Quote from Danny Boy :

OK lets follow the general line of thinking along. Lets give the LX8, or even the 6, downforce and slicks. And give it more power. Oh and lets give it one seat instead of two. Hang on... What are we left with? The F08. Dont make the same kind of car twice I say!

All this talk of makeing an "LX GTR" is silly to me cause thats not what the lx is supposed to be. Fair enough, the lx8 is making the transition from track day car to "pro sponsored factory etc..." racing car. Slicks make sence here (and I would hate to try to make a good racing start without wheelspin on conventional raod tyres) but plz dont downforce it!

People say it would be easier to drive with this kinda stuff... Well der... but then it wouldnt be an lx style car would it? I've always been a fan of the lx and I really want the lx8 to be the kind of car they always meant it to be: fast, quick around tight corners, and almost impossible 2 keep control of. If anyone wants a car thats easier to control then the lx, go to the F0X.

Remember... you arent supposed to be able to drive the LX quickly 1st time you try. In fact if you try to do so you WILL crash. It takes practice. I can run 1:25's on blackwood now and it took me a long time to get that good (I know its still pretty terrible) but I would love to have the next level of power in the lx8. What can I say? I like crashing

i totally agree with you at almost every point you've made. Even if those things looks kind of nice it wouldn't be a LX anymore. However, i'd like to ask you what you think about a RB4 GTR version instead? Would that makes sense at all?

why do you bother if it doesn't matter? :rolleyes:

tell me, what do you want with a skin for a car you cant even drive, demo racer?

:doh:

:doh:

besides, the size of the picture provides alot of details...

seriously, if he thinks a high post count, the knowledge collected from some books and a bit of real life experience is enough to have a go on people that disagrees with him and/ or have different affectations then him, well, who is the moron would be the question? But since i dont like to insult others i refuse to anwer this. Some people just cant get rid from their contractedness. /offtopic

cheers

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

I think it'd be more something that'd show up at the end of a run, a la the highlighted fast laps or whatever.

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

Pointless to be put in LFS, and as Tristan said, it'd be better in the exit of corners, but why are we taking the time to look at speed traps? All these distractions are just causing racing incidents. Maybe we need to focus on keeping on the road.

just dont read the hole thread, waste of time.

Quote from Dru :

TC, how do you cope in the real world? honestly?



Get got facts straight please again, for some reason you've decided that my comments are worthy of correction. well i've not actually said anything on this thread apart from say where the F! traps are (thats a fact) and also to say about what i thought of them(ie enjoyed it when they used it in single lap qualifying then it WAS relevent) so confused about that, and then the other thread you are talking about i did not actually comment on anything apart from make an extract that confirmed what you had said about stagger/camber, so please go proof check your mistake before coming down all the high and mighty on me please...



why do you think you are special compared to everyone else and why does that that give you the right to pick on me in a forum when i haven't actually done or said anything condradictory

just admit it, you're a moron (jk)

Last edited by 510N3D, Wed 23 May 2007, 22:39.

Quote from sinbad :

Useful? Not really. Interesting? In F1, WSB and Moto GP they are. A corner exit speed-trap is of no help if you want to know which machine is fastest in a straight line. What does it mean, except "Vehicle X is fastest at this point"? Nothing, it's not supposed to. What would a corner exit speed-trap mean, other than "Vehicle X is fastest at this point"? Nothing, a driver could lose 3 tenths to gain 1mph through that speed trap, it's useless too. If you want to know who is fastest, you look at sector and lap times, speed-traps are "interesting".

Quote from TheRealEddie :

For fun it would be cool to allow server admins to setup speedtraps. It would make a nice addition to race reports.

-eddie

Well i think its meant to be part of a statistic, maybe after the race in the results table. Something like a average output in a percentage format. If not, i agree, it would be useless to get this information while beeing a driver in a manner like the split times in the middle of the screen are beeing displayed.

Last edited by 510N3D, Wed 23 May 2007, 17:05.

i'd say a combination of both would be even more useful. Beeing slower on a straight is as useless as taking turns slower then others.

@ TC: bla? had a bad day mate? Just because you think you're right doesn't inevitably means that you are actually right. However this do not gives you any right to insult others even if they have a "stupid" opinion about a given topic from your point of view

Btw, i also like to have a top speed track like Nardo or some faster Ovals but i cant see how that affinity makes me a moron. If you dont like it, stay away aight

Last edited by 510N3D, Wed 23 May 2007, 16:53.

good stuff

Quote from mutt107 :

i dont hack.

i love this sort of reaction When people ask me how i get this player model i always fear to say: "look at google.com for lfs player hacker" because some people really think its something illegal which this word usually implies.

Besides, i also dont understand why people care/moan about other peoples player model.

Quote from Ian.H :

And I'd like to ban all stupid skins with text the wrong way on one side of the car........................

Dude... it's a G A M E... c'mon, say it with me.... G A M E... see, not so hard

You want real, buy a ticket to a track day where people will be wearing the proper attire.

I really don't understand how people can get so worked up about it. Having a dude without a race suit is no less immersive than a car on a trip to the moon from a 5mph shunt. Just get over it


Ian

+1

Last edited by 510N3D, Sat 19 May 2007, 09:03.

Quote from unseen :

A lot of people are running systems that don`t show any loss of FPS whatsoever from running much higher res textures/resolutions, and those people generally find the default textures are far too low in quality and want something better. There are a few people out there willing to put in the huge amount of hours to upgrade the graphics, but it`s just easier and a lot less time consuming for us if we hear once in a while from Eric what is, or might be, coming soon.

Yeah, i think those people are still in the minority and therefore a "optional pack" like devil suggested would be a good idea. Or just a option to switch in game. Dont get me wrong, i really appreciate your effort and the qualify of your work and i can understand that you could save alot of time if you would know which part of the content of lfs will be updated with the next patches. Just in case there is an official statement once about these kind of things in this forum, please PM me or something, i dont want to read it

cheers

Quote from DEVIL 007 :

I am willing ERIC could update the textures for all tracks to hi-res versions or at least there would be option with next updates to have hi-res version "optional pack" as well.Its needed so much.

I would change also the sky textures format to better one so the gradients are not so visible.etc,etc,etc.....

as long as we dont have to pay for it... I think the "low-res skins" are already at a comfortable level of quality and i dont really understand people who pay for those high-res skins but thats a matter of taste i guess. Same goes for the track textures, it all looks already quite good, could be a bit nicer here and there but in general, those texture improvement will have a huge impact on the general performance of the game as i have already noticed while using unofficial addon texture packs. So in this respect i dont really think we can expect something like this in near future but maybe when holy S3 is about to launch. (/speculate)

Quote from unseen :

I wish Eric would drop by the forums once in a while just to let us have some ideas of what he`s working on/towards. It`s not like if he gets flooded with requests, etc that he actually has to respond to any or all of them, but it would be nice to at least have an idea of what might be changing or appearing at a certain point in time.

Myself, Electrik Kar, and a few others spend most of the day working on higher res stuff for LFS, since we`re not likely to get full high res graphics until much nearer the official *final* release, and it would mean we aren`t always thinking "is it worth doing in case it changes?"

Just for an example, Kar has had his WIP South City updates semi-finished for a while, we were going to work on them and finish them off, but it was helpful to hear that there was an official update to SO happening from Eric sometime shortly, so instead work shifted over to Aston, Fern Bay and AutoX.

Plus, for a community like this where we hear from Scawen and Vic fairly often, it`d just be nice to hear from the man once in a while...

Nah, i love surprises

Quote from Flotch :

he is secretly building the Nordschleife

yeah, and he is also working on the LX8...GTR...whatever thingy :haha:

Last edited by 510N3D, Tue 15 May 2007, 15:27.

you meant: "lets start the speculation"

For me there cant be a discussion about it because only Eric knows whats next. If you want something like: "we need this" or "could we have that", try the search function in this forum

Quote from matze54564 :

Not enough oval-driver in LFS, the servers are to much empty. Why?? maybe because not enough teamwork and to much crashes.

Join at first this server (Track KY1 Car BF1 laps 8):
(FM) OvaL StArTerS

I guess there is no sense to use the FXR in the Oval, i have no fun with this car.

I dont get the dramatic you spread here mate. At first, you are just a guest once in a while so you cant really say that much about the server and the amount of players connecting. From my point of view it depends on several facts that the server is almost empty or fully loaded with lots of players. I guess you have some bad timing there And theres alot of teamwork, you just need lots of practice to keep up which isn't that easy as some people think it is. Some give up but most of the players keep on racing and get their practice sooner or later. Besides, just because you guess that there is no sense to use the FXR on the Oval it doesn't actually means that there is no sense in general. I can image that you dont have much fun while driving with a mouse but dont generalize ok I think its much more fun then with the bf1 but thats just my kind of taste.

But thanks for promoting us here anyway

Quote from Vain :

Stuff to do in Berlin:
...Catch a train to a nicer city.

Vain

thats what i call spam :doh:

im sure that what he meant was this particular combo which is in fact much closer to something like nascar then the bf1 or any other car in lfs can be so far. But i can imagine what you actually meant mrodgers, the draft engine is by far not as realistic as in NR03S. Correct me if im wrong.

BBC - Horizon - A War On Science (God vs Science) [2006]

:bowdown: :chicken:

wow mate thats sooo great, thanks so much just one thing i'd like to ask, if you make the ford logo a bit bigger, would it still fit on the skin?

http://www.thermoking.de

Last edited by 510N3D, Thu 3 May 2007, 17:05.

great stuff =) can you do one for the FXR as well please? would be great

cheers

hey cool, its hard to find some pics of this car since its not a official car (anymore?) anyway...thanks for the offer, good luck & thanks in advance!

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damn i love those skins!! Any change to get a skin of this car?

http://aktual.com.au/photos/cars/nn_fxr8.jpg

http://granturismo4fr.free.fr/images/voitures/voiture112.jpg

%podium finishes = ((won+second+third) / finished) * 100

20+19+20 / 137 * 100 = 43%

compared to my 77% for example if that is what you actually meant.

Close to some extent as far as i can tell, pure average i would say. Says nothing about you or me at all. I'd say "success rate" is a relative value. Besides, i thought i should get over this facts thing?! You're one strange fella, rly Just stick to your curcuit tracks and enjoy yourself alright? Time will tell if you are a good driver or not but in the end that doesn't really matter, more then that if you enjoyed every single race.

cheers

Quote from Motordirex :

No no...the responses were justified to my comments, but it went a bit far with telling me I dont know LFS because of my lack of track time and questioning my real world racing experience, thats all. You cant knock something unless youve tried it and Ive tried it.

you still do not understand me then, i was not about to insult you in any way, im using the facts i have which are telling me that you cant have the knowledge to make a proper statement. And once again, just trying (doing a couple of laps or so with i dont know what car and people on the track) and doing it professional is something different.

Quote from Motordirex :

-1 billion for ovals...for talentless hacks with A.D.D. If I want to watch a mindless idiot goes in circles, I`ll watch my stupid dog chase his tail.

Quote from Motordirex :

And that hotdog has the same complexity as you driving on any oval.

So you mean insulting others for what they are doing is the right to either step into a conversation and also expect a according response to all this nonsense? Very mature

Quote from Motordirex :

blah blah...but to say I dont play it enough therefore I dont know LFS...blah

And yes, you said it yourself, you only play at weekends (for a respectable reason) and having your join date in mind, you dont know very much about LFS. It seems to me that you do not understand the principle of proportionality.

/unplugged

Last edited by 510N3D, Sat 28 Apr 2007, 18:10.