Of course I know which setting it is in and I never did set it to 1024, in fact I was even avoiding it all the time to avoid being charged for feature I don't intend to use. That's why I'm so suprised I got charged for it when I certainly didn't activate it.


To the edit question:
I won 3 GBP voucher some time ago in an event, planned to use these for extra skin slots, but definitely not for hi-res skin download. That's why I had a positive balance.

Hello,

so during the last night I received an email from LFS Tech, stating that I have been charged for ability to download skins in high resolution.

The thing is, I never enabled this function in LFS in first place. And certainly not during last days. So it was quite a surprise for me to receive this message.

Now I am not asking for refund or anything (let that 1 GBP be an unscheduled support to LFS devs), but I would like to find out, how or why did this actually happen. Can anyone help? @Scawen?


The text of the email is following:

Dear michal 1279,

This email is sent to notify you that 2000 high resolution skin downloads have just been assigned to your LFS account, because you have used the high resolution skin downloads feature of LFS.
For this, one pound has been deducted from your LFS account balance. Your remaining balance is now 2.00 GBP.

For a complete overview of all your LFS payments and expenses, you can visit your account status page at http://www.lfs.net/?page=viewstatus

We hope to have informed you sufficiently,

LFS Team

yes yesy yes!

But would you please consider adding the New York E-Prix circuit replica?
I know it is little narrow (but honestly your mini-Monaco feels even narrower ) but with UF1 or XFG it would be absolutely doable

Press F9

Quote from Evolution_R :

off//
Half-Life Alyx is out now and it's epic -

I think when LFS is finally on Steam will receive ~the same amount of positive reviews. ^^

Unless plebs take over and flood the reviews with thumb down for bad graphics and lack of content

Entry number : 47 (provisional)
Entry name : FERAT Motors
Car : XRT
Entered driver (Ingame name / LFSW name / Country) : [MRc] Michal / michal 1279 / Czechia

Last edited by michal 1279, Sat 4 Apr 2020, 14:41.

Now that looks rather incredible. Well done

But as long as there is no rain nor wet surface physics in the main game, it would feel rather strange to drive on it

Quote from Intrepid :

Real cars and real scanned tracks won't add much to LFS. What I actually like about LFS is the fact the tracks aren't real because it's adds an element of genuine artistry to the product.

While I totally understand your point and agree to some extend, I am not sure if I can fully stand behind it.

Let me put myself as an example:

Long time ago I bought a popular spaceflight simulation game (you will surely know it as KSP). While the original game contains completely fictional plantary system which was really a fun to explore, it didn't take much time before I started to enhance the game by myself. Guess what - I used mods that replaced the stock planetary system with the real-sized replica of our solar system, added real-life rocket engines and fuels with their real-life properties, used mods that add realistic stuff like crew needing of food, water, breathable air and electricity to survive, or add signal delay between distant probes.

Later, when got into another spaceflight sim (SR2), I didn't even bother exploring "their" solar system - modded the game straight away to simulate the environment I live in.

So I totally understand why people want to drive real cars on real tracks and while I really enjoy the unique stuff we have in LFS, a real content would be much more appreciated.

Another damned UF1?

Quote from o000o :

I still have no idea how the scoring works

I will try to explain visually.

Quote from alexdkc :

Honestly, I can't prove it. Is that mean, I can't request for a skin?

The thing is you are requesting skin for content you shouldn't have access to considering your LFS licence status. Therefore he has full right to question your legal access to specified content.

LFSW name: michal 1279
In-game name: [MRc] Michal
Full team name: Master Race car
Nation: Czechia

Quote from farcar :

@Degats, thanks!

To me, it's the little details

This little detail actually triggered me for some reason

Just... WOW.
I am amazed.
Few questions though:

- will be there new official track configurations?
- the tram in one of the pictures - will it be a static or dynamic object? Will be there choice to have it or not in open configs?
- With the statement "The sky is updated more than twice per minute around sunset and sunrise." - will be there option to have "accelerated" day-night cycle? If so I assume update 2 or 3 times per real minute would be possibly still too low for smooth transition.
- Also I feel the car interior seems little over-illuminated by the car behind, is it intended that way, or are my expectations wrong?

Cheers and thanks for nice update about the update Merry Christmas everyone!

Quote from Evolution_R :

Sorry for the double post.

Probably very irelevant question, but it got me so confused I have to ask - does the FZ5 have differently sized front and rear wheels (diameter-wise)? - In the video they appear to rotate at different speed (wheel rims get synchronised with the camera framerate at different velocity)

Sorry for off topic post.

It looks awesome.

But I was dreaming about possibly getting the update as a Christmas present, but with "nothing to show" at this point, it fades away a bit.

I expect it will take more than 2 months to finish, am I right?

I assume you are using Win 10, right?

If so, there is a certain problem with the "XBox Game Bar" game centre (or whatever is the name of the service) invisibly overlaying the screen of LFS. It is a invisible rectangle at the middle-right side of the screen. You cannot see it, but you cannot click on anything "underneath" it.

I have the very same problem. Solution is either disabling the service completely (Win+G to open and then somewhere in settings) or what I do is to simply minimise LFS after the launch is completed and then maximize it again - you should be able to use LFS as normal.

Attended one such event last year (1h race of 2-driver teams) at KartPlanet (you surely know that place ) - we got a bad kart for the race and finished rather low (11/13).
Did not attend any other event since then, but I intended to come back.

In all honesty, the LFS demo has plenty of content already.
Unlimited time and full online access to 3 cars and 3 tracks is A LOT for what is meant to be a "free tryout".
If you want more cars, tracks and other features, buy the S1/S2/S3 licence to support the developers, or try to win a voucher in one of many contests held on demo servers (There is one right now running on MRc servers all September long, you may give it a try).

RIP server

Quote from rapapar :

Ok sure but nothing interesting to suggest? lol

Actually, yes. Do multiple races with "success ballast" system instead - it doesnt require any plugin and drivers will know how big performance penalty they actually earned.

Hello racers.

First of all, thanks for all your positive comments

As you probably noticed, the circuit used in the latest Formula E season was slightly different to the Season 4 version I originally posted. Some things moved and other things moved as well, so I spent some extra time to cover those changes to keep the layout up-to-date.

Therefore here is:

Season 5 Formula E's New York E-Prix circuit

The layout looks pretty much the same, but there are few major changes that may have changed the nature of the track a little:

- The finish line moved from its original place (next to original pitlane) to the actual grid area
- The pitlane moved as well - now it sits next to the main straight and it actually looks like a pitlane (very narrow one though)
- The turn 10 (used to be turn 1) got reproffiled - now the approach is shorter and the turn itself is much wider, making it better opportunity to pass

Apart from these, the nearby environment in the form of bridges and grandstands got updated as well.

This is, what the recent track looked like:



As always, the car to try out is FOX, which has the closest specifications to actual Formula E Gen 2 cars.

Last but not least, this sunday (11th of August) we will attempt to recreate whole Formula E race format in the Absolute Beginners racing League.
For more informations please visit http://absolute-beginners.nl/e ... _viewtopic.php?16406.last
Feel free to join us and relive some (almost) electrifying fun

What's fair on punishing successful drivers? Besides that, this "catch-up"/"rubberbanding" feature is the most hated thing in arcade racing games...

If you really want to artificially keep cars together, just ask faster drivers to slow down or deploy safety car every second lap.

Maybe (probably) it was already discussed somewhere before but with the possible coming of new tire physics and day-night cycle, could the on-track conditions in LFS become a little more dynamic?
Right now, everything is static (same air temperature, same wind intensity in the same direction,...) - could be there something as simple as having wind changing the direction and speed in set time intervals (some guys already did it via insim) and air temperatures raise and drop as the day passes (affecting tire temps)? Surely the car should behave differently in the day and in the night.

Quote from gu3st :

That was a fun layout in OEC. Hopefully it has a real pitlane (although I loved the T3 pitlane solution

That pitlane was epic but the risk of possible heavy collision between cars exiting pitlane and cars on the racing line was very nightmarish