My first ever +1

Nice renders, the gun is a nice touch.

8 lug rims on a XRT though???

It's a force of habit. Easy enough, yes?

Leave the base system alone, and let server operators decide if they want setup restrictions or not.

Everyone is happy.

Couldn't insim be used to do all this? (settings restrictions)

You should be able to community flag posts, like craigslist. (Yes, it really works well there!) If one of your posts gets community flagged for a certain offense like spam, (above a predefined threshold) then you will receive a demerit. Gain enough demerits, and you get all your future posts run through a valleygirl filter.

Gosh, like, am I full of, like, good ideas or what?

Last edited by undertech, Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:05. Reason : I got flagged

Quote from AndroidXP :

I can only give a maybe to #4, #7 and #9, though I don't remember any specific incidents. I do recall typing "payed" once and immediately noticing that it cannot be right, but that's about it. People who use "could of" need to be slapped in the face hard, however.

Other common mistakes:
separate, ridiculous, definitely

sepErate, rEdiculAs, definAtely



To Taavi(EST): You seem somewhat cranky with this topic, despite the fact that your english is 100% better than the typical person this topic is trying to describe. Relax, and realize that it's all in good fun.

The issues being described are simply basic fundamentals that should be a part of any english user's knowledge, and anyone who has read through the internet for a while knows that far too many people make these errors far too often. The SAME errors. (yes that was a fragment) And often by people whose main language is english. We're not talking about 100% perfect punctuation, spelling, and indentation 100% of the time here. I know we're not writing graduate theses on these boards. But it IS a message board, and you have the luxury of time to compose and think a bit on exactly what it is you're typing. (unlike chatting while you're racing )

Mmm, s13s are good cars. I've driven a few myself, but nothing that monstrous. There're few cars available in North America that combine all the advantages of a practical, affordable (INSURANCE TOO!), and fun car like this

Payed for Paid also persists thanks to the "real" education people get - reading other people's posts on message boards.

Practical example:
Our family is crazy about LexusLexusLexus! My wife drives a 1996 RX300. My eldest boy, for whom I purchased a 2000 IS300, insists on calling his an Altezza or something silly like that. I mean, why would anyone prefer some stupid made up word that begins with the letter 'A' when you can have a car named after its displacement and two arbitrary letters?! Anyhow, my car is a 1995 LS400. Mmm, if I squint I could swear it was an E-class. I love our LexusLexusLexus!

I haven't bought the game itself (using demo) but got the USB receiver adapter so I can use my RL RC radio with PC games. Works really good with VRC btw (not so good with Re-Volt unfortunately). Speaking of which, I should dig it out and try it out with LFS!!!




VRC is a niche sim...you expect higher prices for items like this. I wouldn't say it's overpriced; I'd say it's priced for the market. If the devs expected that over 1 million people would be interested in this then I'm sure they'd lower the price. But I'm sure market research says otherwise. Could Volkswagen mass-produce Lambos for far cheaper than what they go for now? Sure, but would they sell millions? No.

Quote from LFSn00b :

Maybe you could add more force, that helped for me.

MS sidewinder wheel non force, problems

Quote from mrodgers :

It does amaze me how many pileups happen because someone running in 5th and 6th place are battling and touch, thus both spin or start to crash, then while I am 18th where I started from I watch each and every car 7th through 17th place drive straight into the pileup with their foot still firmly planted on the floor. Then, as I am cruising through at 10 mph watching all the cars flying to the side, I emerge running in 4th past them all.

Shhh. Don't you know this is the only means to point finishes for me right now?!!

Quote from stevewhite :

i cant wait for engine/transmission/clutch damage. Should make a big difference to the whole game IMO.

Same here. I wonder how much off the pace I will be when everyone else *is* finally lifting off for upshifts.

Still far, far off. (But a few tenths closer!)

Last edited by undertech, Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:25. Reason : Added another response.

You need the XBCD XP drivers. If you have just the plain XBCD (1.07 or whatever) it will not work for the 360 controller. Also you need to delete the original MS drivers from the /system32/drivers directory before you plug the controller in. Or else the computer will always choose to use the MS (as in crap) drivers no matter how many times you install the XBCD drivers. See device manager for which driver file to delete (while you have the controller plugged in).

Wrong.
With the XBCD XP community drivers you can have separate brake/gas axes for the triggers. It also makes deadzones possible which is awesome. You have to use the XBCD drivers specially tailored for the 360 controller, as the originals were meant for use with the original XBOX controllers.
Also, you will have the actually delete the original MS driver files from the system32\drivers folder before the XBCD driver will be recognized. (basically, unplug the controller, delete the MS driver (you can see what filename to delete by going into the device manager), install the XBCD driver, THEN plug the controller back in. If you do not do this exactly, the computer will never use the driver you want for the controller)

Get a wheel when you can though. I used a 360 controller, and while fun, it just doesn't cut it for extended, competitive (did *I* just say that?!) driving since you actually have to concentrate not to overcook steering inputs (unlike wheels, mice, or joysticks).

How about one of those wacky RWD vans where the engine was located somewhere beneath the driver?

How about a valley track???

Anyone??

Why would you (people in general) even want to be a mod of this forum? Sounds like an awful lot of extra work just for a small title from what I've seen so far.

Ya'll are talking as if 3dsMAX itself didn't cost half a penny
There are free modeling programs out there like blender if you want to get into modeling without spending a couple thou on 3dsMAX. I guess there are 'academic versions' of MAX out there, though.

Yes, it does. More than anything I've seen from anyone else here so far anyway.
No, it doesn't have to have an unwashed civic with twin mufflers at the mall to look "realistic" (as in real life objects or horizons) because I was merely commenting on the way light falls on the scene.

Wow, the render looks very much like reality. Maybe it's because the cars aren't over glossy? The ground texture really helps too, as well as the shading for the dash.

Even a 5 year old T41 (P-m 1.6ghz) with ATI FireGL T2 (pretty much a Radeon 9600) with dedicated memory can run LFS at 60+fps. It's really all about the dedicated memory.

:doh: My bad! I thought you were talking about the Honda roadster. Silly, silly me

I don't really see why it is such a big deal. It's not like someone is going to be mistaken for being in team "X" when they are running 5 secs behind the leaders in some pub server (oh wait, that's me)
Besides, isn't it nice to actually be able to SEE your skin in action?

-snip-

Last edited by undertech, Tue, 3 Apr 2007 01:51. Reason : He who knows nothing at all about racing, here lies Undertech.