Hmm ahead of schedule, good work!
Czech language seems O.K.

Last edited by Chaos, Thu 13 Oct 2005, 16:46.

I say it would be best if the hotlap session started in the pits... You always have to warmup your tires and one lap is just enough...

Quote from spookthehamster :

What an amazing idea! Now only if there was a track like that in real life, which we could pay to drive our own cars around...

such track exists, and you can drive on it with you car... it's a kind of toll road now...
Nurburgring Nordschleife 13 miles, 73 bends

Last edited by Chaos, Tue 11 Oct 2005, 20:01.

the inbalance of TBO class is there since S1... I love RWD and I think I'm pretty fast with it, but what I can't stand is that someone who is less skilled than me, takes a car that is easier to drive (FXO) and is even faster GTT and beats the hell out of me... I cried for equality in this class long ago and still cry

I would make it the other way around: Harder car to drive > better times
Why should the easy car be also the fastest? I just can't understand this...

Quote from Vain :

I wouldn't like to see new cars, but I'd like to see the different cars in each class (for example RB4 and XRT) more equal in performance.
Every car should still have it's small advantage, but in a league over all tracks they should be quite equal.
That way we wouldn't always race with a complete field of the same cars, but have a mixture of the cars in one class. The only class where this is already possible is the FZR-class.

Vain

This is very, very hard to do. I would say almost impossible. It pretty much depends on the choice of tracks in the league. Should the tracks be fast with sweeping corners then one car would have the advantage over another car which is good on slow and twisty tracks. There is one way - to have different car bodies (like skins).
You say that we have this in the GTR class. I don't agree... The FXR can't compete with the other two... The only class where I see this is the LX6 / RAC / FZ50 and only on some tracks...

Quote from farcar :

If you're a good person and want to do a good deed, jump on, have a spectate and HUNT the bastards!

maybe someone could start WHT "Wrecker Hunting Team"

Thanks Orion

here a picture of all who were there: link

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Heh. Looking at the nerds' reactions in this thread, presumably the nerds on the podium were practically wetting themselves at the prospect of standing in the general vicinity of an actual woman.

Well I think they were nervous because they didn't await this... There were about 1000 spectators (+the whole paddock) who heard the announcer say their names and then they were standing there while the national anthem was played... I saw at least 2 video cameras in the hands of LFS guys, so I think a video will come shortly

Quote from Frankmd :

So you got the kisses for winning a few LFS races?

well I'm the organizer behind all this, so no kisses for me :/
but I know the girls are used to it and if the guys did take their chances I 'm pretty sure they would succeed

In the news on LFS News.
I'm glad that I was able to get permission from the general director of the Most racetrack, to make the prizegiving ceremony on the podium. I think the guys were pretty much surprised, when they got "the full real-racers menu"
The next Czech League will take place in wintertime, so the prizegiving will not be on the racetrack (altho it's not a problem for me, but I think the girls would not like the cold ), but I'm pretty confindent that I will manage to do it this way the next year during the race season.

The first available photogallery...

I haven't seen the "multiplayer speedup option" mentioned... I think it's in the same menu as dynamic LOD. With the "multiplayer speedup option" set on "on" a slider pops up where you can set the distance from your car, where the other cars show up... This helps a lot at the start if you set it a low value, you will only see perhaps 4 cars infront of you = more FPS... I use this a lot when reviewing league replays because it allows me to FF the replay 32x ...

Quote from biggie :

One more thing you need to be aware of is the manner in which your car accelerates after the apex. You could be flooring throttle very early but not getting the best top speed at the straight because you simply didn't take the smoothest line of the least resistance for the tires.
Figuring out the IDEAL line is a very subtle business but just so fun

I have a certain method of judging how well I've exited a corner. On most tracks I have chosen some spots (posts, trees, boards, bumps etc.) at which I keep controlling the speedo to tell from the speed how well I've been doing up to this point. This can be really helpful in understanding where you've lost or gained time.

Imo, there's one more (if not the most important) factor for being able to push a car to the limit in LFS. It's sound.
You can tell from the amount of tire squealing how hard you're pushing or if you've just locked/spun your wheels. I personally couldn't ever drive without audio feedback from the car. It is really essential for being able to predict what the car is doing (and thus anticipating a necessary countersteer or drop in throttle).

I couldn't have said it better. That's exactly how I drive. I have told to many newbie drivers that they have to learn to listen to their car, that the limit is when the tyres squeal, but only a little.

Hello,

Could someone please borrow me an S1 server for tonight (19:30-22:30). (S2 server with S1 content (one line in the .cfg file)... I run a cup for S1 license holders, where the first prize is an upgrade voucher... I don't need the admin pass, only "/select yes" and the password can be whatever, but "vcup" would be nice ;-)

Thanks!

Quote from GeForz :

You mean skinable by the server and on join you would download the jpg files? Like the motd in other games?

exactly, sorry that the 1st post is unclear...

It would be good if some of the boards around the track would be skinable. It would be a great tool to attract sponsors to various leagues and cups...

Well I guess I'm lucky, because my very close friend (a girl and if things go fine, a girlfriend), has like me, petrol in her veins. So I don't have this problem now.

But before that, I ran into trouble like you on several occasions... Some just could not understand that it's a sport much like any other... Some guys play football, I play LFS, I said... But the common reply was: But that is on a computer... And I could not explain that it is pretty much the same... They have a football match for 2x 45mins and sweat like hell, and I have a 2 hours race and sweat also.

I was always for a geek, when I said that you could sweat from playing computer games... But I've always let them have their "truth" and left them in their ignorance...

Last edited by Chaos, Sun 11 Sep 2005, 15:00.

I think that if Scawen would make the tyre grip a bit more weight sensitive, it would make LFS feel more natural (ie. FWD vs RWD standing start, it would lower the oversteering in RWD cars (which i don't see as a prob, but some people do..))
and to make races more competetive, lower the amount of downforce loss, when slipstreaming someone... The GTR cars are pretty close to DTM cars (aero vise)and I have seen the DTM cars going bumper to bumper around the whole track. This is impossible in LFS with the GTR cars.
I really like the races in non aero cars more, because it is possible to hang on the bumper of your rival...

Your thoughts on this?

Quote from XCNuse :

specs wise im not sure though

even the specs are pretty close... give or take 1-5 HP and 1-5kgs ...

Quote from tristancliffe :

We have best and current displayed already. And the times ahead and behind are also already shown? So....

And 2-4 splits a lap is enough... IRL they mostly have only the finish line time... Only in top motorsports, there are more splits...

Please have a look at this replay from the Actual Linux Summer Cup and tell me how would you rank the 7th and 8th place? According to LFS Jarda(cz) was 7th, but if you look at the "finish photo" Loukota is 7th...

I say the positions are according to LFS wheter you like it or not...

To find fellow countrymen online, Victor please make a "by country" filter for this page.

I tried to find a way, but I didn't succeed... Have I missed it? Except adding all of them into Live Alert, but that is not much elegant...

A 'stoney' improvement idea on which we came yesterday::banana_ra

Should someone lag out, the car shoud not dissapear, but stay, with all inputs frozen on the state the lag occured, making a spectacular crash.


But thinking about it today, I came to the conclusion, that its not that good, sice someone lags from time to time, and this would bring more crashes... But if it would work with "fatal" lags only, then it would be a good additon IRL the cars don't vanish either...

Anyway, just a funny idea and I thought I'll share it

Last edited by Chaos, Thu 25 Aug 2005, 13:07.

Just imagine LFS's speedometer is GPS based

They have paid to use the S1 content, but they can't use the main part of LFS, the multiplayer. There are S2 servers with S1 content only, why can't they join and use the content they paid for??

Quote from Ferrari LFS :

S2 is only a £12 upgrade... the game/sim is well worth it!

you are forgeting the newcomers who have to pay £24.. and for some of them its too much to pay at once...
but with S1 license only, there is no multiplayer... check S1 servers nowadays...