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added Fri, Dec 21st, 2007 17:00
>LFS S2 Alpha, version Y
Merry Christmas!
We are pleased to announce... Patch Y!
The patch contains many updates including :
- New car - Formula BMW FB02
- Updated South City track
- Updated Blackwood track
- Improved AI drivers
- Improved Physics
- Interface updates
- New training lessons
To read all about the new patch, go to the Patch Y information page
Enjoy the updates!
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added Mon, Dec 24th, 2007 01:00
>Online PB's have been reset
Hello licensed racers,
This is a short message notifying you that your online PB's have been reset.
This was done due to the changes brought along with patch Y. Cars are slower than in the previous versions of LFS, making it hard to improve your best laptimes.
This decision was made after a 2 day poll on our forum, where more than 75% of the voters agreed a reset was the best way to go forward.
To ease the transition though, your old PB's are still displayed on your online stats page at lfsworld. This page has been improved as well, to show more information about your laps.
LFS Team
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added Wed, Dec 5th, 2007 18:00
>CMX Viewer update : Added FBM
We've updated the CMX Viewer with the new Formula BMW FB02 car which will be available in the coming patch Y. Skinners, you can start your drawing software :) Or you can just download the new CMX viewer to have a close-up look at the new car.
Download the S2 CMX Viewer version Y
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added Sun, Dec 2nd, 2007 16:30
>Soon available : Formula BMW FB02
Hello Racers!
We are pleased to announce that there will be a new patch before Christmas. This patch will contain AI and physics improvements, updated Blackwood and South City tracks and... a new real car - The Formula BMW FB02!
The story behind the new car is that there is a new UK based company called V1 Championship whose aim is to discover a new racing driver through a series of tests resulting in a place in a team for the winning driver. V1 will be launched in 2008 and shown on TV in the UK. Live for Speed will be used as part of the selection process, before testing in real cars. V1 asked us to create a Formula BMW to make this test as realistic as possible. BMW Motorsport gave us permission to build the car in LFS, so we went ahead and built it.
The V1 car is owned by Fortec Motorsport where V1 is based. Thanks to V1 and Fortec, our programmer Scawen Roberts was able to get a test day driving the Formula BMW and that helped a lot with the realism of the LFS version of the car.
We can't give an exact date for the release yet but it will be before Christmas. Right now you can watch a video of Scawen's test day and footage of the car in LFS. Thanks to DoN for making the video. Click one of the links below to download or stream it. If the download doesn't play on your computer, just visit www.divx.com and install the free DivX player.
We hope you enjoy the video and we look forward to releasing the patch, which is currently being thoroughly tested!
LFS Team
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added mon, Nov 5th, 2007 4:30
>Periodical account details reminder
Hello Racers!
This is a short message to remind you that you should never give your account details to anyone who asks for it, even if the person asking for it _appears_ to be an LFS developer.
We will never ask for your account password, so if you meet someone who does, you can be 100% sure that person is not who he says he is.
The latest fashion is to contact people on MSN and pose as an LFS developer, saying there's a problem with your account and we need your password. Obviously this is fake and you should ignore that person.
There are no problems at all with any LFS account.
Take care!
LFS Team
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added wed, Aug 29th, 2007 15:00
>LX Month skinning competitions results
Hello Racers!
The final results of the LFS skinning competition are in. The following 6 winners will receive a nice prize and get their skin included in LFS :
LX4_AMON
by JJ72
LX4_REDEXX
by teaz-R
LX4_INJEXT_SCHUPPOR
by Schuppor
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LX6_VOLANTEV11
by Vilante 11
LX6_KSPERFORMANCE
by Hz-Lab
LX6_CELL+JZ
by justinziarko
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Congratulations to you all! We think the results are very satisfying and these skins will make nice additions to the standard LFS skin collection.
If you want to see all the skin contributions for this competition, you can still look them up at the the competition pages
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added mon, Jul 30th, 2007 14:30
>LX Month autocross competitions results
Hello Racers!
The LX Month autocross competitions are over and we would like to present to you the top 10 of each competition week :
Week 1
1. Bawbag
2. Racin Jason
3. Sracer
4. Hummer
5. UnLiMiTeD
6. ReppohC
7. Jonesy_
8. Chaz
9. RudiTurbo
10. hannu
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Week 2
1. Racin Jason
2. ReppohC
3. csimpok
4. hannu
5. UnLiMiTeD
6. Misko
7. GrantR
8. BlackMan
9. asman
10. FM67
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Week 3
1. Bawbag
2. Misko
3. Racin Jason
4. Chaz
5. FM67
6. csimpok
7. hannu
8. GrantR
9. Ten Ten
10. ReppohC
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Congratulations to all of you. Well done for such good driving!
For the full result listings, you can still visit the competition pages
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added fri, Jul 6th, 2007 16:48
>LX Month & competitions
Hello Racers!
Announcing... LX Month!
This month we are running 3 autocross and 2 skinning competitions, and we have some great prizes to give to the winners!
Autocross competitions : http://competition.lfs.net/lx_autox/
Starting on Sunday 8 July, three separate competition weeks, open to S1 or S2 Licensed Racers, the 1st prizes will be :
- Week 1 : A TrackIR 4:PRO and accessories, thanks to NaturalPoint
- Week 2 : A TripleHead2Go, kindly provided by Matrox
- Week 3 : A G25 Force Feedback Wheel from Logitech
2nd prizes : A shirt of your choice from www.lfsshop.com
3rd prizes : A £12 LFS voucher (can upgrade S1 to S2)
4th - 10th prize : 2000 free high resolution skin downloads
Entry is simple, just join one of our special autocross hosts and get some lap times up on the table!
Skinning competitions : http://competition.lfs.net/lx_skinning/
Two competitions running at the same time, open to Licensed and Demo Racers. One for LX4 and one for LX6.
- The top three skins of each will be included in Live for Speed S2 final
- You will receive 20 Euros credit at www.lfsshop.com (or a £12 LFS voucher)
To enter, just visit the website and upload your skins and preview pictures.
The skinning competitions are already open for your entries and will close on 30 July 2007, 12:00 UTC.
Thanks to NaturalPoint, Matrox and Logitech who kindly agreed to give these prizes to the winners.
We think it will be an exciting month! Now get yourself set up and ready to race or start skinning! :)
Good luck, have fun, and don't forget to spread the word to your friends!
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added fri, Jun 8th, 2007 23:00
>LFS S2 Alpha, version X
Hello Racers!
We are pleased to announce... a new update : Patch X
Here are some of the important features in the new version.
- The number of cars that can join a race has been increased to 32
- False starts are now possible (LFS does not hold you at the start line)
- Physics : preload added to clutch pack differentials improving car handling
- Skin improvements including high resolution premium skin download service
- Global class balancing system (currently applied to GTR and TBO classes)
- A new version of InSim including many improvements and a button interface
To update to version X, just run your V or W version and click List of Games in the Multiplayer screen. You will be given the option to automatically install the update.
For more detailed information about the skin download system and all the other updates,
click here to see the S2X info page.
Have fun! :)
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added mon, May 28th, 2007 22:00
>LFS Merchandise @ www.lfsshop.com
Hello Racers!
It has taken a while, but there it is : www.lfsshop.com , providing official LFS Merchandise to those who want it :)
Currently we have available a range of shirts, from simple tees to a very high quality polo. A set of LFS postcards is in the lineup too.
All shirts have only basic prints so far though - more variety will be added in time, when we've got a better feel of how things go and what you would like.
The shop is not run by LFS itself though. It's run by a new business Victor (an LFS developer) has started in the Netherlands. It is therefore that all prices are in Euro, rather than Pounds, which you might be used to from LFS.
To learn more about the merchandise shop, please visit the shop's website.
Also, if you have any questions or remarks about the shop, please contact the shop via its support page on the shop website, rather than the regular LFS contact page.
For discussions, you can visit our forum which has a thread running on the shop topic.
Have fun shopping!
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