Maybe you shouldn't be this rude, but well, I was thinking about the same when trying some cars, especially BF1 :/
After all there are no deadlines so Scawen has much time to improve the sounds so there is no problem
1. BF1 sounds as if the car is with pitlimiter on. Sound amplitude should be much higher. For me the old sound of bf1 was better.
2. There should be some separate and much stronger gear change voice for the cars.
We were involved in the start crash, then in lap 2 I was hit heavily which caused (?) my computer (it happened at the moment of crash...) to freeze and I had to reset and rejoin. So knowing that in lap 6 we had 4 lap disadvantage it's not a bad result for us. At least we had the chance to see how MOE goes If it's possible we would like to participate in the next races, too.
B. Perei has done a 1.29,83 for iNf!N!tY*Skills Team which would allow us to start from place no. 8 but we are at 11th place on the grid according to this table.
And in real life you can say that you want the tyres to be 70 degrees celsius? Maybe on a BF1 but not on a GTI...
And IMO hotplapping system doesn't have any big problem that should be addressed now and time should be spent on more important developments (for example normal replay system or real tyre changing strategy).
But the problem with preheated tyres is that I (and a lot of others as I see from spr's) very often start the lap with lower than ideal tyre temperature and finish it with overheated tyres as a result of low pressure (mainly with faster cars, GTR's and BF1 for example). And usually I have to warm one side of the tyres better than the other (or rear tyres differently from front tyres) before starting the hotlap.
So we could end up seeing hotlappers waiting minutes for the tyres to cool down which would be worse than the current situation . And I think that the option to adjust the temperature of every part of all the tyres would be extremely unreal.
I agree with those who say starting from the pits would mean unnecessary minutes driving round the circuit.
So my conclusion is the current hotlap system is good and shouldn't be changed
I just had a 10 lap race with full grid and with AI difficulty set to 105% and I had a great fight in the middle of the pack with good FPS (1280x1024x32 DX9 high settings with A64 2500 Mhz, GF 6600GT). I liked the way I could force the car to a small oversteer with throttle in order to go out faster from the slower corners. In some cases I even had to save spins with fast countersteers.
I also like how the light conditions change throughout the day.
On the other hand I can't really tell at the moment if the car behaves realistically under wet conditions or not, I need more time . But it causes quite dramatic fps drop which should be decreased (I mean the drop . I hate the effect how the curbs force the car to go out to the grass. And finally the FFB effect: when I started first without checking the options, I felt almost no FFB. Then I changed to the predefined MOMO FFB setup and then I could feel really strong effects although many of them felt to be artificial and not very apropriate.
All in all IMO LFS is still the king in terms of driving feel but I am waiting for the final release to see the netcode and the possible improvements.
Is it really such a big problem that some people ask stupid questions or don't read the first post that the thread has to be stopped? The solution is to ban them? After all they all paid for the product and want it to be better, I don't think that any dev should treat them as idiots even if they don't read through the whole thread.
It's time to consider applying for German citizenship
Not that I give more than 5% chance that I could win the car but it's frustrating not have the chance at least ...
And I am sure as soon as Hungary or Estonia reaches the population of 80 million and the same purchasing power as Germany we will be able to win an M6
So good luck for N1lyn, Biggie and the other faster drivers
What about the option that we could determine which tyres we want to change and whether we want the car to be repaired or not? Is it possible to do in a small compatible patch like this? (It would be good )