Tips?
* Most events have multiple routes you can take. The side routes, which the AI do not use, are often shorter, or contain rarer pickups
* Practise events and learn where useful weapon pickups are. Sometimes they'll appear on the other side of the track and you won't be able to steer across in time.
* Drifting for a few seconds will give you a speed boost when you exit the drift, a few of these per event can make enough difference to earn you an extra star
* Lower tier upgrades on cars are really good value for money, buy these as soon as you can
* Higher tier upgrades are much poorer value for money. If you can, save salvage for a better car
* Speed is undoubtedly the most important vehicle upgrade for any game mode (even in Gauntlet, you will travel further in the 60 seconds given, which will allow you to collect more ammo pickups, to net more kills)
* Upgrading weapons makes a huge difference to Gauntlet events. Weapon upgrades are not tied to any particular vehicle, so blow salvage here
* The slightly hidden Weekly Tournament feature allows you to net good rewards if you beat your friends at that weeks event. Sadly, iOS and Android leaderboards are separate (a restriction of third party software we used).
* If you're really liking the game, invest some actual cash! While it is possible to complete the game just by grinding, even our best tester would take a few days to do so, and that was after months of daily practise. Face it, no sane person is going to willingly invest as much time as she did. You'll also not have to watch any more adverts if you make any in game purchase.
* Most events have multiple routes you can take. The side routes, which the AI do not use, are often shorter, or contain rarer pickups
* Practise events and learn where useful weapon pickups are. Sometimes they'll appear on the other side of the track and you won't be able to steer across in time.
* Drifting for a few seconds will give you a speed boost when you exit the drift, a few of these per event can make enough difference to earn you an extra star
* Lower tier upgrades on cars are really good value for money, buy these as soon as you can
* Higher tier upgrades are much poorer value for money. If you can, save salvage for a better car
* Speed is undoubtedly the most important vehicle upgrade for any game mode (even in Gauntlet, you will travel further in the 60 seconds given, which will allow you to collect more ammo pickups, to net more kills)
* Upgrading weapons makes a huge difference to Gauntlet events. Weapon upgrades are not tied to any particular vehicle, so blow salvage here
* The slightly hidden Weekly Tournament feature allows you to net good rewards if you beat your friends at that weeks event. Sadly, iOS and Android leaderboards are separate (a restriction of third party software we used).
* If you're really liking the game, invest some actual cash! While it is possible to complete the game just by grinding, even our best tester would take a few days to do so, and that was after months of daily practise. Face it, no sane person is going to willingly invest as much time as she did. You'll also not have to watch any more adverts if you make any in game purchase.
Scorched - Combat Racing (for iOS and Android)
Given there's been almost no promotion for this title, I thought I'd let you all know about the latest racing game I worked on.
Scorched is a free to play, nearly top down racing game with one-sided combat set in a vaguely post-apocalyptic future. Styled visuals and arcade driving model. Four environments (desert, forest, mountain, wasteland) to drive through, four game modes (outpace the AI, outgun the AI, beat the clock, precision driving), twelve cars to unlock, twenty upgrades per vehicle, seven weapons to unlock and upgrade, seventy-five events to play across three classes, plus bonus challenge events (necessary to use the seventh weapon). Ostensibly single player but compete with your friends via leader-boards.
Official trailer
Promotional images attached (not using in-game camera angles).
Official sites: Rogue Play (publisher), Sumo Digital (developer)
Download via Google Play or iTunes
Happy to answer questions and it would be great to read feedback!
Enjoy
True, but that makes it more exciting right? No reason you couldn't make it more intelligent, tracking rpm and not allowing a downshift if it's too close to maximum. This is making it more semi-auto than manual though.
LFS physics have not changed since the last update so it's as relevant as ever.
So I've heard.
Nice first attempt. Not sure how a 24mpx image ended up at 64MB though, that sounds too large even for raw.
If I were to make suggestions for the shot, I'd try a slightly shorter exposure so there wasn't quite as much highlight clipping and dropped the colour temperature a bit to reduce the orange cast. Of course, you're also free to do it however you want, that's the beauty of the hobby; no right or wrong. Nicely composed though.
I was at Goodwood the other weekend and caught a Porsche Owner's Club track day. A variety of rear engined machinery made their way, rather gingerly, round the track:
If I were to make suggestions for the shot, I'd try a slightly shorter exposure so there wasn't quite as much highlight clipping and dropped the colour temperature a bit to reduce the orange cast. Of course, you're also free to do it however you want, that's the beauty of the hobby; no right or wrong. Nicely composed though.
I was at Goodwood the other weekend and caught a Porsche Owner's Club track day. A variety of rear engined machinery made their way, rather gingerly, round the track:
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Sorry, it's the first one I've ever missed! Couldn't really not go to the 30th birthday party of one of my closest friends.
There was karting in the end? Would have liked to try the rift too. Any photos?
There was karting in the end? Would have liked to try the rift too. Any photos?
I'm out, at a birthday party that weekend.
Great work, I just couldn't cope with the disorientation and screen shake. If I could get a solid hour to practice I think I'd mostly get used to it but my pockets are not deep enough at those prices! Let us know how good the track day is.
It did at least get me to play LFS online for the first time in years though, if only for about an hour. Public racing is a shadow of its former self!
It did at least get me to play LFS online for the first time in years though, if only for about an hour. Public racing is a shadow of its former self!
Well I thought I'd give this a go today (it finishes tomorrow), so did some practise laps with the default set until I was frequently running regularly in the 42s (best was 42.50 HLVC valid), with the intention of having a fair chances at recording the fastest time (currently 43.33 for customers, 43.08 for staff).
My only concern was how the different equipment would affect my driving (as I've struggled with this in the past). The brake pedal feels quite a lot different (very weighty), and the FFB is a little stonger than my G25 can muster, and had that been the only differences I'd like to think I'd have quickly adapted.
What I really struggled with was being thrown around; I found it very difficult to focus on the screen during transients, and even struggled to judge the attitude of the car during the long sweeper onto the final straight. This severly hampered my ability to place the car on corner entry, and thus my times suffered.
I had two goes (6 laps); clipped the wall and spun on two, two were 45 something, two were 44.4.
Still, netted me 7th place on the table. I'd have tried more if it didn't cost over £1.50 per lap!
My only concern was how the different equipment would affect my driving (as I've struggled with this in the past). The brake pedal feels quite a lot different (very weighty), and the FFB is a little stonger than my G25 can muster, and had that been the only differences I'd like to think I'd have quickly adapted.
What I really struggled with was being thrown around; I found it very difficult to focus on the screen during transients, and even struggled to judge the attitude of the car during the long sweeper onto the final straight. This severly hampered my ability to place the car on corner entry, and thus my times suffered.
I had two goes (6 laps); clipped the wall and spun on two, two were 45 something, two were 44.4.
Still, netted me 7th place on the table. I'd have tried more if it didn't cost over £1.50 per lap!
Not very popular today, despite being there at lunch time, but they have been there a few weeks already. Not sure if they're making any profit (not that this would excuse them for license fees!).
Photos attached to first post.
Photos attached to first post.
Agreed.
I just got back from the stand, chatted with the three girls staffing it and also spoke on the phone to their manager. I'm still a little unclear as to who is who, but there are two parties involved.
The company name associated with the display is "Xtreme 3D". Their manager, Paul, said that they are renting the simulators and software as a complete package (for the tidy sum of a grand a week, no less!) from another company, and have never had any dealings with Live for Speed (though they are aware that is the software they are using). The only mention of Live for Speed anywhere is on their twitter hashtag.
Scawen, I have two contact names and numbers I will message to you privately (see moderator forum).
Also, I will get photos off my camera this evening and post up here.
Best time to date for the adult competition is 0:43.63 (to win a Ginetta racing test day)
Best time to date for the junior competition is 0:45.32 (to win a Ginetta Junior Scholarship)
Edit: actually, some photos are latest times are available on twitter: https://twitter.com/xtreme_3d
The company name associated with the display is "Xtreme 3D". Their manager, Paul, said that they are renting the simulators and software as a complete package (for the tidy sum of a grand a week, no less!) from another company, and have never had any dealings with Live for Speed (though they are aware that is the software they are using). The only mention of Live for Speed anywhere is on their twitter hashtag.
Scawen, I have two contact names and numbers I will message to you privately (see moderator forum).
Also, I will get photos off my camera this evening and post up here.
Best time to date for the adult competition is 0:43.63 (to win a Ginetta racing test day)
Best time to date for the junior competition is 0:45.32 (to win a Ginetta Junior Scholarship)
Edit: actually, some photos are latest times are available on twitter: https://twitter.com/xtreme_3d
I'm going there over lunch to take photos. I'll ask the staff there what they know.
Your first thread was sufficient, thanks.
Not had a bottle in years, but then I don't live there anymore. Maybe I should pick up a bottle or two for the weekend so I can reminisce.
Live for Speed in Meadowhall Shopping Center, Sheffield - WIN a track day!
As part of the Ginetta's promotional activities, they have setup two motion simulators, both with triple monitor setups, in Sheffield's large out-of-town shopping center, Meadowhall.
They are running Live for Speed at South City Classic in Formula XR, in hotlap mode.
£5 per go and prizes on offer (for the the fastest lap time are):
See http://ginetta.com/news_article?id=1647 and https://twitter.com/xtreme_3d for more details.
I will return with my camera and post up some photos. And then again after some practice to make a credible attempt.
They are running Live for Speed at South City Classic in Formula XR, in hotlap mode.
£5 per go and prizes on offer (for the the fastest lap time are):
- Adult competition: win a Ginetta racing test day - best time as of 6th Aug is 0:43.63
- Junior competition: win a Ginetta Junior Scholarship - best time as of 6th Aug is 0:45.32
- All entrants are entered into a weekly raffle, drawn each Saturday
See http://ginetta.com/news_article?id=1647 and https://twitter.com/xtreme_3d for more details.
I will return with my camera and post up some photos. And then again after some practice to make a credible attempt.
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Somebody should get Vic to post in this thread. All 3 devs talking in one thread must be a record, so then I have an excuse to eat copious amounts of cake.
TAUTV1S, you certainly know how to shoot "pretty".
Here are some from my photos from this years Sunderland Air Show. Really need a huge zoom to get good photos from the distance the aircraft were from the beach. Had to crop most of them quite a lot.
A few other randoms:
Here are some from my photos from this years Sunderland Air Show. Really need a huge zoom to get good photos from the distance the aircraft were from the beach. Had to crop most of them quite a lot.
A few other randoms:
I'm a bit like that with 5 through 8 too.
Yes, could spend hours in a car park confusing onlookers. 
Aircraft have come out great, Ian. I'm going to the Sunderland Air Show at the end of the month, hoping to get some good ones myself then.
FGED GREDG RDFGDR GSFDG