Quote from Jonas8431 :

Is still allowed just 16 drivers on SO Spring1?

that be a bug then.

Quote from joen :

I have a good sense of humour, but I didn't find any humour in that, and therefore I am crap so I hear.



That one's more...scary. Seen it before, it's staged though.

i guess that kid has been playing to much unreal and has he ever heard of waiting.

Quote from tomylee :

cause you can't connect to older servers. it's incompatible

oh right thanks.

why is there only showing w9 hosts? in the list of servers.

Quote from garph :

Did he say 100 votes and he'll do it or something?

Dont know but i do know he said in one of the posts his doing one track guide shortly.

Quote from Jakg :

i dont get it, surely if there are ANY against votes its never gonna reach 100% for?

one more vote left to go.

4 more votes need to reach 100 %

Welcome to the world of clean and fast racing and s2.

Quote from intgr :

Hello; I am very pleased and excited to announce that, as of Wine version 0.9.33, Live for Speed S2 V (almost) works on Linux, with a couple of trivial problems.

The only real issue is that unlocking does not work at all, and cracks found on the net don't work either (hey, I have paid the money!). That damn copy protection stuff always hits you when you expect it the least. I would really appreciate some cooperation from the developers here, as the problem is likely related to retrieving some system-specific information, and thus straightforward to fix.

I'll be happy to answer any questions regarding LFS on Linux.

My configuration:

• Cheap ATI Radeon x550, using the proprietary fglrx driver version 8.34.8.
  
• Gentoo Linux, running on AMD64 native.
  
• Kernel 2.6.19-gentoo-r6
  
• wine version 0.9.33.
  
• X.org version 7.2.

I have submitted a Wine AppDB entry, however, until the submission has been reviewed by WineHQ webmasters, I'll post my report here:

What works
Before the game runs flawlessly, a few settings in the 'Options' -> 'Graphics'
screen have to be changed:

• 'Haze effect' has to be set to 'no'
  
• 'Shadow type' has to be set to 'off'
  
• Dropping 'Z-Buffer Depth' from 32 to 24 increased performance significantly on my system.

All the essential functionality works: menus, single player, multiplayer (demo servers), replays, tuning the car, game physics visualizations, custom engine sounds.

Performance is decent, a rough estimation is 3/4 that of running under Windows. However, starting the game is instantaneous, and track load times are several times faster! Pit enters and exits seem faster as well, but they were never slow to begin with.

What does not work

• "Unlocking", that is, phoning "home" to the LFS servers and confirming your registration. Attempts result in a vague "Unlocking error" dialog box. (GRRR, darn copy protections always get in the way!)
  
• Enabling the 'haze effect' results in the track becoming transparent. Cars, skid marks and shadows are still drawn.
  
• Enabling car shadows results in a big dark box around the car, inside which is a light, smaller bounding box of the car. The shadow drawn into the smaller box looks OK.
  
• Ending single player games (returning to the menu) sometimes freezes the entire X11 server; possibly related to the proprietary fglrx drivers.
  
• Sounds have a somewhat annoying 500ms+ delay (even if the "sound lag" option within the game is set to as low as possible), so if you change gears by the rev sound, you will always be a bit late.
  
• Turbo sounds are almost unaudible on the XRT.
  
• Some very trivial and obscure graphics glitches. For example, when switching to another window while LFS still visible, the rear-view mirror starts showing weird things.

What was not tested

• Joystick/wheel/other game controllers.
  
• Registered LFS S1 and S2 cars and tracks.
  
• Connecting other clients to a Linux LFS server

And here's a screenshot of LFS running on Linux:

Mate patch W is out.

Quote from Peptis :

As a convenience for people living in more enlightened countries, could you put the speed in km/h as well as mph?

Good idea.

Quote from danowat :

Yeah, I am going to make a start on some others shortly.

Good luck.

cool hope to see it soon.

81 votes for yes are you going do it it be every useful.

jakg i cant find a DFP on that site link in the above post.

Quote from Jakg :

your right! paying double the market value for something i think is really only worth a teabag isn't stupid at all!

The Momo isn't amazign (imo, mine might be screwed), but its a hell of a lot better than what your looking at.

Who said you had to get a DFP off eBay?

well i don't want to buy a wheel for £80 and i dont know any shops in my area that sells wheels for the pc.

about the logitech formula force ex feedback
# Feel the road: All the bumps, car handling and crashes--just as in real life!
# Control menu selections and change views with the convenient 8-way d-pad.
# Gain quick access to control functions with 12 fully programmable action buttons.
# Shift gears with 2 wheel-mounted gear shifters.
# Experience realism and precision in your driving experience with the gas and brake pedals.
# Brand New Sealed
# 2 Year Limited Warranty

http://www.shop4usb.co.uk/osco ... es/products/fex_promo.jpg

Last edited by faster111, Thu 12 Apr 2007, 15:04.

DFP ebay has not got any and for memo well theres no griping thing and the gears a bit close to the wheel ant it.So i maybe stupid but on this i don't think i am.

was it new was it from ebay i did a check on about ebay got and theres only one shop on ebay selling them but am not waiting any longer for a wheel.

Quote from Jakg :

not very, M$ Wheel is better and cheaper, and the DFP/Momo is better but more expensive

am getting my one new from ebay 42 pounds.

Am going to get one soon this month hopefully i want to know is it good?

Quote from Greboth :

Or next month, maybe not even next year.

From what i have picked up (so could be wrong) LFS was going to be 4 stages, S1, S2, S3 and S4. Since the initial plan S4 has been dropped so it is now 3 stages. S1, S2 and S3 obviously. S1 was completed around 2 years ago, S2 is getting on 2 years old this summer (iirc) and isn't finished yet. So S3 will be sometime yet.

As for what it will contain, only the devs may know. We don't even know 100% what will be in S2 final. We are all here for the ride

ok i think i worked it out 2 years for each s2 ect so if s2 is getting 2 years old then mm i think it be in the next two years will s3 come out so mm around 2009 i think we will see more s3.

Are you going do it then?

Good idea yes it would help.

yeah am up for it.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Don't worry, it would be of very little use to you anyway.

found it.

Quote from Vain :

He also could have said "Look into your LFS folder, under /data/language/English.txt and look for lines ..." - everyone of us has those strings in his LFS folder.
I think it's good to know that there are at least intentions to tackle some of the more important problems with LFS within the next few years after they weren't fixed for years, so I'm thankfull for this thread.

Vain

i don't have English.txt