Quote from Gekkibi :

I reinstalled windows and now it works. Mysterious are the ways of Bill Gates...

I don't know if I am too stupid or something, but I don't find a way to disable digital speedometer and 0..100 acceleration message. Only thing I need is that talking guy (Helps alot when using one monitor and 90 FOV). Do I have to compile it again to disable all other options? If yes, could someone do it for me, as I don't have a compiler software for windows, and don't want to install ANYTHING on this computer (Only additional softwares installed are related to LFS. )

Edit: I think I found a bug. It changes outgauge port to 28999 after I connect to an online server (Works offline,'tho). If I configure gi.exe (outgauge program) to port 28999 and restart LFSrelax, it gives me bunch of errors (Multiple software using the same port). Or am I so dumb that I have missed something critical..?

You can use this nifty little program to modify the config file! Just place it in the LFSRelax/Bin folder and run it. Pretty nice.

Quote from Ball Bearing Turbo :

(...) But thankfully every dialect of every language ever invented since human speech first occurred can share that experience!

Personally I think the Asian translations were a great idea. If LFS is to be able to keep growing, they need as large a user base as possible. Since the % of the population that are interested in a serious driving sim is naturally low, that means the devs have to try to reach out to everyone. And Asia is a huge (and growing) market for computer games. So in the long run, the translations might generate the income which will fuel future expansions.

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I agree on the suggestion to try using the H-shifter, and also 720 degrees of rotation (if you're not doing that already). Adds a LOT to the experience. In addition, it might be worth trying out FreeTrack or similar software for head tracking. I've tried it, and I can tell you it will most definitely take some practice getting used to it. Certainly a challenge!

Quote from Boris Lozac :

I sure hope so, but i think that it's been said that HL's are dependant on the cokcpits unfortunately

I never understood why people are so over the moon about new cockpits. Isn't it just a graphical update of the interior of the cars? There are plenty of user-made nice ones already.. am I missing something?

Anyway, I think driving weird combos, learning cars you never liked (RAC seems to be commonly mentioned) or having a go at drifting might be a good idea.

What if you in quick succession engage/disengage/engage etc the handbrake? Wouldn't that be kind of like "pump braking", meaning you'd get some braking done before/after the wheels lock up? (Dynamic friction > static friction..) Never tried it though..

So.. does this work now?

Quote from HVS5b :

There was a group of MHR sets released by Csimpok, one of which was an RAC set. I've been using this as a base then tweaking it for the different tracks. It's a fast and stable set, worth trying to find it

Ah, it's ok, here it is http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=37043

Nice, thank you!

Quote from Christopher Raemisch :

You're all missing out on a fantastic opportunity! The last winners of the International ETM series won a trip to watch the monaco GP for the weekend with Hotel! There was also some Wii's that were given away Last season, who knows what happens for this season =)

Sadly the dates coincide with the ones of the Belgium Sim Racing league, where I'm racing. Otherwise I'd definitely try to join this, or at least have a go and see if I'd be able to compete. But I guess you can't have it all.

Quote from March Hare :

A way to add to your own predictability in the eyes of the other racers is:
using the turn signals or indicators to tell them of your intentions.

The only problem is that they are interpreted differently by different people.

I asked this once somewhere and mostly people regard that you indicate to the direction you want to go. But atleast the Germans indicate to where they want the other driver go.

How do I map the signals to buttons on my wheel? I haven't figured that out.. I'd like to know either way.

Tonight there were more than 1700 racers online! And, what's more, more than half of them were licenced racers!



Unless my memory serves me wrong, didn't the fraction of demo racers use to be higher than this prior to patch y? Seems to be around half and half on good days. Are we seeing a positive trend both in terms of total number of racers and the amount of licenced users?

Quote from JO53PHS :

I found a video on Youtube for you: Banger Racing...

Ouch.. who in their right mind would ever volunteer to compete in a race like that? Some of those crashes looked pretty seriuos..

Therefore I think the best definition of bangers would be "crazy people who are in dire need of money/attention".

I got one today from Taper (who in turn got it from Pallu from what I gathered). Thanks again! I hope it's OK that I share here too, because it's definitely the best set I've found so far. I think I'll stick with this one!

Here it is.

Thanks! I'll play around with it and see what comes out of it.

Quote from Michael Denham :

Yeah, it's been fantastic in the last week I've been on it. Lots of close LX6 racing, I am pretty much racing only here now as it's my favourite group of cars and some great racers.

Dude, do you own a MX-5? My favourite car.. for some reason I really really want one. There's something about that car..!!

On topic: after getting my gold licence with the XRT I'd also like to have a go at the LFR class. More specifically I'd like to try the RAC -- it fascinates me. It was one of the first cars that I tried when I got LFS last autumn, but those sets were made for Patch X.

So: does anyone have any decent, stable RAC sets that I could try? (Yeah, I guess "stable" is a relative term when it comes to this car.. ) I've tried a couple, and for some reason some of them felt very weird. On one (that Mille Sabords gave me) I had to crank the FFB up to like 150% in order to feel anything at all. And there's not much to be found at setupfield.

I'd much appreciate it!

Sorry for the bump, but does anyone have any Patch Y compatible RAC setups? I'd like to use this car in CTRA, but so far I haven't found any good setups. Main priority is stability, not über-super-fast alien setups.

Thanks!

IMO antialiasing and anisotropic filtering are among the few of those "fancy effects" that actually improve gameplay, because they reveal information about the track that would otherwise be unclear. But this is already available by tinkering with your graphics driver outisde of LFS.

I join the ranks of congratulators!

Quote from Hyperactive :

There isn't a wheel that costs more than 2000£, or even close to that. Was that a typo?

And that BRD wheel has been "soon to be released" for years, has it finally been released? Or is you brother, moose, beta tester for them?

As to other wheels, there are few:
- Ecci, high quality, no FF
- VPP, high quality, poor driver support. Also the wheel is said to have the internals of some cheapo wheel
- Adventage1 non-FF atm. but an ff version is to be released sometime soonish
- Thomas enterprises, high quality, no FF
- then there is the frex wheel coming too

There really isn't any good ffb wheels in the price range between 300€ and 1000€.

My choise would probably be Ecci wheel, CST pedals and frex H-shifter... Combined price of 2000€+

Thanks for the list!

I know some of the full-motion simulators come with special FFB wheels included. The reason I wrote 2000£ max was to not include the full simulators.

The not-yet-released FREX wheel does look very promising indeed from what I've seen of it. I wonder what the price tag will be on that one.. I imagine it will be quite astronomical, especially with the hydraulic pedals too.

Why not upgrade to Patch Y? This smells funny..

Quote from The Moose :

This is my brothers. I'm jealous Feels bloody great.

Waah! That looks awesome.

Kind of off topic, but here we go: what is the next "step up" from G25/911? Is there any retail wheels in the [250,2000]£ price range? Not that I could ever afford one, but I'd like to know.

Sorry for sounding like an ass, but what exactly does the mod do? Is it simply a way of attaching a different wheel to the old wheel mechanism? Or does it also change the FFB and general wheel behaviour?

I don't know the consumer rights in your country, but in Norway you're not supposed to pay for shipping or anything as long as you have the receit or warranty for the purchase. If I were you I'd check that out and give the retailer (not Logitech, but the store you bought it at) a call and explain the situation.

I got it to work! The LED reading lamp from my brother did the trick. And I definitely understand what you mean.. it will take a long time to get used to. It gets hard to figure out where your car is pointing when you're not looking straight ahead, since in a simulator you don't feel the forces on your body.

I'll play around with it and see. At any rate it's a pretty impressive little thing.

Why would you like to avoid buying it online? I don't know how the consumer rights are in the UK, but I'd imagine it's just as "safe" as buying it from a store. (as long as you're using a UK registered webstore) I think you'll have trouble finding it that cheap in a regular store, although what do I know -- you could get lucky.

Whichever way you end up buying it -- you won't regret it!

Glad you found it useful! As you say, the good thing is that it's easy to adjust it as you progress. I think I learnt quite a lot about which parameters affect speed/handling through this method.

Yep, there's been some really good racing on that server the last couple of nights. I'll be there tonight too! Hope the trend continues! Come, come!!