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.

LFS crashed when I tried to join the S2 Bug Test Server. It downloaded all skins, but then I got the following message:


(wasn't able to copy&paste the text in that window, hope it provides some useful info though)

Hope thats not the final solution for the kick/ban vote system. The reason why kick-votes didn't work before, from my pov, was that people didn't specify the reason for the kick. I won't vote yes if i don't know what the suspected person did (sad enough that some do). Good thing would be if every time you start a kick/ban-vote, you get a text-box where you must type in the reason for the vote in a short sentence.

I'd say take your time, keep on trying the demo, and if you are still playing LFS in, let's say, 3 months, then you're ready to make the right decision about that.

It took me 1,5 years of demo racing to realise, that everytime I got bored from LFS and put it aside, I always returned to it after some while. So I purchased the S2 license, and yeah, i'm still here.

Try http://tremulous.net/, it's an online FPS/Strategy-Mix and uses the Quake3-Engine.

Basically it's about a battle between humans and aliens, the interesting part is that you can also play on the alien side. While the humans use guns, laser-rifles, granades and other technical stuff, the aliens bite, beat, or trample down the enemy.

A very addictive game, i played it for months