A good update imho ... apart from the added features and such, 'for some reason' the game engine itself is now running just that little bit smoother & sweeter on my linux box ... and by 'little bit' I of course mean 'appreciably' and that's important..ie; if you don't notice any change, it doesn't matter =) Of course, I'm using crossover/wine to run LFS itself, and in such a runtime environment, one tends to notice more any subtle improvements.. I'll have to fire it up on the iMac a bit later, and see if I notice the same gains there.. Thanks for the continuing great work on LFS.

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Think it must be my control? tried all the suggestions and still its so sensitive, even with analogue smoothing. Its doing my head in!

It could possibly be the xpad itself ; although I use linux, I typically use a xbox controller for driving sims (until I build a wheel&seat setup), and that said the xpads I have are the translucent Xbox Controller S versions and getting on in age. Anyhow, the xpad I've had connected for the last 3 years, has seen a pretty solid workout in many driving sims, and it slowly developed this error in the 'deadzone' area....

....it's actually caused by wear of the potentiometers that are part of the joystick assemblies (the M$ part is described as an 'analog sensor'), in the deadzone area (where the actuation spends most of it's time), and the electrical contact between the 'wipe' and the resistive circuit is broken..ie;
open circuit. All manner of weird things happen when this occurs, and in my case it manifest itself as an all of a sudden turn sharp left while trying to keep things in a straight line...at a couple of hundred kph. The other problem, was with partial steering (around a slight bend), the contact would make/break continually with the slightest joystick movement...

You can fix the problem ; the parts are available (I've seen them on ebay for $5 or such), and one would merely need desolder the old assembly & remove it, and then solder in the new part -- however, you'd want to double check this is indeed the problem, perhaps try using the xpad with another sim, and see if it displays the same problems.

Hope this helps...