Keyboard commands and shortcuts
| Car controls | |
| S | gear up |
| X | gear down |
| Q | handbrake |
| C | clutch |
| B | horn |
| G | flash lights |
| L | pit limiter |
| O | traction control |
| 3 | toggle head lights |
| 7 - 8 | L / R direction indicator ON |
| 9 | hazard lights ON |
| O (zero) | direction indicators / hazard lights OFF |
| SPACE | car reset |
| SHIFT-G | switch automatic gears/manual gears |
| SHIFT-H | change horn |
| In-race car data | |
| F9 | tyre temperatures, loads, ABS |
| F10 | damage |
| F11 | live settings |
| F12 | pit instructions |
| F | forces view |
| SHIFT-L | suspension view |
| Game controls | |
| SHIFT-R | vote restart race |
| SHIFT-Q | vote to qualify |
| SHIFT-X | vote to end race |
| SHIFT-P | enter pits |
| SHIFT-S | spectate |
| SHIFT-O | options |
| Views | |
| W | left view |
| E | right view |
| R | rear view |
| TAB | next car in race order |
| SHIFT-TAB | previous car in race order |
| CTRL-TAB | toggle race results display |
| HOME | focus own car |
| N | names (off / names + connections / names only) |
| V | view (incar / wheels / tv / chase / heli) |
| SHIFT-V | view reverse (heli / chase / tv / wheels / incar) |
| SHIFT-U | Free view / autox editor |
| SHIFT-F | turn off all screen info |
| SHIFT-M | no mirrors / real mirrors / virtual mirror |
| SHIFT-Z | show the mouse cursor when it would be hidden |
| SHIFT-F1 | return to default driver view |
| 5 | zoom in |
| 6 | zoom out |
| Replay controls | |
| 1 | watch replay |
| 2 | save replay |
| F2 | replay time slow down |
| F3 | replay time speed up |
| Controllers/Sound | |
| < | less force |
| > | more force |
| SHIFT-C | reset controller |
| SHIFT-N | sound on/off |
| SHIFT-W | reinitialise sound |
| SHIFT-K | next track |
| CTRL-C | clip mouse to window |
| Graphics | |
| CTRL-S | save screenshot in LFS-DIR\data\shots |
| SHIFT-F4 | switch to windowed mode |
| SHIFT-F9 | 640 x 480 |
| SHIFT-F10 | 800 x 600 |
| SHIFT-F11 | 1024 x 768 |
| SHIFT-F12 | 1280 x 960 |
| Online N menu (N to show names) | |
| SS button | send your setup |
| GREEN S button | accept and save setup sent to you |
| T button | request or accept to take over car |
| CTRL+SHIFT | show real usernames instead of playernames |
| Chat input field | |
| T | talk |
| F1-F8, CTRL-(F1-F12), ALT-(F1-F12) | customizable message shortcuts |
| H | message history |
| - | block / unblock messages |
| CTRL-C | copy current text to clipboard |
| CTRL-V | paste text in clipboard |
| CTRL-X | cut text to clipboard |
| CTRL-H | clear recent messages |
| UP/DOWN ARROW | scroll through message history |
| List of hosts | |
| PGUP / PGDN | Flip up or down through the list |
| HOME / END | Go to start or end of the list |
| Lobby screen | |
| RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON | change lap count / qual mins in steps of 10 |
| Garage | |
| RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON | change values in steps of 10 |
| Common | |
| CTRL-RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON | copy the value of any slider |
| SHIFT-RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON | paste the copied slider value |
| RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON | (on any slider) directly enter a value |
| RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON (while dragging a slider) |
return slider to its starting position |
| Misc | |
| P | pause |
| SHIFT-F5 | reload current language file (except english) |
| SHIFT-F8 | network debug |
| LFS World statistics commands for in-game usage: /w COMMAND [racername] (eg. /w pb or /w pb username) /ws TRACK CAR COMMAND [username] (eg. /ws bl1 MRT laps) |
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| pb | personal best on this track with a car |
| hotlap (hl) | hotlap on this track with a car |
| wr | world record on this track with a car |
| laps (l) | laps on this track with a car |
| tlaps (tl) | total laps |
| distance (ds) | total distance |
| win (1) | race wins |
| second (2) | race seconds |
| third (3) | race thirds |
| drags (dr) | total drag races / wins |
| finished (fin) | total finished races |
| find | check if someone is online on any host |
| msg | initiate sending an SMS to another LFS racer |
| txt | write the SMS text and send it |
| help (?) | command list and usage |
