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Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Achievement list for the steam version of rFactor

http://steamcommunity.com/id/kilonum/stats/appid/339790/achievements

# ¿ Mar 3, 2015 02:18

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 22:36

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Essobie posted:

Or, you could use the paddle shifters no matter what car you are driving and never look back. I mean, the G27s nice and all, but the H shifter still doesn't feel good enough to make me think "Wow, I'm really in an 80s sports car!"

Pretty much what I do for everything but ETS2, and ev3n for that I use Automatic with 3rd for Drive and 4th for Reverse.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2015 15:41

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Norns posted:

The only game I've been using my H Shifter with any regularity has been Euro Truck Simulator 2. Normally I get lazy and just sequential shift for everything.

I need a sequential stick.

DFGT

# ¿ Mar 7, 2015 20:45

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

I've never had issues with how loud the G27 is.

Then again, it IS a fuckload quieter than the DFGT. The difference helical gears make.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 23:32

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

RIDE is pretty awesome and you should get it if you like racing and/or motorcycles.

Kilonum fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Apr 4, 2015

# ¿ Apr 4, 2015 02:16

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

I need to work on a PVC setup like that, only with a swappable pedal section and parts to attach my HOTAS to for when I do flight sims/Elite: Dangerous

# ¿ Apr 12, 2015 16:30

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

CaseFace McGee posted:

I didn't hard mount my pedals until very recently - only when I increased the angle of that board. They stayed put just fine before that, with just the grippy things in the pedal base itself. Google "Simul8r 2" - that's what both of ours are based on. I made a larger table section for my triples and speakers, you should be able to adjust the plans for what you need.

Or just be a lazy bum and buy an Obutto setup.

Nah, I like the feeling of building poo poo myself, hell, I ordered the parts on Friday to make this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOfJfpZ5E5I

I don't even have something to mount it to (though I might just bluetack it to a piece of PVC that is in trn blutacked to my G27)

I also want to figure out a way to get it to work with ETS2 (on top of everything it already works with)

# ¿ Apr 13, 2015 02:27

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

MacGyvers_Mullet posted:

Since the F1 2013/14 games aren't great sims based on the last page's discussion, what is my best option for sim open-wheel racing? I'm not necessarily interested in playing the current F1 season with 2015's cars, but I'd like to play something that sims that level of racing reasonably well.

I'm doing iRacing in Skip Barbers right now with a D-rank road safety rating and have a ways to go before I get to cars that approach current F1 in terms of speed.

Like gutbomb said, rFactor 2. Original rF has a pretty baller mod that has all the cars and tracks from the 1979 F1 season.

# ¿ Apr 28, 2015 13:10

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Norns posted:

I hate you guys. I have to much poo poo to do and play. But now I'm buying Dirt.

I didn't buy it.

My brother gifted it to me.

EDIT: And I just realized that the only Codemasters racing game from the last 10 years made for PC that I am missing is F1 2013.

EDIT2: oh sorry, missing F1 Race Stars and Toybox Turbos as well.

Kilonum fucked around with this message at 17:32 on May 1, 2015

# ¿ May 1, 2015 17:25

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

I really wish I could set up my wheel right now, even ETS2 feels weird without it.

# ¿ May 1, 2015 17:30

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

GutBomb posted:

What's wrong with your wheel?

Nothing wrong with it, it's in its box next to me.

My desk, on the other hand, is in a storage locker in Waltham while I am in Everett.

Being evicted on criminally short notice sucks.

# ¿ May 1, 2015 20:17

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Jehde posted:

Yeah I went with the E30 for the second goon rally too, doing much better this time. Those rocks on the second stage are scary as poo poo.

yeah, had to put it down after killing myself on them for a straight 90 minutes.

# ¿ May 2, 2015 02:07

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

After a night's rest I not only completed the second stage of the current goonrally but I also did so without having to use the vehicle recovery (first time I've done that in the game so far :toot:

)

# ¿ May 2, 2015 16:24

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Daimo posted:

All assists are on max... I figured out it was linearity that was messing me up so that's on zero and sensitivity is on 45. I also didn't realise recovery costs a 15 second penalty because I play with HUD off. Here I come todays league!

Fake edit: Still second from last, 7 minutes slow - you guys are robots.

Yay I'm no longer second to last :neckbeard:

# ¿ May 4, 2015 18:40

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

I think I am doing Project CARS right

# ¿ May 8, 2015 01:58

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

SealHammer posted:

It doesn't fix the really bad queuing of calls and the variability between way too early and way too late. If there was a way to make an interface where you could write your own pace notes and have them read at the points you determine, it would make the whole experience a lot smoother and more pleasant. That may be a bit involved for Codemasters, though.

you're talking about a company that couldn't be arsed to make it so you could have a preferred car number in F1 2014 when every GRID had that poo poo.

Though maybe that was due to licensing issues idk.

# ¿ May 9, 2015 01:04

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

I got my Steam and codies accounts to link on the first try after reading all the pissing and moaning about it in this thread, so, yeah, definitely very flaky

# ¿ May 10, 2015 22:24

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Speaking of the DFGT, the one I bought off of Ohsh is about to be sold to a friend of mine.

Its third owner in as many years.

My only complaint about the DFGT is how loud the FFB is.

EDIT: though tbh I didn't realize how loud it was until I got a G27

Kilonum fucked around with this message at 22:49 on May 13, 2015

# ¿ May 13, 2015 22:45

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

GutBomb posted:

That's saying something because the g27 is loud

You say that like you sold your G27 to me

Oh wait

# ¿ May 13, 2015 23:03

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Really, only thing i like about the DFGT over the G27 is the number of buttons on the wheel itself

# ¿ May 13, 2015 23:06

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Kilonum posted:

Nah, I like the feeling of building poo poo myself, hell, I ordered the parts on Friday to make this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOfJfpZ5E5I

I don't even have something to mount it to (though I might just bluetack it to a piece of PVC that is in trn blutacked to my G27)

I also want to figure out a way to get it to work with ETS2 (on top of everything it already works with)

Finally got the parts (after a 7 week wait :toot:

) yesterday and put it together today. Dealing with the software now.

EDIT: And of course the Arduino software keeps locking up.

Kilonum fucked around with this message at 16:37 on May 30, 2015

# ¿ May 30, 2015 14:36

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

bUm posted:

Cool to see they've finally hit a release-worthy milestone. Never was interested at the possibility of paying for it, but hopefully them hitting a release means we're getting closer to other games looking into the possibility of utilizing aspects of their physics model since it seems like it has pretty cool potential for any game where destructive physics can play a role.

I don't think BeamNG is trying to make anything that isn't always going to be basically a tech demo. They're probably just releasing it for QA purposes, money on the side, and press/attention so other companies take notice (apparently, googling a bit, the movie industry has been interested so they can prototype stunts better beforehand without destroying actual cars) and are interested in paying much larger sums to use their physics engine.

Seems kind of weak to push a super detailed physics model that has really poor physics with respect to the friction on wheels.

iirc they want to perfect the soft-body stuff before working on the tires.

# ¿ May 31, 2015 02:42

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Riso posted:

I heard similar things from Honda and Renault..

# ¿ Jul 8, 2015 23:49

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Mootallica posted:

"start from scrub tier and work your way up" mode that it used to be.

They got rid of that part in 2014.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2015 16:49

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

njsykora posted:

Additional F1 2015 tips, use the high camera, not the cockpit view. I switched after struggling through 2 races and holy poo poo I can actually see what's happening around me and see the track. Also Nico Hulkenberg is a god among men in this game.

McLaren-Honda in 2nd? Demand your money back, not realistic.

# ¿ Jul 15, 2015 14:38

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

365 Nog Hogger posted:

The time and place to talk about bigotry is when it comes up. Sweeping it under the rug is tacit approval and allows it to continue.

365 Nog Hogger posted:

If you enjoy big things that go slow: 1949 Caddy for Assetto Corsa

http://www.mediafire.com/download/amhu0y0qxhuv2xg/cadillac_1949_V6.7z

And I've been looking for something to do leisurely laps around the 'ring in.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2015 23:59

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

proest click if you have rFactor

Kilonum fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Aug 9, 2015

# ¿ Aug 9, 2015 04:36

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Helicon One posted:

FOV chat gets me idly looking at the costs for ultrawide and triple screen setups

Triple ultrawide :getin:

aspect ratio of three 21:9 (really it should be written as 7:3) screens is 7:1 (or 63:9 or 21:3)

# ¿ Sep 25, 2015 18:14

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Cojawfee posted:

rFactor 2 is moving to steam or something.

oh finally I can get it updated when the updates are pushed instead of a month later when I launch the game

# ¿ Sep 25, 2015 22:29

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

That track scares the poo poo out of me.

In any car.

# ¿ Oct 6, 2015 22:16

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

OhsH posted:

if you can manage to snag a used g27 for super cheap i'd also recommend that.

Even if you lack the coordination to actually use the clutch and shifter (like me) it's still a drat good, well made wheel.

# ¿ Oct 14, 2015 02:12

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

OhsH posted:

Hey guys the crew is actually a pretty competent open world driver for pc and isn't totally poo poo #wow #whoa

So it is a decent replacement for TDU?

# ¿ Oct 18, 2015 15:45

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Screenshot of the non-Steam version mod manager

http://i.imgur.com/oOXDJDU.jpg

# ¿ Nov 13, 2015 15:08

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

ISI's UI design team:

# ¿ Nov 13, 2015 17:00

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

holocaust bloopers posted:

How's Rfactor on a gamepad?

expect to spend your first 10 hours getting the sliders for deadzone and sensitivities just right.

# ¿ Nov 17, 2015 20:41

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

1 is good, documentary on safety in F1 narrated by Michael Fassbender. Obligatory Senna mention.

And comedy Days of Thunder option :v:

# ¿ Nov 23, 2015 16:21

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

https://youtu.be/iRWp9rhfS_0

# ¿ Nov 23, 2015 20:47

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

In non racing sim (but still car video game) things:

Open beta of Automation has V12s now

my first effort:

http://imgur.com/a/8IQ4g

# ¿ Nov 30, 2015 15:31

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Black Griffon posted:

Broken link.

oops, forgot to set it public

# ¿ Nov 30, 2015 16:37

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 22:36

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

As loud as the G27 is, it is whisper-quiet compared to the DFGT or G25

# ¿ Dec 15, 2015 01:26

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