Quote from geeman1 :

How about making the AI try to copy the player(s). This would enable you to decide how the AIs drive. Drifters could teach the AI to drift and racers could teach them to race. I don't know how hard it would be to code, but it would be nice

although LFS kicks GTR in many ways, AI is not one of them. the GTR AIs are quite fast, and also learn to copy the driving style of the human player. that would be a nice feature for LFS. but if we are talking about improving the LFS AIs, i'd really like it if they were taught one simple lesson: how to avoid rear ending the cars in front of them!

Quote from Vain :

I just went down to the garage to check it, and the 911 in there has clutch and brakes mounted on the top, with gas mounted below. Like all other Porsches I drove. And every other car I ever drove beside one tractor.

Vain

what year? my room mate's 86 definitely has all 3 mounted to the floor.

Quote from mrodgers :

). Also, until they come out with a properly set up pedal system, ie, the pedals mounted from above without modification, and that is "affordable" to EVERYONE, not just those who have the cash to throw around for $300 game controllers, then shifter+clutch setup had better not become the standard.

what you talking about? IRL Porsche 911 has pedals mounted from below (because the linkage has to go under the driver to the back of the car). you wouldn't call a 911 "improperly set up " would you?

something with an overclocked geforce 7800 ought to do the trick.

i've found some of this year's races online (in the usual places) but i'm missing a few. anyone have links to any of the following?

4 - imola
5 - nurburgring
7 - monaco
10 - indianapolis
11 - magny-cours

cheers

G

(ps. would prefer english commentary, but german would be ok as well)

this weekend is no good for me, but i look forward to racing with you all next time.

i'd be interested. my timezone is GMT-7, so if the races were saturday or sunday afternoon/evening in europe, it would be morning/afternoon here...

thanks guys. i didn't crash, so next time you'll see me in a faster car.

haha. the thread that wouldn't die....

i just read the *whole* thing, and i don't have any suggestions that haven't been mentioned already, but i'd like to add my vote(s) for:

1) mid-engine sports car that doesn't suck (i hate the handling of the RA!)

2) small front engine, rear drive touring car (like bmw e30)

3) monster awd touring car (like audi rs4)

4) small rally car

5) monster rally car

6) another F1 car to compete with the Sauber

7) a couple closed wheel prototype cars


and i also feel compelled to say that i don't think the devs should spend any time on trucks, motorcycles, "drift cars" (i mean come on guys, the suspensions of all these cars are tunable...) or drag racing cars. to each their own, or whatever (and yes, i realize that if they added such vehicles, i could choose not to drive them), but still....

i'd love to have in-car adjustable torque split in the FXR, but barring that, making the "traction control" button work as a differential lock on the non-tc cars would be almost as good.

i did a practice run on my own last night, and managed 89 laps in 1hr with the FXR. ya, i could probably go faster in the FZR, but i don't want to crash.

can't wait until sunday.

imo, shorter races tend to encourage people to drive too hard on tires that are too cold, meaning more crashes and less fun.

as for the people who find longer races boring... i just don't get it (and i wonder what your girlfriends think...)

Quote from Blowtus :

You don't think it's a simple matter to combine a tps signal of 0% and rpm signal above some arbitrary value, and cut power to the injectors? Or does everything still run on carburettors in Canada?

The amount of people keen to explain stuff without basic knowledge of how and why things works is always interesting...


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of course it would be simple to program the ecu to tell the injectors to do whatever you want, but unless you have an actual example of a motor that cuts them off, then you are speculating just as much as anyone else. i don;t doubt that some motors reduce the amount of fuel injected at high revs and low throttle, but i am still highly doubtful that any engine would cut the injection completely off, because of the potential damage to the motor. that was my only point, and i don't see why you gotta be so sarcastic.

note that the throttle isn't really a "gas" pedal. it's an "air" pedal. the fuel injection system adds the right amount of gas for the air that's going into the motor.

also note that the throttle is never really fully closed, even when your foot is all the way off the pedal. if it did fully close while the engine was running, a vaccuum would be created that would suck oil into the cylinders and potentially cause other damage.

so put two and two together, and you'll see that when coasting downhill, the motor is sucking at least some air into itself, and that the injection system will add some fuel to the mix, even though it usually wont be very much.

i think that oil slicks would be cool and add a lot of realism, although it probably wouldn't be long before people like redline racing started banning anyone who left a slick on their track. :haha:

in chronological order:

Super Sprint (top view)
Pole Position
<very long gap>
Motoracer 2 (motorcycles)
<another gap>
GTR
LFS

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the "back" chicane at aston. not the one before the finish (which is also hard) but the uphill one with the bump on the exit. soooo easy to put the back end around.

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Quote from Shotglass :

who said we dont want a tarmac hill climb as well ?

i think it actually has sections of both.

Pike's Peak would be fun, and there would finally be a track where the FXR would be king.