IMHO it should generally stay closed. But, take the DP1 just as an example - if there are some people on here who could make it, they could contact and work fairly closely with Scavier, and when they're all happy, release it. That way you would have very slow releases of cars/tracks, not much (if any) quicker than we have now, but hopefully very high quality, and keeping the 'feel' of the sim. If people can make stuff that's good enough, then they can.
If anyone approves something, it should be Scawen, Victor or Eric - or one or two other highly trusted people. They know what everything should be like, and that would keep it as an extremely high quality sim. It could be difficult with other people because one person's great is another person's crap.
If it's opened up completely, there will be no control over anything any more - yes, you will probably have some great mods, but the rest will turn into rFactor. Like the games themselves, they can look beautiful, but that doesn't mean they're any good.
If anyone approves something, it should be Scawen, Victor or Eric - or one or two other highly trusted people. They know what everything should be like, and that would keep it as an extremely high quality sim. It could be difficult with other people because one person's great is another person's crap.
If it's opened up completely, there will be no control over anything any more - yes, you will probably have some great mods, but the rest will turn into rFactor. Like the games themselves, they can look beautiful, but that doesn't mean they're any good.
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and left button while moving the mouse
^ this 
+999999999999999999 also
If this is going to be a racing simulator it needs to follow what happens in the real world, to a certain extent of course. IMHO this goes with a pit lane speed limit and false starts.
+999999999999999999 also
If this is going to be a racing simulator it needs to follow what happens in the real world, to a certain extent of course. IMHO this goes with a pit lane speed limit and false starts.
By grab the old one and press m I mean press its little yellow box - that'll 'pick it up', then you can press m to move it somewhere else.
Yup. Place the start by using the 's' key. Of course you can only have one so if you want to move it you'll have to grab the old and press 'm'.
Interesting... it doesn't take a genius to see that's a rip off of/based on DR. Thanks, I will try it!
I just tried it on XP and it restarted with no problems at all. You might get a few others from the program, but it works 
Oh dear 
24 EUR = about 30 USD
but LFS uses GBP
24 GBP = about 47 USD
I am sorry to say I think you have made a boo-boo.
24 EUR = about 30 USD
but LFS uses GBP
24 GBP = about 47 USD
I am sorry to say I think you have made a boo-boo.
I had a thought last night. I don't think anyone's suggested it. The map is often covered up by chat text, so how about having a key that would raise the map to the top (ie. above chat messages) when it is held down? Exactly like ctrl + shift does for the frame rate/time and LFSW names. Then seeing it, say, when exiting the pits will be no problem at all, however much chat text there is.
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I tried it with plain old Wine in Kubuntu Dapper a while ago, and I didn't notice any problems at all. I was surprised at how well it worked. I didn't try using my wheel though, but I suppose it wouldn't have had any force feedback if I had done.
...or foobar2000 which can do that while using much less CPU
+1 for that. Of course each vote already comes up (x voted to RESTART), so I imagine that it wouldn't be too hard. It's a small thing that could be really quite handy
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Heh, guess what CD I've just found. It's a proper legal copy, I got it with some kind of 'subscribe and get this for £5' promotion a few years ago. But posting a link would break the forum rules...
"Create a "smx" folder inside your "lfs\data" folder and place the contents of this zip file in that folder."
If you are using WinZip, open the archive, press extract, and extract it to 'wherever lfs is\data\smx'. It should make the directory for you.
If you are using WinZip, open the archive, press extract, and extract it to 'wherever lfs is\data\smx'. It should make the directory for you.
I suppose you will dual boot it, then at least you can go back to XP if you have any problems. I tried a Vista RC a while ago, and it was interesting to try it.
It looks lovely, as does the box art, but it doesn't mean it's any good. Don't we know that from somewhere?
How much does it cost?
It looks lovely, as does the box art, but it doesn't mean it's any good. Don't we know that from somewhere?
How much does it cost?
I found the Redline server back in mid July. Before that I'd never really been online much. Between then and now I have raced on there a hell of a lot, for me at least. The team members are good racers, and racing there is always fun. Following the leaders helps improve my PBs too!
Yes, newbies can cause problems. But if you have a brain and are a good racer, and have just joined at the back of the grid, you know you might have to avoid them. It's simple - do that, get to the finish, and for the next race you'll start in front of them.
I was quite surprised when I saw the posts here because I have never been banned or had any problems. Funny that.
Yes, newbies can cause problems. But if you have a brain and are a good racer, and have just joined at the back of the grid, you know you might have to avoid them. It's simple - do that, get to the finish, and for the next race you'll start in front of them.
I was quite surprised when I saw the posts here because I have never been banned or had any problems. Funny that.
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I think it would be worth it. You need to spend time in the first place getting used to the sim anyway, so I can't see how it would be too hard. Surely the tests would only need to be simple anyway - not-particularly-fast-but-okay reference lap times for each car and basic racing etiquette.
Maybe there could also be another, more difficult set of tests requiring, say, faster lap times and more distance covered online. That would allow more elite races... almost like league racing, but still on public servers
Maybe there could also be another, more difficult set of tests requiring, say, faster lap times and more distance covered online. That would allow more elite races... almost like league racing, but still on public servers
I like the idea of having some kind of online experience system. Say, once you have driven x miles in the FO8 you can move up to the BF1 - online - but you can drive any car you want offline or on servers that allow it.
If I've just unlocked LFS, why should I have to work my way up? Who cares if I want to mess around offline with the BF1?
I would hate to see the cars completely locked away again. When I came from GPL, F1C, RBR etc. to S1 all I did was race the AI around Fern Bay RallyX Green in the RB4 to get the credits. If I knew that system was in GTL I would never have bought it - luckily there is a file for unlocking all of the cars.
I get satisfaction from winning races (
), not earning electronic money!
If I've just unlocked LFS, why should I have to work my way up? Who cares if I want to mess around offline with the BF1?
I would hate to see the cars completely locked away again. When I came from GPL, F1C, RBR etc. to S1 all I did was race the AI around Fern Bay RallyX Green in the RB4 to get the credits. If I knew that system was in GTL I would never have bought it - luckily there is a file for unlocking all of the cars.
I get satisfaction from winning races (
), not earning electronic money!FGED GREDG RDFGDR GSFDG