Damn you Duke! :bannana_g

There are lot's of issues with being able to upload track skins to LFS World....more stuff to manage regarding who is a server owner, plus the added storage and bandwidth. Besides, if a car skin can only be 1024x1024, and some of the billboards in LFS are (relative to in game scale) much larger than the cars, I would think the quality limitations would make uploading to LFSW useless. I don't really see any good options for automated skin downloads for billboards. Downloadable packs for leagues/teams may be the only way to go for the quality we would all like to see.

Check the list again. I visited each link and have pared the list down to sites that look active.

Good luck in your hunt.

XRT's not allowed in demo any more in favor of the Formula BMW. Want to drive the XRT? Buy a license.

Leagues, special races, teams, etc. could have special adverts per server. Would be great, though how much load time would it add to every server you entered? I suppose you could turn it off like you can skins, and only turn it on when you want, like for that special race or league server.

Hmmm...that would require that none of the custom pics for any of the 100's of different servers had the exact same name, or your local downloaded pics would be overwritten. It would also place a lot of load on the servers when people connect. So, in that case....

-1

Now, if there was a way to allow downloading of a skin pack hosted on another server, like what some of the FPS games do with custom maps, then maybe that would be OK.

A list of Austrailian teams from LFS world (at least those that registered and listed a website):

OzBee-Racing (.OzB.) www.ozbee-racing.com
OzSport (OzS) www.ozsport.org
Pacifica Racing (PR) www.PacificaRacing.com
Southern Cross Racing ([SCR]) www.southerncrossracing.com
TeamD1 («D1») www.TeamD1.org

As I recall, there is quite a large localized LFS community, similar to others in LFS like ones in Argentina, Finland, etc.. Get on a few of those websites (at least the ones that still exist), say hi, go race on their servers, then ask to join.

EDIT: Updated list based on sites that look active.

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Look Here :google:

Yeah...just took a look at the skin in the OP:

"this skin is property of Charlie. If we or I catch you wearing it, be sure you will be raped."

Nice. :thumbsdow :mad:

Nice site Dean! Looks like the new features and links are handy!

Error: top image GIF says 20% off for life....when clicked, it says 40%.

Kudos to 500Servers.com, as always. Top notch server providers!

To qualify, just set up a race that is say 20 laps or so (enough to go 10-15 minutes) use everyone's best lap. After 10-15 minutes (whatever you choose), manually end the race by reducing the laps so someone finishes the race. Then set the grid manually.

Guys, just remember that the AutoX doesn't have a pit (tho we had a procedure for that) and that you can only put 16 on track at one time.

Something we worked out was to let everyone qualify, put 1,3,5,7,etc in one heat, and 2,4,6,8,etc in another heat and take the top 8 to run in a final. Grid the final by H1P1, H2P1, H1P2, H2P2, etc.. Then maybe run the remaining drivers that don't transfer to the final in another heat so you can classify them behind the final finishers for points reasons.

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Quote from duke_toaster :

What about running it where all the cars run at the same time, maybe, but showing splits and stuff. Replays work as usual, tabbing between the cars.

Duke posted an idea I was thinking about while typing my post...though to do that you would have to a) work it so we didn't see each other (i.e. all on the same server, running a 'local' copy of the track where only the splits and lap times communicate to the server, or b) disable car-to-car collision detection which would be like ghost car and would be annoying as hell. Doing a) would probably need a special interface where spectators and/or finished drivers could still tab to different drivers to watch, and also have a timing/standing display.

Methinks this would require quite a large amount of coding and would have to be in that "Rally Pack" that was mention what seems like ages ago. You would have to start the game and enable "Rally Mode", which would enable a whole different UI.

And don't forget those special stages where two drivers are pitted against each other in parallel courses!

But yeah, the whole 30second staggered start would help to preserve the multi-player aspect of the sim while operating in a time-attack styled racing form.

The guys pulled out another MoE win today in the 6Hrs of Kyoto! Corey, Nolan, Ben, Brian, Ed, Jason, Dave, Phil, and I worked very hard on this effort and with the win (Corey, Nolan, and Phil) in the final race of the season, our first MoE effort closes with a GT2 Championship on the strength of 4 wins and 2 seconds! Great job guys!

Aww...congrats Scawen and Geraldine! Cute kid!

I guess you could consider the IGTC race win a gift...even though the guys worked very hard to earn that win.

Quote from BigTime :

I've been telling these guys that for 6 months but I'll be damned if I see a return on my profit!

The only thing I want to hear from you is, "What's you address, Lee, so i can send you my spare G25 at no cost to you, my good friend?".

Oh snap! Please tell me you got it for $100MM and not $1MM?!?!?!?!?!

Doh! And Ben was soooo looking forward to announcing that Mercury had folded and that we had absorbed the team.

Congrats guys! Great to see another 3 year team going strong! Here's to the future....nothing but more great things I'm sure.

$4360 eh? .......

/me heads to Newegg.com

Thanks to everyone for all the wonderful wishes! It's great to see so many different representatives from so many great teams supporting us! We look forward to more great racing to come!

Quote from BlackEye :

Which Pixar Character Are You?

See who you are and use any picture of that character. Personal twist (edit of a picture) is allowed

Good/bad idea?

Only so that you can see our rear bumpers at the finish line, Mooooose!

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Quote from AppiePils :

3 years, that explains why you all talk and act like toddlers !

/me points to Appie dancing vids.....:monkey:

Quote from AppiePils :

Where can I pick up my piece of the cake?

You can come over to my house, but that is likely 500 miles or more, so it's probably going to be either gone or moldy, but you're welcome to what's left.

w00t! Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to CoRe, Happy Birthday to us!

I want to thank all the guys on CoRe for being great teammates over the years. Especially Ben for sharing his cooking and camera hobbies and for always giving me his honest opinions on stuff, Nolan for his passion for not reading rules and tolerating my snoring at the Petit Le Mans and pestering me for all those graphics for his vids, Corey for his blog like programming play-by-play over the LOTA IRC channel and his solid anchor-like performances in all those endurance races, Matt for sharing all his shit with us and for chewing on CornNuts over Vent, Dave for his recent updates on his pursuit of motorcycle racing, Brian for giving us his loving opinion of "Chip Boy", and Otis, who I miss because he lives 100 yards from high speed internet but can't get the cable company to come down his damn road!

This past year has been a blast with our successes in IGTC, MoE, and LOTA and I look forward to many more great times with these guys!

Now, if I could only get Nolan to sell me his other G25 for cheap.