Another idea doing Fastest Lap on mi mind ...

The blocked car/track / car and track or full game, for a event must
be stored in the lfs client side, yes one problem is if the player lost his internet conection serveral days, the idea is the league/events blocked things have end date.

From we have a F1 car, an idea is doing fastest laps inside my head ,
and is do a F1 GP from friday to Sunday , and the idea is limit training time
or lap for example Licenced driver can inscribe into a Restricted League then
using LfsWorld and Lfs Game they can not training more than n laps or more than h Hours , going far, the League Admin can set the time intervals and server , where and when the player must/can drive.

For example: Restricted League/event Admin can set , the two friday training sessions, the saturday free practice, and saturday qualify UTC times, that are only allowed for training/qualify or race.

the restriction can be only for the car , track or twice. or all the game.

When a Licenced driver , subcribe in a Restricted Event / League, they account changes to special mode that goes under the League/Event time / car / site rules.

The Licensed Driver anytime can go to LfsWorld and free his acount from any competition immediately ,but this logicaly remove any oporotunity to drive at League/Event.

What do you think ?

+2 Great Idea, in my National League , i could lost a race because people enter pits at las time crossing all lines. is a time gap win of 4 -8 seconds on ky national, fortunately he broke pits limits ^_^ !

Last edited by AlfaLover, Thu 20 Apr 2006, 22:09.

Evans look here : http://developer.nvidia.com/object/dds_utilities.html
i found in my firefox history.

Quote from evans :

But it's ugly. F1 cars deserve a sleek, sophisticated look with modern lines and maximum minimalism, and last but not least, simple coloring.

That said, is there some kind of plugin I can download so I can open DDS files in Photoshop CS2?

dds seem to be a type of graphical format from nvidia for mipmapping (or something like this, in nvidia homepage exists free photoshop plugin that enable open and save .dds files. but mmm i don't remember the url..

Quote from Sternendaal :

FFS,shut up about it. The dedicated server release will be released when Scawen & Co decided it's time to release it. Until then,STFU about it.

What means FFS & STFU ?

For everyones interested in .dds file of ferrari steering wheel

Ferrari A :
DDS : http://ignitionsc.madpage.com/pco/caval ... rweel1.dds
Ferrari B:
DDS : http://ignitionsc.madpage.com/pco/ferra ... rweel1.dds

rename to Sauberweel1.dds and copy to /data/dds/

Change it to ferrari/amd brands

http://ignitionsc.madpage.com/pco/cavalino.jpg
http://ignitionsc.madpage.com/pco/ferrari.jpg
http://ignitionsc.madpage.com/pco/bf1pre.jpg

Quote from DeXteRrBDN :

I race with wind in the LFS-Spain leagues and I can tell you wind EFFECTS downforce cars. For example, FO8 is quite impossible to drive with hard wind (+40 kph). So you can loose all your downforce in a corner and have a big crash.


Definetly, wind IS USED! Maybe not on regular servers, but in league servers as LFS-Spain leagues. Same for different skies.


I want rain as all people want, I will definetly use it!!! :hyper:

Yes is fantastic, only great drivers can adapt to winds and day hour change
I LOVE lfs-spain league.

I want rain!! , and full cluth with FF shifter support (can be the surprise)

Quote from mrodgers :

I find LFS now to be the easiest sim to control. Why? Because now that I'm use to the grip in LFS, it's all the way LFS does the FF and sound now. With GTL, I can't control the cars at all because of the way FF and sound is. It tells me nothing about what the car is doing, it only tells what the car has done. Now, when sims do canned effects and sampled sounds, I feel/hear the slight delay of the sim doing "this" because the car "DID THAT". Unlike LFS where the FF/sounds do "this" because the car IS DOING "this". LFS has kind of ruined all other sims for me because of the way it is done and everything being physics driven (not a bad thing for LFS).

2000% agree , better explained is imposible, this is why LFS let other sims like simple arcades. GTR , rFactor etc they are only Arcades.

i have a good feeling with nkpro, but until i drive it i don't want to make a veredict.

Today LFS is the best sim ever do,

Quote from tristancliffe :

In LFS you have too much maximum grip sometimes - over 1.2g in the road cars. However, the way the cars lose and, more specifically, regain grip is questionable and will be fixed in the forthcoming patch. This same patch will also alter a few things. You might also be referring to the low grip at low speeds, but this is rarely a problem whilst racing as your speeds will be much higher.

Many 'sims' give you too much grip to reduce the 'driving on ice' feeling. However, this isn't (imo) a very realistic way of overcoming the lack of feeling you will get in a sim. You aren't in the car and can't feel the car in the same way. Once you get used to LFS you'll find it's actually VERY good - you can feel the sidewalls of the tyres move around as you approach the limit of grip.

It's a common feeling that LFS has too little grip, but this is because it doesn't fake anything. GPL, the other great simulator, also had this 'on ice' feeling.

Some Road cars can do turns in more than 1.2g of lateral force,
samples : Porsche Carrera GT , and 1990 Alfa Romeo SZ has got WR for several years, on lateral G force more than 1G , some people claims that the last real Alfa Romeo(currently Alfas, are Fiats in Alfa dress) takes 1.2g (mesured) and some unsure source claims 1.4g but i don't believe it.

if you see it in the XF-GTI with more ^_^ than 1.2g sure is irreal.

Last edited by AlfaLover, Sat 8 Apr 2006, 06:16.

Devs, never said and never will say nothing about, because, most people from words on a dev like : is an interesting idea , i will take it for future... , people transform it in will be in next patch ...

I found very good this little distance of devs at forum , is fantastic that we can ask hims, but i think is needed a diference from standard user.

:hyper: , I CAN'T WAIT , pleease a date .. please... :hyper:

Quote from Micha :

I have chatted with God!
go http://www.titane.ca/igod/


Me:
I have a question
God:
Ask me anything
Me:
When will S2 be released?
God:
Soon, I think.
Me:
what date exactly?
God:
Precisely. I can ask my botmaster.
Me:
do it
God:
Do you mean "It"?
Me:
yes
God:
I get it.
Me:
And?
God:
but...
Me:
what?
God:
No problem.
Me:
So when will it be released?
God:
I hear you. When nature makes it so.
Me:
What?
God:
No problem.
Me:
Are you Scawen?
God:
I don't know whether or not I am Scawen.
I am a chatterbot developed by myself.
Me:
You are Scawen!!!
God:
Thanks for telling me that I am Scawen.
Me:
I knew it
God:
How did you know?
Me:
You don't give answers about the release date!
God:
Do you give answers about the release date? No I do not do that.
Me:
I see.
God:
I am glad you understand it.
Me:
OK.

:chairfall:smash3d: XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ,

Oh Scawen don't torture our minds :something more, please take out patch soon or fix a date.:hypnotize

Can be ForceFeedback Shifter and clutch , properly implemented (include engine stall )

Quote from Shotglass :

degrees are not a unit

yes it is a mesurement angle unit , but you need to set radian or sexagesimal systems, computers floating units(i want say the logical device that do floating points operations) works in radians because are more "friendly" computable.

Last edited by AlfaLover, Thu 30 Mar 2006, 22:34.

a usable replay system ,because current system is a hell, uff when in lfs-spain leagues we need to see a penalty discusion in lap 45 :S , please Scawen , don't delay more replay system , a lot of people need it.

DFP (Driving Force Pro) features 900º but i didn't like because looks & feel like a toy more than Momo Racing (240º) , i currently use MomoRacing with homemade pedals , and i very happy with it .

Do you try anytime to program anything on a computer ? only a little stupid visual basic calculator ? ... i am sure that you don't have at least the minimal idea that how a computers works.

I don't know WHY a lot of people thinks that develop software is like play with the lego.. ¬¬' . for this short mind a description is like a Rubrick cube but no 3x3 , a 9x9 size Rubrick cube.

to do this at this stage you need to do a lot of Reverse Enginering(sorry if i type this incorrectly), and is a verya heavy work to do, second if you arrive to do , and you can make a car builder for lfs (only valid until next patch), i sure you will be banned from Lfs community, at least by the developers.

sorry i am too acid... but from mi view of computer student and love of programming i am too tired of people that things are easy.

and to start a project o search some people to join with you first show any that can they believe in you, and don't think you are a crazy guy with crazy nfs ideas ..

nfs is for boys , and lfs is for mens , and NO , I DON'T WANT TO SEE MERGE OF TWO.

Quote from JJ72 :

First off,I have to say that there is indeed a difference between legal speed limit and a person's own limit, and if someone is fully capable in staying in his own limit he will be fine,however this theory on public road has two fatal flaw:

1.There isn't only one driver on the road,and even if someone is fully capable of controlling his own car at his own pace, he won't be able to predict the reaction of other drivers or pedestrians. And since the rest of the world is moving at a much slower pace no one would really be always alerted of a outstandingly fast car approaching and react sensitively.

2.If you had been to track days,or you have been doing some sort of racing, you will understand that staying 70% within limit and staying 95% within the limit is two different world. Race drivers gain their experience by push near or sometimes over the limit, which can't avoid resulting in spin and crashes, however they are able to learn from those mistakes simply because they live through these. I know that you does benefit some way driving fast on street and paying attention to your car's dynamics, but compare to the level of understanding and car control the race driver has it is a tip of an iceberg, and I personally knowing quite some individuals on both end of the car scene my experience tells me that those who actually learn their skill from a race track is miles ahead of those who does it on street, because they have the proper equipment and hence have the consistency in understanding both their and their car's capability, and most importantly - they accept the fact that there are situation that no human can save and has respect to the danger of driving, such humbleness and guts to decline the urge of being a hero and "greatest driver on the road" is something most road wannabies are lacking, and no matter how good your skill is you can't make up for that mentality.

I talk about the limits, to indicate that drive fast at autobahn for mi don't have sense , i see people crossing autobahn from left to right a more than 160km/h between trucks and other cars, this type of driving is crazy.

the first we have to have is respect with other drivers.

I agree, me sense about limit of me or my car isn't comparable with a race driver but... i love drive roads.

I am Currently programming a software for gps , that i can rec a path , and the idea is when i pass the next time for the same path ... it chronometer my time ... :P yes illepall

This two awards let the other sims like a university degree final project,
congratulations devs, i sense lfs have the best physics engine since i drive first time S1, and S2 change is impresive..

uff i cant wait for aerodynamic patch

With any doubt , the best immersive environment.
and more impressive if you help it with playseat and a projector. :P
i am thinking .. a 3d glasses(with gyroscope) but anyones knows if Lfs support stereo 3D ?

Hello,

My version: I love cars , before i can remember, and i love drive, and drive fast sometimes(most times i go alone), but the first thing i know is a am a bad driver, include inside lfs, the less gap with a arreche wr(my reference) is 2,5 seconds.

In Real Life:

When i drive fast on a road ( i think is veeery bored and nosense drive fast in a autobahn , anyone can drive fast there, very strange a drive faster than 140 - 150 km/h ( limit 120 km/h) , here in spain if a speed camera take you a photo a more than 180km/h , you can lost your driving licence.).

I love take hard roads with close turns and try go fast, always on mi side , and not disturbing and no put other drivers in danger, always try to keep a reserve of grip (the grip an average driver can know).

Sometime i try a manouver like lfs , and ROOCKS!! is like XFG (i usually drive an alfa romeo 147 1.6 120 bhp ) i have VDC(ESP like electronic device) and i can say that do a lot, i know when it actuate. , but i know some people here in my country that they thinks is because he knows drive very well..¬¬'.

When you bring your laptop to work, like your work friend , and play 4 hours with mouse and keys in multiplayer XD (real i do it XDD)

When you start to build your cockpit , mmm buy a playseat ...

When you has got more than 2 wheels . XD

When you think to build your our pedals/shifter.

When is impossible when drive your every days car, go slowly.

When try to do things in real life like lfs to validate Scawen Phisics engine illepall, and yeees !! and you smile.

When you have your 1st gear engaged and your left foot waiting green light, while with right foot you warm your engine ,from the first time you arrive at the traffic light line.

When Mondays (Lfs - Spain League race day (every week) ) , any friend calls you because is your race day and they know that you can go out because you need to warm up and find pit stop strategic for the race.

Quote from geeman1 :

LFS already has tyre warmers. Notice how when you start race, come out of pits or change new tires in the pits the tires are already warm. Without tyre warmers the tyres would be at air temperature. Sure the tyres aren't at the green temperatures, but it's that way in real life too. You don't want the tyres to be at optimal warmth at start of race because then the "good" temperatures would go past too quickly. It's better have them little colder at start so you also get to use "good" temperatures when the tyre is just starting to approach the optimal temperature.

I agree, LFS already has tire warmers, try left game running without run , yesterday i do this and when i look at wheels temp it was les than 40 degrees in a very dark blue, near black.

Is the best tyre model in a car simulator ,far more than thousand light-years, to any sim you can compare.

and wait , when mechanicals damages , clutch , and brake fading .....

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