Since there were some friendly words for my last video, I was motivated to make a new one. So here it is, my third LFS Video.

The video is simply about driving the BMW Sauber F1 without having the traction control activated. The video is devided in two parts, with part one standing for raw and fast onboard-action, while part 2 is more like an analysis of the driving, using close-camera slow-motion shots.

Stream (YouTube): http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=2qayUjBp1N4&fmt=18
Download (x264, 250 MB): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=96M6LQCY

I hope you enjoy the video.

Last edited by Test Driver, Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:36.

Quote from anttt69 :

Brian May

Yes, he's the greatest of all times for me. :bowdown:

Also I always liked:
James Iha, he made some incredible guitar solos for the smashing pumpkins.
And the edge from U2, just for his guitar solo in "The Fly"

I think at least VLC should be able to play Theora videos, even without the codec.

The only thing i can imagine is that the video file got corrupted during the upload/download. Can you give me the sha1sum of the video file? You can find the sha1sum tool here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha1sum, if you look under "External Links" theres a Windows version of the tool.

If you never used sha1sum before:
-Copy the sha1sum.exe into the same folder where the video file is.
-Open a dos box and navigate to the directory where both files are located.
-Type "sha1sum.exe bad_driving_inc.ogg"

After a while it will output a string, which should be exactly:

0e14b8bb525c47e072de28c6dcf3f65148cc21f6

If the string you get shows any difference, then something went wrong during the download.

Edit:
The songs name is "Drink a pint of blood a day". The band is called Milhaven, they release all their music for free on the internet.

Last edited by Test Driver, Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:56.

Quote from Kid222 :

I have problem with HQ version. I've installed codecs from first post, but everytime i try to launch video, every program crashes.
Any ideas please?

Thats strange, the codec worked fine for me with Windows Media Player 9, not even a reboot was required. Which video player(s) did you try?

Well maybe it was not such a great idea to use Theora, which is still a "work in progress" codec. I'll make another HQ upload using the XVid Codec (this will take a little while though)

Yes, I think all of this happened on the CTRA servers. And there was enough footage in the MPRs to make this video 20 minutes long. Sometimes there's just a very bad attitude on their servers :ouch:

I cleaned up my MPRs lately, but before deleting them, I decided to capture the interesting stuff from all the replays to make a video out of it. The resulting video consists of many crashes and accidents, but there are also some scenes which I thought are funny or show good driving.

Default quality version: (Ogg Theora)
http://www.megaupload.com/de/?d=6MGPCC2G

(Theora Video Codec is required to play this video, you can get it here: http://www.theora.org/downloads/, or here (a direct link to the codec package): http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/oggcodecs_0.71.0946.exe.)

No quality version: (Flash)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypKRz9pHiyw

Please note that the purpose of this video is not to blame, it's just a fun video.

I got it working somehow, the AF options in LFS now show full effect. But i dont exactly know why.

The only thing i did was to play around with the AF settings in the Nvidia driver:

First I forced 16x AF in the Live For Speed profile (just like i had it before Y13 came out).

Then i set AF to "Application Controlled" in the Live For Speed Profile. Not "(Global Setting) Application Controlled", just "Appilcation Controlled", so it appears in bold letters.

With this settings i started LFS again, and the ingame AF options worked correctly.

It's a thumbnail of the picture, you should be able to enlarge it by clicking on it

(If not then this link should do it: http://www.picupload.net/s-8c1 ... 6b09ad976832bba44-jpg.php)

Quote from dev :

nVidia 7600GT here, driver version 169.25, running Windows Vista 32-bit... AF works perfectly...

I'm using Windows XP 32 bit, it could be OS related.

My Config:
GPU: Geforce 8800 GTS
Driver: 169.21

I noticed that there is a tiny change in the textures when i switch between AF=off and one of the AF=on settings:

In this pictures it is visible on the fence

Quote from AndroidXP :

Okay, I can't get the AF setting to do anything, but I can force it with the driver anyway (and yes, I made sure both global and LFS-profile AF settings were set to "Application Controlled").

I got the same problem, changing the new AF settings appears to have no effect at all. I'm using a Nvidia GPU with the latest driver (169.21).

How it all began for Garrett, the thief

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... ZfbyE&feature=related

If you look at the cars available in S2, the XRT didn't really make sense in the demo anymore. Now with patch Y the demo has the slowest FWD, the slowest RWD and the slowest single seater to try out. imo this was the right decision , because the demo now shows more what LFS is capable of.

I just played around, and this is what came out

The earth sings mi fa mi
:guitarist :bannana_g:rock_band
:em31:

If you're interested in Linux it's a good idea to try one of the Linux Live-CDs first. They work without any installation, you run Linux from a CD (or an USB-Stick) without any changes to your existing system.

For example, Fedora (one of the major Linux Distributions) provides a Live-CD for gamers: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Games/GamesLive

Tried to make a movie with some good slow-mo scenes, but in the moment i saw the final cut i realised it was crap. However there was already too much work in it, so here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loS6UpHou3c

Some might notice a slight difference in the engine sounds, this is because i couldn't record sound effects from LFS, so instead i recorded and mixed them from a game which offers sound effects in a similar quality as LFS.

You don't need to reinstall LFS, just copy the LFS directory to the new location, and it should work fine without a reactivation.

Noo, I'm lacking any talent for painting. I got this picture from http://www.caedes.net/

Quote from pom456 :

hum, take care about what kind of website\e-mail you're watching and you'll never have a f***ing virus :-)

don't forget windows update and you'll be ok !!!

hehe

after that no more anti-virus is needed :o) i guess :-P

+ don't work or play with your administrator account, create and use a user account with restricted rights. This will make your system immune against a lot of viruses out there.

Probably the most interesting part of this interview, since he played LFS there:

Interviewer: "The driving experience that you get in a f1 simulation, does it come close to reality?"

Heidfeld: "No, sadly not at all."

An update of the FF effects in LFS would be great. The FF feels so slow, mostly because the general steering resistance is too high, making very fast movements (and especially countersteering) with the wheel impossible.

Best FF effects for me (by far) are in Richard Burns Rally, it just feels as it should, gives an excellent feedback of the state of the wheels and the car, and doesn't hinder you in fast movements or countersteering.

Another strange thing with the FF in LFS is that while the car is standing, you can move the wheel without effort, but once the car starts rolling the steering resistance raises, but this should be the complete opposite way

Quote from Zachary Zoomy :

what is the deal with chuck norris? whats the story? I saw him on TC jamaca once but he was inactive so i couldn't ask him.
yes I'm a N00b at LFSHistory

This is Chuck Norris:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHL7EewhO0o

As you can see, you better don't **** with him

Quote from CSU1 :

well ok, this is a learning experience.... I just don't know better.

So what would you suggest as a better app?

Im not doing this because my PC is full of viruses and stuff...I just like the idea of knowing whats going on in a system and how to look for stuff...you know? learning...

http://www.microsoft.com/techn ... rity/RootkitRevealer.mspx

If you want a trustworthy scan for rootkits, try this. The program you posted looks like malware in the first place.

I'd like to see this feature too, but without the presets. I like the idea that the vote-starter has to write down what happened, this gives him time to cool down and reconsider the situation, since kick/ban-votes can be a result of overreaction.