As NumberTwo suggests, a true pick up racing is kinda dead in LFS (except for demo maybe).
But that is not necessarily a bad thing, as the racing community is now more focused on on time-specific pick up racing (weekly events like RTFR, GTi Thursday, FOX Friday, FBM Saturday,...) or serious championship events (BF1 League, E-Challenge, GT2/TBO Challenge, Layout Racing League,...)

The league racing is now better than ever, but it apparently comes at the cost of reduced "random racing" activity...

Forecast updated; next update: Sunday 30.1.2022

It is modder's responsibility to use legal sources to his mod. Yes, the reviewers made a mistake by initially approving the not-fully-legal mod, but that doesn't neglect the fact the modder uploaded the not-fully-legal mod in fist place.

Quote from Za BOI :

Man, imagine FXO and Rockingham in DEMO, that would be soo cool, for those who are broke or not old enough to spend and have money

Imagine a car manufacturer giving a car for free, that would be so cool, for those who are broke or not old enough to spend and have money.
The manufacturer would go bancrupt, but hey, it would be so cool.

Forecast updated

To confirm your attendance for the MRc E-Challenge Round 1, please give your status for the round (YES I'm attending, or NO I'm not attending), car number, and LFS licence name.

Your confirmation is due by 15:00 UTC on Sunday.
Confirmations are not mandatory, but in case of full server the confirmed drivers will be clearly prioritised.

Passwords will be PMd to all competitors shortly before the event start.

Please post a confirmation even if you do not plan to attend.

Use this format:
yesORno/number/username

example:
yes/47/michal 1279

Forecast updated; next update: Sunday 16.1.2022, 1 hour before event start

Quote from Racon :

66/racon/Jamie Tresidder/United Kingdom/PiranMOTO

Unfortunately the number 66 is already taken, please select different unused number.
Use Ctrl+F function to see if the number is not occupied already

Quote from btluto :

69/btluto/B. Almeida/Brasil/Roda Presa Racing Team

Number 69 is already taken, please select different unused number to properly enter the series.

Explanation:
Visibility: Expected skybox texture
Wind level: Self-explanatory
Rain probability: Chance of WET conditions in session (mandatory use of road tyres in given session)
Prediction accuracy: How likely is forecast going to change (accuracy improves over the time)

Last edited by michal 1279, Sun 20 Feb 2022, 14:15.

All skins have to have a clearly visible entry number element on the following places:

Nose of the car
Side of the bodywork

Drivers are free to use any font or resize the number at their will, assuming the number remains well-visible from most angles.

There are no other mandatory elements, however we highly welcome if you place the logo of the event, its organisers or partners on the car - feel free to use the logo pack archive attached to this post.

Last edited by Jonathon.provost, Fri 14 Jan 2022, 20:22.

Vehicle mod: GRAND PRIX LEGEND 65
Details page: https://www.lfs.net/files/vehmods/CFB38F

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

Quote :

Fictive 1965 F1 car

DESCRIPTION:

Quote :

Fictive F1 golden era vehicle. No aero, no grippy tyres, just an angry V12 behind your back and a lot of fun driving it.

Loosely based on Ferrari 1512.

Work in progress. No skin support yet.

COVER SCREENSHOT:

The E-Challenger got an update - increased battery capacity, regen and full skin support with template

The vehicle now should be ready for upcoming E-Challenge championship.

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

Awesome idea, hope to do many races in that time period

To sign up for the MRc E-Challenge, make a post here giving your requested car number, LFS license name, your real name, your nationality, and your team name (optional).
Separate each field with a /, no space between the text of the field and the /. Example:

47/michal 1279/Michal Málek/Czechia/Master Race car

Numbers 2-99 are free for selection. Number 1 is reserved for the winner of the previous edition of the E-Challenge - Jimi "gemini" Virtanen

Signups are open NOW.

Licence Requirements for Drivers

You will need a S3 LFS License to participate.

Link to the list of all active entries:
https://docs.google.com/spread ... 4REIkbTc/edit?usp=sharing

Last edited by gemini 95, Mon 17 Jan 2022, 16:12.

Hello racers!

The Master Race car team is pleased to bring back to you an event, which brings an unique racing experience into LFS. Strongly inspired by the FIA Formula E championship, E-Challenge is an event, where the strategy and clever use of available resources will play a big factor on your way to victory.

The letter E in "Formula E" stands for "Electric" and thanks to the just recently released LFS mod system we can enjoy some electric racing fun as well. "Efficiency" however is still a vital part of the race strategy, as the amount of usable energy is limited and the finish line is quite far. Do you have what it takes to navigate this beast through the city streets?


Dates:
16.1.2022 - South-East City (SO2X)
6.2.2022 - South-West City (SO5X)
20.2.2022 - New York ePrix circuit replica (LA1)

(All layouts to be released in following days)

Schedule:
Prequalifying session (if necessary)
15:30 UTC / 16:30 CET Official free practice session (20 minutes)
16:00 UTC / 17:00 CET Official qualifying session (1 hotlap)
16:40 UTC / 17:40 CET Official Super-pole shoot-out session (top 6 from qualifying compete for the top 6 grid spots in another separate session (1 hotlap))
17:00 UTC / 18:00 CET Official race start (45 minutes + 1 lap*; standing start)

* in case of Safety Car or Virtual Safety Car the time will be added to the total race time. The upper limit is 60 minutes + 1 lap.

General rules and changes from previous season:
SC and VSC active
No mandatory pitstop
Recharging NOT ALLOWED (and will be disabled, so we don't even have to disqualify you from the event)

Full set of rules will follow soon, stay tuned!

Last edited by Jonathon.provost, Fri 14 Jan 2022, 20:23.

Quote from Gqnciah :

plsss mods for demo acounts

That's a terrible way to run a business

The option to host server at home at no cost except for electricity was removed, so this is the alternative for those who want to still have some fun at own small temporary server at no cost again.

These free servers shut down as soon as they are not used and have limited functionality, so to run a proper server you still need to pay as usual.

Quote from zamzing :

I've been playing this game for 10 years now I want to buy a s3 but our damn economy money is so worthless
Please make 10 dollars only for Turkish players
be sure thousands of players will give 10 dollars and buy s3
10 dollars 18 pounds shouldn't be a big difference for you rich countries

That would be 80% discount already. But I have strange feeling people would then demand the price to be 5 USD...

Vehicle mod: E-CHALLENGER
Details page: https://www.lfs.net/files/vehmods/FA2989

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

Quote :

FormulaE-inspired electric single-seater

DESCRIPTION:

Quote :

Electric single-seater with 250 kW of power.
Inspired by Formula E Gen2 car.

Official competition vehicle for the Master Race car's E-Challenge championship.

Vehicle comes in three versions: With halo, with semi-transparent halo and with no halo device attached.

To simulate the Formula E handling use the R4 tyres. Road tyres are option too, but the car is extremely challenging to drive with them.

Work in progress.

COVER SCREENSHOT:

Vehicle mod: UF BEAN
Details page: https://www.lfs.net/files/vehmods/E90DA5

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

Quote :

Mr. Bean returns home from shopping

DESCRIPTION:

Quote :

Just a standard UF 1000 with few attachments imitating the famous scene from the Mr. Bean sitcom.

Be aware, that the car is very roll-happy and not suitable for ordinary racing.

Have fun

COVER SCREENSHOT:

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

Quote from sinanju :

If you can have 6 colours of tyres, don't see why we're restricted to 4 colours of concrete.

As far as I remember, there is a technological limitation with the concrete objects - the packet size for the layout object is limited and for the concrete object colours there were only 2 bits left - that means 4 possible combinations, hence 4 concrete colours.
Changing it would require to completely rework the layout system, which surely isn't the priority at the moment.

There are two reasons:

1) you are Demo licensed, so you cannot use the editor (which raises the question why you are concerned only about these two specific vehicles).

2) specified cars are real life vehicles and they cannot be adjusted for licence/copyright reasons.

As far as I know, these mass boxes are not used as collision meshes for wheels. All collisions are handled with LOD3(2), wheels are in the collisions represented only with a single point.