Quote from Scawen :

I kind of think that the tyre physics system is the biggest unknown.

Eric has kept on at South City longer than any of us had ever imagined, because he kept getting new ideas and going for it. I'm guessing he could wrap it up fairly quickly if needed. In my mind Kyoto has the most unfinished parts, though I might be wrong about that.

Eric did leave Kyoto in the end stages when he moved on to South City. But the end stages of projects generally take quite a while. I'm speaking generally, not actually speaking for Eric or specifically about South City or Kyoto.

As I say I believe the tyre physics are still the least predictable. I need to get my teeth into that and see where we are at.

Everyone that has ever did refurbishment in a house know this : the structural work is usually quicker than the finishes (has someone here ever play with his kitchen ). Kepp faith Eric !
@Scawen : Good luck getting back on business with tire physics then . Hope it will go well !

Quote from VladM :

vws was just a promotional piece that fell off. for reasons that only scawen knows, i doubt we'll ever see it.

We will get it in few months ! Tire physics is blocking it, but then, VWS, esp, powerful supercars, etc ... No limit

Quote from Scawen :

... Actually, we may release Fern Bay without a major overhaul, just a few fixes for the shadows. But the other tracks have had a serious overhaul and most are near complete.
...
Yes, mods system is coming soon. Lighting system is at least some months away (no estimates).

...

So, still several months for Eric to spend on the remaining tracks without having to update yet Fern Bay ? wow, I thought the tracks else than FE were almost "finished" (I hope you see what I mean). I would have expected Eric to be able to switch from South City and Kyoto to something fresh (like FE or the 2 mystery tracks mentioned long time ago)

Of course, unless the lighting system is the reason for the time to spend on, and not the tracks (in matters of objects, design, etc...) not yet finished ... or maybe both are completly linked

Very nice indeed !!!

Quote from ViniciusPrey :

I realized that there is no option to put measures other than the size of the front wheels for the rear, will it be so? don't you think it's better to make it changeable separately from each other?

May be linked only to UF1000 shown for the example

Quote from Scawen :

It's all the existing LFS physics and features, but with editors.

Also some basic EV support and centrifugal clutch for karts.

Hotlaps have been preserved. This is not an aerodynamic physics overhaul.

So, no yet torsen diff ?
Anyway, when I saw the EV info in the vids, I was really excited ! Glad to know it is coming soon 👍🏻

Quote from Scawen :

... The new tyre physics has a better feeling, which is encouraging as it is based on physical principles. So maybe some good solid work on fixing the link between heating, slip, load, pressure and grip could be sorted out and we'd be ready to go. I prefer this option, though the other way might be quicker to get the graphics to you.

You are the only one to know, but comparing current physics and the "new one" : which one is having the less flaws/most realistic handling/driveable facility global ratio ?
As I suppose the new graphics will imply a lots of "patch testing" before being ready to a global release, I would find better to have the new physics system delivered with it :
pro :
* test patch means it is not the final release
* if as stated in your post the issue in the new physics is regarding the link between those variables, a community testing may show you quicker the flaws of some of your iterations (the community is known to find quickly the flaws to improve their laptimes )
* you would get finally the opportunity to focus only on the new physics version
* allowing mods imply to have cars with crazy power output : current physics are not so nice when increasing heavily the power with lfs tweaker for example, so having the latest physics seem more suitable at first sight
against :
- several topics to deal with in the test patch (but is that new ?)
- people would massively use the test patch if it is driveable, and not anymore the current version

unexpected and great news

Geforce now partnership for Intel 1st gen users without graphic board

Quote from pajkul :

Rally pack and mod support, yes.

amen

Quote from Scawen :

It's the usual thing. If we don't talk, it's "where are the devs" and "why have they abandoned us". If we do talk and excitedly announce things that we are working 12 hours a day on, then don't quite make a point where we had said "we hope to be able to say something on day X" then we get told off again by some people. There isn't really a way around that!

But the really great thing is that most of the community members totally understand what we are talking about, and I am very happy to hear the nearly all positive comments since my last post. I'm working super hard on average 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, for quite a few months to get this current project ready for a public test patch. It's pretty tiring but think it'll be worth it.

I don't worry, I'm convinced it will be awsome as usual 👌🏻. Keep the faith Scawen and Eric ! You did great until now, and the few snapshots already shared indicate it will be epic in a near future 🥳

Quote from Racon :

Awesome news, and my F5 key also thanks you for the update

Indeed 😁

10 days after buying it the car being declared dead is serious bad luck. Glad for you the insurance paid you quickly and you found another car quickly 👍🏻. I personally prefer the colours of the new one

How BC would be fair regarding a user with a clutch pedal and an H shifter ? To me, BC or macro is just unfair...autoclutch is not so fair if you want to be purist, but at least it is not very quick...

Quote from Viperakecske :

Nice you just linked macro wr lap

I see what you mean, but on this combo finding the first quickest guy using autoclutch is 58th, and the first "non-cheating" the thing by using a clutch and an H shifter (for those who may not know, on a car like this your are supposed to use a H shifter with a clutch pedal ) is 76th ... anyway, let's suppose the lines are correct for the WR holder , that was the real point I guess

Quote from Flame CZE :

"spontaneously gain top speed and corning grip" doesn't sound like he's just being faster though...

he was sontaneously gaining top speed in corners
@Asmodeous : as is indicating Eclipsed, have you got a look to WR laptimes ? This usually highlight were we are not good enough when doing laptimes. https://www.lfsworld.net/get_spr.php?file=2397&w=1

there is an autosave feature, and maybe enabled by default. Take a look in your mpr folder ...

Share the mpr.

Last day of September ... Some autumn snapshots to share Eric ?

I had the opportunity to drive a Lamborghini Huracàn at the Driving Center track of Castellet.
What a car ! Only 4 laps to discover the track and the car, but that was a really nice moment. Scawen and Eric : we need such kind of cars in LFS while they are still allowed to exist

Noob inside : I was having finally the opportunity to drive a 4wd vehicle, and found particularly strange to not have any weird effect when turning in ... discovered after it was a rwd version of the Huracàn ...

Quote from Scawen :

I can't really get into any discussions at the moment but we are working very hard and hope to say more within the next few weeks.

Quote from Scawen :

I agree mods can allow a lot of creativity.
We are working on something but it will still take a bit longer, but not too long.
I can't talk about it yet, though.

=> you are teasing us

Appointment taken in the next few weeks 😁, nothing more

Quote from Scawen :

Thanks, this is not forgotten.

I hope to have more information in the next few weeks.

Oh!

Who knows...😉

@racerAntti : very valid point 👍🏻
Hope Eric is almost ready with SO and KY final touches 🤘🏻

Quote from sermilan :

What's the use now when it's gone out of production?

They can give us a 458 or a Gallardo, I do not care at all they are out of production, do you?😊