Could anyone tell me the IP address of the old master server so we can edit the hosts file in case we need to connect to it instead to the new one?

This is not anyone's fault, we'll try to find a solution.

I thought about editing the hosts file, but in that case we first have to make sure that our servers are all listed in the same master server, cause it would be way too much to get 50 people to edit the hosts file in a way and 50 people to edit it in another way and still get everyone to do it the right way and without anyone picking the wrong master server for their race. We're discussing about it but it looks nearly impossible to me. Re-scheduling the race looks like the better option to me.

Mmmm... We're having our last championship race in 7 hours and this is what I've come to, correct me if I'm wrong.

We are about 100 racers playing in 6 servers. There's no way to make sure that we will be viewing the same list of servers when the time comes, and we can't be sure of all of our servers being connected to the same master server neither.

But anyway, we can join any server online using directly its IP address no matter what master server it is connected to. Please tell me I'm right

Hi, I'm looking for G forces tables, both lateral and longitudinal depending on the car and tyre type, to use with LFS Setup Analyser.

I have a lateral G-forces table that comes as an appendix in Bob Smith's Advanced Setup guide, but I have no clue on how to find out the longitudinal G-force of my current car, so that¡s why I'm looking for tables.

Hi, I'm fairly new to LFS S2, but I'm already running quite well in my local league races. Now I'm doing research about setting the cars. I've downloaded basic and advanced setup guides, setup analysing applications and such, but I have a basic question.

I understand how most of the things works, but I would like some help and tips about the procees I should follow. I mean, there must be some basic things that you should adjust in first place. After that you work on secondary settings. Then you just start fine tuning everything until you are satisfied.

There are lots of things that can be changed, so I think there must be some kind of "basic" settings, while the other should be changed after the main ones are OK.

Any help?

I found this image: http://www.thenextfuture.nl/users/marco/dfp/dfp3.jpg

I wouldn't say they're buttons, but neither they're paddles. They're like button/paddle hybrids. I don't mind as long as they don't break easily.

Do the DFP have sequential shifting paddles like the Momo or just the stick? In the official site it says that it has paddles but a friend of mine says that they're just buttons.

Thanks for your answers. Now I know that both choices will be fine, so I'll look for the cheaper one I can find

The fact is that I've found some Momos from an ebay shop at good price, but they won't ship to Spain (I even tried contacting them with the "hey you ship to France, it's just a few more km!" but that didn't do).

I founf DFPs for 100€ and under with shipping fee included, and maybe that will be my selection.

Anyway, I think I'm going to wait a bit so everyone can get their brand new G25s and sell their Momos and DFPs at lower prices And I'm getting an old FFB Thrustmaster as a present from a teammate who got a G25. As I'm playing with mouse right now, anything with pedals is great. My team is great!

Hi, I'm thinking of buying a wheel and the G25 goes TOTALLY BEYOND my money budget, so please don't say "get the G25 instead because it's better". Actually I'm looking for second hand wheels as I can't even afford a new one. (And Jakg please don't link me to your signature I've already read it :P)

I'm looking for Momos and DFPs, but I find it strange that the DFP is cheaper than the Momo (both new, prices from the official Logitech website). Why? The DFP has 900 degree rotation, and overall I can't find a reason why the Momo is more expensive.

Maybe the reason is that the DFP is designed for the PS2 and not the PC. And here comes my second question: Are there two different versions of the DFP for PS2 and PC or is it the same? Is this case, how do you plug it to your PC? Does it use a USB connector for both PS2 and PC or do you need an adapter?

Thanks in advance.

My teammate is trying to say that all repairing tasks are done in the moment you stop, and if someone pushes you then you can go all repaired and refueled in one second. I don't know if this really happens, but if it does then the logical thing would be to have repairs happen in a progressive way as it is announced in the screen, and if someone pushes you you have to resume the repairing until it is finished. In any case, I think that pushing someone who is pitstopping should be penalized at least with a pass-through boxes, as you ruin his stop.

Just a little thing. I don't have the time to read through all the posts and maybe it's been asked before. When I installed patch U32 over U0.5 (i think it was that one) I had to unlock my S2 license again, but I didn't have to do it with the automatic updates (U33 and U34). Will I need to unlock everytime I install a non-automatic patch?

Bob it was the keyboard. As I said I'm lucky to have so many spare componentes at home. Thank you!

Quote from Bob Smith :

Never had it happen with the mouse, that's weird, considering it's analogue.

However I had that back when I used to drive with keyboard, IIRC it was down to a cheap keyboard giving dodgy signals. It never affected typing, but swapping keyboards cured the problem.

Not sure if that will help in your case though.

It could be the solution, as both mouse AND keyboard freeze. Luckily I have like 3 or 4 keyboards available to test it.

Full screen.

Hi, I'm having some problems with my mouse and I don't know if the problem is my machine or the game itself.

It happens that from time to time my mouse and keyboard lock and the car won't turn or accel/brake. I can't figure out the reason as it happens if I have other programs running in the background and without having them too. Also sometimes I have things running in the background and it doesn't happen, so I'm not sure if CPU ussage could be the reason.

Anyway I want to know if it happens to other people as well, because I just purchased the S2 and it didn't happen so much in demo, or ar least it didn't bug me so much. Now I want to run 30+ min league races and it's quite likely to happen this at least a couple of times in that time, and in that circumstances I will most likely crash, get out of the track, or even hit someone unintentionally.

Can anyone help me?

Ok, now I have my brad new S2 license , so please tell me which is the best application for browsing/joining servers and tracking budies!

And I remembered I saw somewhere an application to calculate good gear ratios, could you also tell me its name and where to find it?

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Quote from Jakg :

1. Yup, you can drive fairly quick with a mouse

2. Yes, you can

3. No, only one online at a time

4. Pause - "p" Fastforward "F2"/"F3"

You cant rewind replays

I realized after posting that it's not rewinding what I wanted to say, but slowing down the playback rate I didn't know 'p' was used for pause, thanks.

Now I think my main problem will be creating a paypal account and that stuff...

PS: Hey, I know you, you're Green from the STCC, right? I love those broadcasts!

Hi, I'm near to my final decision of purchasing an S2 license (my christmas present for myself) and I wanted to ask some questions before i take the final step.

I've been around for about a month or so since I installed the demo version, and my times have improved very quickly to the actual 1:33.53. However, I'm finding very hard to control the rwd cars, although I'm beginning to handle the XRG, the XRT is still far away from being under control.

1. I have the money to purchase a license, that's no problem, but I don't have money for a good steering wheel, so I'd keep racing with my mouse/keyboard configuration. I want to ask if the more powerful fwd and 4wd cars can be handled -to a reasonable good pace- with mouse/kb, or even if a setup for rwd cars that would avoid oversteering would make the trick for me.

2. I'd also like to know if there are leagues in which you can drive without being a pro or being part of a team, which would be my case as I won't have so much time to practice, but I really like racing

3. I also have questions about the unlocking rules listed in the website. It says that you can unlock two computers for your own use or LAN playing. I don't know how it works, but i guess it shouldn't be possible to be playing online with both computers then, am i right?

4. And the last question is about the "manual". Does it reallly exist? I mean... I've seen the one in the web but it looks there's a certain lack of information about some things there. For example it took me a while to figure out how to fast forward and rewind in replays, and I still don't know if I can pause them. Where is all the information about those kinds of things?

Hi, I'm still a demo pilot thinking about purchasing a license, so I enjoy playing public demo servers at the moment.

I'd like to know if there's any third party application which could help me to find servers and mainly find people I've raced with, who put up close and clean races. Of course, it should work without needing an S2 license.

Thanks in advance!

I don't know why so many of you say that BG music won't let you hear the car sounds. Of course I play with winamp at 30% volume +/- so I can hear the wheels noise, if not then I will totally screw almost all corners.

The point is that sometimes for good, sometimes for bad, listening to, well, not actually listening, but having 160 bpm BG playing while driving makes you change your behaviour and be more agressive, more sharp, risking more, etc.

I just turn it off when I want to hear my family calling me from another room

It always happens that whenever I join a forum I feel the urge to create a new topic (which most of the times has already been discussed). Please don't be too hard on me.

I was wondering if you usually play while listening to music, and what kind of music do you play with. At first I played without any music, just car engines and wheels sliding. Then I thought it would be nice to play my favourite Initial D music on the background while racing. I'd say that I enjoy it better when listening to music, but the need to rush comes out and i tend to be a little slower due to lower concentration

Anyway, it's fun, and it's funny how music can affect your driving style and the way you attack the corners.

The music I usually prefer is Initial D OSTs, NFS OSTs, Fast & Furious OSTs and anything you would listen to in a racing movie. I know maybe people who like those are not very well thought here, but I'm the kind of guy who loves racing, simulation, and clean driving.

Hi, I already played LFS back when S1 was not out, and i left after the S1 was released. Now I have some free time again so I decided to play again. There must have been lots of changes but it still looks the same to me, I guess the changes in physics are hard to notice

I'm thinking of buying a S2 license but I'm not sure, I'd like to know more about the community, because I don't have so much time to play or join teams and compete and I don't know if it's a good idea to buy an S2 license and remain an amateur forever (you know, everybody faster than me in all circuits and stuff).

Anyway, the demo is still awesome if you avoid the wreckers

PS: I'm from Spain! (but not one of the bastards)