Just bought an HP reverb G2 myself, and ... what to say ... it is just insane ! The headset looks indeed very great, but in LFS : what an experience !!! Scawen : it is just so wonderful and immersive !
I was expecting it to be great, but that is clearly overpassing my expectations by far ! And may the 1000Hz physics even improve the thing ? Sounds pure madness
I still have to admit that braking downhill is making me sick quickly (let's say elevation change in general), but anyway doing a lap or two is already so great !
South City 2.0 and its friends are welcome even more than ever now

Why not. In my model3, the colour code is black for discharge and green for reload...not very sexy

indeed, go for S3, you won't regret your investment !

A small issue I encountered : when running AI with mods on a new layout, everything computed and some lines are appearing on screen during the generation up to give a popup indicating that the path for AI has been built.
Then, if you 'cancel' the race instead of pressing 'start', the lines remain displayed on the menu => an auto clear would be welcome

as a student it was more convenient to play online from time to time ... now, it would require a bit too much time to achieve any capability to drive properly a given combo .
Taking a car with a kind of default setup and doing few laps anywhere is plenty of fun, but usually I have to end quickly for "family life" or so on => short cruise sessions are satisfying (even if I agree regarding the multiplayer aspect : doing short races of GTi in the time around Blackwood was insane )

Quote from Viperakecske :

Somewhat same applies to Flotch and others...havent played lfs in 10years time but still praising Scavier,no hate

lol, not playing online does not mean I do not play at all. I am even planning to buy a VR headset for my 40s coming in few days : and the goal is mainly only to use LFS with it ... no time to play frenzy, that's life, but I remain a fan of what LFS is bringing to me when I do few laps even against some AI

There are lots of points to be improoved : not only temperature.
There will be a difference in handling, and one main goal is to have most of the flaws allowing "cheats" to disappear, so I expect FWD to handle like they should (indeed, having a locked diff and no antiroll bar at the back to have the car to rotate like a charm on the gas is not normal ).
Let's quote Eric :

Quote from Eric :

I quite liked “close your eyes and pray” corners back in the day!

Without getting into too much detail, it’s mainly some corners on the the faster circuits. I won't start quoting each corner because I don't want to turn this thread into a request for corner changes.

Before The release of S2 and GTRs, I was working with S1 tyre physics which had very little grip before Scawen improved on it. The classic case is Westhill which was challenging with the old Pre-S2 tyre code but just became a flat-out drive with the current physics. My fault, partly for not thinking ahead design wise and not having the experience. Anyway, I’ve addressed most of the design issues I’ve had with Westhill, so hopefully no-one will fall asleep at the wheel this time.

As a side note, I have no idea how the revised Westhill will drive with the old tyre physics that you guys are using. I’ve been testing with the new tyre physics for a few years now and I refuse to drive the old one, which has just doesn’t have that visceral tyre feel and response compared to the new tyre physics.


Eric

While waiting for 0.7E patch to be out

Quote from rik97 :

Scawen, I have a question but don't know how easy it is to add in.

Different cars need different ffb strength ingame. LFS original cars are quite close but will be still usefull for, but mod cars need sometimes twice as much ffb.

So can you make this setting car specific like the view setting?

does the scripts I was asking for here https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/93174-Settings-for-custom-interior-views-and-FFB-settings-linked-to-the-car-used available for modded cars ?

Quote from NumberTwo :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3HlxKZiucU

and its not only 1 kerb, you know that i guess, just playing a bit?

https://www.lfs.net/report-sep2018-ro

Quote :

Many of the kerbs now use 3D objects

Let's suppose it will be improved ...
Anyway, I was doing some laps around oulton park in ACC, and found the kerbs more deadly.
Most of time I suppose kerbs are crossable from the inside wheel perspective (this explains the presence of sausages kerb added to limit the thing ), but regularly the outside wheel has to avoid the contact (even if anyway, the crazy jump you got in video is too much I agree).

Option 2 !

is it worth considering the possible repair of engine during a race that had suffer from overreving ? Changing the whole engine, why not ... but if you have to change tappets, spring for the valves, etc ... looks like complex and even more time consumming than doing an engine swap !
I would more expect to see like rik97 is saying an option on/off to repair it or not.
But anyway, from a gaming experience perspective, maybe a different approach is to be considered

random would mean not related if I am correct ? while this patch gives :

Quote from Scawen :

A long requested feature to display maximum speed for each gear in setup screen.

And seeing the dyno curve in another tool ... well, it is another tool, the purpose is to see it in the "game" !

Of course if I totally agree with you that there are far more important topic for Scawen, but :
* he was on the gear ratio thing (and it is a great update to me even if it looks like a tiny little thing), so my "request" (let's be honest, it is not a request, just a suggestion) is just to have a display making the thing even more user friendly
* the power-torque curve is alreday coded, so maybe it may not a huge deal to implement

Nice an unexpected
While at it, may we have something like on zeperfs.com website :
* a small graph showing these ratio with speed against rpm and three lines showing max torque rpm, max power rpm and redline ?

* a power and torque curve displayed next engine specs ?


if you give a finger, a hand is taken

Happy Christmas and end of year holidays guys, you rock !
Nice reading as always, and glad there is some time spent on Fern Bay ! Even if not 2.0 already, the touch brought look indeed very nice, and seeing it under night :

Quote from Aleksandr_124rus :

...
Or is tire physics a separate topic in which devs need to work?

=> indeed, as far as we know
Going for 1000Hz and multithreading is a very good move for plenty of aspects, but having the tire physics (and maybe other things related to physics aswell) is a different topic on the list !

Quote from Aleksandr_124rus :

It would be great if a similar style of reports would be not only for Multithreading topic. Later it could be combined into reports in the style as it was done before. But i guess no.
Btw, Multithreading was one of the last things left to do? Is there still something left to finish the update for a testing stage?

physics my dear !

Quote from timdecnodder :

Hybrid tires in LFS prevent me from using IRL engine specs, you burn your tires within a lap while having no grip

I see what you mean unfortunately ... 1 lap and a half, and the tires are more than red

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWbVT8xU6jA
hey hey, looking in the comments seems to be a >500hp car, looks really cool to have the project approoved by Saab (even if Saab is out from being an automotive vendor for several years now, but it remains a cool brand) !!

very nice indeed !

Quote from Degats :

Bonus top down comparison:
https://imx.tc-g.uk/20th/38

crazy

Quote from timdecnodder :

Not be be telling you guys what to do, but i would love to see some new Gravel roads/rallycross options in the game. Looks great otherwise and i hope everything goes well and we can enjoy LFS for 20 more years.

Yep, a bit disappointed aswell to not see a gravel or rallyx section appearing...
Anyway, Bancroft looks like a fast track ! It will be good when seeing the possible layouts

freaking nice ! Thanks a lot man !!!
And thank you Eric for doing a such brillant South City !

Quote from gu3st :

Probably still trying to download them all. Those pages are slower than I've sen from other update threads.

, server being busy. Btw, no link to download them all yet at https://www.lfs.net/screenshots ...@Victor ?

Quote from miata :

Happy Birthday LFS!


And just to be clear. Is this the first time the community has ever heard about Bancroft Autodrome and Fairfield test centre!?

Indeed, that's a surprise ! @Eric : Can you share some size regarding those environments ?

Now the question is : where is @Degats for the comparison screenshots of South City ?

Happy birthday guys ! Awsome as usual, and unexpected ! Beautiful shots ! Amazing