IMO the way the cars move about in LFS is amazingly realistic.
My jaw was like this when I first saw the STCC intro video. Especially the way the cars went down the corkscew in AS1, it looked really good.

But I thik GT5 look WAAAAAAAAAAAAY more realistic. These shots haven't been post processed in photoshop or anything. Becky Rose: What makes you believe that they have? Graphics in games get better and better all the time, with effects like HDR etc. Just because GT5 will have better graphics than LFS doesn't make LFS less of a game. To me LFS is by far the best racing game there is. Gameplay > Graphics.

Hmmm Interesting point.

yay for offline only mods (Nordschleife :bowdown

nay for online, for all the reasons that have been said.

woah. Calm down buddy. I can see you are oval racing, thats not going to help you around corners!

Your brake force is WAYYYYY too high. I test drove you car and it handled like a shopping trolly. get a decent setup http://setupfield.teaminferno.hu/ and just practice practice practice. You will get good after about 100 hours of practice (hopefully)

In the TBO class I drive the XRT on tarmac. Good acceleration out of the corner, and its easy on the tyres - unlike the RB4 or FXO. I drive the RB4 on dirt because its wayyyy faster (AWD).

in the GTR class I drive the FXR. I can push it very hard, pulling fast lap times. Its almost impossible to crash aswell. Not so good on the tyres though.

in XFG/XRG races 80% of the time I drive the XFG. It has much better braking than the XRG, but the XRG can just pull away from the XFG on long straights, so on fast tracks I drive the XRG.

I prefer to drive the tin tops rather than the open wheelers. TBO is my favourite class. my top 3 cars are XRT XFG and FXR.

Viewsonic VX922 2ms LCD here. No lag, no ghosting/blurring.

Is everyone starting to get sick of these thread or what?

What do you guys think so far?

man.. that must get annoying after a while.

tbh I haven't ever seen anyone call oval racing NASCAR in LFS.

Quote from gremwood :

Are people using the boards as a blog now? So many garabge topics!

Thank-you so much for your wonderful contribution to this thread.

Are people using the boards as a blog now? So many garabge posts!

Quote from Cr!t!calDrift :

Trust me, there are plenty of others who cant crack 1:45 (demo racers)

And I know that 1:28 is poor, but that doesn't mean that Keyboard is horrible.

Plus, can you link me to some WR replays?

goto http://www.lfsworld.net/ then click on "S2 Hotlaps" then click on "WR's" then click on the time and it will download the replay

1) try using the mouse - I just cracked 1:24.46 yesterday and I use the mouse
2) watch world record replays, and analyse how they drive
3) practice in singleplayer - multiplayer replays are horrible
4) either use the RACE_S setup or download one from here http://setupfield.teaminferno.hu/ don't go dicking around with the setup unless you really know what you are doing, or else you will just make yourself slower.

@Cr!t!calDrift sorry to admit it but 1:28 is poor. After watching world record replays I quickly got 1:27s and then with not much more practive I cracked 1:26s, to get 1:25 took a lot more practice. You should be at least able to do consistant 1:26s.

try using "road normal" tyres in LFS

Quote from m4vrick :

Hi, Im not sure if this is a bug or not, but i was on one of the W41 test servers, i think track was Int Long. Anyway, I was driving around in f08 then host changed to allow only fox's. I was able to start and race in my f08 even get 3rd place. SHame i know, but the point is, i was able to finish in a car thats not allowed on track. Only fox's were allowed. After the race i joined Spectator mode and had no choice but to switch cars to join the race again. If i didn't switch to spectator mode, i would have still been driving the f08. Maybe if you don't switch before start of race, you should be kicked to pits and locked in to change your car to available ones.

thanks

This has happened to me even in standard patch W.

Dual DVI and Dual link DVI are two very different things, but oh well Have fun playing LFS

Quote from alxf1 :

when joining into the race, the car was just thrown into the wall just because it was joining in the garage of another player.

I have had this happen even in the demo with patch W, in the blackwood carpark. The chance of it happening is just much higher when more players are in the server.

A dual link DVI cable wont do any good unless you have a Dual Link DVI card (which you don't) see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface

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With a single DVI link, the largest resolution possible at 60Hz is 2.75 megapixels (including blanking interval). For practical purposes, this allows a maximum widescreen resolution of 2212 x 1243 (widescreen 1.77 ratio).

So you can't use more than 60 Hz when using a resolution of 1920x1200 over DVI. The DVI spec doesn't even support more than 60 Hz so trying to force more than 60Hz can cause problems - your monitor might not even support that resolution (I know my 19" doesnt support 1280x1024 at 75Hz, but it does support 800x600 at 75Hz)

Try using your DVI cable and running 1920x1200 at 60Hz.

I honnestly can't tell the difference between 60 and 75 Hz on an LCD. Because of the way LCDs work they dont flicker.

Get a second hand 6600 GT (AGP version) They are selling at good prices these days(probably ~45 euros?. And also get another 512 meg of ram (probably ~15-20 euros?)

You probably want to turn up the "User LOD"
See here for everything you need to know: http://en.lfsmanual.net/wiki/Options#Graphics

Also turn up the Multiplayer car draw so you can see all the cars

I has a quick watch of your replay. You can get full on the throttle a bit earlier than what you are doing. You should not brake for the S bend after the long back straight and last corner, just throttle off. apart from that it just takes a lot of practice. You will break into 1:27s then after more practice 1:26s then after HEAPS more practice 1:25s. My PB is 1:24.88 with a mouse, but I have the split times for about a 1:24.6.

Just don't be afraid to flick the car into the corner really stamp on it at the apex. Your lines seem good and with more practice you will get them perfect. Try downloading different setups from http://setupfield.teaminferno.hu/

Ok here is a replay of my bad driving . I havn't had much practice at this combo and also I use a mouse which basically means I can either be on full throttle or no throttle - making it hard to accelerate out of corners.

I am using the setup from the team inferno site.

Ignore the first lap (cold tyres).
I brake too late for turn 1 on lap 3.
I mess up the chicane on lap 4 - I turned in too late.
observe and learn.

Also I remember from you replay that sometimes you are changing gears far too early and sometimes far too late. Watch for the red shift lite and change as soon as it come on, no earlier. When I was learning in the demo I used auto-gear change so I could focus 100% on my line, breaking points and acceleration points.

Also don't be afraid to brake with full force - really stamp on it the fox can brake amazingly quickly because it is so light. If you lock up - it doesn't matter; its only a virtual tire and you can reset.

When you are racing press F9 to bring up the tier temp. display. Here is how to understand it http://en.lfsmanual.net/wiki/D ... Tyre_temperature_.26_wear

I know my driving is not very good, but I hope that this will help you to learn

Have fun!

What setup are you using? It is truely a HORRIBLE setup . No wonder you are going so slowly. I did a test drive of you car after watching the replay and it seems like the brake force is set much too low, the car always understeers, and the tyres took forever to heat up - you should be using slick R1s no questions asked. I could drive much faster with the standard RACE_S setup.

practice with either the standard RACE_S setup or use the hotlap setup from here http://setupfield.teaminferno. ... ar_id=38&p_version=S2
Don't change any of the settings, because unless you are very experienced you will just make it worse.

Also you should always flatshift, you are losing a lot of time by taking your foot off the throttle.

I am a mouse user, and not very fast, but it took me less 5 tries to get the chicane flat out. I will post a replay later.

Please don't take this as offensive, I am trying to help you

Nice. Keep up the good work

You can use google to calculate the amount it will cost after currency exchange http://www.google.com/search?h ... sd&btnG=Google+Search

One thing I don't understand is: How can you not have any money when you're 13? You have absolutely NO expenses what so ever. When I was 13 I got off my ass and did a paper run, saved up my money and bought stuff I wanted.

Now I'm a full time student and I don't have any money , but I used some of my savings money from part time work that I did at school to buy S2

The MRT has to be the most twitchy car in existance.