'Public' Concept LX racing (weekly)

[troy]

http://imgbox.de/users/troy/LXWeekly.png


After lots of fun racing last year (http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=33952) the public LX racing is finally back again. There will be some changes, that's the reason for the new thread, but the goal will remain the same: get some of the LX addicts out of their hideouts and do some relaxed public racing every week. As the name 'public' implies, everybody is welcome to join us, no need for a sign up, just arrive and drive.

To the changes: moving to Thursday evenings, the schedule will consist of a short qualifying (10min) starting at 18.30 UTC to determine the grid for the first race followed by two approximately 10 minute sprint races and a 25-30 minute feature race which will also mark the end of the official part. Of course you are free to keep on driving if you still got any energy left after that. Another new thing will be points to gain (don't worry, this isn't turning into a league), the points will just be there to add a small goal for the participating drivers. Whoever scores most points for the actual month, has the pleasure to choose four combos for the next one (you can't win two times in a row, if that happens the second place has the right to choose). Your worst result won't count, so it's no problem if you miss one or two races.

This weeks race details:

Concept LX Racing is taking a winter break, check back for updates.


Tracks already driven:
as6
as7
au1 (ctra)
bl2r
fe2r
fe3
fe5
ky1r
ky3r
so2r
so4r
we1r
fe4r
so6r
as7r
au1 (noghost)
ky2r
so5r
we1
as1r
fe2
so1
bl1
as3
ky3
we1r
as3r
as2
as7
so5r
bl1r
ky2

[GFresh]

Excellent! I should be there :thumb:

[evilpimp]

The new Volvolandia LX? :P If it goes on during the summer I'll join in during the summer :).

[zeugnimod]

I might show up from time to time again. You need someone to spin around at the end of the grid, don't you? :D


Posting at the same time as Taha. :S

[thisnameistaken]

LX6/AS North is one of my favourite combos. Unfortunately my band usually rehearses on Thursdays but I'll try to make it if I'm home.

[GreyBull [CHA]]

I suppose that these events will stopped after the beginning of an eventual new UF leagugue? Or does that mean that we'll be racing the UFs another day of the week?

Anyway, I'm interrested, but I won't race here in the next one-two months for differents reasons(I'm waiting for the net+this clashes with other leagues/events...:schwitz:)

[Bean0]

;1081716']I suppose that these events will stopped after the beginning of an eventual new UF leagugue? Or does that mean that we'll be racing the UFs another day of the week?

Anyway, I'm interrested, but I won't race here in the next one-two months for differents reasons(I'm waiting for the net+this clashes with other leagues/events...:schwitz:)

There is nothing planned about the next UF thingy yet, but last years excluded certain timezones due to being midweek...it may move, it may not.


Anyway, I shall attend LX6 @ AS7 tonight.
Should be fun :D

[StableX]

good to see. No chance of making a two tier race and have LX4 AND LX6 for the future? WIll try to get there for this though and do a few triple salco's around the track :)

[StableX]

Excellent! I should be there :thumb:

I used to donate to bassdrive for a few years in its early days. Excellent site for good music streaming!!!!

[troy]

good to see. No chance of making a two tier race and have LX4 AND LX6 for the future? WIll try to get there for this though and do a few triple salco's around the track :)

I thought about that but without a full grid it tends to get quite boring. If we manage to gather enough people I happily do some mixed class racing now and then. :)

[DaveWS]

Gah, thursdays are bad for me, I am racing in LFS pro series (http://www.lfsproseries.net/index.php).

[StableX]

I thought about that but without a full grid it tends to get quite boring. If we manage to gather enough people I happily do some mixed class racing now and then. :)

groovy baby!

[Bean0]

Gah, thursdays are bad for me, I am racing in LFS pro series (http://www.lfsproseries.net/index.php).

Maybe in the weeks between Pro Series rounds you could join ?

[DaveWS]

Yeah that's true.

[Mp3 Astra]

Wish I could come tonight, but I have to create four videos for a school project due in tomorrow. I think that takes priority.

[troy]

1 hour to go, if you want to get some practice in now is your chance :)

[troy]

Thank you for joining everybody, had lots of good racing and almost forgot how much fun these LX cars provide. Here are the temporary stats for yesterdays races:

http://troy.freeunix.net/

There should be a proper website up for it soon (including points for the month).

[Wasknijper]

Great to see this returned!

Yesterday was some great racing, hard to beat firing those LX6's out of those slow first corners and getting away with it without laptimes suffering too much. Rest of the track is pretty insane as well with a bunch of folk very close by. (Eau Rouge.. :Looking_a hit or miss)

For the long race I had hoped to catch a few faster guys with super critical setups as they smoked their tires. Plan somewhat worked as I came up to one of them with tomato red tires his LX6 had started to ignore any link between direction of LX6 and direction of travel, (it all turns into soup, is the Dutch expression) so that the rest of the race turned into a lonely one. Still less then one and a half minute away from the aliens over a half hour race including a mishap is a nice result for me.

[troy]

Next combo:

Date: Thursday, March 5th 2009
Server: Concept Racing LX racing
Start: 19:30 UTC
Car: LX4
Track: South City Sprint 1 rev (SO2r)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 10 laps
Sprint Race 2: 10 laps (rev grid)
Main Race: 30 laps (rev grid)

edit: slightly changed the napalm candy set, feels better now

[Blackout]

Isn't there some nasty car limit on that track?

It's a great combo, but was just wondering if everyone can race as we were almost full last time.

[GFresh]

I won't be racing this week, as i have pre-birthday birthday drinks with a few mates :D

[boothy]

Isn't there some nasty car limit on that track?

It's a great combo, but was just wondering if everyone can race as we were almost full last time.

Yes, the track has a limit of 16.

I tried the LX4 recently and had a blast on SO1, might want to that that one if we want a full 32 car grid :tilt:

[de Souza]

Nice to see this back, troy! These little cars deserve it.

I'll make sure to show up whenever I can. :thumb:

[troy]

Yep, didn't think of the limit when I was choosing the combo, next time I will try to remember that, this time it's first come first serve I guess :)

[boothy]

Been trying to connect for about 20 minutes, getting the dreaded "did not receive track info" :(

[kamo2000]

Todays races were sweeet. Nice battling. Can't wait for next one really!!

[DaveWS]

BALLS. Forgot. :x

[troy]

was good fun again, shame about the 16 car limit, won't happen next week we're going to kyoto :)

temporary stats:
http://troy.freeunix.net/

[troy]

almost forgot to announce the new combo, so here it is:

Date: Thursday, March 12th 2009
Server: Concept Racing LX racing
Start: 19:30 UTC
Car: LX6
Track: Kyoto GP Long rev (KY3r)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 4 laps
Sprint Race 2: 4 laps (rev grid)
Main Race: 11 laps (rev grid)

Both sets should last 11 laps, the 10 laps set is a bit old and based on hannu's set (I think).

[Mp3 Astra]

I'll be there today, providing I don't randomly disappear before 1900 UTC.

[kamo2000]

Both of those sets are not lasting at least for me for more than 3-4 laps :P

Server is offline now.. will there be a layout ?

[troy]

Server was there but it will move to a new box soon so the name was different, it's reverted back to normal now. (and yes we'll run a layout (http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=53470))

edit: if the set doesn't last you drift it to much! :D

[kamo2000]

Sure they will last if you don't slide at all. I'm not an alien i slide slightly from time to time....

I have one set with great temps on tires but slow :/ I won't be competetive.

[BURN]

I have one set with great temps on tires but slow :/ I won't be competetive.

yeah.. right ^^

I made a stupid mistake and got oln grass a bit and lost it =(
To finish infront of Loco would have been awesome, but probaly wouldnt be able to stand him for long anyway xD

Great Racing everbody! gotta love Kyoto

[kamo2000]

Hehe i've made myself a new set from 3 others lol and it worked pretty well :P

Today's races were intense. Especially last long one.. I bearly made it first - troy was like a machine (as usual) and was hunting me down for last few laps.. One more corner and i would have been 2nd.

Great races. Beautifull feeling to beat an alien...even tho he was much faster.

[Blackout]

Good racing once again.

Unfortunately I had problems with oil pressure again in the longer race.

[troy]

Great combo, I hope everybody had as much fun as me. :) Here are the temporary stats plus standings after 3 of 4 races. As explained in the first post; the worst result wont count and nobody can win twice in a row (that's me in this case since I had the pleasure of choosing 4 combos this month).

http://troy.freeunix.net/

[Mp3 Astra]

Good racing once again.

Unfortunately I had problems with oil pressure again in the longer race.

Sorry about the whole crashing you out in Race 2.

I had a blast in race 1; superb racing and great fun. Race 2 was a failure and race 3 ended with me in the wall on lap 1.

[troy]

Next combo:

Date: Thursday, March 19th 2009
Server: Concept Racing LX racing
Start: 19:30 UTC
Car: LX4
Track: Fernbay Gold (FE3)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 6 laps
Sprint Race 2: 6 laps (rev grid)
Main Race: 19 laps (rev grid)

[DaveWS]

Note to self, don't forget this week. :shy:

[evilpimp]

Note to self, March break, don't forget to race!

[Bean0]

Bumpity bump.

Good combo tonight, should make for some fun racing :)

[troy]

sorry I've got the date wrong in my post, of course we will do LX racing tonight, all corrected now (thanks to speedway :razz:)

[rich uk]

I'll be there!!

[kamo2000]

AS usual great races - nice crashes and good finishes :D
Troy was unbeatable as usual :}

[evilpimp]

And I lost connections in all 3 races. As soon as my bro came through the door, it all started to lag. I think he was streaming something even though I was yelling at him. Not much I can do he's about 100 lbs of muscle more then me :P.

[J@tko]

And I lost connections...
^ Taha's Ctrl-V ;)

[troy]

Stats and standings done, Kamo wins this chapter and will choose the next 4 combos, congratulations. :)

http://troy.freeunix.net/

[kamo2000]

Sweeeet :} pm sent :}

[lococost]

grats kamo! You gave troy a run for his money!

Not that it really matters, but I'm listed twice in the final standings.

[troy]

That's corrected now loco, didn't see it when I checked the first time.

Combo for this Thursday (chosen by Kamo)

Date: Thursday, March 26th 2009
Server: Concept Racing LX racing
Start: 19:30 UTC
Car: LX6
Track: Aston Grand Touring (AS6)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 4 laps
Sprint Race 2: 4 laps (rev grid)
Main Race: 9 laps (rev grid)

[troy]

one hour to go, if you want to get some practice in now is the time :)

[GFresh]

Aaarghh, not gonna make it i don't think, waiting for a guy to come and give me a quote for a boiler change!! :schwitz:
He should have been here at 7pm...

[kamo2000]

Was such a nice evening :D
I had a nice race one and 1st place. Great battles in race two and 3rd place.

I was ticked off nicely by troy and his teammate ..and their mean teamwork keeping me away :D
At one point i wasn't gonna watch and just overtake no matter what but that thing passed quickly :P Finished 4th after those two.

Cya on next combo :D

[troy]

sorry took a while (damn f1) here are the standings plus stats:

http://troy.freeunix.net/


and the next combo:

Date: Thursday, April 2nd 2009
Server: Concept Racing LX racing
Start: 18:30 UTC (most of Europe changed to summertime, UTC did not!)
Car: LX4
Track: Fernbay Green rev (FE2r)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 8 laps
Sprint Race 2: 8 laps (rev grid)
Main Race: 22 laps (rev grid)

not sure if the fe2r set is any good, it's quite old already.

[Blackout]

Can't we it 1 hour earlier to 18:30 UTC, 19:30 +3 starts to be late for me at least.

[troy]

I would be open for that, any other opinions on the time?

[EliteAti]

I would be open for that, any other opinions on the time?

+1 from me too, since i have same timezone as Blackout..

[kamo2000]

I see no harm in this too.

[GFresh]

Yeah, 19:30UTC would be a little late for me too, but i'll still try to race if it stays at that...

[lococost]

agreed, keep it at 20h30 CET

[troy]

ok, we're going 1h backwards means 18.30 UTC, means everything stays the same. :)

[kamo2000]

Well
Today was not a good day. First race was ok started 2nd finished 2nd thx to loco who made a mistake on last chicane last lap. I was killed twice in second race and didn't finished it so that's a big loss. The 3rd race - i started 1st and ended that way as i didn't had anyone to fight with.. Whole race alone.

Could be worse i guess.

[EliteAti]

I had bad luck myself too in this race. Overtook G!nho in middle of the race, kept him behind me until the last lap where i hit the darn kerb and flipped upside down. And straight after race my bro came to play some HF2, anyway... Next week i will be on another comp since next weeks Wednesday will be my Birthday and new PC has been already ordered :D Seeya on LX racing next week guys :)

[speedway]

Tonights final race was one of the best i had in weeks. :nod:
Spent 20minutes defending my 4th place against 2quicker drivers... of course i just had to loose it in the very last chicane. :shrug:

Sorry again for the incident in race2, next time i make sure my wheel is properly tightened to the desk and wont come off -resulting in a spin and major havoc- again. :schwitz:

Did someone save the replay of that race btw?

[Blackout]

Sorry again for the incident in race2, next time i make sure my wheel is properly tightened to the desk and wont come off -resulting in a spin and major havoc- again. :schwitz:

Did someone save the replay of that race btw?
Replay attached.

Had a blast in the first race. Almost every lap was pb, was chasing down the top three and got 3rd when loco spun. Was fun, but I wish it had been more of a race.

Can't remember much from race two, only that huge crash on the first lap.

But the long race was a freaking nightmare of all times, I was just too tired to drive I guess. Had to pit after doing a huge flip on the last chicane and lost a lap. After that I managed to spin on my own at least three times. Disaster really.

[troy]

stats and standings from last week:

http://troy.freeunix.net/

next combo:

Date: Thursday, April 9th 2009
Server: Concept Racing LX racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX6
Track: Westhill rev (WE1r)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 6 laps
Sprint Race 2: 6 laps (rev grid)
Main Race: 15 laps (rev grid)

[kamo2000]

Sooo what to say..
I grabbed interesting 4th place in qually and was having a nice race 1. ALiens including guru rudy and troy went away quickly. ... and well.. i can't remember which i was on finnish line :P
Second race was also very nice and intense with me mostly driving alone......crap.
Third race was even more interesting. When all the pack in front was crashing i moved to 4th on lap one and was even 2nd for few seconds.. but as usual Troy sweating like a pig was behind me lol so as i already knew what will happen i avoided any fights with him..same went for Lococost. In conclusion i was struggling to stay on track while aliens where cruising in wr pace in front.

Next will be rally so maybe i will have a chance to kill one of them and say it's rally :P

Cya next week.

[troy]

last weeks results (sorry took a while again):

http://troy.freeunix.net/

and this weeks combo, we're going to get dirty. :)

Date: Thursday, April 16th 2009
Server: Concept Racing LX racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX4
Track: Blackwood Rallycross rev (BL2r)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 10 laps
Sprint Race 2: 10 laps (rev grid)
Main Race: 27 laps (rev grid)

[troy]

Our usual LX server seems down right now, if it won't be up until 17.30 UTC we will switch to "Concept Racing Public".

[kamo2000]

Who won this moth ? Propably Loco so grats ahead :}

[troy]

Stats and standings updated, Kamo won last time and I'm driving out of competition (I'm organizing it, I think it's unfair since I know the combos already before everybody else). So it's Loco with the pleasure to chose the next 4 combos, congrats mate :)

http://troy.freeunix.net/

[kamo2000]

Sooooo it's tomorrow guys. Can we know the track pls?

[Bean0]

Just a FYI, the server has been renamed to CR|LX Racing.

:)

[troy]

I had no reply from loco so far, if he doesn't read his pm until later tonight I will pitch in some random track so he got another week to choose his 4. (My fault after all, took me a little long to make the standings and stuff :shy:)

[troy]

First combo chosen by loco (yes I know it shouldn't be lx4 this week but the crazy Belgian took tracks for the lx6 you need to learn beforehand :D, we will do it next week)

Date: Thursday, April 23th 2009
Server: CR|LX Racing (server name changed)
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX4
Track: South City Long rev (SO4r)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 6 laps
Sprint Race 2: 6 laps (rev grid)
Main Race: 14 laps (rev grid)

[Blackout]

Now this is a nice combo.

[lococost]

thnx blackout!

hehe troy, I hadn't even realised the first 2 were lx4. If it were up to me all combos would have been lx6 anyway :).

[kamo2000]

Damn troy..i tried to kill him on a barrier on purpose but he was behind me again.. than that sweaty %$%#$N almost took me out in last race . . aarrgh troy !@!@#!

[troy]

Hrhr, some tough racing tonight but that was lots of fun, sorry for any contacts I tried to not hit anybody but somehow it still happened. :razz:

The layout for next week's LX6 race is attached I recommend to at least have a look at it before racing next Thursday.

[lococost]

first race was ok, I saw speedway drift all over the place, but still he kept his times up, no chance to pass him as I was just as fast.

But then second race, had a nice first few laps, running through the field, then one of those 'gray names' that come in just before the race and have no respect for anything took me out, after that he crashed very hard taking me out yet again. At least this gave me pole in the long race. I knew troy was going to step up sometime, on the first 180 troy was on the outside on braking, I never expected him to be on the outside when I turned in, wheels touched, i spin, race over really... I never really had the intention to block troy hard, it would have cost me more places if i did. Would have been second otherwise i think.

It's pretty annoying, the only LFS i do anymore are the lx races, (let's be honest, the public racing with these new automated servers really sucks.) And then to have 2 out of 3 of these only races go wrong is pretty demotivating. We'll see in a week if I can get my spirit up again.

[kamo2000]

Nice report there... at last :D

Well to add to my last post. It was intersting evening. Boring first race. And nice tight second where i had my attempt on killing troy ..and failed. Our poor places got us nice front in last race. Nice start - i passed two drivers in front and was sitting about 2-3 secs behind loco when captain Sweaty came and tried to overtake me in that fast little chicane after finish line..of course we both spun ... and of course he was behind me just 2-3 laps later... situation was the same really - he propably would try again in the same place but this time i braked and let him go by. That was reaelly insane place to overtake. The rest of the race was boring propably coz idon't remember the rest :P

Troy would you be so kind to add any setup that would try to fit to that layout ? :P

[troy]

Regarding random people just crashing around: I had some discussions about that already with the rest of the CR team and my point is that the turn out is already pretty low (lx's still are niche cars for whatever reasons, they make some great racing), if we start to password the server we would lose at least 50% of the casual racers, some of them probably never bother to look at the forums. I should probably watch and admin the races but it's hard to resist if there is some great LX action on track.

I know it can be frustrating (I get crashed by random people too (mostly kamo :D)). Just forget about it and try again next week thats the best thing you can do, after all we're here to have fun and in public racing you (sadly) have to expect crashes now and then. I still think that we get more nice and fair first timers then the ones with no clue at all.

edit:

Troy would you be so kind to add any setup that would try to fit to that layout ? :P

oh yep, I forgot that. It's made by loco I hope he is ok with me sharing it, will attach it to my last post. :)

edit2:

I found 2 sets not sure which is which, if I remember right one is a little more stable but slower and the other is loco's. ^^

[Wasknijper]

But then second race, had a nice first few laps, running through the field, then one of those 'gray names' that come in just before the race

Mm well, the "grey name" is a friend of mine, had been bugging him for over a year to come take a look at these LX evenings, so he did but won't do that again, calling you people some names on MSN afterward.
Thing is, these races have become hyper agressive alien-only. (Can tell by the fact I myself have become faster this year, but from finishing sub-top previous years by just being steady I'm now last every race still going steady, little less steady then I used to be because I have to push for everything I've got.)
Aliens (Troy is a pleasant exception) also tend not to be too well mannered on track. I myself just show up for some friendly clean racing so I'll be taking a break then, hopefully in a while there'll be some humanoids again.

[zeugnimod]

Aliens (Troy is a pleasant exception) also tend not to be too well mannered on track.

This is a persistent prejudice that just won't go away but is totally wrong, IMO.

There are bad mannered aliens just as there are bad mannered average/slow drivers. I'd say there actually are more bad mannered slow/new drivers than aliens. :shrug:

FTR, I'm no alien. :D

[kamo2000]

What's good laptime here?

[troy]

Mm well, the "grey name" is a friend of mine, had been bugging him for over a year to come take a look at these LX evenings, so he did but won't do that again, calling you people some names on MSN afterward.
Thing is, these races have become hyper agressive alien-only. (Can tell by the fact I myself have become faster this year, but from finishing sub-top previous years by just being steady I'm now last every race still going steady, little less steady then I used to be because I have to push for everything I've got.)


It was me who spectated him, I didn't see what he did at that time but I heard some complaints in our voice chat and on the server. Wanted to talk to him afterwards but he was gone already. Because of your text I had a look at the replay again; and I'm sorry to tell you this but he was really REALLY bad. I don't want to list every single mistake now but it was enough to warrant the spectating from my side (on other servers he would've been banned I'm pretty sure of that). I've got no problem with beginners but he should at least be able to get the car around the track without crashing every second corner otherwise it's just frustrating for himself and even more for the people trying to have a race.

edit:

What's good laptime here?

attached the LXO qualifying times (already almost a year ago but with some training times near that should be possible)

[kamo2000]

Groovy i'm only 1 second behind you after hour of training.. and i won't go faster i'm pretty sure... You sir are sick.

[lococost]

practicing 6 days before the event allready, that's sick :D (you like the track btw kamo?)

And troy, you gave away my secret weapon, the set! Nevermind, it's all in the spirit of your league. enjoy! :)

[kamo2000]

I was just curious about the layout :)
Tbh sets that troy gave are not so good for me - i used different one to set my 1.01 lap.

Lay is pretty straight-forward. Two similiar corners but very tricky. There will be a massacre i'm sure :)
I have something harder if i will be given chance to choose the track :}

[troy]

stats and standings done:

http://troy.freeunix.net/

For the next combo we will run an LXO layout for Kyoto Oval reverse made by ussbeethoven, layout, setups and pictures in my earlier post (http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=1140135#post1140135).

Date: Thursday, April 30th 2009
Server: CR|LX Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX6
Track: Kyoto Chicane (layout (http://www.lfsforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=82838&d=1240517440)) (KY1r)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 10 laps
Sprint Race 2: 10 laps (rev grid)
Main Race: 25 laps (rev grid)

Sets (both pretty tailhappy, "ky1r test" is made by loco and proved to be faster, the other set was done by hyperactive and is a little more forgiving):
http://www.lfsforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=82843&d=1240519090
http://www.lfsforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=82845&d=1240519311

[EliteAti]

Combo sounds very interesting :nod:

[kamo2000]

I don't get the standings at all :P I was 2nd two times and 8th and i'm leading?

[Blackout]

I don't get the standings at all :P I was 2nd two times and 8th and i'm leading?
Don't worry, I'm third. :D

[troy]

yep, I've got the standings wrong, they still had the worst result removed so some people had less points, it should be ok again now.

[kamo2000]

Today was nice.
I got 2nd in quali which was surprise again. Race1. After 3 laps i was in first defending from loco. I missed my braking point when we were side by side so i had to cut my inside more to avoid contact. I touched the tire and spun. That was the end. I finished 5th.

Second race was boring. I managed to miss all the carnage in first chicane and was cruising on second to the end.

Long race was more entertaining. But no fights really except a moment with troy. He just seemed to have some boosters in his arse as he was incredibly fast on staright. So i was cruising with nice pace on 4th. I was sure Troy was 3rd but to my amazement he was behind ..i don't know when that happened.

Thx guys. I need to use vt more often. No talking from me - without a mic here.

[troy]

Trouble with my connection (damn isp) made me disconnect in race1 had some close racing until then shame it happened, race2 was pretty boring because I could start from the front had no fights at all just had to nurse it home. ^^

Race3 was more like it, godd action on track, had lots of nice splits but managed to screw almost all of them (59 was certainly possible), including one where I finally spun in the second chicane, had to let kamo and some more people past managed to get all but kamo, solid drive from him the distance staid about the same until we crossed the finish line. All in all it went better then I thought, it was definitely not an easy layout to do for public racing, thanks to all the racers who made it happen. :)

[lococost]

Had an unexpected lucky tow in quali which put me on pole.

First race was good, kamo got in front of me at the start and I had a feeling I was faster every lap exiting the first turn, finally got beside him and tried to overtake him, trying to just give him enough room to stay outside, sadly it didn't work, kamo spun, i finished first.


Next race was good fun making my way to the front, Kamo was just a bit too fast to get a 2nd place.

3rd race, in lap 1 a lost tire was spinning somewhere in turn 2, with traffic everywhere I had no chance of avoiding it, damage looked ok, but the car hit the ground here and there and I found out a chassis doesnt have as much grip as a tyre does in lap 2 turn 1 where I couln't turn in and just smashed it in the wall. race over. At least it was no ones fault. I don't know about others, but for me the level of racing was much better then last race, although this track is way more prone to noob mistakes, it was fun.

Looking forward to the next one, It would be nice if it had a bit fewer laps so the tires don't get the chance to overheat.

[troy]

anyone got the first two replays of last weeks races? As mentioned in my last post, I had a disconnect so they are incomplete for me. :(

This weeks combo will be a Layout again (crazy Belgian :razz:), it was used back in the ctra bump and jump days, should be good fun. There will be no long race (it would be about 20 laps on such a short track), so we will do 4 shorter races this time.

Date: Thursday, May 7th 2009
Server: CR|LX Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX6
Track: Autocross (layout (http://www.lfsforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=83461&stc=1&d=1241450784)) (AU1)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 8 laps
Sprint Race 2: 8 laps (rev grid)
Sprint Race 3: 8 laps (rev grid)
Sprint Race 4: 8 laps (rev grid)

[EliteAti]

This layout is Crazy :schwitz: designed for MRT's :thumbsup:

[troy]

It works also with the lx cars, bump n jump used the lx4 for it, we tested it last week and came to the conclusion that it also works for lx6. (any complaints to lococost :D)

[GreyBull [CHA]]

BnJ...:bowdown:

Shame that it clashes with the Pro Series.:(

And btw Anton, this layout was designed only for LX4s. The MRTs used another layout. And yes, it's quite crasy to put LX6 on it, as there was enough chaos with the LX4. :tilt:

E : to Zeug : yes it is. :thumb:

[zeugnimod]

This weeks combo will be a Layout again (crazy Belgian :razz:), it was used back in the ctra bump and jump days, should be good fun.

Is that ParkwayLong?

Awesome, I might join. :tilt:

[BURN]

Damn you Loco. This will be mad :nod:

i might like it :smileypul

E: wask, get on the damn track :)

[kamo2000]

Nothing interesting to report.. same old thing aliens over second a lap faster....only interesting thing was interest of drivers..4 is not enough i guess.

[troy]

Sorry took a while (had some trouble getting last weeks replays), now we're back up to speed with the stats and the standings.

http://troy.freeunix.net/

Last combo chosen by loco:

Date: Thursday, May 14th 2009
Server: CR|LX Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX4
Track: Fernbay Rallycross (FE5)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 8 laps
Sprint Race 2: 8 laps (rev grid)
Main Race : 20 laps (rev grid)

[lococost]

rlly don't like the track, asked for rev, but troy read over it, shit happens, np.
Feeling pretty sick anyway so as i wasnt having any fun thought it was better to quit.

[kamo2000]

As usual i sucked :)
Over 1 sec per lap slower than aliens .. nothing interesting to report. Well maybe race 2 where i was fighting with those aliens - closing the doors in every posssible ways, trying to piss them off as much as i could. It turned out i made them laugh and they had good fun when i was terrified and unable to control that damn thing. I failed on last lap as usual :/

[filipvdv]

i had a fun event this time. Really like the rx thingie and fe rallycross was always one of my favorites.

Qualy was above expected, hit the '11 in a good lap.
Race 1 started on pole and seemed to keep the tires cool not sliding around too much. Shame bout the last lap where i disconnected, my internet connection was down for some reason.
Race 2 was fun going from last place to a winner. Had a blast trying to get past kamo who was very well trying to close the gaps. Last lap he just ran out of options, troy on his right and me sneeking in on the left going for the outbrake attempt.
Race 3 i had a wrong race tactic, trying too much to spare the tires and at 4 laps from the finish it hit me i had to try and go forward, pushing it too much and making silly mistakes.
Great fun this combo, love rallycross, but the community is rather more circuit minded.

[troy]

stats and final standings for this round:

http://troy.freeunix.net/

Congrats to Kamo, he wins it again and will chose the next 4 combos (luckily we're running out of rally cross tracks). :razz:

[troy]

first combo chosen by Kamo:

Date: Thursday, May 21th 2009
Server: CR|LRF Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX6
Track: Fernbay Black rev (FE4r)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 4 laps
Sprint Race 2: 4 laps (rev grid)
Main Race : 9 laps (rev grid)

[DaveWS]

If you are still racing after I finish the final pro series round, I will definately join you guys, very demanding combo!

[kamo2000]

:/ You guys must love my 1 sec aliens reports after races :/

Not that i have something agains but you should at least once make a mistake or something not drive like robots. Taking all fun away :}
More whining coming up later :)

[troy]

Our server will keep the name "CR|LRF Racing", no point in renaming it just for the LX racing. So join there in case you can't find us. :)

[kamo2000]

Nothing new here. Again 4 drivers , again troy 1-2 secs a lap faster even with 20 kg balast.....*whine*......

Cu on layout next week. Maybe more than 4 drivers will show up .

[james12s]

i came, i saw, i tryed, i ****ed it up lol me and the lx6 arnt great friends but i may try again next time

[EliteAti]

Combo wasnt kewl. FE_Black aint my favorite, but i try to be there next week :thumb:

[troy]

Standings Updated:

http://troy.freeunix.net/

Date: Thursday, May 28th 2009
Server: CR|LRF Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX4
Track: South City Chicane rev (SO6r)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 8 laps
Sprint Race 2: 8 laps (rev grid)
Main Race : 22 laps (rev grid)

edit: Got the names mixed up, short brain freeze, corrected now. Thanks boothy. :)

[boothy]

SO5r actually :tilt: or you can always just change the track lol, I'll try and be there, as I prefer the LX4.

[Martin.S]

Hello,
I feel like I need to explain what just happened.
I went on the server some minutes before the 22 lap race started. After T1 my computer froze and I lagged out of the server. That problem has never occured before, and I don't know what caused the error. Too bad I had lots of cars behind me.
I really am terribly sorry, and I hope all of you could get past me without crashing, or at least your race wasn't totally ruined.

I won't go online again until I have a solution...
/Martin.S

[kamo2000]

Well as for me nothing to say..maybe to show...

http://kamo.4ignition.com/lfs/lx.wmv

[troy]

Damn kamo, don't link to websites with a speed of 4kb/s thats maybe enough in poland but not in the rest of the world. :D

Was fun racing today, some people not careful enough, it gets harder to race clean with more racers on the server. Maybe I'll start adding a password if we exceed 12-15 people, should make the whole thing a little easier.

edit: It got faster while I was typing this :) Damn you almost caused me a heart attack with that screaming stuff, unlucky incident, but It's hard to blame just the other guy (at least with that 3 wide accident) something was bound to happen there next time maybe ease off a little and overtake him in the next corner.

[Michalxo]

Well as for me nothing to say..maybe to show...

http://kamo.4ignition.com/lfs/lx.wmv


Sorry :( I got squeezed from 2 sides...2 times... and one small contact on 1 side = big hit on other side :( :shrug:

[kamo2000]

Damn kamo, don't link to websites with a speed of 4kb/s thats maybe enough in poland but not in the rest of the world. :D



Well maybe 4 is max for you .. i have max speeds and server is in USA, and YT banned me for my lfs movies..lol

I'm not blaming anyone for the accidents :) I'm blaming my damn luck. Always me, why never troy :P

Cheers :thumb:

[lococost]

Well as for me nothing to say..maybe to show...

http://kamo.4ignition.com/lfs/lx.wmv


I know you shouldn't laugh at other peoples mysery, but LOOOOOL!!! Best sound FX ever!

[Buddster]

Hi, I just came across this post and glad I did. The lx's are my favorate car's but there's so few that drive them its hard to race people. Glad to see other enthusiasts are out there. :thumb:

Love the idea of this server and the concept. I will try and join you, but being an hour behind I may miss the starts. But wull be fun watching the racing.
Carry on enjoying the fun of the LX's :D

Buddster

[troy]

I will try and join you, but being an hour behind I may miss the starts. But wull be fun watching the racing.
there's absolutely no problem if you miss the start, you can still join for race 2 or 3 :)

stats and standings updated:

http://troy.freeunix.net/

and the next combo:

Date: Thursday, June 4h 2009
Server: CR|LRF Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX6
Track: Aston North rev (AS7r)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 5 laps
Sprint Race 2: 5 laps (rev grid)
Main Race : 12 laps (rev grid)

[kamo2000]

Here we are again. I had a nice evening today and enjoyed most of ther races. First race i don't even remember what happened there..propably nothing.

On second race i killed guru on purpose ..just a little revange after he's bomg on me on last week. It was sweet even tho i lost many places. I managed to past few racers and finish 6th.

On last race my accelerator pedal started dying on me again so i could accelerate normally. It was a mirale that i fought with jet so long. Some laps before the end i had an incidient with car on 2nd place i can't remeber now who it was but i can say that i could do anything.. i was braking and the second car was just too slow on the entrance of the turn - i didn't expected that and couldn't avoid contact.. I 'm sorry for that. Than jet passed me finally and that was it. I finished 3rd. If it wasn't for that damn pedal i propably could at least try to kill troy somewhere :P

The end.

[troy]

great combo and some very fine racing tonight, even the spectating in race2 was fun, had a lot of battles to watch. :) Shame LFS placed me somewhere in the middle of the grid for race3 was looking forward trying to get past all these fast guys.

[Kid222]

Really good races after two weeks without proper racing. :) Felt like "what the hell is this steering thing for?":schwitz:
I lagged out in first race, but in second i finished 4th after great battle with Blackout and long ended with 5th place for me. :)
I was exhausted after race, it was like one hour of excercising. Hand killing combo this one.

Btw. i want to see next track (lyt), might be interresting. :)

[GFresh]

Some laps before the end i had an incidient with car on 2nd place i can't remeber now who it was but i can say that i could do anything.. i was braking and the second car was just too slow on the entrance of the turn - i didn't expected that and could avoid contact.. I 'm sorry for that.


Fair play for appologising straight away.

I still feel that it was the result of a little impatience on your part though. I took that line through T1 (wide in, fast out) on every lap that i had total control of the car. I think if you had have waited rather than just steaming in, then you would have been presented with better opportunities to overtake towards the end of the race.

I don't usually get narked by these things, especially in public races, but 2 factors made me a little angry.
1) You are better than that, i've raced with you a lot of times, so i know.
2) I don't usually get podium opportunities, and had one unfairly taken from me tonight...

Anyways, i'll get over it, and thanks once again for saying sorry :)



So apart from that, i had fun. I made a n00b of myself in the first race when i thought we were on a different combo, and went straight on at the hairpin near the end of the lap. Fortunately, i only just clipped a guys front end, and i don't believe i damaged his car or hampered his race in any way (please correct me if i'm wrong, i will then beg for you forgiveness...:D). Must try to get onto the server before qually in future, just got back from work too late....

I was also quite pleased that i seemed to be at least keeping up with Troy for the first half of the feature race. Unfortunately though, the cracking rhythm i was settled into was upset by my finger catching the downshift paddle mid corner, the subsequent fight to keep the car on track, and then the Kamo incident.

[GreyBull [CHA]]

So apart from that, i had fun. I made a n00b of myself in the first race when i thought we were on a different combo, and went straight on at the hairpin near the end of the lap. Fortunately, i only just clipped a guys front end, and i don't believe i damaged his car or hampered his race in any way (please correct me if i'm wrong, i will then beg for you forgiveness...:D). Must try to get onto the server before qually in future, just got back from work too late....


Nah there's no problem, I just did a nice 180° and here we go again, my car was okay after that.:tilt:

[troy]

stats and standings updated:

http://troy.freeunix.net/

Next weeks combo (last one chosen by kamo), the layout is originally made by noghost (and good fun from the short tests I did), I just added some direction markers to make it a little more "first time" friendly.

Date: Thursday, June 11th 2009
Server: CR|LRF Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX4
Track: Autocross Layout (AU1)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 6 laps
Sprint Race 2: 6 laps (rev grid)
Main Race : 13 laps (rev grid)

the set attached probably needs the brake balance further to the front, just did some quick testing so far.

[Kid222]

I can already see lots of flying debris and unfixable tyre damage.:D
Could be fun though. :)

[kamo2000]

You should have seen the layout loco made us drive.. It would be fit for mrt maybe...on mine there is plenty of space so it's easier.

[Blackout]

Oh noes, not these Polish tracks again. :x

[Fuse5]

This is a great layout!
Did some 30-odd laps on it.

Current time to beat - 1:45.39 (spb is 1:44.66)

[keskitalo]

I want to join todays race. can someone help me how (:
Edit: and can i drive other settings than that?

[Fuse5]

I want to join todays race. can someone help me how (:
Edit: and can i drive other settings than that?

Just show up at the time when quali starts.
And you can drive the setup you want to drive :)

[keskitalo]

ok thanks :) my best time now 1.46.49. :rally_dri

[DaveWS]

Any ideas how to reduce the FPS hit from so many physics objects? It's a CPU bottleneck, not GFX.

[Fuse5]

Any ideas how to reduce the FPS hit from so many physics objects? It's a CPU bottleneck, not GFX.

Thats odd. Although the layout has max, 512, objects, I didn't personally get any FPS drop, it was much worse on as7r an hour before.

I guess there are some places where the amount of objects could be reduced.. but thats up to troy.

[james12s]

ill see if i can appear tonight so i can make a fool of myself

[troy]

Any ideas how to reduce the FPS hit from so many physics objects? It's a CPU bottleneck, not GFX.

If you've got a dual core you could try running it on one core and with higher priority, that squeezed some fps out for me when I still had a weaker cpu.


I guess there are some places where the amount of objects could be reduced..

Not sure if it's possible to remove any barriers, firstly; the layout is not made by me and secondly you open the door for cutting or make it more dangerous then it already is.

[GreyBull [CHA]]

Qualification: 10 minutes
.

It's actually impossible to start a qualyfing session at au1.:shrug:

[troy]

that's correct, we usually got around that by just starting an approx. 10 minute race, let each other some space and then manually sort the grid looking at the fastest times.

[kamo2000]

To the one that will be choosing next combos. I beg you no more layouts..what i was thinking when i decided to race there :/

So - sorry to everyone i ruined your day - sorry niki for the bump i had no room to do otherwise in there.

[Karolis[Lt]]

Layouts ftw :tilt: something new and fun to drive. Too bad they are buggy. Nevertheless, it was great races for me :)

[DaveWS]

For the few laps I had time to drive, the layout was pretty good fun, one of the better layouts IMO for sure. Unfortunately LFS is very badly optimised for layouts so my PC bogs down to 30 - 40 fps which ruins the connection you have with the car.

The few races after with the LX's, RAC's and FZ's were great though.

[troy]

ah it was great fun once it was running kamo :) I just had some trouble getting the whole thing with the qualifying right, but I guess I learned some things today about it.

Racing was close and most of the time very fair and calculated (at least that's what I witnessed), had a big smile in my face for most of the races even though I had lots of trouble getting past anybody. :D

[mcintyrej]

Some hilarious shots from last night.

http://www.imagetwist.co.uk/LFS/lfs_00000111.jpg

http://www.imagetwist.co.uk/LFS/lfs_00000112.jpg

http://www.imagetwist.co.uk/LFS/lfs_00000113.jpg

http://www.imagetwist.co.uk/LFS/lfs_00000114.jpg

http://www.imagetwist.co.uk/LFS/lfs_00000115.jpg

http://www.imagetwist.co.uk/LFS/lfs_00000107.jpg

[troy]

Final stats and standings for this part, some very nice racing for the past four weeks thanks for joining :)

http://troy.freeunix.net/

The happy winner and decider for the next 4 combos is Lococost, congratulations. :)

[Tukko]

Some hilarious shots from last night

Oh I missed that bumb'n jump'n stunt -night you guys had, looks like it was fun :shrug:

The happy winner and decider for the next 4 combos is Lococost, congratulations. :)

Gratz Loco :)

Still remember what's a great combo? Yeah it's lx4@bl2r, lx4@bl2r, lx4@bl2r, lx4@bl2r . . . (no no, not trying to affect Loco's decision here :shy: ) lx4@bl2r, lx4@bl2r, lx4@bl2r, lx4@bl2r . . .

[troy]

Is there anyone who would be interested in a tweaked LX6 special round? I thought about doing something like that in a week or two (probably friday 19 or 20.30 UTC), not sure about the track right now maybe south city or aston. I would need to host the whole thing on my home connection which should have enough bandwidth for 15-20 people.

In case you want to try it beforehand I attached a set (you need to keep the ballast where it is, added it to even out the weight distribution), the tweakfile to load in lfstweak and some screen shots.

A short how to:

1. Get lfstweak version 3 from lfs-database.com (sorry no directlink not sure if i'm allowed to)
2. download the set and tweakfile attached
3. open lfs, go to singleplayer, join the track with lx6
4. open lfstweak, load the attached preset, hit apply
5. go to settings (in lfstweak) and set both slickmod options to yes (don't forget to hit apply after each option you change)
6. go into the pits in lfs, load the attached setup and your ready to go

edit: This whole thing doesn't work with testpatches, you need lfs.exe version Z

[mcintyrej]

Just given it a drive and its really fun - handled like a baby FO8 with no downforce.

[kamo2000]

So what's next?

[troy]

Next combo (sorry took a while)

Date: Thursday, June 18th 2009
Server: CR|LRF Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX6
Track: Kyoto National rev (KY2r)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 6 laps
Sprint Race 2: 6 laps (rev grid)
Main Race : 13 laps (rev grid)

[DaveWS]

Is there anyone who would be interested in a tweaked LX6 special round?

I gave this tweak a quick test drive, and I'm in love. A slick shod, high powered LX car would be awesome and easy to add in LFS. Just need some new tracks now. :razz:

P.S. I'll be there ON TIME tomorrow.

[Karolis[Lt]]

yeah, me in too.

[TexasLTU]

Oh cool, I may try :)

[kamo2000]

Here's the promised spider pic....it's crappy:

http://kamo.4ignition.com/test/ima/thumbs/827792spider.jpg (http://kamo.4ignition.com/test/ima/viewer.php?id=827792spider.jpg)

Qual was good.. Race one was ruined by me after contact with loco.. Of course my fault.....and i got called stupid.

Second race was destroyed by faulty gearbox -to be precise i had to slow down to fiddle with gearshift debounce option as my paddles started to change 2 gears up at once. Third race was destroyed by my graphic card which decided to die on me and freezee my screen for a sec or two..

http://kamo.4ignition.com/test/ima/thumbs/500620crap2.jpg (http://kamo.4ignition.com/test/ima/viewer.php?id=500620crap2.jpg)

See you guys in couple weeks. You won't miss me.

[Rudy van Buren]

ive had that aswell ones, my gloves were grass and the road wass all curbstone :D car skins were tree's etc :D

[lococost]

ive had that aswell ones, my gloves were grass and the road wass all curbstone :D car skins were tree's etc :D

And weed is legal in Holland :D

[Rudy van Buren]

sssssssssssssssssssssssst :shy:

[troy]

Some very nice racing yesterday, was good fun thanks for joining, here we go with the stats and standings:

http://troy.freeunix.net/

I will post about the tweaked lx6 round in a separate thread today or tomorrow, the whole thing will run next Friday (26.06.) 19.30 UTC.

[troy]

Combo this Thursday:

Date: Thursday, June 25th 2009
Server: CR|LRF Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX4
Track: South City Town rev (SO5r)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 7 laps
Sprint Race 2: 7 laps (rev grid)
Main Race : 16 laps (rev grid)

And don't forget, we're running the tweaked LX event on Friday, Sign Up there (http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=58671).

[Rudy van Buren]

bah so5r ill be there though good race to test my new pc ;)

[kamo2000]

If i don't write anything no one wiill..what a piece of %$&$...anyyway.. i enjoyed those races.. i know aliens would just come by and dissappear somewhere in front but bumping me while trying to overtake is nonsense. Nice 4,5,6 places for me.

[troy]

Stats and standings from last week:

http://troy.freeunix.net/


Next combo:

Date: Thursday, July 2nd 2009
Server: CR|LRF Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX6
Track: Westhill International (WE1)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 6 laps
Sprint Race 2: 6 laps (rev grid)
Main Race : 14 laps (rev grid)

[LFSn00b]

Hmm, wondering could i join too? :shy:

[Karolis[Lt]]

cool combo, you'll see me again :)


Hmm, wondering could i join too?
yes, everyone is welcome.

[lococost]

Won't make it tonight, "too hot", says my gfx card.
Yes, I told you i would get rid of it, but bought another car for the misses (well, part of it), so had to review the budget.
Have fun though, might pop in for a quick hello :thumb:

[troy]

stats and standings before the last round:
http://troy.freeunix.net/

Next combo:

Date: Thursday, July 9th 2009
Server: CR|LRF Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX4
Track: Aston Cadet rev (AS1r)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 10 laps
Sprint Race 2: 10 laps (rev grid)
Main Race : 22 laps (rev grid)

(set is pretty old already, but should still work with some little tweaks)

[evilpimp]

Damn forgot about this last weeeeeek. Can you PM me or bug me on msn or something so I don't forget lol. I miss these weekly races :P. I'll try my best to be there!

[Karolis[Lt]]

Then you join forum, there is Today's Events, so check them :)

[Bean0]

Some excellent racing last night, most fun I've had on LFS for a long time.

Despite being about a second slower than the quick guys, I was actually able to have a bit of a race with them as they came through the reversed grids. I tip my hat to all involved for being clean and patient when they were right up my arse.

[evilpimp]

Right sorry I didn't come, didn't forget this time! I had to go apply for a job (if I wanna race in real life I'll need the $$$) and then went to the gym and only got back home by 9:40 PM EST where I rushed and bearly made it for LOTA :P.

[troy]

Stats from last race (which was very enjoyable thanks for joining again) and final standings:

http://troy.freeunix.net/

Congrats to Karolis, he managed to win with Guru as a close second.

[troy]

First combo chosen by Karolis:

Date: Thursday, July 16th 2009
Server: CR|LRF Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX6
Track: Fern Bay Green (FE2)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 8 laps
Sprint Race 2: 8 laps (rev grid)
Main Race : 19 laps (rev grid)

[troy]

stats from last week:

http://troy.freeunix.net/

Next combo:

Date: Thursday, July 23rd 2009
Server: CR|LRF Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX4
Track: South City Classic (SO1)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 12 laps
Sprint Race 2: 12 laps (rev grid)
Main Race : 26 laps (rev grid)

[sir KitKat]

Hey there,

Is there room for a newbie in LX racing?
I'm a great fan of the car but I'm not that good driving with it.
I practised some laps and it seems all right if I'm easy on the throttle ...

grtz,
sir KitKat

[troy]

There is always space for anybody, that's the reason why it's called public. :razz: Unless you plan to crash the full field in t1, then I need to deny access for you :D

[troy]

Last weeks stats and standings:

http://troy.freeunix.net/

This weeks combo:

Date: Thursday, July 30th 2009
Server: CR|LRF Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX6
Track: Blackwood GP (BL1)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 8 laps
Sprint Race 2: 8 laps (rev grid)
Main Race : 20 laps (rev grid)

[troy]

Sorry I've got the date wrong, of course we will be LX racing tonight. :)

[Kid222]

I hated that chicane layout, since i first saw it. And in the end it killed me. Please, no more tyres.:(

[troy]

Shame that it went so bad for you Kid, I tried to stop people from cutting like mad over these curbs, next time I'll probably need to add a barrier. :razz:

Sorry that it took so long with the results but here they are:

http://troy.freeunix.net/

and tomorrow's combo (last one chosen by karolis):

Date: Thursday, August 6th 2009
Server: CR|LRF Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX4
Track: Aston National (AS3)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 5 laps
Sprint Race 2: 5 laps (rev grid)
Main Race : 11 laps (rev grid)

[troy]

Had some nice racing last Thursday, shame about the crashes in the longer race, thought about that for some time now and maybe it's necessary to modify the rules a little and just start the first 10 (or maybe everybody who finished the last race) reversed for the longer race. That would mean a little more work but it should be safer and more fun for 80% of the grid.

Here the stats and final standings for the last 4 weeks, congratulations to guru, a well deserved first place there.

http://troy.freeunix.net/

[GFresh]

Well if i had have made it to more than 2 of the last 4 weeks, i may have finished a place or two higher than 5th in the final standings...
:razz:

[troy]

First combo chosen by guru:

Date: Thursday, August 13th 2009
Server: CR|LRF Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX6
Track: Kyoto GP Long (KY3)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 4 laps
Sprint Race 2: 4 laps (rev grid)
Main Race : 10 laps (rev grid)

We'll be running a layout with a proper chicane made by PMD9409, just added a safety exit and edited it a little to keep tyres from rolling into the racing line.

[The Very End]

This seems interesting, if I am home at that time I will join in for this :)

[Blackout]

Going to miss it again, got to get up early and be able to drive tomorrow. :(

[The Very End]

Will the server be up running before? I want to practice something before the race/qualify session :)

[hotmail]

Will the server be up running before? I want to practice something before the race/qualify session :)
the server is running 24/7

if you are not sure about the name, on the right side from our website you will find a selection called "Servers". its the last one.
http://www.conceptracing.net/ (http://www.conceptracing.net/site5/index.php)

[The Very End]

Awesome stuff there Hotmail, thanks for the help and tips :)

[The Very End]

Sorry double post, but thanks for a lot of great fun today!

Sure, I sucked, and I did not get the feel of the car, but I enjoyed it. Next time I'll put down some more practice and learn one set instead of chaning from race to race :thumb:

[Deutschland2007]

Wasn´t a that good race 1 for me. I clipped someone on the turn before the oval in lap 1 and crashed. Sorry to whoever I bumped into.:( Race 2? Nah, got ruined by my non-existing setup modifying skills. Sorry to whoever I crashed into after turn 2. I couldn´t avoid you. Retired from that one.:( Race 3? Couldn´t be bothered anymore to drive a car I hate. And last but not least I want to say sorry to TVE for sending him such a rubbish setup.:x

[The Very End]

Don't say that. The setup made it a lot more easier to drive that car, and I can trust you that I canot make any setups myself :D
It was a great feeling set, but seems stability lost to raw power, and that's not your fault, that's the aliens fault ;)

[Deutschland2007]

Don't say that. The setup made it a lot more easier to drive that car, and I can trust you that I canot make any setups myself :D
It was a great feeling set, but seems stability lost to raw power, and that's not your fault, that's the aliens fault ;)

Sorry, but that´s my fault. I should stop modifying setups.:x:D

[The Very End]

I should stop driving, would sort out a lot of problems :D

Joke aside, the setup was great, I never driven the LX before I think, so it's great as a learning setup and thought me some basics of that car, for that I'm gratefull :)

[Deutschland2007]

Good then.:) I just wish that the next combo would be something with LX4. I´d love to race then.:nod:

[The Very End]

Yeah, LX6 is a nightmare, it's probally fun when you masters it, but I question how the ass of that car reacts. Sure, it should be slippery, but spinning in 3th gear is just.. it's just too much, also getting the ass in line again if you get a slide is a complete nightmare and I do seriously hope it don't act like that in real life or it's a deathtrap.

When that is said, enjouyable care when you masters it, but please, next time do the lx4 :shy: ?

[troy]

but please, next time do the lx4 :shy: ?

We're always switching between LX6 and 4. :) So next Thursday is LX4 time. Good racing tonight, had lots of fun and lost like 2l of water during the races.

[Kid222]

Can't exactly remember everything, as i came right after delayed TF2 match, just i was messing with setups all time to find the right one in feature race. :) There i finished 3rd after great fight with troy:), the rest before was just struggle and pain.:schwitz:

[Deutschland2007]

Yeah, LX6 is a nightmare, it's probally fun when you masters it, but I question how the ass of that car reacts. Sure, it should be slippery, but spinning in 3th gear is just.. it's just too much, also getting the ass in line again if you get a slide is a complete nightmare and I do seriously hope it don't act like that in real life or it's a deathtrap.

When that is said, enjouyable care when you masters it, but please, next time do the lx4 :shy: ?

LX4 @ AS2R; FE2or3, BL1, SO5or6 or WE1 would be a dream.:nod: But I bet it´ll be something completely horrid like LX6 @ FE5.:schwitz:

[Töki (HUN)]

LX6 @ FE5.:schwitz:
Hmm, sounds good. :tilt:

[Deutschland2007]

Hmm, sounds good. :tilt:

Are you mad?!:razz:

[Töki (HUN)]

Are you mad?!:razz:
Yes I am. That track is awesome. Especially with LX6.

[Deutschland2007]

Yes I am. That track is awesome. Especially with LX6.

If you like the LX6 so much, why didn´t you race then?:tilt:

[Töki (HUN)]

If you like the LX6 so much, why didn´t you race then?:tilt:
I did 3 laps on KY3, had no race set, and I don't like racing without practising.

[Kid222]

And what about LX4@FE3? Was it here before? :)

[Deutschland2007]

And what about LX4@FE3? Was it here before? :)

That´d be great. Also lots of setups are available for that combo.:nod:

[Töki (HUN)]

That´d be great. Also lots of setups are available for that combo.:nod:
LX4 is boring :razz:

[The Very End]

It's not :shy:

LX4 is like the LX6, just easier to controll. Maybe it will turn out to be less time difference between the alience and the casuals, and we'll get closer racing in the LX4 compared to the LX6.

[Deutschland2007]

It's not :shy:

LX4 is like the LX6, just easier to controll. Maybe it will turn out to be less time difference between the alience and the casuals, and we'll get closer racing in the LX4 compared to the LX6.

slower car + shorter track = close racing :thumbsup:

[The Very End]

LX4 + AS1 + 30 laps = WIN

[Tukko]

Uhm I keep forgetting these LX nights every week :x Reminder added now.

LX4 @ BL2R
LX4 @ BL2R
LX4 @ BL2R
please :shy:

[The Very End]

A rallycross track would be bloody awesome indeed :D
Never take the LX on a spin on the rallycross tracks, maybe we should try that some day! ?

[Tukko]

A rallycross track would be bloody awesome indeed :D
Never take the LX on a spin on the rallycross tracks, maybe we should try that some day! ?

yup it's great :) FE rally tracks are too slow for the car imho, but BL rocks :thumb:

[Dru]

yup it's great :) FE rally tracks are too slow for the car imho, but BL rocks :thumb:

+1 for the LX4 and BL2

Did some on it for a movie once - awesome!

[The Very End]

yup it's great :) FE rally tracks are too slow for the car imho, but BL rocks :thumb:

What about Fe5, not Fe6?
Fe5 is fairly fast, with some challenging corners but also some rather high-speed ones. Should be a blast to race there with the LX4 :)

[lococost]

Hey guys, you can choose the combo's yourselfs!

The only thing you have to do is get the most points this month and next month the choice is yours!

btw, we allready did bl and fe rx a couple of month ago, where were you then? :tilt:

[Dru]

Hey guys, you can choose the combo's yourselfs!

The only thing you have to do is get the most points this month and next month the choice is yours!

btw, we allready did bl and fe rx a couple of month ago, where were you then? :tilt:


Outside playing in the Sunshine :razz:......

[The Very End]

Was watching porn and was busy at the time beeing, sorry :(

Please do those tracks again, there are too little rallycross in LFS in my opinion.

Edit : Do someone plan on doing a reveiw of the evening? Just a short summary of all the races, the action and maybe some reactions on it? Would be cool to hear and see some of it, but that's just maybe only me :D

[Deutschland2007]

Was watching porn and was busy at the time beeing, sorry :(

Please do those tracks again, there are too little rallycross in LFS in my opinion.

Edit : Do someone plan on doing a reveiw of the evening? Just a short summary of all the races, the action and maybe some reactions on it? Would be cool to hear and see some of it, but that's just maybe only me :D

You only wanna have a review because you lead for 2 or 3 laps in the 3rd race.:D

[The Very End]

No :D Because I did perfectly well managed to make so much mistakes people passed me anyway :D But it's more like a league thingy, a short summary of the evening would be great, at least that's what I think hehe. Oh and yes, my ego meter did get a boost those 2 laps heheh ..

[Deutschland2007]

Any news on tomorrows combo yet? I´d like to know because I don´t want to fail again this week.:D

[troy]

Yes, sorry it took a little long again (damn summer heat, I'm doing nothing and still feel tired all the time :schwitz:). Here the stats and standings from last round:
http://troy.freeunix.net/

and the next combo chosen by guru:

Date: Thursday, August 20th 2009
Server: CR|LRF Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX4
Track: Westhill International rev (WE1r)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 5 laps
Sprint Race 2: 5 laps (rev grid)
Main Race : 12 laps (rev grid)
*If it's too hot we may scrap the longer race and do 4 short ones in total.

[dev]

Damn, I'm working untill 19:00 UTC... I guess you won't be avoiding me this week :P

[Deutschland2007]

I´ll be there. Nice combo I think.:)

[The Very End]

Not sure if I can make this, but I hope to do :)

[Deutschland2007]

Ok, I just drove a couple of laps (yes, I know how late it is) and it was great fun. Got a 1:58,96 as best time, but I think there is still room for improvements.:)

[The Very End]

Also did a little test for myself, and were not impressed, I sucks horrible at this car :p The track made is very hard too. If I am home at the time for the race today I'll join so you can laugh of me.

[Deutschland2007]

Also did a little test for myself, and were not impressed, I sucks horrible at this car :p The track made is very hard too. If I am home at the time for the race today I'll join so you can laugh of me.

Nah, if I pull of one of my super special epic fails, everyone´s gonna laugh at me.:D

[The Very End]

But you usually has the setups right? :shy: I kind of need a setup that is both stable (we all know what stable means in the LX, but more stable than standard road setup) and which doesn't lose the speed in the corners :)

[Deutschland2007]

Well, I have a couple of setups for this combo. I haven´t yet tried all of them but the only way you can lose time in corners with them is by going sideways, which happens from time to time in a LX. ;)

[The Very End]

Well last race I lost speed in the corners without skidding, but I think that was a little mistake with the setup, right? :shy:

[Deutschland2007]

Well last race I lost speed in the corners without skidding, but I think that was a little mistake with the setup, right? :shy:

Maybe?:shy: With LX4 you shouldn´t get this problem.;)

[The Very End]

You saying something there, the LX4 should be better to drive. And I did of course mix up these thing so the test yesterday were with the LX6, and that was not good :D Well seeing the race is with the LX4 should make things a little more interesting!

[Deutschland2007]

I don´t think I´ll race tonight, I´m just too tired already, but I´ll leave my setup here (based on DaveWS´s setup). Handling is abit RAC-ish as you get some snap oversteer in long turns, but overall it should be capable as qual and race setup.:) Hope you have fun!

[The Very End]

Great, thanks a lot mate, I'll test it out when I got time :)

[troy]

Sets for WE1 work pretty well too apparently. Dave's set is pretty old already, if somebody doesn't feel comfortable you may try one of these:

[Töki (HUN)]

Can't join, I get ClientConnect error. Connection times out. Other servers work fine. :o

[kamo2000]

Last, 3rd and 8th.. nothing to say, i'm tired of explaining it all.

Sry loco :P

[Fuse5]

Due to my death grip and epic pushing to keep up (damn you loco >:C), i now have epic nerve pain in my left wrist. halp :(

[The Very End]

Sorry I was not there yesterday, were out on the cinema.
Tell me, how did it go? :)
Who did win, and who did the action (on his costs) ? :D

[Fuse5]

Its was damn fun :D
Troy'll post the stats up soon ( I presume :D).
But yes, there was plenty for action in each of the races,
Huge multicar pileups in every one (as expected :D), second sprint race was especially great, with every single CR drivers taking another CR guy out, lap after lap :)

[troy]

Yep, was good fun on Westhill. :) Here the stats and standings:

http://troy.freeunix.net/

And the next combo chosen by Guru:

Date: Thursday, August 27th 2009
Server: CR|LRF Racing
Start: 18:30 UTC
Car: LX6
Track: Aston National rev (AS3r)

Schedule:

Qualification: 10 minutes
Sprint Race 1: 5 laps
Sprint Race 2: 5 laps (rev grid)
Main Race : 12 laps (rev grid)

[The Very End]

Lx6 + AS3, this is going to be deadly combo :schwitz:
I will take some time and practice for this, as I belive I will have time to show up for this race tomorrow. Even as it's a pain in the ass to drive the LX cars, it's great fun :)

[kamo2000]

No fun knowing that all aliens 3id, troy guru and propably lots more will do 2.00 every lap while i'm still in 2.01.5 and can't get it down.. No fun in it. I'll propably pass this.

[The Very End]

Don't think like that mate, last race I was in people were 3 seconds faster than me anyway :D It's fun fun fun!