:wtf2:

I recognise that track, its a Black Ops Map

Quote from Bose321 :

Ehr?

Title: LFS - Can FXO Drift? Logitech G27

Should of gone to Spec Savers

That is some driving there Sir

Please share those Tyres sounds and Turbo

Fordie

PS - What wheel and Stick shift is that?

Do we still play it....YES !!! Check my Sign up date and still here


Is it still popular....YES...Not as much but you can still find full servers and good combo's. Cargame.nl and my own server does random combo's to name a couple of S2 servers. You cannot even get Blackwood Rev on Demo.

Is it worth Buying....Of Course....Give me another Sim as good as LFS that is Value for Money for what is costs and the content you get

Regards
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Fordie

What an amazing nights racing tonight, was clean, fun, fast, and some truly awesome racing battles, how it used to be.

Even Sinbad and Jackolby came out of retirement, was so nice to see old familiar faces but new ones to, mixing it with the old boys, but also thanks to:

Troy, Rob, Eisbaer, Edward ,Gav,& Blackout also for making it a great night.

I hope more of you join soon

Fordie

Server is up. It's called Fordie's Clean Racers Club

To kick things off, we are Green REV with XFG and XRG ( as this combo generated a lot of interest in the past )

And to spice things up a little, 12 laps with pitstop, and please set to CHANGE TYRES ALWAYS

We dabbled with this last night, and it was good fun had by all.

Might see you there

Fordie

PS - This is not running Airio as not quiet ready yet, so is controlled manually.

Quote from ImudilaSkyline :

wat

When you report a post that has nothing to do with the topic, how long does it take to remove it? I reported it over 2hrs ago, and its still here, and yeah I agree, I actually said WTF?

Never mind there is always one smart a$$ that if he was any sharper, he would actually cut himself

Hi All,

Finally home, YAY!!!!. I am bringing the server up, but doing some testing with my coder friend Frozen, so it wont be open to the public, just while I finalise somethings.

@Sinbad I here ya about voting and cars / tracks. I will try and alternate pitstops, as some tracks you physically cannot pit any who

@rainspecialist - Time's and days are random as I work away a lot, and I don't want to open a permanent dedicated server as I would like a human admin always present. I will try and give as much notice as possible to when it will be running.

Cheers

Fordie

Hi Sinbad, will answer you first before P1lot.

Quote :

For me, regular track rotation using all the unusual configurations and no voting allowed. No Voting for What?
Never multi-class, and more often than not, just single-car. I don't mind some classes, but I'd still rather see a field full of Raceabouts than one of RAC/FZ5/LX6. Same goes for TBO. So just because a car falls in to a class, it doesn't mean you have to allow the entire class. But what about if they are equalised and a lot of people cannot drive just one car from the class, so this rules them out. Equalising with restrictions invites a lot of people in to one race, race to all?

Frequent short races, all cars except BF1, no quali or practice sessions, no pitstops (what's the point?), reverse and random grids. Pitstops, whats the point, it still makes me laugh people forget to do them. Ok so atm you can do a splash and dash, but I am hoping it will change. But at least with a pitstop, you have to think about something else then just gunning for the line

P1lot Your Turn LOL

Quote :

I've often though a good grid order would be based on fastest lap. Yep totally agree, but if the fastest are ALWAYS at the top then it becomes pointless for the other drivers that are trying to learn. Therefore if you join after race start, you can still do a few laps to get yourself up the grid. How can you do this, unless others drop out, or you are Uber fast and can lap quicker and unlap yourself. If people drop out, its not your fault, but you have gained from it?

Of course, I see you're wanting to reverse the grid. May be take another example from BTCC, reverse top 6 to 10 (random). I am looking in to a format, not saying what, but its not the top ten LOL

I have Ario running on this server now, so with a little help from my friend...Mr Frozen on getting it running and the restrictions, we might be able to implement all of this.

Again, cheers guys for your input, I really do appreciate it

Fordie

Quote from Myffe :

Everything goes except multiclass and TBO

But if it was an equal playing field with restrictions, surely that would make a difference

I am not ruling out GT cars, its just it is used a lot at the moment on various servers. The TBO / LFR are neglected class's and with the right restrictions, this can be a fantastic close race, that could come down to tactics.

Just thought of another thing that would be good, although it would require Scawen's input. When Pitstop FORCE change of at least one tyre. Now that would be a great "Free Addition"

Fordie

HI All,

Thanks for your comments and suggestions. A few of them I have already tried and tested and was a good success, see below:

FE Green REV with XFG+XRG+Pitstops
SO Various - Same cars + Pitstops ( where track allows )

I have tested the TBO+LRF cars with restrictions in place and pitstops, just need drivers. The FXO IS restricted to 3% before anybody says anything

Track rotation 3 - 5 races - Good one Like that.
Single Seaters, there is already a few servers doing this.
Same as GT Cars

I agree the XRT Needs a slight restriction when against the XFG ( Unless your an Alien XFG Driver )

I also have set Reverse Grid, so the fastest guys are now not always on the front row, but this is good, because if you are in the middle of the pack you can play tactics to set up for your next race

What I would like to look in to is adding Success Ballast up to a maximum of 45kg. (Yes straight out of the BTCC but it works) but I am no coding expert, and this would be hard to admin without trying to enjoy racing yourself.

FE Black was always a great track, when you have enough drivers, same as Westhill as P1lot mentioned. You hardly see them used now, and they was some of my most enjoyable times.

But thanks chaps really appreciate your input. All I want to do is provide a clean fun place to race, where everybody is competitive (I.e Classes not GTR vs LFR or Single Seaters vs TBO) Like Hoffman's Server used to be to name one.

I am working away this week, but will try and get it online on Friday Night. Usually its around 7pm

Thanks again Chaps

Fordie

Quote from the_angry_angel :

This. Pit stops are severely under utilised

Also, hai Fordie ^_^

I do usually add pit stops as mandatory as I think it adds thinking, not just driving, glad somebody agrees

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

I think the open config tracks are quite awful. I find that a lot of the time, people don't know them and end up creating an accident following what they think the track should be (not what it actually is).

If/when LFS adds support for a server to supply a custom PTH file with a open config (So that racing line and the track map works), I'll change my mind but as it stands now I think it's dangerous.

I actually agree with you here Daw. It's an accident waiting to happen imho

Tracks and Combo's that people know and quick pick up racing, throw in a pit stop sometimes, but like a Mucky D's or Subway, something you can grab on the go and enjoy LOL

Fordie

Evening All.

I have created a server that is not up all the time, I know, as I believe in having a human online to admin it. I have done the usual, S1 content and mixed a little S2 content. I have also had Airo coded for the TBO+LFR groups to race together and be competitive.

No offence to other server's, but what is the point of racing a FOX with a XRG or GTI? and there doesn't seem, to me, much track choice, so.....

So here is your chance to voice, what would u like to see on a competitive server?

Why am I doing this, well I am trying to get a little bit of "fun and enjoyment" back in to LFS while we wait for S3, we are all waiting I know, but why not use the content we have for the time being. There is still WAY more fun to have.

Up all time, yeah I know, wish I could be home every night but due to work, I cannot.

So what combo's would u like to see ( preferebly multi cars as adds more choice to drivers ) and not always Blackwood.

Let me know chaps, I am all ears.

Thanks for reading

Fordie

Quote from QuickSilver :

all these old 2003 people in here

Yep, our own thread for us oldies Walking sticks and Zimma frames provided at the enterence

We have been racing tonight, and i must admit, the Rb4 finished in the top 2 so go figure

Obviosuly it depended on tracks, but this was Aston Club

So there is potential there, and as people have said, it depends on driver experience and control, same as XFG and XRG on Blackwood I guess

Regards

Shaun

Quote from troy :

The degrading may be a problem in 40-60min+ racing but in short public races the fxo is clearly faster on any track you put it against the xrt. The 3% are accepted by the community for as long as I can remember, balancing still isn't perfect with this but it gives the xrt a fighting chance.

Without any restrictions even with the fxo's horrible start you can get around pretty much anybody in the 10-15min of racing on public servers. I wouldn't agree on the top speed argument though as far as I can remember they are pretty even top speed wise, it's the grunt out of corners that lets the xrt stand in the dust.

I would bet a lot of money on any skilled fxo driver beating an xrt driver with equal skill 4 out of 5 times if there is no restriction for the fxo. The rb4 is another matter entirely I'm not sure if you will ever be able to get it competitive on tracks with fast corners and long straights.

Thats what I am here to test Troy

Server's up chaps if anybody wants to try this out. Please use the following in your Setup's

FXO - Unrestricted
XRT - Unrestricted
RAC - +2kg and 23% Intake
LX6 - 25% Intake
FZ50 - 17% Intake

We can tweak it as we go along, but thought I would get this out on public as that's the only way to tell

Cheers

Shaun

I must admit, somebody posted above, about an info site. All four (Here, LFS.NET and LFSWORLD and master server) went down, guess hosted all in same place, and left he with no info.

Eddy678 did post me a link to Google page than announced it, but this was at 10pm at night, so maybe a backup site, plain HTML for info or maybe one of the Beta Testers could post something somewhere as they will have contact details from the Devs? Just an idea in case this becomes a regular event? I hope not

Fordie

Quote from Jazzka :

Problem with XRT and FXO is that FXO has way faster top speed
and it corners like it goes on rails.

More top speed than the RAC/LX6/FZ50 seriously? And i would love my FXO to corner like it's on rails. Tyres degrade quicker in the FXO than all the other cars, so what might start of strong, quickly becomes a problem.

If you limit the intake on the RAC etc and get it right, then the speed should be very similar, this is what I am trying to achieve

Fordie

There is a fault at the exchange so I have been told and engineers are onsite.

They said an SNR reset will be required and I explained I am on fibre, they said, oh ok LOL

Don't need an SNR on fibre, only ADSL HA HA..Estimated time, 10pm tonight

Shaun

Sorry guys, my fibre router just rebooted for no reason. I have just looked in, and its only running at 2mb when should be 20mb?

Give a moment to do some tests and contact BT. Hoepfully just needs a reboot

Shaun

pw sent

Anybody about in 30mins, for a little more testing, before I open my server for 7:30pm GMT?

Let me know

Thank you

Shaun
AKA Fordie

Quote from Sueycide_FD :

I like the idea, but if it did turn into a server, it would be dominated by aliens in lx6's still at south city, fe gold and other tracks with lots of turns and small straights.

Why would it be dominated by LX when they are all at the same speed And it would be all sorts of tracks, as I would choose them

Fordie