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njsykora posted:The dude was selling it as a royalty free model. Codemasters paid for the model and used it as reference. There is literally no moral quandry here. Dude might even end up getting a job out of it since the message they sent him seemed like they were impressed enough with his ability to get a good model without ever seeing the actual car. Codemasters claimed to use it as a reference but only offered to pay for his work after being called on it. And they also claimed to use it as a reference but that doesn't hold up when looking at both wireframes. Things were in the exact same place. They didn't just use it as a reference, they slightly modified the model itself rather than setting it to the side and building something that looks like it. There is a huge distinction. What probably actually happened is that codemasters outsources the models to freelancers and some freelancer got his model and slightly modified it and claimed it was his own, and was paid by codemasters for making the model when he actually didnt. The original creator isn't asking for money, royalties, or anything. He wanted an explanation of how his many hours of meticulous work made it into a commercial product.
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Doorknob Slobber posted:the A and B buttons on my poor 360 controller are starting to lose their spring, very sad That's a pretty easy fix. They're either a little gummed up or you need to replace the rubber membrane. The controller's really easy to open too, I think it just uses normal philips head screws
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njsykora posted:The dude was selling it as a royalty free model. Codemasters paid for the model and used it as reference. There is literally no moral quandry here. Dude might even end up getting a job out of it since the message they sent him seemed like they were impressed enough with his ability to get a good model without ever seeing the actual car. If CM had purchased the model ahead of time and credited the author you are correct, based on the TurboSquid license they'd be legally OK, but so far it doesn't look like they did either.
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It's wall to wall clownshoes. Creator is in breach or trademark from Ferrari, Codemasters actions are shady, can CM even legally buy the thing off turbosquid? I think their legal guys would have something to say about buying a trade mark breaking thing. There's no real right side here, everyone involved looks daft.
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peter gabriel posted:There's no real right side here, everyone involved looks daft. So it's just a typical Ferrari situation.
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The Science Goy posted:So it's just a typical Ferrari situation. In a bizarre twist I think they are the only innocent party 
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peter gabriel posted:In a bizarre twist I think they are the only innocent party Lmao, sad but true
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Norns posted:The guy is lucky Ferrari and the FIA doesn't crush him tbh That would have been both a great and a likely outcome: Ferrari crushes the guy, forcing him off the site forever, claims the model as theirs and then hand it off to Codemasters for official inclusion in the game. 
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From reading various reddit threads. It sounds like Codemasters hired a contractor who stole the model. The guy who actually made it posted a screenshot of a discord conversation with some codemasters person. I don't know if "codemasters" bought the model, but the person he was talking to said he went on turbosquid and purchased the car as a show of good faith or something and said that's the best he could do. Though I think even that could open codemasters up to a lawsuit. I doubt it would work out well for anyone, but saying sorry and buying the model means the guy is admitting that Codemasters took the model without permission.
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I'm itching for new pedals, T3PA-Pro or is it worth it to save a bit more and go for CSL Elite with loadcell brake?
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Cojawfee posted:From reading various reddit threads. It sounds like Codemasters hired a contractor who stole the model. The guy who actually made it posted a screenshot of a discord conversation with some codemasters person. I don't know if "codemasters" bought the model, but the person he was talking to said he went on turbosquid and purchased the car as a show of good faith or something and said that's the best he could do. Though I think even that could open codemasters up to a lawsuit. I doubt it would work out well for anyone, but saying sorry and buying the model means the guy is admitting that Codemasters took the model without permission. Assuming that wasn't a photoshop convo
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ugh whatever jeez posted:I'm itching for new pedals, T3PA-Pro or is it worth it to save a bit more and go for CSL Elite with loadcell brake? Load cell is definitely nice. Hard to say if its worth the money..
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ugh whatever jeez posted:I'm itching for new pedals, T3PA-Pro or is it worth it to save a bit more and go for CSL Elite with loadcell brake? What are you upgrading from? I'd probably go with the Elites if it were me (I'm on T3PA non-pros, 3 pedal but still potentiometer pedals).
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Larrymer posted:What are you upgrading from? I'd probably go with the Elites if it were me (I'm on T3PA non-pros, 3 pedal but still potentiometer pedals).
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Worth saving for the loadcell IMO.
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ugh whatever jeez posted:I'm itching for new pedals, T3PA-Pro or is it worth it to save a bit more and go for CSL Elite with loadcell brake? I'm in the same quandry.....the thing that's swinging me towards the T3PA's is that the LCs have a very long throw. A someone who has already superglued rubber stops into my existing pedals I reckon it would drive me mad.
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Kilmers Elbow posted:I'm in the same quandry.....the thing that's swinging me towards the T3PA's is that the LCs have a very long throw. A someone who has already superglued rubber stops into my existing pedals I reckon it would drive me mad.
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I'm trying to hold out till Black Friday....right now they're only 95 quid on eBay brand new.
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If you have Assetto Corsa you owe it to yourself to start racing in Sim Racing System races. Some of them require DLC (like this race) but most are free downloads or just straight up stock content. While some t1 shenanigans occur, most races I've been in are about 95% clean racing the whole race. I experimented with doing a bit of cell phone cam showing my new giant-TV-as-monitor setup mash up for this vid... not sure I'm going to bother in the future. Much easier to just record a replay in OBS and upload. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeD8zwzneFM
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I have a set of T3PA Pro's and they're very nice. there are load-cell mods you can get for it if you want to do a load cell brake later.
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Essobie posted:If you have Assetto Corsa you owe it to yourself to start racing in Sim Racing System races. Some of them require DLC (like this race) but most are free downloads or just straight up stock content. While some t1 shenanigans occur, most races I've been in are about 95% clean racing the whole race. I experimented with doing a bit of cell phone cam showing my new giant-TV-as-monitor setup mash up for this vid... not sure I'm going to bother in the future. Much easier to just record a replay in OBS and upload. How is the population if you are playing in the US? I read about this somewhere a long while ago and they mentioned that it seemed to be mainly Euros
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It's not super, frankly. Only 8 out of 18 on the grid last night were from NA, and the bottom three racers were from the US. I specifically started racing with the SIMPIT "hosted" (sponsored?) race because Shaun Cole has at least a minor following in the sim racing community, so his races get a bit of turnout. 18 on the grid in this particular race, and that's on a night when Shaun took the week off. Sometimes there's a split due to population. The other races in my time zone? Look mostly empty. But that's why you nerds need to come out as well!
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Every time I've tried to use Sim Racing System it's a god drat ghost town. Every few months either SRS or one of the other services that are trying to do a 3rd party iRacing like schedule for races starts getting buzz again and it lasts at most a week before everyone gives up because no-one's racing at the same time and just go back to league racing.
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Essobie posted:It's not super, frankly. Only 8 out of 18 on the grid last night were from NA, and the bottom three racers were from the US. How do you practice for these races in AC? Is setting everything to Pro default or whatever the highest difficult is fine?
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GOOD TIMES ON METH posted:How do you practice for these races in AC? Is setting everything to Pro default or whatever the highest difficult is fine? I typically do hotlap practice with it set to Fast track setting. Different races have different allowances for assists, like traction control and ABS and such. That said, in the particular series I'm doing, there's someone doing a 24 hour practice session set to the same settings as the race will be for everyone to drop into during the week leading up to the races, and practicing the day of as well. I have found, however, that the track typically feels very different once I get into the race itself. Still haven't figured out what they are doing wrong with the practice server. njsykora posted:Every time I've tried to use Sim Racing System it's a god drat ghost town. Every few months either SRS or one of the other services that are trying to do a 3rd party iRacing like schedule for races starts getting buzz again and it lasts at most a week before everyone gives up because no-one's racing at the same time and just go back to league racing. What leagues are you referring to, exactly? Because while there's a single SRS series that is populated in a timeslot I care about, I could always use options. I'm not hip to investing in iRacing, but I'd love to see if there's leagues using other sims that I already own (or would be willing to pick up) if there is an interest out there.
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Essobie posted:What leagues are you referring to, exactly? Because while there's a single SRS series that is populated in a timeslot I care about, I could always use options. I'm not hip to investing in iRacing, but I'd love to see if there's leagues using other sims that I already own (or would be willing to pick up) if there is an interest out there. I don't do league racing myself but if you look on most sim racing forums there'll be a section for people to advertise clubs and leagues. Like here's the Automobilista league section and the Raceroom leagues section. Race Department also do club races and leagues but only for paid members and also they'll cancel your membership if you sign up for a league and miss a race.
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I signed up for premium for Race Department in the long, long ago, and it was pretty good... but frankly the races they host are typically not my favorite formats. I have a hard time finding the free time to practice a new car/track combo PLUS develop a pit strategy because most of their races are 1 hour plus and require pits and whatnot. I'm more of a "sprint" racer, I guess you could say. I'll check out some more of the forums out there. I probably just haven't been looking hard enough.
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Yeah you're unlikely to find 20-30 minute races in any league, touring car leagues might go that short but also do 2-3 races in one night. Most non-endurance leagues I see go 45m to 2h usually.
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What are these like? https://www.gtomegaracing.com/gt-omega-art-racing-simulator-cockpit-rs9-seat They do one for my wheel and I have a new house / fuckloads of room - I am thinking of this, Rift and wireless keyboard / trackpad Any other suggestions? I like the price range of this one, I am not looking for an ultra high end nerd pit
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peter gabriel posted:What are these like? I nearly got one - the reviews on Youtube seem okay although the pedal board rotates so you need to tie it down with something. If you already have a seat & runners this looks good.... https://simetik-cockpits.myshopify.com/products/cockpit-k2 These are going cheap (dunno whether there's a good reason for that).... https://www.fk-shop.de/en/Tuning/Sport-seats-belts/Racing-simulator-seats/
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https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/racing-sale/ Humble store has a big sale on racing games  AC for $12 and Dirt Rally for $15
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I snagged AC, any must have mods? I went to the #1 result on google for "Assetto Corsa mods" and downloaded a bunch of tracks (Interlagos, Suzuka, Isle of Man, Lake Louise).
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SulphagneSocialist posted:I snagged AC, any must have mods? I went to the #1 result on google for "Assetto Corsa mods" and downloaded a bunch of tracks (Interlagos, Suzuka, Isle of Man, Lake Louise). If that result was for RaceDepartment I'd say you found the best place for them. As for individual rec's, I dunno, I need to dig into this too
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Try Bridge Hampton with the lotus 49. One of my favorite track mods.
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GhostDog posted:There is a section for mods in the OP you know That list actually looks great, thank you 
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G29 without shifter is on sale on Amazon today for $200
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