The lighting in both pictures doesn't really add up with the text laying shadows on the cars. However you did give me an idea for the RB4 picture - I think the text is easier on the eyes now
Well that was my thought. Coming on here and seeing that the main-sticky was nearly 20 pages didn't exactly motivate me to look it all through. If it's a big problem then an admin can just merge the threads
Filming tips
Well, seeing as this forum is a complete blur, I figured we could use a thread where all kinds of tips and shortcuts are kept.
What I'm looking for is any tips for shooting in Live for Speed. That means this is not a thread about post-editing, but about what techniques are good to use, how to get smooth camera movement and keyboard shortcuts etc.
I'll start off here: 1) Are there any keyboard shortcuts for adjusting the FOV on-the-go? 2) How on earth can I smooth out my camera movement?
What I'm looking for is any tips for shooting in Live for Speed. That means this is not a thread about post-editing, but about what techniques are good to use, how to get smooth camera movement and keyboard shortcuts etc.
I'll start off here: 1) Are there any keyboard shortcuts for adjusting the FOV on-the-go? 2) How on earth can I smooth out my camera movement?
Thank you very much
I do quite like that one as well.Well sometimes LFS does surprise me. A lot has been said about its graphics, but with the right textures and a good graphics card, it really does look stunning.
Edit: Uploaded an extra pic, and now I'm off to bed!
Edit: Uploaded an extra pic, and now I'm off to bed!
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Tristan is, as is the usual when it comes to questions on mechanics, right here. I remember seeing a discussion about this experiment, where it was said that the reason why it had never been tested was that the engine would not work upside-down.
However, you should be able to, with some modifications, turn the engine around and have the car start on some sort of support-platform, already upside-down from the beginning. Then when the car has built up sufficient speed, release it and see what happens.
Or you could just test a full-scale model upside-down in a windtunnel.
Ohh Spangler, you really are the one to impress in this thread huh?
Furthermore you could have a look at the moon, where gravity is about one-sixth of earth's. If you jump on the moon (which also rotates around it's own axis like earth, mind you), do you get "thrown" to one side?
It's completely preposterous to assume that the phenomenon of which OP is talking will only be present in a no-gravity-whatsoever environment. Should there be such an effect, then it would also be visible in low-gravity environments (such as the moon).
And even worse still, gravity could never stop you from going left, right, forwards or backwards, since gravity works perpendicular to these axes. So for your theory to work, you would actually still slam into buildings in a normal-gravity environment.
Q.E.D.
It's completely preposterous to assume that the phenomenon of which OP is talking will only be present in a no-gravity-whatsoever environment. Should there be such an effect, then it would also be visible in low-gravity environments (such as the moon).
And even worse still, gravity could never stop you from going left, right, forwards or backwards, since gravity works perpendicular to these axes. So for your theory to work, you would actually still slam into buildings in a normal-gravity environment.
Q.E.D.
Which it isn't, rendering this pointless.
I absolutely love abstract physics, but dreaming up theories in a virtual set of physical laws is not really going to get you anywhere - unless you have a link between your virtual world and the real world.
Should any human ever "fly" or levitate, it would be the result of a higher F_lift than F_grav (m*g) - basically what airplanes use and racecars use "backwards".
Should any of you guys have some invites/codes left - please do send me a PM!
Just bought a G25 yesterday and I can't wait to test it in iRacing!
Just bought a G25 yesterday and I can't wait to test it in iRacing!
Drifters are so unappreciated, they don't even appreciate themselves?
Damn, that's bad..
It's really funny to read these threads sometimes.
To OP: You need to post more details on what car you are driving, how it reacts to your input etc. In fact, you should probably post a replay so everyone knows what the hell you're on about. Otherwise you're only going to get these vague and onesided answers from people.
To OP: You need to post more details on what car you are driving, how it reacts to your input etc. In fact, you should probably post a replay so everyone knows what the hell you're on about. Otherwise you're only going to get these vague and onesided answers from people.
Always great to hear when people have been able to use LFS experience in real life
I've tried it a bit the other way around. First the Formula BMW in Valencia and then in LFS one year later
I've tried it a bit the other way around. First the Formula BMW in Valencia and then in LFS one year later
To be honest I don't really care about drifting. Sometimes I like to powerslide around in the Blackwood Car Park, but that's about it.
Do you want to set up a drift server? Do you want to drift around with your friends and take cool screenshots? Sure, that's fine by me. It's not like you're hurting anyone in the process.
The only thing is, and you cannot argue with me on this, is that drifting has a tendency to attract 12-year olds (both mentally and physically), immature people that can really easily get on your nerves sometimes.
EDIT: Oh, and by the way, stop with the whole "gripper" and "grip racer" thing. It really does sound awful.
Do you want to set up a drift server? Do you want to drift around with your friends and take cool screenshots? Sure, that's fine by me. It's not like you're hurting anyone in the process.
The only thing is, and you cannot argue with me on this, is that drifting has a tendency to attract 12-year olds (both mentally and physically), immature people that can really easily get on your nerves sometimes.
EDIT: Oh, and by the way, stop with the whole "gripper" and "grip racer" thing. It really does sound awful.
Actually you can upload any SPR as a hotlap, as long as LFSWorld recognizes the contents as a valid hotlap
So REALLYREALLYFASTLAP.spr goes as well - LFSWorld will rename the SPR itself I'm going to go ahead and misquote Intrepid, completely out of context, because these 3 (well actually 4) words pretty much tell the story here.
I love a good debate. I love arguing for my views because I learn so much about myself from it. Most importantly however, I love listening to other peoples arguments because that teaches me a lot about other people, and how they might differ from me.
It seems to me like the internet is filled with the opposite kind of people. Immature people, mostly. People who have no respect for anyone. People who value their opinion higher than everyone elses. And also people who can't argue for shit.
You're never going to be the winner in anything if you keep attacking everybody. You're never going to get respect from people if you don't give them respect.
Now people, do we really need to have a discussion about Scawen's private life? Do we really need to have yet another flamewar over a subject that people obviously disagree on?
It's probably too late though - it's only a matter of time before this thread is "anti-demo-user"-hijacked, because a demo-user expresses his opinion on the subject.
Judging from the first graph, that would be somewhere around 2057. But hopefully once the devs release S3, the rate of growth will increase
Obivously it depends on your driving style, but I'd say the RACE_S set (I believe every Formula car still has one of these, right?) is a great place to start. I still remember the day of the BF1 release. I immediately took it to Blackwood and drove for an hour or something. With the RACE_S set I managed to do a 0:54.9s I think (granted that was way before the Y-patch, so do not compare this time to the current WR!), which is probably about 2.5s off the fastest WR before patch Y. And that was after one day of driving, so you can imagine where any further training would have got me.
In other words, yes, the default setups are raceable online.
The thing is Jarmenia, that you probably haven't got the line down.
Everyone here is rambling on about setup changes etc., things that could definitely gain you some time, yes, but it isn't necessarily what's going to make you a better driver.
You say you have the line, but first of all, ask yourself if you have the timing? Are you braking as late as possible? Are you minimizing your free roll? Are you getting on the throttle as fast as possible and as much as possible after every single corner? Are you getting the best out of yourself?
This very question is primary. Every thing else comes second. You need to be pushing yourself to the absolute limit to be pushing the setup to the absolute limit. If you're not doing that, small setup changes are going to do very little for you.
Obviously the paradox here is that you are never getting the best out of yourself - there's always room to push more, concentrate harder. But the key point here is that you are probably not pushing yourself hard enough just yet to be worrying about setups.
Training is the key to getting better of course, but I have a few links that might help you:
http://www.virtualracersedge.com/driving_tips.htm
A series of driving tips.
http://www.virtualracersedge.com/physics_of_racing.htm
"The Physics of Racing" is a very famous series of articles from a software engineer and sparetime racer. It's very heavy on math, but the first couple of chapters are still essential to any driver.
These two links are here to help you with the same thing. You might know how to drive the car, but do you know why that is correct, or maybe why it is incorrect? These links are going to tell you this.
And finally when you want to start making your own setups and setup tweaks, here is one guide to get you started:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbarnett/SetupMatrix.html
Hope this is of help to you and other people here.
Everyone here is rambling on about setup changes etc., things that could definitely gain you some time, yes, but it isn't necessarily what's going to make you a better driver.
You say you have the line, but first of all, ask yourself if you have the timing? Are you braking as late as possible? Are you minimizing your free roll? Are you getting on the throttle as fast as possible and as much as possible after every single corner? Are you getting the best out of yourself?
This very question is primary. Every thing else comes second. You need to be pushing yourself to the absolute limit to be pushing the setup to the absolute limit. If you're not doing that, small setup changes are going to do very little for you.
Obviously the paradox here is that you are never getting the best out of yourself - there's always room to push more, concentrate harder. But the key point here is that you are probably not pushing yourself hard enough just yet to be worrying about setups.
Training is the key to getting better of course, but I have a few links that might help you:
http://www.virtualracersedge.com/driving_tips.htm
A series of driving tips.
http://www.virtualracersedge.com/physics_of_racing.htm
"The Physics of Racing" is a very famous series of articles from a software engineer and sparetime racer. It's very heavy on math, but the first couple of chapters are still essential to any driver.
These two links are here to help you with the same thing. You might know how to drive the car, but do you know why that is correct, or maybe why it is incorrect? These links are going to tell you this.
And finally when you want to start making your own setups and setup tweaks, here is one guide to get you started:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbarnett/SetupMatrix.html
Hope this is of help to you and other people here.
I don't know if that's a sarcastic post or whatever, but looking at the already negative tone in this thread, I suggest you have a look at this post: http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=658216#post658216
Now, on topic, I think you should explain your frustrations a bit more detailed, because quite frankly I wasn't able to see what you were complaining about.
Like dougie-lampkin pointed it out, it's fairly contradictory of you to say that you want to drive with ghostcar, digital speedo (which is in fact still in the game on the appropriate cars) and outside view and then go on bashing arcade drivers, stating LFS favors them over "real" drivers.
So, I would like you to rephrase your first posts so it's actually readable (for gods sake use these two symbols: . and ,) and please give us a more detailed description of why and how LFS is wrong and how it favors arcade drivers, because I can assure you that your first post will only give you a good handful of bullshit-responses like the ones above.
yeees yees, I'll do it..
spdo, T. Christensen, evans
Yup, that was my main problem in the post-editing. The originals are quite dark already, and the contrast is crap. I might have an idea to make it better though
The worst part about it though, is the color that the rubber in LFS has - it can completely ruin the balance of a picture.
Thanks
I actually came across the scene by chance while driving on the CTRA. Somebody came under the bridge while I was spectating and I instantly noticed the beauty of it Edit: Here's a new version of the second picture. Better or worse? I can't actually decide..
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