I have the same wheel, it happens from time to time to every wheel though, Im pretty sure. Go to Options\Controls, then click the Axes\FF button. In here you'll find a button to "Recalibrate Axes". Once you have done this click the Calibration Lock button to stop this happen so often.

Quote from deggis :

Lotus Cortinas @ Crystal Palace vid from the 60's, awesome sliding

Sweet vid, ty

Quote from seinfeld :

this is my experiance also, if ur racing and no one has pitted thats when u get kicked, if someone regularly pits or connects its fine

Interesting, this would be worth following up. Its the only "constant" thing I can see with this problem.

What about others with the same connection problems, do you get this also?

Im actually very surprised no one has set up some kind of a semi/permanent Slick Mod Server. I love the road cars (and their tyres), but some of them are really fun with slicks, LX's being perfect examples. Come to think of it, all the road cars with slicks are a blast, FXO, RA etc


ty for the videos.

I also have this problem from time to time on some servers. My connection bar starts to go into the red, it keeps rising slowly until i get disconnected. But some times it will just go back down and noprobs (as some one else metioned).

Oddly, I have noticed that the "red bar" will drop back to green when another player on the server does somthing e.g. Pit-in, Pit-out, join spectators, join the race etc.

So, why does the Bar reset itself when a racer is doing somthing to do with entering/leaving the race/server? Has anyone else noticed this?

Also, I dont get lag when the bar is rising, nor do i ever get complaints about my car lagging to other drivers, when the bar is rising/timming out.

Quote from obzelite :

you'll see S3 when the money generated from S2 runs out.

Ouch! A tad Cynical, This ain't EA Games ya know

As well for drifting, I'd say these tracks would be good Kart tracks for the MRT.

Nice work

Judas Priest - Breakin' the Law, Breakin' the Law

I also love these cars. RA can be so much fun and imo is the best sounding car in the game. I drove it on one of the SO tracks recently and it was a real suprise. I thought the bumps would be a real kill joy, instead it was one of the most excting combos ive driven in S2.

Hope to see more servers with these cars soon, lets not forget about the TBO class either, needs some love .

Happy Christmas you guys n' gals from Ireland

Quote from Dethred :

Great review, its refreshing to know there is at least one other person in this community willing to say what needs to be said. Its no wonder the game is seemingly off track considering there is so little constructive criticism, maybe its Scawen's inherent hostility towards criticism that stops people.

Im starting to find comments like this quite annoying. I really appreciate everything we have been given in S2 Alpha and Im very happy with the rate that we get progress reports on. Im sure Scawen and the boys are aware that the comments of the above poster, and the recent other moan/demand posts are a very small minority of people, Im sure.
Just wanted to re-enforce the fact that, im sure, there are way more people (infrequent posters like myself included) happy with what we have been given and the development process in general.

Again, thank you Scawen, Victor and Eric for an amazing Sim.

Do you have Verticle Sync enabled in LFS?

This gave me strange gfx problems over time when I had it switched on.

Yes, I really like this little addon. Its very configurable and works well enough to be used without a H plate (once its set up properly).

cheers to the guy who made this. I didnt even know it was available because there was nothing on this forum about it ('till now), and id stopped reading the old RSC forums.

Some good points.
However, I am very happy with the GFX in LFS S2. With a resolution of 1600x1200 @85hz /32bit, full AA, full AF, all gfx options at max and Kegety's Smoke Mod, S2 is a thing of beauty. I am suprised to hear that Eric feels a bit embarrased about the quality of them.

I believe improved sound would add to the imertion factor way, way more than updated GFX.

Looks fun

Ill be sure to drop in if I spot the server

All in good time, im still very happy with S2 alpha

Great sounds though hoax or not. I have to admit, really good sound will at least double my enjoyment of LFS....would be the icing on the cake

.... are you guys for real?

He's is talking about when the race is over right?

Its not some thing i do often, mostly i only do it if some one rams me on purpose after a race, just messing about. I dont purposely try to take people out after a race (as i said earlier, they may be trying to warm up before the next race). I also really dont care when other people do it to me, as long as im not warming up.

sheesh..whats the point in having a damage engine if you never get to see the cars wrecked... (joking)


I just dont see whats so bad about someone smashing into a parked car after a race.

If it really, really annoys a lot of people i would make a point not to do it. But I find it kind of odd that such a big fuss is being made about it..

Edit: thanks for the backup Theafro, i was feeling a bit out in the cold. I guess LFS is not for the "Light Hearted" lol

Last edited by DratsaB, Wed, 16 Nov 2005 03:57.

Banning some one for crashing into you after the race is over? Thats a bit harsh if you ask me. Theres no problem in crashing into other people after a race is over, it can be quite fun actualy.
I wouldnt ram some one who looked like they where driving proper laps (they might have just joined and be warming up for next race), but you say you were parked, so you were fair game

Its just bad luck your wheel may have suffered problems from the violent forces. Perhaps turn down the FFB?

I use the MSSWFFB pedals (for power and brake) and the pedals from and old crappy PS2 wheel for a clutch.

Is there a list of Ports that should be open on your router for a Client of LFS?
Or should ports be opened only if hosting a server? (im guessing this wouldnt be a problem, as i would expect it to not work at all if it was a ports problem, not intermitentaly/after a period of time, but i may be wrong.)

Also, where does LFS get its connection settings? Like how fast your connection is etc. The only place I have seen Connection options is in the "Hosting" section.


on a side note :-Yesterday, I managed to have several races (on different servers) without any problems, first time in a long while that has happend.

I was going to make a post about this. Im having similar problems. For no apparent reason about 2-3 months ago I started getting disconects, or every car lagging (with my connection "bar" rising slowly) somtimes it goes away somtimes it doesnt and i get disconected. I have changed OS's recently (from Win2K to XP64) and still have this problem. I have also changed firewalls and virus checkers with the OS change.

Another strange thing is the fact that i can usually race for about 30-40 minutes with no problems then it just starts happening, and continues to do so on most servers i join from then on. If i get a timeout/disconected from a server, the Master Server list takes longer to respond than normal, and all pings are slightly higher.

It definetly seems to happen on servers with more people on (about 10+), but I have had it happen on servers with only 2 or 3 people on also. It also seems to happen regardless of having a good constant ping to the server.

Finally, when this was happeing to me yestarday (every car lagging to me and my Connection bar timming out) ) I was asking some people on the server about it and they said that they could see my car fine and that all the Connection bars looked normal.

I am using S2 P2.

Sorry for all the info, but this is really starting to get to me and ruining my enjoyment of LFS. Im also finding it very hard to trouble-shoot.

damn, that looks hard-core SladiVadi, id love a shifter.

sounds good, dont forget to bring a camera (video/pics) for us over-seas people

I can drive with or with out pitspotter just fine. And it has never caused me to have a crash due to it being inaccurate.

You dont rely just on pit spotter and switch off mirrors if you your using it, thats a bit mad if you ask me (no offence ) . Its a useful tool, more so on some servers than others (eg Kyoto Ring -FO8s).

I dont see why anyone should have a problem with it, or consider it an unfair aid. As far as im concerned, with the amount of accidents happening online, due to lag, new drivers or whatever, anything that helps stop silly accidents (or help me keep my distance from some dangerous erratic driver) is more than welcome.

I would consider the Help options included in the game or the ability to use External/NonCockpit Views while racing (all of which I have turned off) to be more exploitative than this mod

Last edited by DratsaB, Mon, 31 Oct 2005 01:56. Reason : Rewording

Quote from xaotik :

Try the pitspotter app.

Yes, this is one of the most basic yet most practical mods for LFS, Everyone should be using this. It has saved me from many an accident and it is totaly dependable, when it says "Clear" you can guarentee its safe.