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Meanie
S3 licensed
Wow.. just wow...
That's why i love LFS.

Truly it have the closest players/devs ratio of all games.
Thanks a lot Victor.

I'm glad you guys enjoyed the idea and now let's get working on those entries.

Later on i"ll try to make a list of "all" leagues and then i"ll ask to you guys for help to get in touch with every single one and tell/explain them about the calendar. Alright?

Thanks a lot.
That's terrific.
And what a quick response too!
Meanie
S3 licensed
Quote from PLAYLIFE :It's always a good idea not to make the reader not have to read through all your text to find the point. What you are saying is on the 9th paragraph or smth.

I'm really sorry about that.
Made my best to sound as clear as possible.
It's just the lack of vocabulary or something, i don't know

You have no idea how exasperating it is to be able to convey and idea in words perfectly on one language (maybe you do) and not being able to do it in another one. :/

I'm sorry again.

Quote from (SaM) :
I for one think technically it would be very possible. The only important thing is how would the person updating get the information. The necessary information for the leagues is findably on the internet in the LFSForums and the respective league sites.
It's all about finding someone willing to go through all that and finding someone to make a template website/page to be updated everytime there's a new league race underway.



I'd love to see this as I still don't have a clue wich leagues are going on right now and wich I should join next. There are probably alot out there wich I'd love to join but have never heard about yet.

Opinions?

You got exactly my feelings.
I hope there's more people who can see that and maybe feel our way?

As you said, the technical part should be simple enough.
AND the tricky part, i think, would be tricky only in the beginning.
You know, as the "listing" gets more and more popular it would pretty much "update itself". Or maybe i'm being too naive.

But yes, we would need some people "validating" things anyway.
And i'm a volunteer for that chore.

Cheers.
Just an idea for the community.
Meanie
S3 licensed
Hello fellow pilots.
I would like to propose an idea.
(If there already is something like that please ignore my whole post - and point me towards it please)

Here is the thing, my english isn't stellar or anything like that but i"ll try my best to explain what i mean, right?
Bear with me for a minute while i explain it.

I for one like to race in leagues (even only having LFS for such a short ammount of time now), everything is a lot more organized, people tend to be more on par with each others' times, peaple race a lot more "seriously" and prudently and so on. My kind of racing.

I'm sure a lot of you guys too like to race in some leagues, right?
For the same reasons i think and others more.

Here at the forums we've got a section for leagues and stuff. That's cool.
There are a lot of leagues listed here and there's plenty more which aren't listed and have it's own subforum (here). That's cool too. There ain't enough room for "all" of them, of course.

I'm from Brazil and we just wrapped up our events (brazilian league - www.lfsbr.com) for the year and will be coming back only around march next year.

Now, i'm looking for a league to spend some quality racing time on.
I've looked through some of the subforums (i'm mostly interested on open wheelers, pretty much only the fox and fo8), followed some signature links too, that kind of stuff.

Well, a lot of leagues are already running. Some, it looks like, aren't "active" and others while apparently "active" haven't a date for their next "season".

What i would like to propose is a pretty simple "LFS Leagues' Global Calendar".

I know nothing of "coding" and the like but i guess it would be really easy to do it, on the technical level.

What it would be is a website where "all leagues" (thats the tricky part i guess) announce their seasons, that's all.
Maybe some "stand alone events" too.

What i would like to know is when events (be it full seasons or just "events") of such level ("leagues", as i explained before) are going to take part.

If we had such a website on which the leagues could announce their events my LFS experieance (and i guess a lot others too, right?) would be much better.

What do you guys think? Dumb idea?
Please share your opinions about it and again i'm sorry about my poor english.


Ps: Then if and when we get this website running we could add some filter options (to see what is going to take place on any given month, for cars, kind of event, if it's open to "anyone" or no, etc etc), maybe a subscribe option for updates via e-mail os something. the main idea is to have a place of easy reference to go and find out "everything" which is going to be happening on the lfs leagues' scenario.

The main idea is that. If the event isn't "open to anyone" (a only nationals' pilots league, a "higher class" inside a league cup, anything really) it doesn't matter, it will be listed and then whoever is interested on that league (cars, combos) go to the league's website listed for specific info about that "event" and to see if they can apply or not.

The only "tricky" part would be to get in touch with "all" those leagues' "owners" and get the info from them, but even that shouldn't be a problem, a mere "pilot" could give us the info regarding the event's date, someone else validate the info and bam, there we got another entry on the website.

Ps2: what a bloody large "Ps", eh? hehehe
Just to be clear, again, what i would like to see is just a very simple "listing" about all the upcoming "events", comprising "all" leagues, really. That's all.
Meanie
S3 licensed
I would GLADLY pay for NEW TRACKS.

Either real or fantasy ones.
As longs as they keep the quality that we're used to.
Meanie
S3 licensed
It would be pretty sweet if LFS had integrated voIP.
Meanie
S3 licensed
Quote from Aegilops :
One thing that would be nice is some sort of visible differentiation for the S2 racers hanging around on a demo server. I wondered if perhaps letting the auto-skin download for only S2 licensed racers on demo servers would be a big incentive - you'd have all these anonymous white cars plus a few guys with the full car skin treatment:

Demo: "yo Rakhsh - ur car looks rly cool m8 wtf??!?!?!omg!!!!111one" etc.
Me: "Well that's because I'm an S2 licensed racer. Cool, huh? "
Demo:

etc.

+1
Meanie
S3 licensed
Quote from Bob Smith :Two ways you can go as I see it.

Either stick with R1s and attempt to reduce temps by hiking up pressure (looks like they're at max already), soften suspension, reduce negative camber, lower diff locking.

Or switch to R2s and try and get some heat into them, drop the tyre pressures, increase camber, stiffen suspension, increase diff locking.

On a track like Blackwood with mostly one-way turns, the outside tyres will always be cooler than the inside.

Btw we have a setups forum for all things setup related, I'll move your thread over there now.

Yeah man, exactly how i see it too.
So.. with "numbers" what exactly i should do on the "R1 attempt"?
As you said, yeah, its already on max pressure.

What other values i can change to make it a lil less "heat prone"?

I just did a 22 lapper with a softer foot and managed to finish it..
Just not too great times, you know?
Mainly cause i'm keeping it "slow"...

If i have the confidence that they wont "melt" on me i can be a lil faster and then i'm set

Quote from andy_bonjon :Pressures where max and live camber would have been about 2.6 front and 2.2 rear.... however those are just guesses! Unfortunately Im not at home and i wont be back until about 23.30 gmt tonight

my set was fairly soft as i was still learning back then both how to drive and how to do setups... however i know the top guys didnt change tyres either and they were using only slightly modified hl setups

if you want the replay check out www.vixenchallenge.co.uk and if you look in the forums section you should be able to find a link to the replay there

2.6 and 2.2?
positive, negative?
help me out here
Meanie
S3 licensed
Yeah, i've got someone else to go to the market for me so i can test things out.

Quote from andy_bonjon :
For the FOX you will almost never have to use anything other than R1s in any race provided you adjust pressures and camber accordingly

Could you share with me yor camber and pressures for that setup, sir?

If you guys can do it, MAYBE i can too.
I just need the info to tweak my setup.

Btw if you have a .mpr (replay) from that race you mentioned i would be very interested.

Thanks man.
Meanie
S3 licensed
Quote from AndroidXP :I have no idea about what the FOX on BL1 is like, but I'm pretty sure R1 tyres can last through that distance. This, however, is mostly down to the driver and his driving style. Usually the drivers coming close to WR pace have much longer lasting tyres because of how smooth and error-less they drive.

Anyhow, some time ago I was driving 15 lappers on SO Long with the FOX, and while it seemed crazy at first, as soon as I got better and more importantly consistent, I started noticing the heatcycles of the tyre. After a few laps the tyres are slightly overheated (greenish orange on F9 view), but then they stabilize and slowly start cooling down again. At the 15th lap, there was still plenty of tread left and the tyres weren't even nearly finished cooling down, so they could've lasted quite a bunch more laps.

On sprint races you usually don't drive long enough to see that cool down phase, so you think that the R1 tyres would just heat up even more and that they are at their limit after 5-6 laps, which is obviously far from the truth. Again, I don't know how stressful BL1 is for the R1 tyres (compared to SO4), but in my opinion 22 laps should be quite doable.

Yeah, i know what you mean.
But with my current setup and "driving style" (the way i learned to work this track) i've tested it already and can't do 22 laps. Thus that's why i need help, R2s or even maybe a improved R1 situation.. i dunno.

Thanks for the insight, anyway.

Quote from flyby3d :Yep, I agree...

Unfortunately now I'm not able to run a test on BL, but yesterday I was practicing my next race on FOX@SOLong and I run 22laps with R1

EDIT: Have you tried using R1 with lower camber (around 2.4front 2.0rear)? Sometimes also lowering (slightly) tire pressure will have better grip, thus less sliding and less heat buildup...

When you say lower you mean negative? Or positive?
Gimme some numbers and i sure will try those.

Also, you see that i work with full (max) pressure on my hotlap set, right?
What pressure would you suggest?

Thanks.


Now i'm heading for the market and won't be able to test anything for about one and a half hour or so, but i will get cracking on it, guaranteed.
Meanie
S3 licensed
Quote from Blackout :Ok, Im crap with the combo. Sorry

Ohh.. but crappier than me you couldn't possibly be..
Anyway i'm not looking for faster times, or a setup that"ll make me faster or something.

I just need my tyres working properly.
With a good temperature and lasting 22 laps...

Do you have any idea of how i can manage that?

Thanks for your time already, tho.


Quote from flyby3d :From my experience with the FOX, i'm rather surprised that you are looking to use R2.
I managed (like all the others in the race we deed last week) to complete 18 laps at AS Hist with R1, without problems.

You should be able to do it on BL easily.

Maybe it's my driving style but no, "you" can't.
I drove 36 laps ar SO Classic on R1s.
30 laps on KY Nat, on R1s.
32 laps on WE Rev, on R1s again.

All of those with no problems whatsoever and still going "fast".

It's just this damn blackwood tha really doesn't seem to go well with R1s at that lenght.

IF you have the time man, do some laps there, say 15, going fast, you"ll see what i mean.
Meanie
S3 licensed
Quote from Blackout :You might want to attach the setup itself instead of the values of your tires, I'm no setup guru but I'm sure the suspension setup also has a word to say in this tire matter
Like said I'm no setup guru, but I just usually have higher setup and less camper and it, most of the time, works. It might not be optimum , one point to note is that the fresh tires will heat up first and when they get thinner the temps will drop, not sure if that 22 laps distance is enough to show that thou, atleast Blackwood has long straight to cool down the tires. Your style also has a great effect how your tires will heat up, remember that.

There goes the setup, chief.
http://maxupload.com/B50731699

As i said, i'm really ignorant when it comes to setups, heh.
I know i"ll be slower on R2s (even heated ones) but if possible i don't want to change a whole lot on the setup apart from the tyres or else since i won't be used to the setup i won't be able to do consistent lap times...


If you can, take a look at it and tell me what i should try.
Edit: I'm interested in tyres lasting longer, and not faster times.

Thanks.
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Please Help Me! I’m in dire need of knowledge. [Tyres issue]
Meanie
S3 licensed
Hello, I need you help good sir. Yes i do.

Here is the deal. I’m having a race tonight (21:00 – GMT -3) on the Brazilian League in which I participate.
We’re using the Formula XR (FOX) car and tonight we”ll be racing around the Blackwood GP circuit.

All of which is pretty cool.
There are lots of servers to practice on (you might have seen me racing on redline racing or somewhere else on the last 2 weeks) and lots of sets and stuff. It’s a popular combo. For better or worse.

I’ve been using “lately” (last 400 laps?) a really good set which Racin Jason sent me (thanks mate, before that I was using a set from Goop, thanks for that too pal). It’s pretty good for a sprint race. As a matter of fact the owner (which is a lot better pilot than me) regularly lands 1:07:7Xs and even lower on a 5-6 laps race.

That’s good.
With a lot of training (I’m not only a really slow driver, I just know LFS for a couple of months or so) I’ve managed to lower my time to 1:08:50~ with consistency or even lower if I “push” it a little harder (but still, under control).

All in all it’s pretty ok, right?

Yeah…

Well, the problem is that we”ll be racing two 22 laps batteries.
22 laps isn’t “too much”, far from it. But the problem is that my R1s surely don’t last that long.
Then I”ll change it to R2s, right?

Yeah, I did that. But I can’t seem for the life of me to get those sonsabitches to “function” properly on my setup.
I’ve tried a lot of changes on the tyres’ pressures and camber but nothing came of it.

Did I mention that I’m utterly oblivious as to how to make a good setup? Or any setup for that matter.
Well, I’m.

So, I turn to you my comrades :P, to help me adjust my tyres for this race.
It’s the second to last race of the season and I’m at second place only 2 points behind the leader (no no, the brazilian league really doesn’t suck that bad, it’s just that most of the good drivers are running on the other cup we’re running at the same time and the few fast ones on this FOX thing had some really bad luck on the couple first races), so please help me !!

Here are some attachments:

That’s my sprint setup settings:




And three of my attempts at a 22laps set:








Here you can get a sample of my crappy driving, if it’s needed:
http://www.lfsworld.net/get_spr.php?file=32155

So far I’ve messed around with the pressure and camber, as you can see.
But, especially my right ones, my tyres doesn’t even start to heat up (and that’s even with some serious low pressure) even after 10/15 laps…
And the bizarre thing is that i'm a "tyre waster" (it should help to heat up things), as you can notice on my hotlap. But even that doesn't seem to help me.

I can't get the temps on the right tyres to "match" too. The inside temps are a whole 10 degrees cooler than the middle temps.

Please help me on this one, will you?
It’s a FOX on BL1.

22 Laps.

It shouldn’t be too hard. I guess.
And maybe you could provide me with some more specific figures? (since its a fox and bl1 setup). But i"ll be glad to learn some "general concepts" too. If i can get to apply those in time, hehe.

I really appreciate any kind of input.
And I’ve got yet some time to test those so.. fire away your suggestions.

Thanks a lot.

Ps: sorry about my poor English, I’m Brazilian and the English language isn’t my finest asset, hehe.
Meanie
S3 licensed
Quote from glyphon :haha, i have the restart limit set at 3 minutes, and 5 minutes for longer races

Yeah, i think those are better limits.
Also i think that if you could set some ammount of time, say whe there's only 20% of the total laps left, as some ground where restart isn't allowed it would be pretty sweet.

Not that the later happens too often but it would be cool to be able to prevent it. I've seen it happens quite a lot of times, actually (but since i race a lot that number isn't so important...).
Meanie
S3 licensed
It is something like Live Alert, yes?
Meanie
S3 licensed
+1
Meanie
S3 licensed
Quote from Gunn :+1 for blue flag or blue light

+1 for double waved yellows

+100 for animated flags, flag icons, or flag marshalls! That way we LFS could visually represent the differences between held and waved flags both blue and yellow.


There's really nothing much to add than that.
Meanie
S3 licensed
Hello... we would like this question to be answered if possible...

Thanks.
Meanie
S3 licensed
Quote from De Hongaar :My name's Maarten too. ;-)

Anyway, thx for the help, figured it out and the game works perfect (so i bought it today...)

Welcome to S2, bro.
Meanie
S3 licensed
Quote from JJ72 :It's geeky if you play with your socks on.

oh shi
Meanie
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err.. did you plugged the power cord?
Meanie
S3 licensed
I'm sorry dude but this banana is pretty rad

:bananadea
Meanie
S3 licensed
Quote from Blackout :Im sorry to tell that there isn't such feature.
It would be very usefull, but if I recall correctly it has something to do with physics and how they can't be calculated backwards, or something like that. But it shouldn't be impossible to make I guess

Oh Blackout, you!!
Even if the physics are little less accurate there can't be a backward function? Oh man, i'm in a world of pain!
Thanks for breaking in the bad news tho.


Quote from CSU1 :lmao love your choice of words ". A backward function would be pure sex, to me. Please tell me that it exists.."I supose if you render the replay's then your medis player can play rhem backwards

Glad you liked it, by the way i'm brazilian and my english sucks (i'm sorry about that) but i guess that humour is an universal thing, eh?

I thought already about what you suggested here before, the problem is that... when i render a movie it will only "save" the camera at which i'm looking at the time it's being made (the movie).

So... it won't help me even a tad bit cause i need to fire up my delorean (i.e go back in time) to see other cars (hence, other cameras) at the "same time".

Well, if any of it made any sense to you.

It's really obvious and stuff but i can't word it any better (at least not now, but hey i just pulled an all nighter here, it's 08:37 AM).

Cheers from Brazil.
Meanie
S3 licensed
Thanks a lot for your help and suggestions!!

But i think that it could still be an improvement suggestion (as in an admin being able to do that a lil more easily, in a more user friendly way), what do you guys think of it?

It could still use some improvement, for sure.
Replay Question
Meanie
S3 licensed
Hello, i would like to know if there's any way to play a replay backwards.

I know that we can pause it and play it forward in a multitude of different speeds, which is pretty cool and useful but i really need a backwards function.
Please tell me that i overlooked which keys is used to do it cause otherwise i'm really screwed* heh.



* I'm reviewing a lot of long replays that requires my attention on several cars on the same "minute", so, yeah, i've been restarting a lot the same damn replays till i get to see what i need. A backward function would be pure sex, to me. Please tell me that it exists..
Meanie
S3 licensed
Quote from ru7 [SLO] :Well, for start try to reverse (left -> right) camber and tire pressure (if its not simetric). If setup is totaly simetric is should be fine.

Well thanks, i"ll look into it.
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