What I always do on an unfamiliar track/car combo is join a server and spectate for a few laps. Find the leader (because he's probably driving the best lines) and watch how he drives until you get a clue on brakepoints and cornerspeeds for that car on that layout.
Once you think you have the overview, get in the car and get going and start having fun. Just make sure others realize you are quite new and make sure you got a bind for "Sorry"
It seems to work for me although a few drivers will probably not think I have this right until I practice that specific combo first off line.
I cannot be bothered about that really and just try to stay out of trouble and keep CTRL+S (going to pits) always close by
Once you think you have the overview, get in the car and get going and start having fun. Just make sure others realize you are quite new and make sure you got a bind for "Sorry"
It seems to work for me although a few drivers will probably not think I have this right until I practice that specific combo first off line.
I cannot be bothered about that really and just try to stay out of trouble and keep CTRL+S (going to pits) always close by
Why don't you just create a custom view still ín cockpit, but where you can't see the speedo (if this is possible). I would expect that putting the view position more forward would remove it from your sight.
I'm always looking at the speedo too btw, doing the exact same thing. I tried to do it differently, but keep braking too much before corners if I don't watch the speedo. This is because I usually start braking quite early and modulate it to get to the speed I want to start taking the corner with and still have time to hit the apex (which I often miss to be honest )
I better start making some of these adjustments myself too and get racing without the speedo :P
I'm always looking at the speedo too btw, doing the exact same thing. I tried to do it differently, but keep braking too much before corners if I don't watch the speedo. This is because I usually start braking quite early and modulate it to get to the speed I want to start taking the corner with and still have time to hit the apex (which I often miss to be honest
)I better start making some of these adjustments myself too and get racing without the speedo :P
ROFL, so true!! (especially the Tribes part
although I was a big fan of Tribes 2 too and still run a server for it (=DB= Dutchbat Homeworld))I never practice offline and have never done so. It's an online simulator so that's what I want to use. And although I am definitely not a great driver I'm reasonably quick to learn a decent control of a car on a circuit.
However, when I have a new track with a new car I always observe a couple of laps of preferably one of the leaders to see how they drive, what the circuit is like, where they brake and what speeds they take corners with.
When I think I have a clue I'll jump in a car and have a go, trying to stay away from anyone driving and keeping the CTRL+S close in my mind.
I'll still struggle sometimes and have caused an occasional crash, even last weekend on a circuit I know well, just not with that car (sorry Appie!!) because I was trying to get out of the way.
When a new race starts I'll just start driving with everybody else and will improve enough to not be terrible in 2-3 races.
I've had a lot of fun races just driving midfield with somebody driving about the same times as me, but well below WR's or the leaders pace. I have fun that way and do not have the skills or desire to win a lot or become an alien.
Yes I could train to improve off line first, but the little time I have to play LFS I want to play versus other people, because that for me is where the fun is in a game. The fact that I can say "Sorry, it is my fault" to someone is a lot more fun then grumbling about AI getting in my way. Maybe that is not quite what some of you want, but I do not care if I get hit once in a while, because another race will be 5 minutes away and nothing is lost really. That might be just a mentality difference which makes LFS so much more alive when online
However, when I have a new track with a new car I always observe a couple of laps of preferably one of the leaders to see how they drive, what the circuit is like, where they brake and what speeds they take corners with.
When I think I have a clue I'll jump in a car and have a go, trying to stay away from anyone driving and keeping the CTRL+S close in my mind.
I'll still struggle sometimes and have caused an occasional crash, even last weekend on a circuit I know well, just not with that car (sorry Appie!!) because I was trying to get out of the way.
When a new race starts I'll just start driving with everybody else and will improve enough to not be terrible in 2-3 races.
I've had a lot of fun races just driving midfield with somebody driving about the same times as me, but well below WR's or the leaders pace. I have fun that way and do not have the skills or desire to win a lot or become an alien.
Yes I could train to improve off line first, but the little time I have to play LFS I want to play versus other people, because that for me is where the fun is in a game. The fact that I can say "Sorry, it is my fault" to someone is a lot more fun then grumbling about AI getting in my way. Maybe that is not quite what some of you want, but I do not care if I get hit once in a while, because another race will be 5 minutes away and nothing is lost really. That might be just a mentality difference which makes LFS so much more alive when online
I'm busy accellerating from the crash in the turn before the straight, checking supension damage and tyre temps and contemplating whether I really need to pit this time or if I can survive another crash in the turn after the straight.
That and take a quick sip from a glass of water.
That and take a quick sip from a glass of water.
Since I'm not being hindered by any negative pre posts feelings about Dethred, I have to say I found his first reponse very funny
Then again I probably have a weird sense of humor
I've been playing since S1 and thought S1 and S2 both were great, but this new update just made me see how much better it still could be.
Being content or happy with the way something works and defending that is quite ok because it is (at least for me) a bit hard to imagine beforehand what a difference a physics update can make. Then again I don't have to be the creative genius to think about how it can all be better and just play and enjoy the game as it is at that point.
LFS is however the only racesim and in fact only game I've been playing the last year. Every time it's fun and enjoyable so I'm happy I spend the 36€ on it. I got my money's worth out of it big time and intend to hang on till S3 and more. I like the fact it is still developing, because that gives me a game that will change again in the future and will change for the better. If it was finished and development would stop, it would just not be as much fun
Then again I probably have a weird sense of humor
I've been playing since S1 and thought S1 and S2 both were great, but this new update just made me see how much better it still could be.
Being content or happy with the way something works and defending that is quite ok because it is (at least for me) a bit hard to imagine beforehand what a difference a physics update can make. Then again I don't have to be the creative genius to think about how it can all be better and just play and enjoy the game as it is at that point.
LFS is however the only racesim and in fact only game I've been playing the last year. Every time it's fun and enjoyable so I'm happy I spend the 36€ on it. I got my money's worth out of it big time and intend to hang on till S3 and more. I like the fact it is still developing, because that gives me a game that will change again in the future and will change for the better. If it was finished and development would stop, it would just not be as much fun
I just like to drive around and am not really bothered by racing incidents that happen to me. I've been hit a lot of times and unfortunately I've hit others quite a lot of times. The last is usually just poor control of my own vehicle, because I just suck at LFS (slowly improving though :P)
Whatever happens I'll usually say "Sorry, my fault" and don't really care if it really is my fault or not. When I hit someone in any way I probably could have avoided it in any way and could have made that effort.
As for me I like to leave room in corners whenever I expect there might be even a slight overlap. If somebody is behind me and I no longer see him/her directly in my rearview mirror I start driving wider lines, because I expect them to be a little beside me. This is poor position defending, but invites close door to door racing which is fun. I don't care what position I'm driving in at all, just as long as there is someone close to have a bit of a 'race' with I'm happy and smiling through every mistake I make
(slowly improving though :P)Whatever happens I'll usually say "Sorry, my fault" and don't really care if it really is my fault or not. When I hit someone in any way I probably could have avoided it in any way and could have made that effort.
As for me I like to leave room in corners whenever I expect there might be even a slight overlap. If somebody is behind me and I no longer see him/her directly in my rearview mirror I start driving wider lines, because I expect them to be a little beside me. This is poor position defending, but invites close door to door racing which is fun. I don't care what position I'm driving in at all, just as long as there is someone close to have a bit of a 'race' with I'm happy and smiling through every mistake I make
Congratulations Scawen, this should be easy to remember since my sister got a daughter on the same day :P
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