Yes that's sounds like asmarter idea Dajmin. I was afriad of holding this competition due to confusion. I'll do that then and post it up soon.

Hey guys. I want to hold a competition for the chance for someone to win an S3 licence. It will involve designing a cockpit (not creating it ofcourse, just designing blueprints or messurements etc)

Do i need permission or anythign to be able to give a S3 licence when its availiable or what? Am i allowed to give the winner an S3 licence when its available or do i have to wait til an S3 licence is available to give one away?

Silly question,

But would we be getting that small tight chicane that goes off the oval, and back on to it? Is that part of a config?


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On a nother topic, im going to be happy to hold competitions, for S3 licences and vouchers, when more content is available. Any ideas on what it should be? (i do need plans and ideas for a cockpit design? )

Reading the news on Rockingham has made me come to some sort of conclusion, that LFS will never have tracks from all over the world. They said that Rockingham was near, and they had permission. Whats the cost to travel to say, Nurburg, set up the equipment, develop it, licencing, travel back, and work on a 6min track. Not really possible, we just managed Rockingham.

So, we may get more real life tracks in the future, but nothing global. Especially after a lasered track.

Just took offence to it thats all, the flag next to my name may be Australian, but my culture isnt. Sick of it in real life, and maybe i should have thought twice, before bringing a lecture on to here, sorry.

Id rather see the sounds fixed before the graphics/interiors.

Not winging or asking for it, just saying.

To me, id be able to feel alot more with improved engine sounds, tyre screaching etc than leather and materials.

Would love to try out the 06 F1 BMW Sauber at Rockingham. Real car, real track, new physics!

We got the REAL online racing simulator now!

Im going to take a bet, id say..

December - Tyre physics + VW
May 2010 - Rockingham

Thats more, LATEST id say.

Earliest id say, everything by Christmas.

We dont know that for sure, Byku.

..Me thinks a BTCC car is comming along.

Quote from DieKolkrabe :

Any chance we can pre-order S3?

I would right now!

Possible for '09 release?

-Lasered Rockingham
-VW Scirocco
-Tyre physics upgrade/redone
-New car confirmed for S3
-S3 Licence purchase

MUCH more then we expected!

My brother leaves tomorrow from Aus to go to Singapore for the GP!

Im excited to watch this, would be even more if i was going!

My guesses, is Massa comes back, wins and wins the rest of the season!


But in reality, I wouldnt be surprised if the Brawns win, im feeling a comeback!

Ask one of the photographer experts here, theres many of them (from the camera showoff thread), Im sure they will know what effected the image to turn out like that if it was real.

From basic knowledge, id say it would have been without flash, causing lighting to blur, rather then be sharp/solid.

Quote from pasibrzuch :

Wow they write just like they speak. He probably write with one hand while shaking in air another, screaming all over the house

بما في ذلك هوندا أكورد في القوى العاملة للهي الآن غير ممكن ، لأن المطورين يعملون على أمور أخرى ، مثل الفيزياء وتحسين. تصفح هذا المنتدى أكثر عمقا حتى تحصل على ما يحدث. كما حاول السباق في وضع متعددة ، وإذا كنت ترغب في شراء الرخصة S2. المتعة المتأنق.

They?

Screamin all over the house?

What are you trying to imply?

Quote from mcintyrej :

All this speculation isn't good.

Because if for any one of hundreds of reasons the dev's can't (or havn't been planning on) get Rockingham into LFS, there's gonna be an outrage! "OH we saw pictures why wont you give us new content" and "lfs is dead /wrists"

Look what happened with the 'rocco.

HA! Too late!

I think give it a week max, before the developers reply with a reason or some sort of statement about this.

They cant just post straight away saying yes theres a new track. They need time to think what to post and how to say it. Ive always said, id want tracks over cars ANYDAY. IMO, we have a great selection of cars already in the game, as we do with tracks too. But the more tracks, the more racing, over then the more cars, the more selection of cars, on the same tracks.

I loved the video, not really my sytle, but it was professional. Sync was perfect, music blended perfect with the effects and video itself!

Ill give a 5/5

Yamaha 490.

1989!

So should we implement achievements?

Just read my post again towards you, seemed abit offensive, i hope you didnt take it the wrong way!

That game will give abit of rush and heart pounding!

Quote from Scatter :

Oh. Well there is sim in terms of physics (e.g.: LFS, GT Legends, and partly Forza 2, Forza 3, GT5, etc.)

And there's sim in terms of simulating other things. In this case, Shift simulates a sense of adrenaline pumped, white knuckled racing.

It's really how you look at it. There isn't a clear cut line that classifies sims from non-sims. All I can say is that if you feel that it can accurately replicate something in real life, it's a sim in that respect.

So for example, Need for Speed Underground 2 is a ricing sim in it's respect.
And Need for Speed Shift is an immersion and orgasm sim.

Sorry for the confusion. I should've said that my scale is for comparing physics to real life.

IF you say so, like my post above, it simulates very well a sence of speed and feel etc. But its nothing without a decent physics engine. If you can seriously get adrenaline from Shift, you need to see a doctor, because there would be something wrong (not paying you out, im being serious).

somasleep,

Watch some reviews, and reports, you'll learn they had the intention of making a sim, but did not want a out of the box sim, but rather combine it with the sim world and arcade world. So technically, its not exactly a sim.
As for the game. In my other post i said it was crap (other NFS"S thread), and ill still stick by that, but just abit of info for people who havent played it.

The driving feeling, and experience too, is possibly the best in any sim/game. The sounds/graphics/even the stupid effects all give you a feeling that your in that cockpit. The sence of speed is great. The interiors will mistake you for being on a game, youll forget!

The engine sounds are spot on, and the skid sounds make it. They sound like horses on fire going wild. You can hear the tyres slide which is a +. That mumbo jumbo blur etc can be abit, iffy, but its really great. There truely is nothing wrong with the game.

Wait,

The Physics!

Put it this way, if the physics where atleast made simulation, or even where real, i wouldnt be here right now, i'd be playing the game! You have the sence, and the feel of being in a race, but you just cant adapt or feel anything for real, without the physics on Shift. They are shocking! Its great for arcade, but even for arcade, id choose F1 Championship or something where its abit more realistic to drive. They have missed points that really hurt.

Some people may say, Graphics, effects, sounds etc make a simulator, a simulator needs to simulate everything! While that is very true, this game proves maybe it isnt. Maybe its all about the physics! And boy it is.

Without physics, you have Shift. Without mumbo jumbo and having physics, you have Live For Speed. I cant make it anymore breif.

So because im NOT an LFS fanboy or whatever, but a sim enthusist, i would perfer to spend my time on the box playing LFS rather then Shift. Sure LFS lacks those graphics, effects and even the sounds (which to me, are more important then graphics, effects, content. Id rather have a propper done sound system to have more sence of the car, then have the Nurburg ring or something!), its just that damn better as a simulator. I wanted to even perhaps get Shift for an arcade racing game to have fun, but.. maybe Undercover or something, you just cant mix arcade with simulation, its not fun, its not exciting, its just an illousion.

And look, LFS, GTR, iRacing. Whatever, i ment them all when i said LFS (not quite 100%, but im comparing Shift with LFS or GTR say or something like that, where its focused as a sim 100%)

Thanks.

Yeah your right, maybe 5 WR is too much if alot of people go for it, it should be something that everyone can achieve, that was just an example Maybe WR's cant be part of an achievement because they can be beaten.

I went into the shops today and saw they had the game playable for anyone to play. So i thought, why not, it may be good?

While in line i was talking to the staff there, boasting about my intrest in simulation etc, and was asked if ive heard of GTR series on PC. I said well ofcourse, i have GTR2 myself. He told me they are the same creators, he claimed, and that they really hit the nail on the physics with Shift. Feeling impressed, i was excited to try it.

So i hopped on the game and gave it a try. It was on drift mode so i asked him to take off drift, and tc etc to get the best feel out of it. I played the game for about 2 minutes and figured it out. It was crap, for a game thats ment to have "simulation". Sure, if it was made for arcade, id consider buying it, but it was pathetic. The handling was dull, it took time to steer and nothing felt right what so ever, except for the view/cockpits/effects (brilliant) the physics itself was no way near spot on.

So i hung up the controller and said to him without sounded like a d*ck, yeah it was a really great game, but id perfer something like GT5P.

He told me "yeah, thats too much simulation for me. Id rather something that doesnt require you to slow down too much for the turns".

I realised i dont know why i bothered talking to him about simulation, and assuming he knew something.

Not worth the money guys!

Quote from Intermediate07 :

There's going to be the traditional MRT Cup at the end of the year from the Open Wheel Racing League.

But I don't know how many laps will be driven there.

Great, thanks mate, ill 100% be signing up for it!