Hi Greyheart and welcome to LFS! good choice!

As for a list of all your pb's, log into lfsworld.com and select S2 hotlaps...this also shows how far off the world record you are and all manner of stats.

When racing online, most servers seem to display your laptimes by typing !pb or !stats. The actual commands are listed when you log into a new server but its pretty easy.

Have fun

wow Bishtop that's over a month of solid FBM/BL1 driving..!

I guess these kinds of guides could be incorporated into the Training and the general starter stuff on new installs of LFS.

- Really well made tracks
- Option for singleplayer self-made tracks for time trials
- Close bumper-to-bumper racing
- Friendly/helpful community
- There's always someone faster...

Hi there!
My first recommend would be to get some decent setups from established racers, as the defaults car setups are extremely inferior and can make you loose confidence (especially under braking). Check out http://setupgrid.net/. I'd pick some endurance setups for learning LFS with as they tend to be more balanced than the all-out-speed hotlaps and sprint setup.
Complete the training but avoid any length of time racing with AI cars. Instead, find a demo server online, explain you've just started and ask if they can give you tips. I find quite often that spectators are happy to give tips on line choice etc and can give you really helpful tips that you can't learn by following computer cars. Don't be threatened by the speed of racers online, or anyone that has a go at you for being a tad slow as a learner. Everyone had to start sometime but it's surprising how many people forget that...

Welcome to LFS and have fun!

This is easier, I've attached my BL1 set. It's the setup grid set with a few tweaks as I drive kb. My pb is 33.6 but over the course of a sprint race I can average 34.2 without to much hassel. Good luck!

XFR @ FE3 (Gold) - for me this car is almost too fast for the tight track so it forces me to drive at my limit. Fast lap times are very rewarding whilst a few wrong corner entries or dabbing the grass can see you loose a whole heap of time; hard to master imo.

XFR @ KY2 (National) - Great long suspenseful drive to t1. Driving solo this track can drag a bit, however in tight, fair racing the corners seem to be layed out to create good races. Plus, I've found this track one of the worse for the fast lap times/tyre management war so I've learned alot here too.

Last edited by egghed6, Wed, 8 Aug 2012 21:05.

blimey that is higher than i thought, but as you say servers with 20+ racers willl be greater. I got a free download counter program which reads around 20kbps when online now so I'm fine with that

thanks, sorted

Hi, my monthly internet allowance is 40GB and in one day I used 3.25GB somehow after just going on facebook and playing LFS.
I always thought LFS online was quite a low download (just car path data surely??) so I'm struggling to see how I used up so much? I'm not sure what the correct vocab for this is, but can someone estimate the kbps download rate of playing LFS online...I may have to cut back to keep within my limit otherwise!?

Thanks

Hi,
I'm in the same position as you as I am not a team member, but enjoy the freedom to 'turn up and drive' whenever I fancy.

Although workshops and tutorials may help you initially, I've found that driving in a race situation can be quite different than hotlapping. Often in a race it's best to take a few tenths off to preserve tyres, or minimize the risk of running wide and letting followers through.
For improving your outright pace I would recommend spending some time analysing WR spr's (get from lfsworld.com), perhaps learning a few setups tips etc.
However, as for online racing I don't think there's a better way to improve than just putting the laps in, with a focus on improving slowly and maturely (don't try and outdrive yoursefl). Sure, take some time to learn new tracks and setups offline, but practise is really unbeatable.

Also, in my opinion consistancy is very underrated. Don't go throwing away a good race in pursuit of pb's - it's a trap easy to fall into

good luck

perhaps a 'was this reply useful?' vote system would be better than personal scores.
in this way the best answers could rise to the top (like yahoo/youtube) but can also be viewed chronologically underneath

exactly, and its useful to know what type of car is down the road

I think it would be great if alongside the racer names/running order list during races, also displayed was the car type of that racer. I think would would make a great addition for enduros and the in game screen would still look very clean(see pic).
Ideally this would be a toggle on/off option as single car servers/races would have no need of this.
I'd like to know what you think, so please take a look at a crude image i knocked up to show you what I mean...

I can't think what it could be other than if you exit the game with alt+f4?
maybe try entering an online game after the unlock to confirm it all on lfsworld
good luck

perhaps include <b>T1</b> - turn 1 as it's referenced quite alot in post race-start first corner scrambles

I can understand where you are coming from, sure sometimes we all just want a simple fair race. However, if you want great physics and close racing between experienced racers then LFS ticks all the boxes over pretty much every other simulator.

The biggest difference will come by just lifting off the throttle whilst the drive tyres are airborne (just think - motocross riders always lift off when airborne too).

This 'account type segregation' is a sure fire way of weakening the already dwindling LFS community.
Of course new players will ask what seem like mundane or childish posts, but at least they're showing an interest.
even when I look back at my earliest posts I cringe at some of the stuff I posted, but since then i've leaned loads - it's only a matter of time before new players do too.

This thread should show that, no matter who you are, sometimes your opinion just isn't valid.

of any view, a total overview of the track (as in autocross editor zoomed fully out to show all cars on track + name tags) would be really useful. but other than that i wish that all car telemetry was more easily viewed, so this could be shown on another screen perhaps

ok not to worry, worth me asking

I was wondering if it's possible to change my user name..?

I made my LFS account when I was 12 or 13 and now really hate the ridiculous 'egghed6' name I've been labelled with ever since.

I appreciate that all the databases run from user ID so this may not be possible, it's not too much of a problem - it would just be easier to change to the same name i use elsewhere e.g. flickr etc.

thanks for any help

I can't ever see real-world adverts working in sims/games. there's a hard to pin down awareness of being in a virtual world (compared to reality) which would dispel the whole point of advertising in the game.

http://setupfield.teaminferno. ... ar_id=48&p_version=S2