Quote from Macfox :

The only thing obvious is the claim progress is being made. There's no substance to back that up

I think Scawen's character has substance, and I belive him when he says he's still developing the game. You're appear think he's deceiving the community by claiming to develop when he's actually sitting on his arse doing nothing. I don't believe this is the case.

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unless you are a beta tester or a secret dev, which we all highly doubt.

I'm not a tester or a secret anything. I've never claimed to be either, so I'm not sure what you (and everyone you claim to speak for) are dubious about.

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Eric is MIA on this forum.

He's not missing. He was never her in the first place, with one exception which someone will probably regurgitate shortly...

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Really?

Yep: bwahaha

Quote from DevilDare :

Is that Eddie Jordan in your avatar? .

Close, it's Elliot Goblet.
Perhaps the bastard child of Eddie Jordan and Gordon Freeman?

OT - I agree with the above post. People saying development has stopped are really accusing Scawen of being a liar, and deceiving the community, presumably to make a buck for nothing.

This something I strongly believe is not true, and is no doubt pretty offensive.

Quote from obzelite :

bwahaha, i love the assumption that work is actually being done.

Actually, it's very obvious that work is actually being done (just, slowly). The 'bwahaha' is on you here.

Quote from obzelite :

my daughter wasnt even crawling when it was announced, now she has her own little car she speeds around the house in, i'm sure i'll be buying her a real one before we see a release.

My daughter wasn't even born, and we've conceived a second child since the announcement (true!). All this means nought except that, it's taking a long time... Everyone already knew that, but thanks for reminding us again.

Quote from AtomAnt :

any advice if infected by it?

There's advise in the wiki article you linked.

Rather than respond with nonesense accusations, how about responding to my comment on perspective?

I agree that it's time the Devs updated the community, but keep some perspective.
There are no sheepstations at stake for you with this. It's just a game.
Don't be so agressive and demanding. You just come across as a bit of a wanker.

Quote from richo :

if your first point of contact with LFS was the official web site how could you not conclude that the sim essentially is over and out?

You're right, but it just means that most people who buy LFS hear about it through word of mouth and/or visiting the forums.
I'm sure it's cost them some sales though. It mustn't concern the dev(s) though, or they would have done something about it. Their call.

In terms of updating the community on development progress... yes it's time they did it.

Quote from fraghetti :

i am not even interested into the scirocco anymore. not because i would not care for the car, but lfs is for what i dont care anymore. for a few weeks after the release of the scirocco there would be lots of scirocco-only servers indeed. but after that it returns all again to the servers on which you have to play for months to race with higher class-cars and cruishiting . maybe if the devs can make the ai's as good as in gtr (2) i would play lfs again (offline ofc)
a demo-server filter would be great too

Many of us are looking forward to the physics changes rather than the Scirocco. At the moment, I'm happy enough driving offline occasionally. Just give the AI a headstart = funz.
You seem to have a shallow view of the game online too, but that's your loss.

Quote from Chaos :

the devs at first liked it, but then decided the time was not ripe for trucks to make it into LFS

I appreciate the info but I absolutely agree with the Devs, that trucks should not be introduced in to LFS. Both from a personal taste point of view, and a from a 'current state of development' point of view.

Good call from the Devs.

c*ntwithhisarseout

A bit out of context maybe, but an appropriate dr1ft0r name.

Just wanted to pitch in and say thanks to Lynce for this amazing enhancement to LFS.

A truly amazing effort.

Quote from Mustafur :

...the cars are 100% purpose built and have no Relevence at all to the models they replicate.

You could also describe a V8 Supercar in exactly the same way.

Quote from 5haz :

John Cleland shows you how to do it properly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM2YbjBUOy8
Nothing to do with the original topic, but it's Cleland again!

Quote from CodieMorgan :

...on our RCX project creating a arcade racing game based on the Rollcage Series.

Rollcage was awesome <queue fond memories of Psygnosis>
Good luck to you!

Quote from TigerClw :

If anything happens before the 20th October 2010 i will go and buy the game.

There have been plenty of updates since 2006 when your account was created.
None of those previous updates ever prompted you to buy a licence, but you would have us believe that this particular update will, BUT only if it is released before 20/10/2010.

I don't believe you for a second.

Quote from z-ro 8 :

And it's not that LFS is lacking an iRating, it's the fact that the users just don't give a rat's ass.
Too many players have no sense of pride, and take no responsibility for their actions.

To the contrary, I think that more people would take pride if there was a safety rating in LFS and I'd love to see one implemented.

In all, I think that if LFS had more structure (outside leagues that people set up themselves) that you'd find less destructive behaviour online.

The dickhead racers invariably hang out on pickup race servers because the races don't really mean anything to them. If the game had some structure, and each race had a meaning (contributed to rating for example), then I think a lot of them would be better behaved, and/or their behaviour would be less tolerated.

OT - this thread title is exaggerated and provocative, and should be changed. If there was a rot destroying LFS, then it is thread titles like this one!

Quote from So_VipeR_oS :

Just one thing id like to ask, why hasnt this been closed..all i can see is moaning and bitching about this, Its going to be done when its done end of - so why the need to carry on moaning. Then when the time comes it can either A- Be reopened for news or B- A lesson to all in a few years how childish you all sound moaning.

The mods have left this thread open as somewhere for people to bitch and moan, and for others to bitch and moan about the bitching and moaning, so that at least it's all in one place.

A sad but practical solution.

Quote from 5haz :

I've also heard talk of a new track being built nearby.

Unfortunately not the case to my knowledge.

Oran Park's closure leaves Eastern Creek as the only permanent racing circuit in Sydney.
A sign of the times I suppose.....

Quote from Macfox :

But there's a time fast approaching (probably now) where people are simply going to write LFS off move to bigger and better sims.

Slightly off topic perhaps, but where are these 'bigger and better sims' (note the plural) that everyone is leaving LFS for?

AFAIK - The only sim remotely in the same league as LFS is iRacing.

What are the other ones people keep referring to in these sweeping broad statements about the decay of the community?

Quote from bmwe30m3 :

The thing is that not everyone has 3 pedals, I use autoclutch just because i have 2 pedals

So you think you should have an advantage because of this?
The suggestion was just to take away your advantage, that's all...

Haven't used auto ckutch for ages, so I didn't realise there was a definite advantage.

+1

A340
Sorry for the large image, but it does the elegance of this aircraft some justuce,

Quote from Ger Roady :

Ok ,try this one. Go to statistics and then to show all posts. You will see that there wasn't month of silence.

That shows me that there was a bit more than 1 month of no posts.
3rd December - 10th January.

Quote from SparkyDave :

IMO LFS is not or ever has been delayed, thats just how/what LFS is

I see this statement as only a half truth. Sure, it's not 'delayed' as such because the Devs have never promised timeframes.
However it's a fact that development output has slowed a lot in the last couple of years. This is a different to the past when releases were more frequent, and not just 'how LFS is'.

I have big hopes for the next patch, but it will be LFS's last chance.
It needs to be a cracker, and things need to develop at a consistent pace from then on or I think it's doomed. It doesn't need to be developed fast, just faster than the last 2 so years.

Having said that, I disagree with the OP's point that the move towards realism is it's downfall. If anything, realism will be it's saviour.