I think m374llic4 might not have been aware of how the forces are used to simulate the "gated" feeling of the shifter.

For anyone interested in making a H-shifter using a force-feed-back stick, check out FFShifter over at RSC http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=214673

I use it with a totaly unmodified MS Sidewinder FFB stick. I rarely get miss shifts and cant see myself ever going back to not using a manual shifter.

For a first attempt i think this is pretty good. it can only get better. So keepup the good work Becky, its great to see the sort of potential that we now have for modding LFS audio.


I was considering learning how to program purely because of the possiblities for sound modding. Wouldnt it be possible to add sounds for squeaky brakes, glass breaking when a particular part of the car is hit a particular velocity, bad shift sounds when trying to change gear without clutch engaged etc?

Quote from Lible :

This is just some rubbish. Think you're a genius to put a tree to always reflect from a car?

Dont use it then :rolleyes:, most other ppl like it, myself included

Quote from Dimitry Gerards :

Thanks, but sorry for spoiling the excitement... I'm not actually Irish as my name suggests I'm dutch but have been living in Ireland for over 3 years now, 2 more years and I can apply for Irish citizenship eh?

3 years? Thats long enough to race under the Tricolour with pride . Your a paddy now, theres no excape

anyway back on topic

Quote from Dimitry Gerards :

And no offense, but some people just are 5 seconds off the pace. If everybody would be driving the same fast laptimes something is wrong... there's always more talented people out there. Unfortunately I'm not one of them myself, with a lot of hard work and hours of practise I should be able to get within and about 1 second of the fastest guys out there, but do not have the time for that... so I'm happy if I can be 2 or 3 seconds off-pace.

Welcome m8, great to see more Irish joining the LFS scene

Quote from Spinjack :

So, when I'm racing, regardless of car or track, I always seem to be 5 seconds off the pace of the front runner (except for Aston Club, where I'm only about 2-3 seconds off the pace). Major plateau. Any hints as to a good way to shave a second or two. Braking, corner entry, whatever. What is something key to concentrate on while driving that seems to do the most good?

I too am pretty average speed wise. I find that thinking "damn, how can i make up those 5 secs?" in a race just hinders my driving more than anything. I always do my pbs and consistent fast laps when im not thinking about it, and just enjoying the race. Its the same for me with qualifying, I rarely do pbs here as im thinking too hard about driving a fast lap. I always do a faster lap in the race than in qualifying.

A comfortable setup for your own style is also important. I cant make setups to save my life but i have gotten to know a few ppl who seem to like their car setup the way i do, and if asked nicley they will give the Set too me.

ooh man, that looks sweet. Thanks so much. The wheels and tyres really add to it.

cheers for your time and effort m8

had a blast m8, nice games. Its a great idea that works well
Looking forward to replays

cheers again.

Sean

Quote from joen :

Actually I really like the skins you posted. I've been working on a render of your fxo yesterday, but I wanted to make some changes to it first. Haven't got around to it after that. I'll do a render of it again and I will post later (going to take a while though)

edit: What the hell, I'll post what I did yesterday. But like I said, I'm not totally happy with it, mainly the wheel material. I think I will do better one later.

woah, cheers m8.

the reflections look very nice
nice work

sorry for being impatient

Are my skins too crappy to render ?

If there is somthing wrong with them let me know. Im new to this section and am open to any pointers, criticism etc

cheers

sean

heh heh, interesting idea

could be a good laugh alright

hello
first time posting in this section. I was wondering if some one could render my FXO and XRT skins for me. They are based on the Sukhoi Russian Knights Display team. I am no expert skinner, but i am learning the tricks of the trade, slowly mind. . I was pretty pleased with these skins when they where finnished. Id like to see them rendered.

cheers
Sean

PS these are private skins.

Quote from alland44 :

Lol - The Rac.
I would buy it, and hammer it, with a heavy stick.

why?

the RAC is great! :headbang:

hey, it would be sweet to have models of the various LFS cars. I think i would like an XRT model the most. I wonder if there is a model RAC anywhere. that would be sweet

F08 is my least driven car since the patch. I would also like to give it a proper try now on some thing other than the Oval.

Having said that , I would like to also see a return of the F08/Oval combo. for some reason the F08 just seems faster to me on the oval than the BF1

Nice work,

love the LFSW adds on the curb

Yes Four horsemen is great .

Cant beat a bit of ACDC for burning rubber though

and then there is Manowar

Im really glad you guys n gals are doing this. Its nice to have the option of Hires textures. Im always looking for ways to lower my ridiculous frame rate .

Tagforce is right about the need to combine your efforts, just so its less confusing for us end users with seperate updating etc and to make sure you dont spend ages fiddling with some thing thats already done.

One negative aspect about the whole hi-res texture thing is that it really does make other textures look ten times worse. Honey's Aston track texture, for example, the rumble strip next to the new tarmac looks very odd. But i guess this doesnt matter if everything gets updated eventually

anyhow keep up the good work

Quote from AndroidXP :

Did you actually try the clutch ingame? I recently tried to bind the clutch to my brake pedal for testing, and in the controller options the bar always showed at 50%. Ingame it worked fine, though.

Yes, try the clutch in game. My clutch pedal shows no axis graphic in the controller setup, but works fine in game.

Looks great, thanks.

Keep up the good work

Quote from Execution Style :

I can't say I'd always like to have it on, but mandatory pitting does add some fun elements. Like choosing whether to pit early on or late in the race, and coming back out sometimes in the middle of a pack, not to mention the tension of trying to get through as fast as possible without getting a speeding penalty.

Thats a better way of putting what i was getting at. I wouldnt like it to be enforced on every server either. But if just a few "10 lap or less" servers had it, it might be some fun thats all .

I had also forgotten about the last lap pit exploit, but I would like to think that most people would honor the unwritten rule of not doing the last lap pitting. Or is that too much to expect these days?

About pitting, can more servers please start forcing pitstops? It makes for a much more interesting race. It seems to be a feature that is ignored mostly. I know league races probably have more need for it with more laps etc. But even the public 5-lap servers would be a lot more fun it they where bumped up to 7-8 laps with 1 mandatory pit stop.

Quote from Kegetys :

It is made for T and T != T4 so it wont work (Well, it might but that would be very unlikely). It is a bit of work to get all the mods updated so I only tend to do it for the non-test patches since the test patches usually have a very short "lifetime".

Thats understandable, Cheers for keeping your mods updated though m8. It was real nice to see them there the day of the last patch release

cheers for the update

thanks for explaning this, i didnt quite understand it. I do now.

Sounds like a neat option

Yeah, im happy to wait. I like experiencing these things first time myself