 'Fuel Advice' link. If an fuel consumption is known, then you will be able to calculate the total amount of fuel neede for a race!

geeman · May 27th, 2007, 06:58 PM

This might be the first race with patch X. Scawen said that the target release date is 1st of June. Someone even made a new stats program for the new InSim Link. Clutch pack preload should make driving RAC somewhat easier.

FireFox · May 27th, 2007, 09:38 PM

good to see someone is making a updated lfsstats program images/smilies/smile.gif

I guess when patch X is released on 1st of june, the auto patcher will automaticly detect it.
Looking forward to false starts hehe images/smilies/smile.gif

ESPNSTI · May 28th, 2007, 11:23 PM

Ugh I HATE this car, raceabout my ass, "wonderabout", "wobbleabout", "weirdabout" or "boatabout" are far more appropriate names.
If you're a tiny bit too rough with it, the back end will step out faster than you can say err... "Fred Astaire".
Be a tiny bit too gentle, and it'll have more understeer than a dumptruck.
And of course if you try to make a tiny correction, if you don't spin out, it'll throw you from one side of the track to the other.
images/smilies/mad.gif

pdanev · May 29th, 2007, 01:12 AM

I'm not a fan of the RAC at all, for exactly the same reasons described above. Only like it on autoX layouts because there its only oversteer and fun to drive. images/smilies/smile.gif

I didn't try this combo yet, but I hope I have some free time tomorrow after university to give it a go.

lnldrvr · May 29th, 2007, 02:49 PM

I liked this combo, the car felt good to drive after some practice and the tires last 15 laps easily. Too bad I can't get under 2:02:5XX, which makes me 1s slower than ESPN and 2s slower than FireFox. images/smilies/wallbash.gif

Anyways I'll try to make it to this race.

burnsy · June 2nd, 2007, 01:18 PM

i have not received any indication from franky that he would wait until sunday to update the server, so i'm expecting it to still happen today. i will have my laptop with me to keep an eye on the status of the server, as i have to work today.

i think to avoid any conflict from this, MXM, could you host the races today? otherwise, i would propose to try the server and hope it doesn't go offline, find an alternate server, or postpone the races until sunday or other day that everybody can meet for.

geeman · June 2nd, 2007, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by burnsy

i think to avoid any conflict from this, MXM, could you host the races today?

That might be a good idea. The latest test patch doesn't have any major bugs in it anymore, so that isn't a problem. And the RAC is much better to drive too and I for one have been practicing with the test patches. So let's just have this race on a temporary server with the latest test patch or X if it comes out.

matt2000 · June 2nd, 2007, 02:23 PM

i don't think i'll be racing tonight. i have exams all next week so i need to do lots of work for them, and after 5 mins practice with the RAC i'd had enough. it spins so easily. i might change my mind and tag along but i haven't played LFS for a long time. good luck with whatever you are doing with the test patch images/smilies/smile.gif

pdanev · June 2nd, 2007, 02:39 PM

Wasn't the official patch supposed to be out already? I don't see anything on the lfs main page, so I guess its officially not out yet. Hence, Franky shouldn't be updating our server, there's nothing to update them with, yet. Or am I wrong?

geeman · June 2nd, 2007, 03:40 PM

Patch X is delayed a bit. There is a bug with lots of people trying to get in to a server at the same time, overloading the server and making an overflow. Thus makign the server getting stuck (W38 got stuck with player joining can't do anything state). I am not sure what exactly happens with W39, but I guess the server can still get stuck when it happens. This is not going to happen very often, but when it does the host needs to be restarted so I guess Scawen is trying to get it fixed before he releases X.

geeman · June 2nd, 2007, 04:02 PM

This just in

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scawen

Yes, when too many people join and leave all at once, it can go wrong. I've already improved some things and will probably test this evening. Though I'm keen to make in-game votes and the game setup screen "ready" flags persistent because it's so hard to get in for a race or restart. So... patch X is already delayed and it's better to fix these known serious issues or it really isn't that good for 32 players.

Looks like X will be delayed a bit more.

FireFox · June 2nd, 2007, 04:04 PM

edit: quote from above images/smilies/tongue.gif

So Franky will not be able to update the server to patch X tonight. So what are we going todo? The latest test patch?

MXM · June 2nd, 2007, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by burnsy

i think to avoid any conflict from this, MXM, could you host the races today?

That's no problem, but we will be racing with old patch, right? Let's meet up on our server first anyway...

ESPNSTI · June 2nd, 2007, 04:06 PM

I don't think X will be ready today: http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.p...318#post441318
(All those patch X avatars are hilarious images/smilies/lol.gif

)

So is the plan for MXM to run W39?

pdanev · June 2nd, 2007, 04:32 PM

I say let's run old patch and meet on our server as usual.

MXM · June 2nd, 2007, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ESPNSTI

So is the plan for MXM to run W39?

Mmm. Not really. I'm running latest official patch. I meant that I can host if there will be a problem with server rebooting in the middle of the race or something.

I thought we decided a while ago not to use test patches in the race?

FireFox · June 2nd, 2007, 04:37 PM

I was hoping for the latest test patch for this race, but its kinda late for everybody to jump to the latest test patch. Or still have a copy of the last stable patch.

ESPNSTI · June 2nd, 2007, 08:05 PM

Good weekend for me, other than it sucked that FireFox got disconnected.

I had a bit of a lucky lap in qualifying and beat FireFox and Pdanev for the pole in the last lap, which was a happy surprise.
Of course it didn't do me any good as they slipstreamed right by me on the start, and I barely hung on before the first chicane as I tried to go around the outside of Pdanev in a place where that wasn't possible.
From there on I steadily lost ground to Pdanev and Firefox and it was a bit less interesting.

The second race, I almost lost it a half dozen times trying to pass people, and found myself in second to last place.
I decided to pit right away so I didn't have to deal with traffic, considering I seemed to be losing it a bit every time I tried to pass someone.
When PDanev came out of the pit, I was right behind him.
I had a bit of hope that maybe I could stick with him, but he steadily increased the gap.

Stats:
http://download.yousendit.com/89768CE56A98E32B

May 27th, 2007, 03:21 PM	#1
pdanev Joined: Oct 4th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Netherlands Age: 25 Posts: 5,642 LFS Status: Rep Power: 23	Jun 2nd AS National RAC [2x15] Click poster for high-res version. Date: June 2nd Track: Aston National Cars: RAC Qualification: 15 minutes 2 Races x 15 Laps Time: 18:00 GMT Server: [FG] Racing Password: fg

May 27th, 2007, 03:55 PM	#2
FireFox Not the Browser Joined: Feb 7th, 2005 Last Online: September 4th, 2008 Location: Dutchieland Age: 22 Posts: 1,201 Car: Sold Toyota Carina II. AC Cobra 427 dream LFS Status: Rep Power: 17	This will be a tough race. You have your handsfull on the RAC. In some corners you have understeer and oversteer.... Have a look at the fuel consumption page on http://lfs.finalgear.com. You can see how much fuel the car on a track is using. So if you know a fuel consumption for a combo, please fill it in so we can have a nice full database. In the top center of the page you will find the 'Fuel Advice' link. If an fuel consumption is known, then you will be able to calculate the total amount of fuel neede for a race! __________________ LFS - Team Finalgear

May 27th, 2007, 06:58 PM	#3
geeman Joined: Apr 18th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Finland Age: 22 Posts: 700 LFS Status: Rep Power: 18	This might be the first race with patch X. Scawen said that the target release date is 1st of June. Someone even made a new stats program for the new InSim Link. Clutch pack preload should make driving RAC somewhat easier. __________________

May 27th, 2007, 09:38 PM	#4
FireFox Not the Browser Joined: Feb 7th, 2005 Last Online: September 4th, 2008 Location: Dutchieland Age: 22 Posts: 1,201 Car: Sold Toyota Carina II. AC Cobra 427 dream LFS Status: Rep Power: 17	good to see someone is making a updated lfsstats program I guess when patch X is released on 1st of june, the auto patcher will automaticly detect it. Looking forward to false starts hehe __________________ LFS - Team Finalgear

May 28th, 2007, 11:23 PM	#5
ESPNSTI Your Guide to TG/FG Joined: Dec 9th, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Decorah, IA Age: 36 Posts: 4,291 Car: 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STI (USDM) LFS Status: Rep Power: 34	Ugh I HATE this car, raceabout my ass, "wonderabout", "wobbleabout", "weirdabout" or "boatabout" are far more appropriate names. If you're a tiny bit too rough with it, the back end will step out faster than you can say err... "Fred Astaire". Be a tiny bit too gentle, and it'll have more understeer than a dumptruck. And of course if you try to make a tiny correction, if you don't spin out, it'll throw you from one side of the track to the other. __________________ Top Gear Episode Guide (Excel) \| Top Gear Episode Guide (HTML) \| Top Gear Classic Episode Guide (HTML) Other Top Gear Guides \| Fifth Gear Guides \| Clarkson's TV/Video List \| Tiff Needell's TV/Video List Last edited by ESPNSTI; May 28th, 2007 at 11:28 PM.

May 29th, 2007, 01:12 AM	#6
pdanev Joined: Oct 4th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Netherlands Age: 25 Posts: 5,642 LFS Status: Rep Power: 23	I'm not a fan of the RAC at all, for exactly the same reasons described above. Only like it on autoX layouts because there its only oversteer and fun to drive. I didn't try this combo yet, but I hope I have some free time tomorrow after university to give it a go.

May 29th, 2007, 02:49 PM	#7
lnldrvr Previously Known As Lonely_Driver Joined: Nov 13th, 2004 Last Online: 08:15 AM Location: Finland Age: 23 Posts: 130 Car: a slow one Rep Power: 0	I liked this combo, the car felt good to drive after some practice and the tires last 15 laps easily. Too bad I can't get under 2:02:5XX, which makes me 1s slower than ESPN and 2s slower than FireFox. Anyways I'll try to make it to this race.

June 2nd, 2007, 01:18 PM	#8
burnsy Joined: Mar 25th, 2005 Last Online: 04:36 AM Location: Indiana, USA Age: 26 Posts: 637 Car: 2006 Ford Ranger FX4 LFS Status: Rep Power: 15	i have not received any indication from franky that he would wait until sunday to update the server, so i'm expecting it to still happen today. i will have my laptop with me to keep an eye on the status of the server, as i have to work today. i think to avoid any conflict from this, MXM, could you host the races today? otherwise, i would propose to try the server and hope it doesn't go offline, find an alternate server, or postpone the races until sunday or other day that everybody can meet for. __________________ Top Gear Episode Guide & More \| Top Gear DVDs \| Team FinalGear.com \| Photo Gallery LOTA Grand Touring Cup Squad Champions: FinalGear Racing

June 2nd, 2007, 02:23 PM	#10
matt2000 Squirrel Mincer Joined: Feb 17th, 2006 Last Online: 12:13 PM Location: Market Harborough, UK Age: 18 Posts: 2,667 Car: '77 Land Rover Series III LFS Status: Rep Power: 38	i don't think i'll be racing tonight. i have exams all next week so i need to do lots of work for them, and after 5 mins practice with the RAC i'd had enough. it spins so easily. i might change my mind and tag along but i haven't played LFS for a long time. good luck with whatever you are doing with the test patch __________________ Lolpandas are taking over the world! Very slowly

June 2nd, 2007, 02:39 PM	#11
pdanev Joined: Oct 4th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Netherlands Age: 25 Posts: 5,642 LFS Status: Rep Power: 23	Wasn't the official patch supposed to be out already? I don't see anything on the lfs main page, so I guess its officially not out yet. Hence, Franky shouldn't be updating our server, there's nothing to update them with, yet. Or am I wrong?

June 2nd, 2007, 03:40 PM	#12
geeman Joined: Apr 18th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Finland Age: 22 Posts: 700 LFS Status: Rep Power: 18	Patch X is delayed a bit. There is a bug with lots of people trying to get in to a server at the same time, overloading the server and making an overflow. Thus makign the server getting stuck (W38 got stuck with player joining can't do anything state). I am not sure what exactly happens with W39, but I guess the server can still get stuck when it happens. This is not going to happen very often, but when it does the host needs to be restarted so I guess Scawen is trying to get it fixed before he releases X. __________________

June 2nd, 2007, 04:04 PM	#14
FireFox Not the Browser Joined: Feb 7th, 2005 Last Online: September 4th, 2008 Location: Dutchieland Age: 22 Posts: 1,201 Car: Sold Toyota Carina II. AC Cobra 427 dream LFS Status: Rep Power: 17	edit: quote from above So Franky will not be able to update the server to patch X tonight. So what are we going todo? The latest test patch? __________________ LFS - Team Finalgear

June 2nd, 2007, 04:06 PM	#16
ESPNSTI Your Guide to TG/FG Joined: Dec 9th, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Decorah, IA Age: 36 Posts: 4,291 Car: 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STI (USDM) LFS Status: Rep Power: 34	I don't think X will be ready today: http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.p...318#post441318 (All those patch X avatars are hilarious ) So is the plan for MXM to run W39? __________________ Top Gear Episode Guide (Excel) \| Top Gear Episode Guide (HTML) \| Top Gear Classic Episode Guide (HTML) Other Top Gear Guides \| Fifth Gear Guides \| Clarkson's TV/Video List \| Tiff Needell's TV/Video List

June 2nd, 2007, 04:32 PM	#17
pdanev Joined: Oct 4th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Netherlands Age: 25 Posts: 5,642 LFS Status: Rep Power: 23	I say let's run old patch and meet on our server as usual.

June 2nd, 2007, 04:37 PM	#19
FireFox Not the Browser Joined: Feb 7th, 2005 Last Online: September 4th, 2008 Location: Dutchieland Age: 22 Posts: 1,201 Car: Sold Toyota Carina II. AC Cobra 427 dream LFS Status: Rep Power: 17	I was hoping for the latest test patch for this race, but its kinda late for everybody to jump to the latest test patch. Or still have a copy of the last stable patch. __________________ LFS - Team Finalgear

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June 2nd, 2007, 08:05 PM	#20
ESPNSTI Your Guide to TG/FG Joined: Dec 9th, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Decorah, IA Age: 36 Posts: 4,291 Car: 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STI (USDM) LFS Status: Rep Power: 34	Good weekend for me, other than it sucked that FireFox got disconnected. I had a bit of a lucky lap in qualifying and beat FireFox and Pdanev for the pole in the last lap, which was a happy surprise. Of course it didn't do me any good as they slipstreamed right by me on the start, and I barely hung on before the first chicane as I tried to go around the outside of Pdanev in a place where that wasn't possible. From there on I steadily lost ground to Pdanev and Firefox and it was a bit less interesting. The second race, I almost lost it a half dozen times trying to pass people, and found myself in second to last place. I decided to pit right away so I didn't have to deal with traffic, considering I seemed to be losing it a bit every time I tried to pass someone. When PDanev came out of the pit, I was right behind him. I had a bit of hope that maybe I could stick with him, but he steadily increased the gap. Stats: http://download.yousendit.com/89768CE56A98E32B __________________ Top Gear Episode Guide (Excel) \| Top Gear Episode Guide (HTML) \| Top Gear Classic Episode Guide (HTML) Other Top Gear Guides \| Fifth Gear Guides \| Clarkson's TV/Video List \| Tiff Needell's TV/Video List

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