yes a rolling start will not stop t1 syndrome.. infact it possibly could only make it worse.
eg on a particular track, let's say blackwood.
on a standing start you already have quite a bit of speed when you hit turn 1.
but on a rolling start you would have crossed the start line doing 80kph or so already.
this means you'll hit turn 1 most likely at race pace with all the other cars off the grid no doubt still up there with you.. same situation
you mean go into garage and change settings, then play again?
i would probably say heat related as the_angry_angel says. the garage screen in lfs is actually set to run at a limited fps (forced 30fps if i recall correct) so any time spent on that screen would not be pushing your computer very hard.. and perhaps gives the overheating component time to cool down.
i believe most (if not all) cpu's clock themselves down to lower speeds as they begin to overheat, so if you've got it overclocked i'd be returning it back to its standard speed. even if in theory someone can overclock their computer safely (temperature wise) it can still cause havok in lfs.
you seem to have a fair idea about what's in your computer, so if i were you i'd be taking the side off your case and checking out the heatsink on your cpu, if its got a fair amount of dust in it blow it out with compressed air or just shove a cloth down between each fin to clear it all out.
if indeed overheating is the problem i would say it would have to be the cpu, because when video cards overheat it usually doesn't cause slowdown, just weird artifacts and effects on the screen.
you also don't sit up as straight on an office chair and also not looking at a screen 40cm away from you sim racing will always be just a play on reality
why can't you do that on a keyboard and mouse setup? i have A- accelerate Z-brake.. if i want to brake and throttle at the same time i hold both of these keys down... it isn't rocket science
the only disadvantage a keyboard or mouse has going against it when compared to the wheel, is the digital like throttle and brake. where a wheel driver can hold an F08 at 1/3 throttle when feathering it out of a corner, mouse and keyboarders have to taptaptap. though on slower cars the disadvantage isn't as significant.
i pop by the demo occasionally and im down to low 1:23's XRT on my mouse
:uglyhamme yes it surely was not an easy task, simply moving the steering wheel slightly is all it would take to ruin the performance and shatter the assumption of the viewer that the car in question is indeed parked.
i was messing around in demo and it just happened, hehe. if only there were some opponents nearby, it would have been awesome to overtake someone this way
yeah i got .4k here. somewhere on the lfs server there is all the versions, i had a link to it ages ago.. maybe someone can tell us again?
best thing about .4k is the respawn button works at absolutely ANYTIME! you can be doing 200kph down blackwood straight with a train of AI cars behind you, press respawn and your car respawns sitting still and the other cars slam into you 200kph -> 0kph instantly
well i leave acceleration on, also i believe my dead zone is at .8, quite large. it probably isnt vital - just whatever setting you choose, stick with them. i certainly dont feel impaired, i know exactly where the mouse needs to go
I use autoclutch, however I dont use throttle cut or blip. It's really handy to have the clutch button on hand as there are certain times I'll use it, like when changing down multiple gears at once or recovering from accidents, etc.
I'd only change your accel/brake to keyboard if your current style bugs you.. If you've taken the time to learn that way you may as well stick to it I cant really say either style is better than the other, just personally for me one way makes alot more sense.. in the end its just my opinion
its true, i can only share my point of view. i tried it for a while and it came across as slightly clumsy - actually its method seemed very familar to using a joystick - each direction is controlling something. if your car snaps into oversteer and you rapidly try to counter steer, the odds that you may accidently move the mouse up or down slightly as you slide the mouse sideways across the mousepad is quite high! i dont think its much to do with coordination, if you spend time with any controller setup you can master it.
i have a hard mousepad, i often have a problem with feeling grit under the mouse, on a straight i am able to lift the mouse up and brush the grit away with the back of my hand, i cant do that if the mouse is controlling my throttle
but in my view, i see controlling a car is made up of 2 main controls, the "pedal" controls (throttle/brakes/clutch) and the "steering+shifting" controls. real cars splits the tasks between your feet and your arms. imo on a keyboard and mouse it makes sense to split them up also, so essentially my left hand are my feet, and the right hand are my arms so to speak.
a mouse+keyboard combination is technically better than the keyboard alone, since you can have analogue steering. only thing is it will feel totally unnatural when you are first learning. however when you get used to it, it's quite an amazing control method, turn as quickly as you want and with dead accuracy.
im a mouse racer and have no problem keeping up with wheelers, even have 2 WR's outright
however i will say..
some people also use the up/down motion of the mouse to enable analogue acceleration and brake (and at the same time, left and right on the mouse to steer), i would advise against this as it simply gives the mouse too many things to do and your racing will no doubt suffer from this. also, others use the mouse buttons for accelerating and braking.. but for me this also feels like again the mouse hand is doing too much
the answer? use A for accelerate, Z for brake, X for clutch, space for handbrake. this gives your left hand complete control over all the speed related controls. you can easily blip the throtte while braking, or even blip the throttle while braking and using the clutch, the finger which is used for brake can move across to hit both Z & X together, etc.
this leaves your right hand free to steer with the mouse, and shift gears with the mouse buttons.
that's the setup i use, and i personally havn't found one for this control type which is better! hope this is helpful