Man the only reason people invest in advertising is to make money. You would be a pretty big idiot if you were a business paying someone to let you advertise on something if you did not have an intention that either people were going to see your product and if they do see it then you would hope they might go and investigate it and eventually purchase it

Why do you want more ads. You get enough from the internet, tv, radio, billboards, busses, buildings, trains, newspapers, magazines, random people in the street, junk post, e-mail, by the roadside etc.

The only reason I dont mind real world ish ads in game is because in racing most of the ads are from companies who are sponsoring the event or cars & in doing so getting their product regonised but also helping fund race teams and media coverage which is a small price to pay for some good racing. Unless they intend to pay me to race in lfs. Then I aint with you.

If the devs were making lfs to make a tunn of money then I think they would probably have made lfs more arcadey so it appeals to a lot more people (gran turismo anyone?) & eliminate Demo & charge a higher flat fee.

& fyi here is again 'let the devs put it up' it would really have to be worth their time to put something up and have some kind of automation with say... 'sony' who can change the ads them selves. Remember this is only a 3 man team. The only good way from a marketing standpoint is to have some ad aware that feeds you targeted ads. These are horrid but good business sense & this type of thing is only going to become more in the future in games as technology changes and becomes more sophisticated and as more and more people play games via the internet.

It's not a bad idea having ads in game if your a nasty little marketing man. Perhaps you should research how it would work in a cost effective, time efficient way and then present it to the lfs team.

Last edited by jaykay3000, Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:21.

Fox skin i've had done for a verry long time. It's a semi replica of a mid 90's f1 car. Following in the traditions of actual car models being semi replicas of some cars.

The other is a black and white fo8 with a spider on it. As finished as I have time for.

Oh and the uf1/ufr look practically like the mini & the westfield/caterham/lotus 7 all look pretty much the same anyway in real life.


However here is a pretty generic skin for the lx6/lx4. I like so if you want to use it you can. It's been done for ages.

LX6simpleskin is the first skin I ever did for lfs. As you can see. I have not mooved on much since.

Last edited by jaykay3000, Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:47.

Just something i threw together in 15 min to get used to the rac model. It's pretty done with a minor problem i'm not too botherd about to change.

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/3666/raccastrollch1.jpg

http://img158.imageshack.us/im ... 66/raccastrolltestym0.jpg

Had this done for ages as my standard fzr skin but your welcome to use it as a base. It is pretty basic.

green, white, red.

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/776/castrolaac9.jpg

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/4476/fzrcastrolsser6.jpg

i dont like the faded from black to white. They just looks odd. Perhaps you could make it more like the colour transition on the bonnet(hood)

Don't really think the carbon fiber wing mirrors suit the scheme and the logitec logo seems a bit big & uncentered. Rear CREATIVE logo doen't look central but could be my eyes + your name on the wings looks odd.

But that model is ugly anyway

I like the bonnet though that is def my fave part in top view.

the fake vents dont look too bad. I forgot they were not standard till i read another post.

Good start. You will get better the more you practice

---------------- Now playing: Buckethead - Soothsayer (dedicated to Aunt Suzie) via FoxyTunes

I got around to putting some logos on this skin. I think I overdid it a bit. Took me longer to choose the fake sponsors that might look good with the car than it did to make the whole skin though.

http://mygallery.tlcook.com/d/1384-1/fo8spiderb.jpg

I think i pretty much like both versions.

forgot all about this post. Here it is with the front camel logo on. Probably my fave skin i've done.

I was going to put the renault logo but the car I used as my copy was a replica of the real thing anyway.

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/9207/4thskinfc7.jpg

Last edited by jaykay3000, Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:42.

Rather than making a new post i thought i'd post a screenshot of all the cars for this design i have done so far. I quite like the design & thought it would be interesting to see how the theme would work on some of the other cars of the game.

I've been mainly putting this deisign on cars that i've never skinned before to get used to the lines and that.

They look pretty good on the grid together. But that's probably just self satisfaction. A couple are not done yet. They use two different versions of the Castrol logo this is why the colours are a bit different on some.

http://mygallery.tlcook.com/d/1387-1/castrollineup1.jpg

http://mygallery.tlcook.com/d/1390-1/castrollineup.jpg

Then here is a couple of the cars from the grid

xrt

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8983/xrtcastrollnz7.jpg

RAC

http://mygallery.tlcook.com/d/1350-1/raccastroll.jpg

LX6

http://mygallery.tlcook.com/d/1353-1/lx6castroll.jpg

Last edited by jaykay3000, Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:26.

nice skin, cant see you catching much appart from push bikes in that car though.

The only problem as your saying your coppying this the same. One the front the colours go down the front end on a curve in the real car, not on yours.

Just a minor thing though.

Last edited by jaykay3000, Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:24.

Was thinking whether to do that or not.

looks cool. Maybe you should make it black so it looks like the buildings are coming from the black.

Maybe some sponsors.

Or maybe you could incorporate the city theme into the whole car

You decal is 3 colours, maybe you should try using all 3 colours on the car somehow.

Looks quite cool at the moment.

Good luck with it.

Last edited by jaykay3000, Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:43.

Hi.

I made this fo8 design with a spider on and the reason it's under work in progress is:

• To see what the reactions are like
  

• To see if it looks good with the spider or if it would look better with it off.
  

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/3390/fo8spider1gk8.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/19/fo8spiderpe9.jpg


Spider graphic from http://dirtydgraphics.com/default.aspx

Last edited by jaykay3000, Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:43.

Hi. This skin is inspired by the brand Castrol and is a made up design

It is a nearly finished work in progress.

I'm pretty bad at the FZR car. But I thought it would be fun to make a skin for it anyway and maybe if it's good enough then tidey it up and put it for public download.

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/7008/castroladx2.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/9045/castrol2oy3.jpg

I currently have this version hosted at my teams website. www.teamdrift.com for team members.

I'm open to all comments good or bad.

The creation of Team Drift on lfs was always drift/race so we now have new servers

Here are some of the changes/additions.

Thanks to one of our members, Hawkeviper for vent server and lfs server hosting.

Team Drift - Drift Server

This is our first server we started and will continue to stay as our drift server should anyone wish to join running personal autocross layouts & sometimes tracks and ofc we will continue to play there and admin it when we have time.

Ventrilo Server (new)

Allows team members to communicate if they wish by talking. We have found it makes it so much easier/fun during racing or drifting. We would like for all memebers to communicate via english within vent as it is a fairly common language and for all members to use this.

Team Drift - Race Server (new)

This is our race server where we run 10 lap must pit races on a set number of tracks. The tracks/car config for the server rotates after 2 races.

We are still testing and really deciding the best combination of track/race/cars/qualifying time to put on so this might undergo changes.

But the main aim here is to keep it interesting as we run the slower cars & the faster cars on most of the tracks

This server will undergo changes in the near future but is open now and everyone is welcome.

Team Drift - Drag Server (new)

Just what it says on the tin. Drag race till you can drag no more. All cars here are open appart from the Bf1 as this car has no competition.

This server may undergo changes.

Website

The website is now http://www.teamdrift.com/ however the longer one will still work too.

Last edited by jaykay3000, Sun, 7 Sep 2008 22:57.

We now have 5 members.

Hello lfs community

I found the F0X car and it's great! Especially on twisty tracks.

Anyway. I spent a very short time so far on this skin (1h)

It is again in the style(but not total copy) of the old renault F1 colour sheme and I think it fits this model better.

http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=firstfoxwm2.jpg

Still things to change/add but if anyone likes then post your comments below.

(I'll have to start making different ones once i get a new good idea )

Hello Lfs community.

Welcome to yet another Live For Speed Team.

About Us

We are called Team Drift . Started by T and Kingston and are from the UK using S2. http://teamdrift.tlcook.com/. We are fairly new to the game and you probably wont have seen us on much. We are not amazing at the game. But we try our best. T is more the drifter and Kingston more the racer but we both enjoy both forms of the motorsport. We are just trying to get better as we play.

We do not have team car skins as we think having the name/website is enough on the car.

We currently have 3 members http://teamdrift.tlcook.com/profiles.html

Server

This is hosted by http://www.500servers.com/

It is called 'Team Drift - Drift server' and everyone is welcome to join it as long as you follow the rules http://teamdrift.tlcook.com/serverrules.html and do your best not to crash into fellow players. Remember that this is mainly a practice drift/race server but not a cruise server. We do play/admin it but we are not there all the time as we ourselves are trying different servers for race/drift/practice.

This is also team drifts online home and as we grow we will be able to use it to host events/team only games if people should want this.

The server tends to run personal autocross layouts as well as using the games tracks to practice drifting and racing.

As we grow we hope to organise races/drift events.

We have been toying with the idea of getting another server to focus on racing only. Still early days yet.

Other Info

Racing. We are after people who have some knowledge of how to race and also we would like drifters as we both enjoy racing and drifting.

The team is not a pro team and we are not pro players. We support our memebers and try to help each other to get better as we play, sharing setups, watching how other people take corners as well as running races for fun and we quite like racing all cars fast or slow.

Drifting. This is a big part of the team and we would like people who can drift to join as this is how we started out in lfs and continue to try and improve upon.

We are careful who we recruit so as to try and get mature acting people and this is reflected on people who join our server to race or drift with us. Act like an idiot(there seems to be a lot of those ) and you will be kicked or banned.

Our servers provide and idiot free environment for members to race against each other or drift with if they wish to.

We are always open to suggestions on how to improve the team via our forum.

The main thing we look for in people is good attitude. This is really the thing. Skill level can be improved but a persons bad attitude is much harder to change.

Contact/joining info

If this sounds like your thing then follow the link for our online application form http://teamdrift.tlcook.com/fo ... riftSignupForm/form1.html

Also put a greeting post on the forum http://teamdrift.tlcook.com/yabb/YaBB.pl

If you would like to know more about Team Drift or have any queries then feel free to e-mail us http://teamdrift.tlcook.com/contact.html.

Last edited by jaykay3000, Sun, 7 Sep 2008 23:56. Reason : added a few things/changed the post around.

lack of aa as it does it on the model as well. But there are still improvements that I should really get around to that cant be seen unless close up (such as in model viewer)

tyvm for the comment though

finally got around to updating this paint. Now with added ads an tidey up changes.

http://img379.imageshack.us/my.php?image=updatedpo0.jpg

It's still a wip, any comments welcome.

No ones flamed the post so i guess it cant be that bad . But i've noticed hardley any servers run this car or have it in their allowed cars list

Hello lfs community

Below is linked my 2nd attempt at a lfs skin (first on this car) with renault style at the bottom and just a colourised one at the top.

http://img178.imageshack.us/my.php?image=renaultip1.jpg

The car is still a work in progress

I'm making a renault inspired F1 paint job for the Fo8 and making it in the style of an old renault F1 car but I didnt want it to look like a 100% replica.

Also what do you think so far of it as it needs darker yellow and maybe darker blue or does it simply look rubbish?

Last edited by jaykay3000, Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:32.

Quote :

and it was a rallying technique to get the right corner entry

wrong - thats called power sliding not drifting in rallying as you dont want to get the arse out too far rallying as you will loose too much speed.

Drifting

It's more about making smoke and holding the drift for as long as possible while making a smooth, long drift through the corner(s), speed through the corner isnt essential as long as you have enough speed to maintain the drift

Most of the tracks in this game can be used for drifting. You dont really need anything special.

It was invented in the mountain tracks before it got recognised as a real sport.

Keiichi Tsuchia being on of my fave drifters and probably more well know, also helped out on tokyo drift and even has a small cameo as one of the fishermen when shaun is learning in the evo. See The Drift Bible for some awesome tuition and great car controll. He infact was a racing driver initially but ended up getting a better crowd response when he drifted (check wikipedia or something for the word for word reason)

Drift or race both are great!

Myself I was a long supporter of the late great Colin Mcrae in rallying and love almost all forms of racing and like many people I couldnt see the point in drifting but it's grown on me. Still trying to get into drag racing but only got as far as being impressed by the machines.

I dont think you should restrict yourself to one form of motorsport no ones going to love every motorsport so you should be respectfull of peoples views.

We all play for the one love of cars and motorsport. Have fun whatever type you prefer.