909 replies to this topic

[TimzSI]

this game is so awesome.

3rd place at sakhir (fucking track suuuuucks) on hard in my career with Forced Intoya. Had a few restarts tho. :0

[yonson]

Nope, because some of it was work related...

[yonson]

Nope, because some of it was work related...

[_R_]

this game is so awesome.
3rd place at sakhir (fucking track suuuuucks) on hard in my career with Forced Intoya. Had a few restarts tho. :0

what console?

I'll be trying korea first probably

[TimzSI]

I bought it for 360. I have a ps3 slim/motion bundle on the way so I will probably have to buy it again, lol.

Yeongam is pretty fucking cool. Simplistic, but fast. Kind of like a squared off Monza or Fuji, with bits of Abu Dhabi thrown in.

Barcelona is a lot of fun, strangely. Curb hopping is mofo so far, easy spins. As is being in too high a gear coming off the apex. I have spun so many times trying not to over rev the engine on power on by being in a gear higher than optimal.

Wet races are I couldn't get around Albert Park in the Mercedes to save my life. Speaking of the MGP-w01, the developers don't have the unique air intake the benz has run since Malaysia. Just a minor annoyance, considering how much better the car renderings are in this game than in F109.

[kngrsll]

i can hardly do a lap in the new F1 game. im struggling to adapt the wheel

[TimzSI]

what system? What wheel? I'm waiting to pick up a logitech sometime this weekend. Haven't used a wheel since.......pole position. lol. I'll probably hate it.

[mads]

Yeah, I think I posted it somewhere on here it was in the $800 range

jesus fucking christ.

[TimzSI]

after a few more races, I want to revise my opinion of the Korean circuit. It's more like a cross between new Silverstone and Fuji. The final complex of corners that shoot you out onto the main street are dope. Pretty fun track, and I like the details of half finished paddock buildings and construction cranes all around, lol.

[kngrsll]

ps3 and g27... i stopped playing the F1 game and went back to GT5

[mads]

GUISE ITS FINALLY THE YEAR 1999!

Bernie Ecclestone says Formula 1 is likely to be broadcast in High Definition as early as next year.

The Formula 1 boss had said earlier this year that fans would have to wait until 2012 for HD broadcasts, but he suggested on Sunday that 2011 looked more likely now.

"I think what's being produced at the moment is very, very good but I think we'll be moving to High Definition, probably next year," Ecclestone told the BBC.

A Formula 1 survey showed earlier this year that a majority of fans were keen for F1 to be broadcast in HD.

Ecclestone had said a few months ago that F1 would be broadcast in HD when more fans at home were able to watch it, and enough broadcasters were ready to distribute it.

"We don't want to broadcast unless people want it," Ecclestone told AUTOSPORT in June. "I asked in England, the BBC, about it - how many people can receive it? They said about 20 per cent of the viewers who watch F1.

"Then I want to make sure that what we produce is top quality. Before we start seeing the top-top quality that we want, I would say it will probably be 2012 before we can guarantee it."

[DrDickAction]

GUISE ITS FINALLY THE YEAR 1999!

Bernie Ecclestone says Formula 1 is likely to be broadcast in High Definition as early as next year.

The Formula 1 boss had said earlier this year that fans would have to wait until 2012 for HD broadcasts, but he suggested on Sunday that 2011 looked more likely now.

"I think what's being produced at the moment is very, very good but I think we'll be moving to High Definition, probably next year," Ecclestone told the BBC.

A Formula 1 survey showed earlier this year that a majority of fans were keen for F1 to be broadcast in HD.

Ecclestone had said a few months ago that F1 would be broadcast in HD when more fans at home were able to watch it, and enough broadcasters were ready to distribute it.

"We don't want to broadcast unless people want it," Ecclestone told AUTOSPORT in June. "I asked in England, the BBC, about it - how many people can receive it? They said about 20 per cent of the viewers who watch F1.

"Then I want to make sure that what we produce is top quality. Before we start seeing the top-top quality that we want, I would say it will probably be 2012 before we can guarantee it."

I'll believe it when I finally see it.

[_R_]

awesome! soon bernie will hear about a thing called the internets

[Redliner]

http://www.autosport...rt.php/id/87038

C'mon Proton, don't be a cunt - give them the "Team Lotus" name...

Proton: Team Lotus name not allowed

By Jonathan Noble Monday, September 27th 2010, 12:31 GMT


The Lotus Formula 1 team is facing the threat of possible legal action over its rebranding as 'Team Lotus' next season, as the row over the team's name moved up a gear on Monday.

Group Lotus parent company Proton said it would take 'all necessary steps' to protect its brand after claiming that Lotus F1 boss Tony Fernandes has no right to use the 'Team Lotus' name in Formula 1 next year.

Fernandes announced at the Singapore Grand Prix that he had acquired the rights to the 'Team Lotus' name from its previous owner David Hunt, and that he intended to rename his team for the 2011 season.

But in a statement issued on Monday, Proton said that it believed that Group Lotus was the owner to all rights surrounding the 'Lotus' name in the automotive sector - which included F1.

It suggested therefore that use of the 'Team Lotus' name in F1 would be a breach of its own rights.

The Proton statement said: "Last year, Tony Fernandes and 1 Malaysia Racing Team recognised this by taking a licence from Group Lotus to use the "Lotus" brand for the "Lotus Racing" team in the current Formula 1 season.

"With Proton's agreement, Group Lotus has now terminated its licence to 1 Malaysia Racing Team to use the "Lotus Racing" brand in the 2011 and future Formula 1 seasons as a result of the flagrant and persistent breaches of the licence by 1 Malaysia Racing Team, which were damaging to the "Lotus" brand.

"Following that termination, neither 1 Malaysia Racing Team, nor any other company associated with Mr. Fernandes such as Tune Group Sdn Bhd or Team Lotus Ventures Limited, has the authority of Group Lotus to use any "Lotus" brand in the 2011 Formula 1 season. This includes the use of the brand "Team Lotus".

"Group Lotus understands that Mr. Fernandes intends to rebrand the current "Lotus Racing" Formula 1 team to "Team Lotus" for the 2011 Formula 1 season. Mr. Fernandes indicates that Tune Group has acquired the rights to the name "Team Lotus" from a business formerly owned by David Hunt called Team Lotus Ventures Limited.

"roup Lotus believes these rights to have no proper legal foundation, a fact of which Mr. Fernandes was well aware when his company purchased them.

"PROTON will support Group Lotus in taking all necessary steps to protect its rights in the "Lotus" name, including resisting any attempts by Mr. Fernandes or his companies, or any other unauthorised person, to use the "Lotus" name in the 2011 Formula 1 season."

The growing dispute between the Lotus Group and Fernandes became clear last week when the road car company announced that it was sponsoring the ART GP2 team next year - in direct competition to Fernandes' own AirAsia outfit.

Proton's chairman Dato' Sri Mohd. Nadzmi Mohd made it clear that the company would do all it could to ensure that Fernandes did not run under the Lotus banner next year.

"We believe the Lotus brand to be one of the most valuable brands in Formula 1 today," he said. "We are the owners of this brand, and will take all necessary steps to protect it.

"Tony Fernandes has no rights to use the Lotus brand in the 2011 Formula 1 season, and we will strongly resist any attempts by him to use our brand without our permission and will withdraw our sponsorship of the Lotus Racing team."

"To put it simply, Group Lotus is everything Lotus. The fact that 1 Malaysia Racing Team entered into an agreement with Group Lotus to use the brand means that both Mr. Fernandes and 1 Malaysia Racing Team recognises and acknowledges Group Lotus' rights."

[Skyliner]

http://www.autosport...rt.php/id/87038

C'mon Proton, don't be a cunt - give them the "Team Lotus" name...

legal problems.

As long as they use the same colors as this year I don't really care.

[_R_]

legal problems.

and the other side of the coin has spoken...

Lotus Racing insists it can use the Team Lotus name in Formula 1, despite Proton's claims to the contrary earlier on Monday.

Lotus Racing announced last Friday that it would race under the Team Lotus banner in 2011.

Proton, a parent company of the Lotus Group, said today that Lotus team boss boss Tony Fernandes does not have the right to use the 'Team Lotus' next year, claiming it would take 'all necessary steps' to protect its brand.

Lotus Racing's CEO Riad Asmat insisted on Monday evening, however, that the team did have the rights to use Team Lotus.

"This year, we have established ourselves as the leading new team in Formula 1 as a licensee of Group Lotus, and, although we all dreamt of bringing Team Lotus back to where it belongs, we could not do so in 2010 because those rights were owned by Team Lotus Ventures," Asmat said in a lengthy statement.

"As Tune Group has now bought Team Lotus Ventures it means we can now use the Team Lotus name for 2011 and beyond. We are all delighted we can go into 2011 with total confidence in what we own, and what we can take to the track.

"However, given that this is contested by Group Lotus we think now is the time to clear this matter up so there can be no further arguments. We have therefore today issued proceedings in the English High Court for a declaration that Team Lotus Ventures has the rights to use the Team Lotus name and everything associated with that brand in relation to Formula 1.

"Racing under the Team Lotus name from 2011 means our licence with Group Lotus has now come to an end."

He said the row over the use of the Team Lotus name with Proton was a "non-issue".

"The licence debate really is a non-issue," Asmat added. "It was a simple licence, attached to a one-year sponsorship deal with Proton for 2010 alone, and in fact for a tiny proportion of the amount invested by the shareholders into the team - approximately 1.5% of the total budget.

"Unfortunately we never reached the point where we discussed extending that one year deal. When we signed our licence to compete as Lotus Racing with Group Lotus, they were very clear that we could not make any reference to Team Lotus as they had no rights at all to the Team Lotus name or its rights.

"In fact, in the licence agreement between 1Malaysia Racing and Group Lotus the use of the Team Lotus name is expressly prohibited as they had agreed contractually, as long ago as 1985, that they had not rights to use that name.

"That was obviously something we had enormous respect for, and made no attempt to change until we could do so rightfully, and with a very clear understanding of what we had acquired in Team Lotus Ventures.

"So now the licence we ran under this year has been withdrawn by Group Lotus, and while we accept that this obviously means we have reached the end of that chapter, it opens up a new and very exciting one for everyone in our team. There will have to be some discussions with Proton and Group Lotus about the entitlement to terminate the licence.

"Frankly, they are trying to say that some very trivial points, including T-shirt design approvals of all things, gave them the right to terminate, but we thoroughly reject this."

[Redliner]

I didn't know this, and it was confusing what all the non-sense is about...but for anyone that doesn't know, Team Lotus and Lotus Cars, though both built by Colin Chapman, were ran as seperate entities. They were not ran like Ferrari, where both race & car divisions existed under a single roof. Thus this mess we have today with Lotus Cars being owned by Proton, and the Team Lotus name now owned by Tune Grp.

[chiuey]

I didn't know this, and it was confusing what all the non-sense is about...but for anyone that doesn't know, Team Lotus and Lotus Cars, though both built by Colin Chapman, were ran as seperate entities. They were not ran like Ferrari, where both race & car divisions existed under a single roof. Thus this mess we have today with Lotus Cars being owned by Proton, and the Team Lotus name now owned by Tune Grp.

TBH, i don't really care what happens here. I love the revival of the name lotus in F1, but Tony Fernandes is a huge cunt who is extremely good at pissing people off and fucking them over. His airlines policies are prime example of that!

So as far as I'm concerned, he can take Heikki's burning wreckage of a car, and shove it up where the sun don't shine.

[Nacho]

Red Bull's engine complaints are 'bullshit' - Williams

http://en.espnf1.com...tory/29692.html

[Redliner]

karunchandhok ....left the liquid dough all over semi-done... quickly turned and walked away with the whole "wasn't me" look !!

@ Indian Cowboy tweets, lol. I don't use twitter, but it's pretty cool to see these drivers being normal. I can even see him on F1:C for some reason, haha.

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

http://www.autosport...rt.php/id/87071

beat the dead horse much?

[AErrorist]

karunchandhok ....left the liquid dough all over semi-done... quickly turned and walked away with the whole "wasn't me" look !!

@ Indian Cowboy tweets, lol. I don't use twitter, but it's pretty cool to see these drivers being normal. I can even see him on F1:C for some reason, haha.

We should invite him to join

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

We should invite him to join

New goal for F1C... go go go!

[chiuey]

We should invite him to join

Sent!

[vietlol]

http://www.autosport...cle.php/id/3077

any chance of getting this posted here?