Quote from Tezuka :

13 hours and 52 minutes until the TF109 reveal

Toyota needs to revamp its image and become something unique and interesting. They're the generic Formula One team. Their livery and corporate colors, and the whole feel of the team really, are bland and uninspiring. Trulli and Glock are OK guys, but c'mon, who is a diehard Toyota fan? It's just a faceless corporate monolith with no character or passion. This also seems to extend to the design philosphy and engineering of their car, which would explain their lack of success relative to their budget.

They've kept the same paint scheme on their car for years, and it was crap to start with. They should go with something outrageous (by their standards anyway) so they at least stand out a little. Make it clear that they're evolving and intend to really step up in '09. Kinda like what Honda did in 2007 with it's Earth car thing, except y'know, good.

I think one of the problems was that Rudy may have been either waiting for the green flag or the start/finish line before really putting the foot down, however this does not excuse the slowing down to 46mph after accelerating to over 60mph out of the final turn.

It might be an idea to follow the normal FIA/non-USA restart rules, where so long as the Safety Car is clear of the road ahead then it is up to the leader when to go, and they can go at any time - waiting on the green flag is not necessary so it means the leader can get on the power out of the final turn rather than wait until the green flag comes out. Of course, no overtaking until the line.

I mentioned it in the commentary because I saw it on the Safety Car livery - it said "Limiters on" or something - so wouldn't it be better if that was done next time?

Fantastic Red Bull livery :P

The cars are customisable, you can change the setup, and the colour, and paint it in a fancy livery too if it should take your fancy!

Quote from GrIp DrIvEr :

ok. i'm going to start a demo users only thread.

It will be interesting to see how you will stop S2 users from posting in the thread?

Normally I am completely against 'crapping on' threads, but this one is funny. I am a hypocrite, get over it.

Last edited by 5haz, Fri 9 Jan 2009, 15:19.

Quote from BlueFlame :

Nevertheless, in Drag Racing, your time has to be 'backed up' which means more than 1 run of the same time. If you see American spec Top Fuel funny cars and European ones, you see clearly that they are totally different body styles. The current American ones have all these spoilers at the back and I think their chassis is a few CM longer too (not sure). Either way, 10years ago, European rules and NHRA Top Fuel Funny Car rules were almost the same, and the European cars were always quicker, with backed up times. Also, if you're going to research this, be sure not to confuse a Funny Car with a dragster sometimes known as a raildragster, and be sure not to mix up Top Methanol with Top Fuel, as they are (clearly) two different classes running on different fuels.

American drag racing is, and always was, faster than euro drag racing. Australian records are also quicker and faster than europe's. Maybe you should do some research yourself?

Also, there's no difference in the bodyshapes. There might be a difference in the material as US cars are now all carbon fibre instead of fibreglass, but apart from that and the livery, the bodies are all the same wedge shape with huge rear wings needed for downforce.

The euro nitro funny car record is a 5.1@289mph where as the US record is 4.6@333mph for the quarter mile. They only run the nitro cars to the 1000 foot mark now (instead of 1320) after the death of Scott Kallita.

Wouldn't it be easier to just use the A1GP Team Ireland livery? :P

Quote from VeeDub Geezer :

Can I add a 'ring sticker to it? (dont ask... lol)

Aye, I suppose so

Here's another, fictional Pidgin Messenger livery...

Right then, I'm going to be the first to show my hand :doh:

I think the SC should be a fairly uncomplicated livery, but recognisable.
Hopefully this has the desired effect.

I will recreate it for FZ50 shortly, and will certainly tweak it if requested

A sort-of replica here.

Peugeot 306 Maxi livery with Pug brandings replaced for VW.

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Nothing compares to extreme ricing as done in the Pacific Rim.

I've seen so many examples of that. Those ricer cars look like graphics card artifacts and I find that really funny. If a new NFS had that kind of ricing, I would die of laughter.

Have you seen what they do to vans?
http://thxforthe.info/blog/wp- ... 007/03/ultimate-ricer.jpg

And trucks?!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi ... commons/5/5c/Dekotora.jpg

And well, anime livery on a car is O.K. in my opinion. It just depends what you put on there.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi ... 8_Super_GT_qualifying.jpg

Anyways, I don't know how NFS is going to get out of the huge hole they put themselves in. They've been sticking to the tuner theme for too long and if they do come back with an exotic, more race oriented theme, I still don't think they could pull themselves out of that hole.

Last edited by Scatter, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 10:42.

Those who know me will not be surprised by this one... an Andy Priaulx BMW WTCC inspired livery. Pretty simple really.

My first try at the VWS.

Public fictional Gulf livery.
remove 1024

Rothmans livery I have previously done for other cars, now also on the Scirocco...

arg I just spent 1 hour replicating the Britcar VX220 livery for it when Gimp crashed while saving, corrupting the xcf file :irked:

Kamei Golf livery

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

This is the only thing that makes me jealous of the USA, you can use your flag as paint without it looking gay. The Union Flag just never works. :/

It didn't look to bad on the Beetle RSI.. http://www.theracingbug.co.uk/39504/53804.html
(I was looking for some inspiration) I might actually try that livery.

In that case, as skins don't actually also look their best in CMX, I'll add ingame screenshots instead
Cars with racing livery belong to the track.

And I have a devious idea about the screenshots... nehehee.

FXR Gulf livery transported from the DBR9.

Credits to Daloonie for the FXR bodykit
Also credits to db design for several details

Public skin, you can change the number to your own liking.
Remove 1024 from skinfile when uploading.

Have fun with it

Last edited by niels1, Wed 10 Dec 2008, 08:25. Reason : Added a render.

Becky, when you watch A1GP or GP2 do you even think about the teams? Being a standard car means that the teams are just a livery, and very little attention is given to them other than the quality of their setup abilities.

One make series are not good if you want a team championship, or want the teams to be part of it. Whilst I appreciate that not everyone loves the technical side of F1, the whole of the sport will suffer if that is lost to spec cars.

i like it because i see the Ken Block subaru

i just love those Monster Energy livery's

its a cool livery i suppose

ken block's 08/09 livery is much cooler

One of the first serious skins I've done for LfS is my personal interpretation of a Red Bull livery. The pic attached firstly is an early stage draft looking pretty blank. Later I tried to make it closer to a possible V1 Championship livery, I refined the standard sponsor ads at the side for higher resolution and added some detail as you can see in the other 2 pictures attached.

The point is I'm not quite happy with the NIL-logos and the little "extra livery" (the white stripes, just google for packs, it's a cigarrete brand). Otherwise it would look too blank again without it. What could I do for it? I just know if I remove the NIL-ads I'll use the silver air take-in like in the early version again.

Last edited by 5tag, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 14:48.

Hi,
I was wondering of someone would be willing to make a FBM/FOX/F08 skin of the Japanese TOM's racing cars?

Here are some pics of what the beautiful livery looks like.
Formula Nippon (F08 anyone?:razz:
http://www.carlovandam.nl/typo3temp/pics/d422400eb8.jpg
http://www.carlovandam.nl/typo3temp/pics/5e871623a9.jpg
http://www.carlovandam.nl/typo3temp/pics/f67926f853.jpg
http://www.carlovandam.nl/typo3temp/pics/810a264482.jpg

And the Formula 3 car:
http://www.carlovandam.nl/typo3temp/pics/fafeb4bfb5.jpg
http://www.carlovandam.nl/typo3temp/pics/2fdd9151a1.jpg
http://www.carlovandam.nl/typo3temp/pics/366974fbe6.jpg
http://www.carlovandam.nl/uploads/pics/31DS9009_01.jpg
http://www.carlovandam.nl/uploads/pics/32DS6908_01.jpg

Much appreciated!

Whilst Superleague is a totally stupid idea, that is a very nice livery!