Ok, so I have XP on my primary partition and Vista on a logical partition. I have LFS S2 installed in XP, but I want to test it in Vista. I tried just running it off the XP partition, but that didn't work. Do I need to install LFS separately in Vista? I would then have two installations of LFS. Is that ok? Will that mess with my S2 license or anything?

thanks.

anymore setups/setup tips? I'm only able to get 1:16 with my tweaked version of Bob's setup. I messed around with the LSD, suspension, and tire settings, but I don't really know what I'm doing. I'm not very good at setting up cars, though I did manage to shave 2 or 3 seconds off my time just by reducing fuel load down to 3% (it was at the default 50% or so I think). I just hope I remember to raise it back up before I race.

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thank you!

I would like to download CMX viewer, but the link on LFS.net is blocked for me :mad:. Are there any mirrors or some other way I can get it?

oh wow that was quick. thanks!

Sorry the title wording is weird, but i don't know what to call them.

I have heard people mention patch updates like X6 and X7. What does that mean? Are these automatic updates or test patches or something else? I'm just curious, please don't flame me .

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ok thxs. Then technically a drifter wouldn't do well in a full length race

A drifter wouldn't do well in a race regardless of tire wear. You'd be much slower than everyone else unless everyone is drifting.

the "break away" point at the top of these graphs is not a sudden loss of traction. The graphs I have seen are curves. Tires have an optimum slip angle (turning) and slip percentage (straightline). This angle or percentage is the top point on the graph. If you go beyond this point, it is not sudden death, it's just slower.

Think about accelerating from the starting line. You want some wheel spin, but not too much. If you try not to spin the tires at all (0% slip), you accelerate slowly. If you spin them too much, you go just as slow.(Same with braking - between lock-up and under-braking)

When turning in LFS, if you don't hear tire scrub, the tires are not at their optimum slip angle. If you are turning too hard or too fast, the tires will start screeching. They are not at their optimum slip angle and you will go slower.

Tires only have so much traction, and the when you exceed their maximum traction, they have less grip (not zero grip).

Wow, I wrote more than I wanted to. oh well. This is very complicated, especially when you factor in accelerating or braking while conering.

oh, one more thing, since we're talking about books, one book i recommend for everyone who likes driving and racing is "Going Faster! Mastering the Art of Race Driving". It's very informative and helpful. I've written too much already, so i'm not going to write a book review here, too. look it up on google. (This page lists all the chapters, etc.:
http://www.themotorbookstore.com/gofamaartofr.html)

It's amazing how threads can change subjects so fast. This has got to be one of the most informative online forum threads ever. LFS, tire physics, FOV, tire pressure, units of measurement, and now aero stuff... What's next I wonder?

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I say old bean don't feel bad that one does not grasp real humour, if you wish one can make a toilet joke for you. One day a man had a number two and did not flush. Oh how cutting edge and vulgar.

nevermind. I just tried the "recalibrate axis" button and that worked. hopefully it will still work tomorrow.

I'm using an old nascar pro digital II as my clutch. I couldn't get the potentimeterthings to work so had it rigged up as a button, which worked fine until today, so I was able to crudely rig the steering po-thing up and it works fine except the pedal doesn't allow it to move the through the axis' entire range of motion, so the clutch won't fully engage. It's range is about 1/3 disengaged to fully disengaged, which means I have to drive around while slipping the clutch badly. :mad:

Is there a way to add/increase a dead zone or something so that I can use the available part of the axis to act as the entire range of the clutch?

I know some games have a deadzone you can increase, but i didn't see that in lfs.

ok, it got worse (crashed before windows loaded), so i tried the card in another computer and it did the same thing, so this is a great excuse to get a new card.

i'm pretty sure it was overheating, although nothing was overclocked. My tv tuner card covered up half of the video card's fan, so that was probably the main problem, even though it had been fine for over a year now.

I wasn't having this problem yesterday, and I haven't done anything to my computer since it was working. It was doing this a few days ago and I thought I fixed it, but now it's crashing again.

After driving around for about a minute my computer crashes, monitor goes off and sound is screwed up, repeating. Could this be caused by an overheated GFX card? I've tried multiple older and newer drivers for my sound card and video card. I used to play LFS alot with no problems and this crashing is worrisome.

I'm reinstalling windows if I can't get anything else to work.

Pentium 4 3GHz
ATI Radeon X800XT
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2
1 GB ram
Win XP Pro

oh, never mind, it says so on the official faq. hopefully i can fix things before i go home or i will be playing the demo for a few weeks.

Do I have to be online to use an unlock? I'm having major comuter issues and am going to reinstall windows while home on christmas break, but I won't be able to get online.

while racing at westhill, i was doing pretty good, then all hope was lost, then the ai (set at the highest difficulty) kept crashing and spinning and i won by passing several cars on the last lap, including the first place car after he spun on the very last turn, where the ai always tends to go off the track.

it was a 10 lap race, so the replay file is too big too upload.

how did you mod your DFP?