not yet the hybrid/knobbly for GTR cars ?
I will test u14 later this day. Interested in those CPU usage things

and to be more realist, when the graphical update and the tire physics will be released (as a test patch(es) obviously), the next challenge after releasing the whole thing (indeed there will be some glitches I suppose) for Eric will be to release the two other tracks for S3 content ... so, interiors ...

Nice info kagurazakayukari
We know that Eric has to come back to Kyoto to fix some holes, but I guess you may have motivated him to fix the Japaneese texts, knowing is aim for perfection

lol. Anyway, you have it into the setups of the xr gt : ABS : on/off option in brakes part.

Quote from 5tag :

I think that's still not going to work...

It may not be optimum, but I am sure it will be fun. I remember having done some laps in the past with the FXR with hybrid tires, it was insane
Note that rallycross cars irl are not having necessarily crazy ride height, and if stiffer suspension is needed to have the necessary height, the drivers will adapt

Quote from Scawen :

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APPROVED !!
Making those GTRs some rallycross machines is indeed very appealing
Same for those who wants to have AI online.
For drifting, I have no knowledge, but 65° seems crazy, but maybe real, do not know ...

What bothers me the more, is to not know :
- what means the "O" in FXO
- what means the "50" in FZ50
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Happy new year guys ! I wish you all the best for 2021. 🤘🏻

Wow, impressive guys !!! Wish you all the best for the year to come, and a merry Xmas to you
Thank you Degats for the comparison shots

Quote from Marino108 :

Rally pack? I don't remember developers ever talking about rally pack.

Too young boy you are 😁

You have to contact the team by emails, more chance to have them reading emails than the forum : https://www.lfs.net/mailus

xmas ftw !

correct me if I am wrong, but there are already serious discount according to where do you buy your licence, no ? this was especially done for Brazilian people (but not only) iirc.
And I doubt Scawen and co are keen to play the black friday thingy

Quote from Evolution_R :

Next week I hope for a progress report... hello Fernbay .
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Dover !!

... but maybe Eric is still struggling on South City and Kyoto ...

Eric will simply have to add it on the Scirocco when it can be delivered
Other cars seem not concerned due to the period of "production" they seem to belong to !

Hot air temperature or altitude may give an advantage to na engines over turbo ones. So according to where your track is located, it may influence the overall performances of each car... Even if not by that much of course.
And of course having temperature to be managed everwhere is something interesting on the paper, but indeed may not be that nice in the end ...

Indeed, quite rare to have engines overheating nowadays. But having air temperature and pressure impacting engine performances would be a really cool feature !

Quote from Evolution_R :

I would say around December 2021... but who knows.

I do not think Eric is planning to spend over than a year fixing few holes on two tracks and doing magic on Fern Bay !
NB: Eric do not forget jocker lap layouts on rallyx tracks ☺️

Quote from Scawen :

Calculations and algorithms based on models and then the constants adjusted to try to match test rig data available for some tyres, and lateral force figures for some cars and just sometimes we can do lap time comparisons.

So in short - get a benchmark based on models and constants then adjust the constants according to as many real world results as possible.

In practice you can then find the models or assumptions are wrong or don't scale properly then you can read scientific papers on theory of rubber adhesion, etc. and try to figure out how to make sense of such complex phenomena described in seemingly abstract papers with confusing mathematics, into something that can really be implemented into realtime simulation with several cars at the same time.

Are the equations completly different when on soft surfaces ? I mean : dirt, grass, in the future maybe snow (why not snow), I suppose the behaviour may differ due to the resitance encountered by the tire.

Quote from BerdyGaming :

...considering LFS isn't a game known for it's system requirements.

not yet
It disturbs me a lot when I play a little in LFS and see the GPU temperature almost as it was idle whn I quit ... while other games like ACC are bringing it to 80°c

Quote from Scawen :

OK, here is the same video from the in-car view.

The idea is you should not see any pop-up at all.

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indeed, everything is fine, even in the mirrors

Looks like Eric has spent more than a year on SO ; still has some things to do on SO, on KY, ... and fully FE. I suppose that Scawen has some times to spend on multithreading.

Quote from Degats :

Eric's been busy

Obligatory comparisons:

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stunning
Thanks !

wonderful
excellent reading, and beautiful pictures
SO 2.0 FTW !

I would not expect Fern Bay shots before 3 months after Eric has begun to hardly work on it. In this progress report Scawen is saying he has not yet finished what he wants to do on South City ... so September / October at the earliest I would guess !
Night / Moonlight / tire physics is another subject