and btw. how long did you play other games? I paid 24 pounds for S2 and I'm enjoying this great game about 2,5 years now and I'm sure more years will come
Other games cost more and the time spent with them does not come anywhere near the time with LFS (usually a month compared to over 2 years). I speak of these 24 pounds as the best spent money on entertainment in my life....

Well I guess the "problem" now is, that there are not many reviews in magazines, web, tv, because S2 is still alpha... I think (hope) we will see more reviews and thus more players when S2 full comes...

And on topic: banning other devices is not the way to go, imo all other control methods are harder than the wheel so there is no point banning them...

I totally agree with what Vain and thisnameistaken said...
I would say that driving in the pack towards T1 is the hardest thing to learn in LFS. You have to be aware if there is space infront and behind you as well on the sides. We have met yesterday on Aston club with UFR/XFR and I saw you had problems with driving in the pack after the start. With the slow starts > with fwd just floor it just before the green comes a the start will be fine (a little "bug" in lfs)... Then when coming to T1 ease of a bit from the gas and brake earlier (starting with a tap on the brake, so the guy behind you know you are about to brake (because of inevitable lag in multiplayer, he sees your brake lights light up, when you are already under full braking for a small moment, so there is no way he could react in time), if you see that you started braking too early, let the brake go for just a moment. And avoid any quick left/right manouvers, because you are very likely going to hit someone...

I think you'll get it right soon. Don't get driven away by some nervous people who try to ban you... It also helps to annonunce that you are new to LFS and people will excuse a lot of your actions, because they will know it was not intentional...

Last edited by Chaos, Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:53.

i think you can, but you can't set fuel lower than you have in your tank... then the pitstop continues idefinately...

i don't have any other online experience than LFS, but imho it's a problem in any online game... people learn a few tracks/maps and play those and don't bother to learn any other... the only solution is to join a league...

one little hint on studying WR's always watch from the same view you use while driving! One guy asked me how could he learn something from watching WR's and after I talked to him a bit, it came out he was watching them from the TV camera :doh:

press f12 and you will see exact % of how much fuel you have left...

Quote from Cool Eithen :

i hate it when you tell people about live for speed, and they say something like, "o ya, you mean need for speed" grr. . . lol has that happened to any of you? just curious

every time I speak to someone who has not heard about LFS... :doh:

Quote from vrooom :

like you crashed.. then car is upside down. you press a key, the car roll over instead of resetting back on track with no damage.

i understand some server has that option on but it would be cool for offline games.

not some server, but online it works everytime this way... the only way to repair your car is to stop at the pits or jump into your garage...

every change is saved upon garage exit or clicking another setup...
and i think its a good idea what you suggested...

good idea to have the option not to add fuel...
and the same with the tyres ... happened to me once that they only changed the rear left tyre in the pits... :doh:

Quote from Nick_ll :

You think? It happened to me at least once that I was racing with R3s and then toawrds the end of the race I had to pit and changed to R2s. The R2s (I believe I was driving the XRR) were already green at like 5 degrees below optimal temp when I left the pits.....

this is a known bug...

so a minor bug in the czech language, the big letter E with wedge can not be written, small one works...

Hmm ahead of schedule, good work!
Czech language seems O.K.

Last edited by Chaos, Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:46.

I say it would be best if the hotlap session started in the pits... You always have to warmup your tires and one lap is just enough...

Quote from spookthehamster :

What an amazing idea! Now only if there was a track like that in real life, which we could pay to drive our own cars around...

such track exists, and you can drive on it with you car... it's a kind of toll road now...
Nurburgring Nordschleife 13 miles, 73 bends

Last edited by Chaos, Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:01.

the inbalance of TBO class is there since S1... I love RWD and I think I'm pretty fast with it, but what I can't stand is that someone who is less skilled than me, takes a car that is easier to drive (FXO) and is even faster GTT and beats the hell out of me... I cried for equality in this class long ago and still cry

I would make it the other way around: Harder car to drive > better times
Why should the easy car be also the fastest? I just can't understand this...

Quote from Vain :

I wouldn't like to see new cars, but I'd like to see the different cars in each class (for example RB4 and XRT) more equal in performance.
Every car should still have it's small advantage, but in a league over all tracks they should be quite equal.
That way we wouldn't always race with a complete field of the same cars, but have a mixture of the cars in one class. The only class where this is already possible is the FZR-class.

Vain

This is very, very hard to do. I would say almost impossible. It pretty much depends on the choice of tracks in the league. Should the tracks be fast with sweeping corners then one car would have the advantage over another car which is good on slow and twisty tracks. There is one way - to have different car bodies (like skins).
You say that we have this in the GTR class. I don't agree... The FXR can't compete with the other two... The only class where I see this is the LX6 / RAC / FZ50 and only on some tracks...

Quote from farcar :

If you're a good person and want to do a good deed, jump on, have a spectate and HUNT the bastards!

maybe someone could start WHT "Wrecker Hunting Team"

Thanks Orion

here a picture of all who were there: link

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Heh. Looking at the nerds' reactions in this thread, presumably the nerds on the podium were practically wetting themselves at the prospect of standing in the general vicinity of an actual woman.

Well I think they were nervous because they didn't await this... There were about 1000 spectators (+the whole paddock) who heard the announcer say their names and then they were standing there while the national anthem was played... I saw at least 2 video cameras in the hands of LFS guys, so I think a video will come shortly

Quote from Frankmd :

So you got the kisses for winning a few LFS races?

well I'm the organizer behind all this, so no kisses for me :/
but I know the girls are used to it and if the guys did take their chances I 'm pretty sure they would succeed

In the news on LFS News.
I'm glad that I was able to get permission from the general director of the Most racetrack, to make the prizegiving ceremony on the podium. I think the guys were pretty much surprised, when they got "the full real-racers menu"
The next Czech League will take place in wintertime, so the prizegiving will not be on the racetrack (altho it's not a problem for me, but I think the girls would not like the cold ), but I'm pretty confindent that I will manage to do it this way the next year during the race season.

The first available photogallery...

I haven't seen the "multiplayer speedup option" mentioned... I think it's in the same menu as dynamic LOD. With the "multiplayer speedup option" set on "on" a slider pops up where you can set the distance from your car, where the other cars show up... This helps a lot at the start if you set it a low value, you will only see perhaps 4 cars infront of you = more FPS... I use this a lot when reviewing league replays because it allows me to FF the replay 32x ...

Quote from biggie :

One more thing you need to be aware of is the manner in which your car accelerates after the apex. You could be flooring throttle very early but not getting the best top speed at the straight because you simply didn't take the smoothest line of the least resistance for the tires.
Figuring out the IDEAL line is a very subtle business but just so fun

I have a certain method of judging how well I've exited a corner. On most tracks I have chosen some spots (posts, trees, boards, bumps etc.) at which I keep controlling the speedo to tell from the speed how well I've been doing up to this point. This can be really helpful in understanding where you've lost or gained time.

Imo, there's one more (if not the most important) factor for being able to push a car to the limit in LFS. It's sound.
You can tell from the amount of tire squealing how hard you're pushing or if you've just locked/spun your wheels. I personally couldn't ever drive without audio feedback from the car. It is really essential for being able to predict what the car is doing (and thus anticipating a necessary countersteer or drop in throttle).

I couldn't have said it better. That's exactly how I drive. I have told to many newbie drivers that they have to learn to listen to their car, that the limit is when the tyres squeal, but only a little.