LondonStoxFan

Ah, looks like I already had it! See you in there.

I could be in - depending if I can catch up on all the downloads in time! Do I need V1.1 installed too?

Well, my steering problems held out for the first heat and I managed to stay on the pace, finishing a very pleasing 5th place from white. It all went downhill from there though, as in all the following races as soon as I took the slightest hit from anyone, my wheel problems returned, and I was all over the place. I really need to get this sorted out, as it's making the game unplayable 90% of the time.

_LSF_320 White

Hi all. I'd love to take part in this, but I'm having problems with my wheel which is making playing RFactor very frustrating. For no apparent reason, the wheel will suddenly lose all 'feeling'. I'll be happily motoring around the track, then the wheel will suddenly become unusable. All sensitivity is gone, there is a massive 'deadspot' in the middle making it impossible to steer accurately. Sometimes it happens when I spin or take a hit, other times it simply seems to be like it from the start when I click 'race'. Occasionally, I can get the control back by vigorously turning the wheel from side to side - the wheel seems to readjust itself and the deadspot goes away. But that's not much good when I'm online and the race is already ruined for me, and in the case of last week, ruined other people's races too. I guess I can take part and just pull off if it happens, but that isn't a lot of fun. I mentioned it to Hutch last week, and he said several people had the problem... I find that hard to believe though, as everyone else looks fine to me!

Sorry, I'm talking nonsense aren't I? Confusing this track with another. I can do regular 14.1/14.2 with a best of 13.999.

Hi all. I've been trying to get to grips with the setups for rfactor, where time permits. Using the setup guide and various advice from a couple of people I've put together a sort of generic tar setup which I am using for Brum, but I know that I'm generally 0.5-1.0 off the pace from the rest of you. A lot of that's just me needing practice, but I'm not sure what to try in terms of setups to improve. Feel free to take my setup and have a play. I'd love to know... a) What time you can get out of it. I can do regular 15.1/15.2 with a best of 14.7 b) Is there anything obvious you would suggest that I could adjust that may help me? Thanks... replies or PMs very welcome. ps. I'm hoping this kind of post will benefit others as well as me! LSF.zip

Do we have to reinstall if we took part in last weeks test meeting? And where do I find the .hat file? By the way, agree with the comments above, this is a truly superb track - great work, thanks!

Thanks for all the help guys, all sorted now. Fun isn't it! Now all I need to do is learn to drive the thing, but I'm only a second off the pace (this morning I was three seconds off, so I'm heading in the right direction). One question... when you hit the barriers, and it says "Repair Body" does that affect your car's performance? Is there anything you can do about it?

OK - if I look in my Windows folders, I can see the Cowley skin (and all the others) in \rFactor\GameData\Vehicles\F1Stockcar\Tarmac\Cowley Racing Team. But I can't find them in the game... where are they?!

According to the bookings thread you should be using Chris Cowleys tarmac skin tonight Sorry - this is all completely new to me. I think I assumed that you choose the car once you are on the server... Anyway, as I said above, I don't have any skins/cars! Where do I get them?

Hmm, probably the Smith car which I use for practice. What should I be in? I don't have any others, just the ones that came with F1 version 1.0.

I just tried to connect, even though no one was in there. I briefly saw a message saying "You have been booted. Configured vehicle does not match...." and that was all I had time to read before I got chucked out! Am I missing something?

_LSF_320 booking in. *** CAR TO BE USED; CHRIS COWLEY #37***

Great! I can barely keep the car in a straight line on the tracks I've been practicing at... and tomorrow I'm going to take part in a test meeting at a completely new track with no setup. I apologise in advance for the chaos I cause