Physics, Online Racing and Community.

Buuuuuut I have been in Race 07 solo alot lately because my eyes and ears need just a bit mo candy.

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Wow. I may need to reinstall this game. I stopped a while back because I am always a few seconds behind the leaders and could not seem to nail the times even with decent sets.

Does it help much?

Are you allowed to do it online?

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That training line that is on the road or driving line that is green and goes to yellow and then red and then green... Blah blah

It's the driving line when he is talking about the AI drivers in the game.

Can that be turned on for practice?

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I love LFS. <3

But seriously...

I would like better engines sound. They feel a little thin and tinny to me still.

The steering shake like in GTR2 is nice as well. Adds to the basey low growl sound of the engine when you start er up!

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Not so much bored as some but some things that I think would improve the product which increases users/community...

- Better Sound. Much Better Sound. Plz. Better Sound.
- Jazz up the textures some.
- Menu needs to be sexier.
- Godlike Sets seem to create a have and have not environement. New drivers feel overwelmed.

Outside of those improvements, my next biggest complaint is no ones fault. Lack of drivers later in the evening in my part of the world. I find there are not many people on in Western North America (Canada and the US) very often after about 10:00 PM Mountain Time. I might be forced to go back to single player racing against AI. Race2 looks kinda cool I guess. The sound rocks the roof off.

But the last year or so I log in at 10:00 PM MST. There's maybe 10 public servers with very few people in them. Race a few races with 2 or 3 others (usually the server is Redline, CRTC Single Seater or Darkside) and log off and play Bioshock, Counter Strike or Richard Burns Rally and the like.

I love LFS but something is missing. Overall Cohesiveness of the experience in terms of online? Eyecandy? Not sure. Is it because I do not belong to a large TEAM/CLAN and cannot get into private servers and as a result have to make due with downloaded HOTLAP sets? who knows.

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Last edited by cvearl, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 21:53.

Calgary Alberta (Western Canada) Racer here.

But I kinda suck. No team and no Leagues yet. Need more practice.

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Pirating is gay.

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Quote from BruTaLysT :

I dont have a widescreen, but i use a widescreen resolution with black bars on 21" Trinitron. 1600x900 resolution because it gives u more information left/right. And I use fov 105, but this will position you very far from the stearing wheel which seems very weird, so i repositioned the custom view to look more natural. under fov 90 there's no way i can play, lower than that gives u way too less information and feel of speed, as if you look thru your camera with the lens fully expanded that just scary to drive with. Also fov 90 is the default angle in which u play much FPS games like quake. 90 degrees seems to be very natural point of view, everything below is like a telelens and evenything higher seems distorted. But i played quake at fov 130, so you figure :P
But then again, wide angle lenses are often used to give more awareness of a room. Well, that is what you want in a game like this so a higher fov, to ME seems very logical.

To some who just can't stand wide angles because it seems weird, that is just because you are used to something different. Everything seems weird to what you are used to. But if you play like a day on fov 100 when used to 70, you can't go back to 70 anymore. You will feel like someone trapped in a box with one little hole in it.

this is what it looks like:

http://members.home.nl/stefankoopmans/LFS/fov105.jpg

All I can say is ... WOW that looks like it would be pretty cool! I am going to try that. You go 105 and then push your head towards the steering wheel in the custom view?

I shall take it for a rip tonight I hope.

Thanks a million!

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Blueflag = Don't fight the lapper for position. Maintain driving line and remain predictable. Lapper must use reasonable passing technique to overtake slower car. PERIOD.

Blueflag DOES NOT mean "hit the grass f'ing noob!" simply because you race twice as much as the guy in front of you and you just happen to have a better setup (you got from someone else) does not give you ownership of the server.

If nightly pick up races don't get more friendly, the population of drivers will continue to dwindle and eventually you will have no one to race.

Help others. Especially those that are slower as they are obviously newer or you will one day only be left with semi-fond memories of a great online racing community instead of belonging to one.

Save the serious shite for life and Leage Events.

My 2 cents.

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Last edited by cvearl, Fri 31 Aug 2007, 20:40.

Wow. Different strokes I guess. Alot of different strokes. And no. I was not really looking for the be all end all answer. I only was interrested in what the responses would be to see what people though. I am finding FOV in the low 90's is doing the trick for me.

Again. Just curious. Thanks everyone.

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I know there are a few FOV threads that discuss this and so on and 90ish seems to win. This is not quite the same question though.

However. I am more interrested in Widescreen players specifically. Not so much the surround guys with triple head setups. Just plain and simple 16:10 and 16:9 Widescreeners.

I ask because I just started playing again on my Samsung 226BW 22" 1680x1050 screen. Having issues finding an FOV I am confortable with.

What FOV just feels right and gives you your best times.

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My personal favorites from over the years...

Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.

There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live.

Chuck Norris does not go hunting. CHUCK NORRIS GOES KILLING

Chuck Norris CAN beleive it's not butter.

Chuck Norris does not tea bag women. He potato sacks them.

Chuck Norris once visited "The Virgin Islands". They are now just "The Islands".

Chuck Norris is not hung like a horse. Horses are hung like Chuck Norris.

When the boogie man goes to bed he checks under his bed for Chuck Norris.

Who would win in a fight between the Incredible Hulk and Super man?.... Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris does not sleep.... He waits.

Chuck Norris lost his virginity before his father did.

Chuck Norris has never had a surprise birthday party. He can NEVER be surprised. EVER.

The only thing that can cut Chuck Norris is Chuck Norris.

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Last edited by cvearl, Wed 1 Aug 2007, 18:09.

Here is an EASY RACE setup pack that is getting a little old. IT is VERY helpfull though.

http://www.lfsforum.net/showth ... &highlight=Easy+Setup

If I arrive at a track/car combo I am un familiar with I usually go grab a set from Inferno. I have the ones above installed. And of course the RACE-S default one.

I start with the Default Race setup. Do about 3 or 4 laps and watch my best time. Then I see if I find either the HIGH Downforce or LOW Downforce EASY set from the above link is easier/faster and then last but not least I try the Inferno Set I downloaded. I stick with the best one for my style. As time goes on and people that are using other sets give you theirs to try, you try those. Eventually I end up with a set called something like BESTFERNOfoxBLgp1 or something like that for a given track/car.

Now if I could just become a decent driver. LOL. But I am often happy to be a few seconds behind the leaders given how much I drive compared to most of them.

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Quote from JohnPenn :

LFS is the biggest bargain I've ever had in PC software, YEARS of fun for £24.!!!.
S3 will cost more, who works long hours for nothing?.
Break the cost down over time and the price is a joke.

not a fanboy just know a bargain when I drive it

Ya.

The only bigger bargains are possibly mail order brides. Especially ones that can't read. And all for the very same reasons you listed above!

Well sometimes they can be.

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Quote from Jison :

I drive in custom view, see screenshot, and im kinda uneasy about this 'forced cockpit view'... As you can see my view is still a cockpit view, i have only raised the seat a bit to see better. And now im not going to be welcome on some servers? Anybody really think my view is unrealistic enough to sort of 'ban' me? Atleast let people raise or lower their eyes/seats please.

I dont like this, I dont like it one bit!

What POV and how many ticks higher is that point of view? That looks pleasing!

How's it look in 2 seaters?

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Quote from Gentlefoot :

Personally I think the single seaters offer the best feel and feedback. The steering on them is nice and sharp and it's important to learn throttle control and unwinding the lock as quickly as possible. These cars will get you into good habits.

But really it is about personal preference. It's good to try a variety of cars and compare them. Just have fun I reckon. Don't get too hung up on trying to get faster, just try and avoid accidents and the speed will come for sure.

Please un-noob me...

What is "unwinding the lock"?

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Quote from terrymccann :

I know its a canned effect but it would be good to have option to have the engine vibration effect in ff a la gtr2 , gtl, it adds to the immersion for me.

Get this then... The buttkicker gamer....

Vibrates your chair but is silent. It's a subwoofer...

http://www.thebuttkicker.com/ButtKicker%20Gamer_home.html

okies thanks!

I often like to go back to replays and look at my driving lines and so on or just watch the carnage.

Lately though I watch newly saved Multiplayer replays and my car twitches shifts quickly from side to side throughout the whole replay. Especially when viewed from behind. I did not notice this prior to Patch X.

Although I had not used the sim for months prior to the Patch X getting applied as I was doing other things.

Was it always thus?

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Quote from steve :

I love racing late at night, but I cant where im living at the moment, its to loud

Headphones?

And BTW Hey Moondog.

Nice to see you.

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Thanks for the replies. I was gettin worried!

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I played LFS for about a year. I usually get on about Midnight Eastern time. Late ya. But I am in the Western US/Canada Moutain time. There was always SCCT servers Bronze, Silver and Gold. Redline was always full of drivers. There was always something to do. Great fun every night.

I had to go away for a while for health reasons. Recently saw Patch X come out. Got back in.

Have been loggin in to LFS last coupla weeks. Again between 11:00 PM and 12:00. But lately very few races with people aside from some drifting (which I am not into)..

Is LFS sliding?

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I use TrackIR for Combat Flight Sims. Once you spend a few hours using it you can never go back. I dont even know I am using it until I try to fly without it.

It's that good.

I specifically love it in Battle of Britain II : Wings of Victory... http://www.shockwaveproductions.com/bob/

For driving though? Can't do it. Oversteer and Understeer sense goes wacko for me with Tir.

TIR rocks otherwise.

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Welcome to S2...

It is by far the best. A wheel turns it into an even better game.

I have not been racing much lately only because I am up to my eyeballs in a sim called Battle of Britain II:Wings of Victory but I am going to start spreading my time between the two more evenly. I miss the racing.

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I have ordered mine. Originally for the best WWII flight combat sim in the world (Battle of Britain: Wings of Victory) http://www.shockwaveproductions.com/bob/ Sorry about the plug. But TrackIR is awesome according to everyone I know that uses one.

That said. I am also going to give it some time in LFS and see if I can get used to it.

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Last edited by cvearl, Thu 3 May 2007, 04:06.