Duck Offically "Euro"

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:53 am

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php? ... post652302

After months of 'will he, wont he', earlier today DuCK finally decided the time was right to take on a new challenge at Mercury Racing.
We're delighted to have Scott (DuCK) carrying our name, he's an extremely quick driver in whatever he puts his mind to, and has the right attitude to go far, for that reason we were only too happy to wait until he was ready to make the move.

DuCK has been a key figure for Team Fusion for the last couple of years on the track and also as one of the founders of the team along with best friend Arrow. We know it hasnt been an easy decision to leave the team considering the connections he has there, this being the reason previous moves have always broke down as he felt he still had obligations to the team he wanted to fullfil and the time wasnt right to leave, a reason we've always respected and admired as team loyalty means a lot to us.

So, with that said... welcome to the team

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:55 am

i thought that was old news.. lol. i remember him saying something about it like 2/3 months ago.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:09 am

took his time!

I guess it would be wierd leavin the team your mates are in, especially as half the time he's over at their houses!

oh well, maybe now we can have a crack at those mega euro setups!

Grats Duck-man!

Vilante · Post by **Vilante** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:21 am

WD Ducky.

Make sure you wear the Aussie flag proudly on ur skins and show them wreckers how it's done!!

Gougoodthing · Post by **Gougoodthing** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:37 pm

Noob question...

Would upgrading to ADSL2 reduce the lag enough so you could compete on the overseas servers quite easily?

dwayno · Post by **dwayno** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:13 pm

Gougoodthing wrote:Noob question...

Would upgrading to ADSL2 reduce the lag enough so you could compete on the overseas servers quite easily?

I think the short answer is no. I doesn't really matter how quick you send the packets of information, its the distance they travel that introduces errors and then lag. I'm guessing tho faster over the same distance is better than slower, but I've also heard 2+ is worse for data latency than the standard 'broadband ADSL'. I also have a feeling that this has already been discussed somewhere on ARSE...

NeilPearson · Post by **NeilPearson** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:39 pm

Ahh good, this means he isnt welcome in AAL and mnr then :P hehe

plastik8 · Post by **plastik8** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:31 pm

dwayno wrote:
Gougoodthing wrote:Noob question...

Would upgrading to ADSL2 reduce the lag enough so you could compete on the overseas servers quite easily?
I think the short answer is no. I doesn't really matter how quick you send the packets of information, its the distance they travel that introduces errors and then lag. I'm guessing tho faster over the same distance is better than slower, but I've also heard 2+ is worse for data latency than the standard 'broadband ADSL'. I also have a feeling that this has already been discussed somewhere on ARSE...

Dwayno's right.. Assuming you have a good quality connection of 1.5mbit/s or more ADSL (and LFS doesn't max this out). Actually the default ADSL2+ profile has slightly higher ping times than ADSL - we are talking an extra 5~20ms here.

YnoT · Post by **YnoT** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:02 pm

I used to be part of an European team too before and I was still able to race with not much lag back then and I have cable.