Sounds fun! Plus, everyone can do it, since being stuck in fifth means the BF1 is pretty tame.

Subaru pig! Feel free to use, just change the file name to your own racer name, please.

Quote from legoflamb :

what sort of thing? The "whos falt" thing?

Maybe there should be a seprate section for it.

Edit:
Ohh there is one the "I got bannd what do i do?" section

Couldn't think of what the LFSer's call it, now I remember:

Name and shame.

Oh, and a big thank you to Victor for storing all my uploaded 1024X1024 skins in one handy .rar file. Saved me from making them all over again.

Phew!

Isn't this sort of thread discouraged on the board?

Quote from thisnameistaken :

I hate those things. Absolutely hate. I mean really, what is the ****ing point? It's like wearing a set of badges with slogans like "Air Breather" and "Food Eater".

:banghead:

I agree with you. But on the other hand, people want an identity, something to say "this is me" on a very anonymous medium that is the internet.

Alright, after starting to doubt myself, I went back and retraced what I did this morning.

It was not Steam. In other words, I was wrong. I did not manually delete the LFS folder persay, but I DID delete something that wiped out the entire folder.

So moral of the story: Do not uninstall programs when you had very few hours of sleep. Sorry for the bother. You're right, I'm wrong.

Oh, and American, if that makes some of you feel better.

Quote from deggis :

"Deleted Steam folder"? You mean shift+DEL

Nope! For every program I download, I copy the uninstaller .exe and hide it in a folder for the express purpose of security, so no matter what, I can eliminate the program if need be. If for some reason there is not an uninstaller .exe, I make a notepad file in the program folder reminding me that I have to use the Windows version of "add or remove programs".

This is why I spend a full day, once a year, slowly and deliberately and with great care, eliminating unused programs. Same reason why every Sunday I do a weekly virus scan using, in order, AVG, Spybot, Ad-Aware and Hijack This. And yes, I go through EVERY F***ING LINE on the Hijack This report.

Also the same reason that if for some reason I have to end a process, I first search using the name of the process, find it's source, and then determine if I should end the process. I am so anal about my operating system, take a look at how I clock my processor:



After all times I have safely and effectively removed programs for the past X amount of years, why is it that I remove ONE program and it takes out another? I did not have a Steam client on my computer until June of 2007.

So, what can I do? Contact Steam? Well, they will probably say the same thing as other have here, "it was user error...you f***ed up". Cry about it? Well, no. It was just a game, files can be replaced. Instead, I made this thread so hopefully, it will never happen to you. And I hope it never does, that was two years of accumulated LFS-ness down the toilet.

Quote from wheel4hummer :

It's your fault, not valve's!

It could be, but I am very careful and deliberate when removing programs.

3 hours of tinkering and I am 90% back to normal. What really sucks is the skins I made for myself, each took a few hours to make. Guess time to make another design other than a gradient white to dark blue.

It is pretty fun, glad you brought it back so I can start uploading some hot laps!



I am kidding, of course. But it is fun offline!

I deleted my Steam folder today (on the first of every year I remove seldom used programs) it decided to take LFS with it. And it wasn't in the same literal folder, both were a subfolder from a main folder on my one drive.

Strangely, I started playing this game exactly two years ago. Time to start over. Thankfully I DID save my settings folder with the change to patch Y.

Yeah, I know. You do not have tell me what I probably already told myself.

Quote from March Hare :

Hit a nerve, did he?

(AProst is a mouse user) :shhh:

Thank you very much for the info!

For me, I adjusted the final gear ratio and, oddly second gear ratio. Let's say your final drive ratio is 4.400. Try dropping to 4.200, the same with second gear.

Also increase tire pressure by 2 psi. Now, this is what worked for ME. I cannot speak for everyone, but as I am an average LFS driver, this is a good starting point.

And yes, you can do it yourself, like many others have. Start out with default gearing*, and adjust accordingly. This will take several tries, but it will be set by how you like it.

I could hand you a set and be done with it, but I think you should put faith into yourself and pretend it is a rite of passage by making your own.


*1st: 3.820
2nd: 2.150
3rd: 1.560
4th: 1.210
5th: 1.000
6th: .850
Final drive: 4.200

Would it be possible for a list of the tracks used, and on which servers they are used on? I, and I am sure others, would like to practice offline with AI so I would not be a moving chicane ONline.

Thank you!

Now you are just being a jerk, clipto.

A question: Have you ever engaged yourself in a game called "Counterstrike"?

Quote from sgt.flippy :

I don't give a damn about music, it was a present for my ex .. That's why I was so mad about getting a coupon from a music store...

That. Seriously. SUCKS.

DX Tweak 2.

What is it?

DXTweak allows you change calibration information and
deadzone settings of a DirectInput game controller and
test the effect of the changes directly. It can easily
render your game controller behaviour totally weird. You
have been warned.

Why?
You want to have an oversensitive wheel while driving in
a racing game. You want to brake your car only a little,
but step fully on the brake pedal. You want to fly a
helicopter and your joystick is too sensitive. In short:
By reducing the overall range of motion of your
controller (undercalibration) you can achieve higher
sensitivity. By extending the range accepted by
DirectInput (overcalibration) you can achieve higher
precision.


I downloaded this, and now all I have to do is touch the clutch pedal
and it fully engages. I love it.

Download here:http://www.wingmanteam.com/latest_software/gadgets.htm (third article from the top).

Quote from Raybrig :

this is not a moan or complaint about patch Y.............

i was .18 away from my CD1 licence, pre Y. now im BBQing front left and im 1.5 - 2secs away again in the FXR and 5 laps or so cant get the dam thing to turn in! trouble is i ve not got huge amounts of free time, so id rather be racing than working on sets...i know i`ll get there in the end. i hope!

I would solicit Birder, the one runs Cone Dodgers, to change the WR to reflect the new changes.

Yeah, yeah, yeah...and I can say the the English ripped off a lot of words from other countries, particularly Germany.

But, America has it own language, which I am suprised that it has not been classified as such.

But, back on topic: keep the game!

May you explain in a bit more detail? Is it that the skins are not working online or not showing up at all?

Quote from clipto :

i bought lfs s2 and it was euro i didnt know and its charged me 47 dollars and i dont want lfs u can ban my account or whatever but ide like my money back.

Why not just keep S2? S3 will not be out for a few years, so you get for your $47:

1)17 more cars than in Demo.

2)27 more tracks, not including the reverse tracks.

3)LFS World stats.

4)larger race grids online.


To me, S2 is and has always been a bargain!

Quote from h3adbang3r :

Good point, but who in their right mind would rally a formula style car?

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=35985

Quote from Riders Motion :

I said Japanese peoples we're part of the reason why every 16y0 try to make his 240sx look like teh Tokyo Drift jdm tyt'.

For people who do not want to open gigantic .bmp files: