I thought I heard Scawen saying something like "the fastest way to drive is with a manual clutch and letting off the gas slightly between shifts" in the video. Did anyone else catch that?

I guess you want to encourage guys with clutch pedals, or at least not hinder them. I just hope the unwashed masses like me with DFPs can still use auto clutch (now with throttle cut on so as not to fry the thing) without slowing us down too much.

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Yep it's not that big a thing I think half a second from not lifting is way to optimistic.



There are no limiters in the LFS cars, they do rev right into the redline when flat upshifting for this reason I always lift slightly in a long race and it does make a (small) engine damage in most cars, matters much more in XRR and LXs IIRC.

I finished a GTR league not long ago that had 1 hour long races. I had throttle cut off in my FZR and never had a problem. I do look forward to the day when engine/clutch damage is modeled to the point where I can't do that.

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Ahemmm, cough, cough.......

Ahemmm...

Hmm, why are there skid marks under Stu's car...

Darn kids!

Uh oh, now I have to back up my assertion that I'm more competitive in road cars than I am in race cars.

Now if I can only find the downforce slider for my XRG...

I wanted to try to get a feeling for what elements people look for in endurance leagues in LFS. If you feel so inclined, please provide feedback on the following questions.

race length: 1-3 hours or 3+ hours
car classes: mixed or single class
start procedure: rolling or standing
full course yellows w/safety car: yes or no
car types: road or race
qualifying: single lap or timed session
car skins: required elements (standard number tags/visor) or whatever you want to do
points system: every position gets some points or only the top x positions get points

I'm looking for general answers rather than specific. I don't want "XRTs for 300 laps at Aston Club with high winds", just a general idea of what elements LFS racers want in an endurance series. If there's some other element that's important to you that I forgot, please feel free to mention it.

Thanks in advance for your input.

As much as the devs interact with the community (which is almost unheard of), I don't think they're going to read a thread and decide to change what they're working on or move up a deadline to get a feature out the door.

Like most people, I played the demo, saw what else I could get if I bought a license, thought is was worth the money, and bought it. I still think it was worth the money. Any new content or updates from the time of purchase is a bonus as far as I'm concerned.

Sure there are lots of thing I'd like to see added. They've already been suggested in the "improvement suggestions" thread, so I keep quiet.

Congrats on the job, Bob. That's a dream for many of us PC racers who work in IT.

Now you have to push them to make a decent dirt oval game. Just tell them it's like drifting, only more manly.

Great video and great racing! Very dicey in the midpack.

I was going to recommend that the STCC have special bump and jump broadcast to promote that part of CTRA, but it looks like you just did!

Keep up the good work and where can I pre-order my DVD?

My video debut and it's footage of me getting spun out in the KY Nat Oval section! Ah well, they say that all publicity is good publicity...

Nice video though!

<shameless plug>
Last night in particular was league night for LOTA (League of the Americas) www.lfs-lota.net. There were ~35 racers on 2 servers - GTRs at FE4R - scary!

It's a very well run league and has gotten more popular recently, with drivers from Columbia, Mexico, Canada, and the US. There's also a Monday night MRT league.
</shameless plug>

I agree that it's tough to find pickup races during evenings in the US. Usually if you join CTRA race 1 or bump and jump, you'll attract a small crowd within a few minutes.

On the subject of DVDs... I'd pay at least $20 plus shipping for one. I'd imagine many other LFS racers would too.

Keep up the great work!

One of my favorite tributes (in RL) I've seen is the "missing man" formation. When a racer or someone close to a given racing series dies, the formation and parade laps before the start are done with the pole position open.

Of course LFS doesn't have formation laps, so I guess that's out.

One thing that would encourage me to join CD4 would be if there was a track rotation. It doesn't have to be every two hours, maybe just once a day or every few days. I thought track changing was going to be part of the plan for CD2 and CD4.

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I like a little track variety every once in a while.

BTW, you can take false starts off the list since they got added in X.

Just wanted to say thanks for running these servers and implementing the license system. I think I'm part of the quiet majority who enjoy close racing on a full server (esp. with mini-GTRs!), even if it means an occasional bump or two.

As for the time limit thing... I assume you have to be under the stated times? I ask because I ran a 53:000 the other day on CD3. I'm sure once I sober up and become less simian-like, I'll knock at least .001 off that...

Not a nightmare, really, but scary at the time. When I went to my first Indy 500 in 2002, I slept in my Dad's van across the street from the track the night before the race. Nobody told me that they fire off a cannon at the track when the gates open (at 5 or 6 am, I forget).

So there's this gigantic BOOOOOOOOOOM at the crack of dawn, followed by lots of helicopters (the drivers and teams flying into the track, I later found out). Add a little post-9/11 jitters and heavy drinking the day/night before...

I always start off giving everyone plenty of room and respect. Over the course of a few races, you sometimes see a particular driver using the Braille method of passing. I'm not going to try to wreck him, or even nudge him, but I'm going to turn up my aggression a notch when racing that one guy.

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