what i feel is, the devs are working under an isolated environment, unaware of the competitions that are going to come up ahead, and somehow failed to keep their product competitive, either the speed or the way they are doing it.

i bet nobody here wanna see LFS die off, including the devs, everyone here and myself, but i really want to say is "LFS will eventually die off" what we are going to see if the development process keeps on like now. Nobody here kills LFS, it is the market that doing the job. LFS is an unfinished and underdevelopent product for sure, but that doesnt immunized itself from all types of competition, LFS is one of the product in the game market. competition doesnt just come from another good/great racing sim, instead all games and other alternatives that we can spend our spare time on are competition forces. u cant ignore the competition by just self lying and giving excuses like "oh, this is the way we do things", "we are happy with what we are doing now". i believe the devs dont want to see their own son dying, so i hope smthing will be done.

if anyone thinks it is TWEAK, plz take a look at the SPR i uploaded in the above post. u can test drive it if u want, but how well u can drive is depends on ur talent and practice :P

just got some newer sets from him

according to him, "FXO_practice drift.set" is for beginners

and "FXO_[DF]drift.set" is the set he is currently using

edit: added a spr if u wanna take a closer look on his driving

Last edited by Kancel, Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:40.

I hv got some old setups that the dude driving the orange car in the vid had been using back in 2007. driving style is a huge different from regular rwd cars. here is some tips, if the car get understeery u hv to ease the throttle, but if the car get oversteery, u hv to increase the throttle. its much much harder than drifting a regular rwd cars imo.

Quote from D4rkw1ng :

as far as i can tell by the preview they look quite nice... i think ill try them at home

one question though: can i use the "colorless" windows with e.g. Darkone55's reflection maps? so that i kinda keep the old looks from the reflection but change only the window's color?

can't try it now as i'm at work -.-"

yes, sure u can keep ur orginal reflection files

the colorless window and reflection are 2 seperate mods

Quote from [DUcK] :

Looks good Kancel, nice job dude

thx d00d, nice avatar btw, RC ducky lol

Complete windows pack for RAC+LX4/6+UF1+all other cars,
including a modded headlight glass as well, if you want
to keep the defaulf ones, dont copy "s_glassALPHA.dds"
and "s_UF_winALPHA.dds" into your dds folder.

In the 0.3 version, there are whole list of opacity level
that you can choose among to suit your personal preference,
feel free to mix files of difference opacity to get
the optimum result you want.

Default opacity of the package:
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33% for regular windows
80% for regular headlights
53% for LX windows
60% for UF headlights
53% for UF windows
40% opacity for RAC windows

Details of files:
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s_windowALPHA.dds - regular windows
rearscreenALPHA.dds - rear window of some cars, change together with "s_windowALPHA.dds"
s_glassALPHA.dds - regular headlights
s_LX_winALPHA.dds - LX windows
s_UF_headALPHA.dds - UF headlights
s_UF_winALPHA.dds - UF windows
s_windxrALPHA.dds - RAC windows

Last edited by Kancel, Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:32.

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Last edited by Kancel, Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:49.

All reflection textures are completely re-worked under
1024x1024 size and 16-bit color mode, but due to the dds
compression, the outcome is not as good as I expected.
Reflection colors are finetuned for every particular track
and their weather according to the test I done before
about the relations between DDSs, tracks and weathers.
If you are interested in the test result, please see the
readme, or scroll up to post no.17.

It may be photo-unrealistic, but it is definitely looking
nice and natural, and more integrated with the track
environment in LFS.

"You have uploaded the maximum of 12 files"

more preview and the download is in the post below

Last edited by Kancel, Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:52.

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Table 1
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Blackwood

Clear Day - BWskysunny1_E.dds
Cloudy Afternoon - Skyovercast6_E.dds
Cloudy Sunset - Sky_sunset4_E.dds

South City

Clear Afternoon - SKY2007sunny1_E.dds
Overcast Day - Sky_overcast3_E.dds
Cloudy Sunset - Sky_sunset4_E.dds

Fern Bay

Clear Day - JAskyday1_E.dds
Cloudy Sunset - Sky_sunset4_E.dds
Overcast Dusk - Skycloudysnst2_E.dds

Autocross

Overcast Afternoon - Sky_overcast_E.dds
Clear Morning - SKY_semisun_E.dds
Cloudy Sunset - Sky_sunset_E.dds

Kyoto Ring

Clear Day - Skysunny7_E.dds
Cloudy Afternoon - sunsetoc1_E.dds
Cloudy Morning - Skyovercast6_E.dds

Westhill

Clear Day - Suncloudy1_E.dds
Cloudy Afternoon - Skyovercast10_E.dds
Cloudy Sunset - Skysunny6_E.dds

Aston

Clear Day - Suncloudy1_E.dds
Cloudy Afternoon - Skyovercast6_E.dds

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Table 2
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BWskysunny1_E.dds BL Clear Day
JAskyday1_E.dds FE Clear Day
SKY2007sunny1_E.dds SO Clear Afternoon
Sky_overcast3_E.dds SO Overcast Day
Sky_overcast_E.dds AU Overcast Afternoon
SKY_semisun_E.dds AU Clear Morning
Sky_sunset4_E.dds BL Cloudy Sunset, SO Cloudy Sunset, FE Cloudy Sunset
Sky_sunset_E.dds AU Cloudy Sunset
Skycloudysnst2_E.dds FE Overcast Dusk
Skyovercast6_E.dds BL Cloudy Afternoon, KY Cloudy Morning, AS Cloudy Afternoon
Skyovercast10_E.dds WE Cloudy Afternoon
Skysunny6_E.dds WE Cloudy Sunset
Skysunny7_E.dds KY Clear Day
Suncloudy1_E.dds WE Clear Day, AS Clear Day
sunsetoc1_E.dds KY Cloudy Afternoon

Last edited by Kancel, Wed, 5 Nov 2008 07:44.

i wanna race too, please sign me up

:d

dont felt sorry for urselve, its good to hv somebody tell me if they found smthin is probably missing. hope u enjoy my work.

Quote from JasonJ :

OK, I'll try 'em.

But what's the story with missing...

• SKY_semisun7_E.dds
  
• SKY_semisun5_E.dds
  

Are these not used in LFS anymore?

i couldnt find these two files in my dds folder, so probably they are not used any more

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Colorless windows pack update v0.2
missing "rearscreenALPHA.dds" in the first release which the rear window of the XRs was still in green color, corrected in v0.2. And if anyone still find out any files are missing, please raise ur hand.

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Reflection pack v0.3 working in process
Video preview
Normal Quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbYy7nbIYyU
Higher Quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbYy7nbIYyU&fmt=18

Image preview:

and also the 2nd release of the reflection pack, just to add back "BWskysunny1_E.dds"

Last edited by Kancel, Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:41.

V0.3 Updates for both packs are out! Please goto post 25-27 for previews and downloads or click here.

Unrealistic reflection pack
I simply just dont like some realistic objects weaving arround unrealistically on the car, when I am taking shots its fine, but when I am viewing a replay it just looks so weird. So I decided to make this. No matter what camera you use and from whatever angle you view the car, they will now look natural, but unrealistic All files are worked base on the orginal dds.

In V0.3 all reflection textures are completely re-worked under 1024x1024 size and 16-bit color mode, reflection colors also finetuned according to tracks and their weather.

Clear colorless windows
Also attaching a windows dds pack to make the windows look colorless in LFS. Its for RAC+LX4/6+UF1+all other cars, including a modded headlight glass as well, if you want to keep the defaulf ones, just dont copy "s_glassALPHA.dds" and "s_UF_winALPHA.dds" into your dds folder.

In the 0.3 version, there are whole list of opacity level that you can choose among to suit your personal preference, feel free to mix files of difference opacity to get the optimum result you want.

Hope you like my work



Update Log
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24-10-2008 Unrealistic reflection pack v0.2 update
found out that "BWskysunny1_E.dds" was ommited in the first release, so please download the updated one if u hv download before.

25-10-2008 Clear colorless windows v0.2 update
missing "rearscreenALPHA.dds" in the first release which the rear window of the XRs was still in green color, corrected in v0.2.

25-10-2008 Reflection pack v0.3 working in process
Video preview
Normal Quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbYy7nbIYyU
Higher Quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbYy7nbIYyU&fmt=18

Image preview:
http://www.lfsforum.net/attach ... id=69108&d=1224930615

5-11-2008 Linkage between DDS files, tracks, and weather
Worked out the linkage between DDS files, tracks, and weather, the result is here, and ready to finetune the colors according to the track

11-11-2008 Release of V0.3!
Reflections: The reflection textures had been completely re-worked.
Windows: Added 10 sets of opacity which you can choose from.




Old version preview and DL, for newer version see post 25-27
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Last edited by Kancel, Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:04. Reason : V0.3 release

absolutely fabulous work done my fellow countrymate, very proud of it

I m pretty sure some of them are coming for banger racing, so they treat others the way they wish us to treat them

I use a pretty small FOV for my driving (about 50-60)
in road cars, no problem, I can adjust the mirror position
the problem comes when I drive a single seater
which the FOV I m using wont allow me to see the mirrors at all
so I m relying on the virtual mirrors
then I regonise that there is a big difference between the FOV value of a real mirror and a virtual mirror
the virtual mirror has a much larger FOV so that everything has become so small to see
and main problem is the difficulty to figure out the distance between the car in the back
so I suggest that the virtual mirror FOV should be adjustable, neither with the main FOV or adjustable as a seperate option
that will be even better if there is a option to alter the height and width of it
for better racing quality

Quote from evilpimp :

Why not LX1 through 12? Maybe an LX12 with a twin turbo 80.0L engin? Wouldn't that be a beast? And then the LX1 to comete with the UF1

how abt a LX16, just put the veyron engine into it, W16:banana:
use up the fuel tank in 12 min and have to pit for fuel for every 5 laps

Quote from [RF]-art555 :

I strongly suggest you to have a read at CTRA sub forum about the balancing of TBO class before spouting such nonsense

the fact is, FXO is still fast like cheating

the car is so light weight that it is fast in the corners, and it is the fastest on the straight too

with a carefull throttle control, the tyre temp is even more controllable than a XRT or a RB4

FXO is just too competetive

i also suffer from this a lot when i shift+f4, the FPS falls to single digit and LFS will have a 100% CPU usage, have to reinit the display card driver to get it back to normal, but the problem will appear repeatly when i do another shift+f4

Quote from i_MAXIBON :

since you're still laughing at my pedals, here is a quick video i made of them in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oov5H1oNcHE

brake is closest, accelerator is in the middle and clutch is at the back.

Briliant design, I love it

How mouch would you ask for making one more of that pedal set + shipping to Melbourne

BTW, "The requested URL /pedals.html was not found on this server", pls fix that

It is quite difficult to do balance the LX4 and the TBO cars in fact. It really depends on the track. The lx4 is way too fast in the corners but way too slow on a main straight, it might be the king in SO, but it definitely the slowest car through most AS and KY tracks. So the balance should be changed from track to track and that will need quite an amount of testing to figure out a good restriction balance. So emmm, i just dont think adding LX4 is a good idea.

<---- typical touring car fans

hope we can have a BMW 320si soon, after the BF1 & FBM