Maybe the Blackwood fog and revised dashboards are the actual update for today?

What have the update times have been so far?

Quote from Sk0rp :

I just think, that the pic should show us the new FOG feature of the game.
Would met the statement:"better waste a minute in life, than life in a minute".
Fog=dangerous

If we do get heavy fog, maybe using it will mean lower track temperatures, and therefore lower grip?

The forum has become so slow from the load it feels like we're back on RSC! >_<

Quote from Madman_CZ :

would the fox and fo8 really have lights tho? bit unrealistic to have lights on single seaters

Single seaters (F1 at least) do have lights on the REAR, so that other drivers can see them in rain/fog.

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The fog looks like rain i mean you can see actual raindrops.

I don't see any raindrops.

Can anyone read the sidewall name on the FOX image??
http://www.liveforspeed.net/pa ... es/aprilupdate/dialsB.jpg

Quote from Vain :

1. Yay, we've got fog!
2. The FO8 is the only car tha get's around that time through BW.

Vain

However, many of the cars can manage close to a minute on the rallycross configs.

Quote from Madman_CZ :

lol nice car there..... i am now expecting the patch monday!

Don't they usually release the server software first?

I wonder how much the front page traffic spikes in the last few minutes before an update.

So it's about 11 hours until the next update...

Quote from Shotglass :

i think theyll have more grip at low speed so the tyres wont spin anymore on those low powered fwds

Say what? The FWD tires will definitely still spin if you redline and drop the clutch. The question isn't if they will spin but what happens when they DO spin. Fast starts like now or slower acceleration.

There's more to life than WRs and hotlaps anyway. :P

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

Rappa, given the amount of time you spend on these forums don't you think you've got enough invested in the game to buy a copy already?

It looks like he did.

The update talks about fixes for situations where there should be more grip, but not sutiations where there should be less grip. Are the FWD cars still going to get fast race starts when they spin the tires?

Tyre aerodynamics!

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If we ever do get a full undertray aero model, then given the current track meshes and configs which high-speed corners would become the most suceptible to bottoming out in a dangerous manner?

The bars do look a significantly thinner. Compare the two sets against their mountings on the car. Unfortunately it appears the bottom pair is still hanging off the air. Can anyone check for changes to the FXR model? Hmm, does the skin look like it could be more than 1024x768?

April 11: Day 11.

With all the Netkar Pro news going around in the past few weeks, maybe the surprise is a Formula XR with the wings&undertray taken off, skinny tires put on and sidepods squashed to make a pseudo-Formula Ford?

Those getting knocking, try changing tires.

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go to track, in the setup, section TIRES, change the tires with MOUNT FRONT / MOUNT REAR...

Quote from tristancliffe :

People want rain, but they sulk if wind is used? I think all servers should have wind enabled personally. Once people can cope with that THEN they can ask for more variable weather...

I agree. As much as I want it, I don't see it being used much outside of leagues and drift servers(to lessen grip and keep the tires cooler). With rain it'll be the same situation as when people are too focused on their hotlaps and pbs to allow wind. Even some leagues now don't like using wind.

Is this only enabled for the driving views? It works great in cockpit view, but it doesn't seem to reduce details when spectating crowded scenes with the TV camera. The difference is especially noticeable in KY oval.

Quote from Hyperactive :

I just noticed this thing. Open the "LFS Racers database" and look at the "additional search options". What is that "experience" thing? I tried to search myself but didn't find anything (tried all the "experience ranks". What is that (experience)???

I guess it has been there before...?

In single player, there's a place where you can set your difficulty level from Newbie to Pro. The main difference is in how many credits you get for winning a race(More for Pro). Since no one in the racers database has a rank yet, it must be new on LFSWorld. Maybe it'll be a profile option for players to rank themselves according to how experienced they feel they are?

SMS Alerts? I can take them or leave them. I would have rather had the web alerts integrated into LFS so if a friend goes online when I'm in the middle of a race I can get in-game notification. Driving and mobile phones are a bad combination on real roads and on virtual roads as well!

So we know there's a surprise set for April. Maybe a patch, maybe an announcement, maybe a progress report, maybe something else entirely.

Since we don't know exactly when it's due it's impossible to do a countdown. Therefore, let's do a count UP, starting April 1st!

March 31: Day Zero.

I bet 10 credits the surprise is an LFSWorld improvement or the announcement of one.