I have been greatly enjoying the racing, the competition, the handbrake-U turns and the ramps in the various StuntRacingServers generously hosted by SRC (IIRC).
The whole thing reminded me of an old favorite Amiga and PC game called 4D Sports Driving. If you google for it, you will find some cool stuff like tracks, layouts and replays.
I would really like to see LFS head into that direction too, apart from normal track racing, since the physics can really give it a lot of excitement. Of course, the most important thing for now is the physics improvements -- and I'm looking forward to them too ;-) -- but I just want to express my personal dreams for LFS.
So what would I specifically propose? Here's a list with things that I have come up with:
- Allow more objects to be placed in the track, raise the current limits.
- Allow more checkpoint lines to be added on demand.
- Make more objects available, such as:
- ramps that can be adjusted in dimensions (width, height and
- bumps such as the ones in the fast chicane of Kyoto GP.
- really crazy objects, such as a go-upside-down ramp, or objects that are essentially roads elevated to some strange angle.
- additional posts and signs that give directions to the drivers. Additional chalk arrows for the roads as well.
- Make the option to remove the "wrong way" message when such layouts are used.
- A way to make persistent high-scores, perhaps stored in the server itself, not in LFSW.
What do you think???