i remember suggesting this 2+ years ago, at RSC... and being given the :rolleyes: "it's been suggested before" treatment. I reckon i've seen it suggested 5 times since

If you can think of a way to poll for names, and then manage to get them into general use, good luck to ya!

I just gave up on the G25 shifter,,, i raced 6 laps w/UFR @ KY2R, sequential mode... (and still frikken lost!)

Quote from Goop :

They have the same amount of racers, but different variables

hi, still posting the options... it would be nice if you could get the options done before having to click submit. Gimme a min.

Pick-up race = non-league race, just for fun...

... so many servers unused.

I hope that this thread might give an idea to server admins what the general population is looking for, when it comes to pick-up races.

Server A has the combination you want to race, server B has the same combination. They have the same amount of racers, but different variables. What do you look for?

If you can think of any options I may have missed, please post 'em.

Last edited by Goop, Fri 1 Dec 2006, 12:17.

Quote from Gentlefoot :

I don't get what you mean - feedback. Please explain

I don't really, either My guess is that LFS lets me know more accurately (or perhaps faster, or more intuitively) that a wheel is about to break traction (for example) than, for instance, an ISI sim.

That's pretty wishy-washy, sorry... perhaps someone more technically-minded can explain it better. Also, bear in mind I've done a lot more miles in LFS than I have with any 'sampled-sound' sim (tho I did get right into GTL, briefly), so it's possible I've just become accustomed to generated sounds

Quote from Gentlefoot :

So can some of you guys explain what you don't like about sampled sound compared with generated sound?

It just doesn't seem to offer the feedback that realtime sound does Mind you, I'm very non-technical, so that's just my take. For me, it's a matter of feel.

Quote from nikimere :

u must be stupid. i have noticed a few stupid posts from you recently.

... and you have completely misunderstood the tongue-in-cheek nature of his post

oh... so, it's ok to call another user a name now? Or only demo users?

/self-righteous mode off

B0mberman, nice, but s2 is where it's at :up:

LFB in open wheelers, RFB with heel-toeing (G25) in tin-tops.

I'm experimenting with some left-foot braking in corners where there's no need to change gears, but so far not much success... shit I'm un-co with the heel-toeing caper

Fair enough. I'd just let him go on the straight.

I guess there are exceptions. For example, if I let him go, and he has a mishap ahead, then unless he gets right on my tail again, I certainly wouldn't be doing him any favours.

But ten laps with a blue flag message... my perception of courtesy aside, I reckon that might get just a little annoying, too

I think you would get a warning (maybe a voice warning from your pit crew ), and if you fail to comply quicksmart, the penalty would be imposed. Like mrodgers says, I think the blue-flag code would need to be refined tho.
Gotta say tho, if someone was close enough to me to trigger constant blue flags for 10 laps, I'd be letting him go

edit: by auto-enforced, do you mean your car would lose power, or something similar? If so, boo :P

Last edited by Goop, Tue 21 Nov 2006, 00:45.

perhaps Fordman meant, which, of the two, rate the highest. That is, do you want absolute, brutal realism (eg. touching the walls at the city equals a three-wheeled car), or are you content with realistic physics (otherwise, I doubt most of us would be here) with some liberties taken (eg. restarts, forgiving damage model, HUD and radar/map).

I voted realism :cyclops:

Last edited by Goop, Mon 20 Nov 2006, 11:02.

Tell her LFS stands for Live for Safety, Labour for Saintliness, or Love for Society... ah fork it, just go on a hunger strike

Last edited by Goop, Mon 20 Nov 2006, 10:17.

good point... I rarely even notice the 'yellow flag' tbh.

Maybe something 'bigger' is being worked on, but a temporary solution could be a time penalty added afyer the race for those that overtake under yellow.

request for MRTs at AS Cadet, or FO8s anywhere :wave2:

Quote from LRB_Aly :

Ok I´ve got a question, I flew over the whole thread, reading some posts but 44 pages are just too much.

So here´s the question: I´m thinking to buy a G25, but I´m not certain if I shall wait or if I should buy right now. So I´d like to have the opinion of G25 owners, is it good as it is now or are there still any bugs?

Had it for over a month, no problems here.

slightly-more-helpful edit: The wheel has been perfect, well worth the money imho... very recommended.

Last edited by Goop, Wed 15 Nov 2006, 14:05.

Quote from farcar :

I'm not especially patriotic, but you are seriously embarrasing me as an Australian. This is such an incoherent, misleading and false series of spelling mistakes. Even if it was true, how does it back up your point (if there in fact was one)?

You sir, may be one of the reasons drifters are stereotyped and frowned upon by many racers, myself included.

I think drifting in LFS is a bit silly because, imo, the physics just aren't quite there; it's simply too easy to catch and hold a slide

you can get away with higher pings as long as you're wary of it... start from last, and try like hell not to make contact

@ Bob Smith - yep, the FOX is relatively easy to drive. For me, the challenge lies in refining each section, chasing [my own interpretation of] the perfect lap :cyclops: Like hotlapping, I spose, tho much less irritating

Plus it's a fun car to chuck about, i reckon, and like the MRT of old, it usually provides clean 'n' close racing. I voted Green, love that place.

I'll only hotlap if I need to qualify for league races. I find it painful and annoying; i'd rather just race :cyclops: I didn't vote, none of the options apply.

cheers redline, great to have well populated and mantained servers

Maybe you guys could start a community suggestion thread for just one of the servers, to mix things up a bit.

Quote from Goop :

I quit yesterday... 36 hours without a smoke, oh well... they say the first three years are the hardest, eh?

I really do want to quit. My health is gradually turning to shit, and I've promised myself some new techie bits after three months. Will keep ewes posted

I lasted 3 months. In my defence, I think I've had more than my fair share of shit lately... but perhaps I was just looking for reasons to start again.

I'm planning on quitting again next week, good luck to those who are having a go :up:

I'm learning heel-toe atm, too... and I'm pretty shite at it I've always left-foot braked, so it's a matter of reteaching my muscles/reflexes I s'pose. One thing I'm trying, that you may have use for... once you start to master a combination, look for places where you can left-foot brake. This of course frees up your right foot to ride/dab the accelerator under brakes (tho I hope to get better at doing this with right-foot braking).

I'm not real fast either, but I find if I visualize the perfect entry, line and exit-speed for the following corner, I tend to do quite a bit better

Good luck anyhow :cyclops: