Quote from Cue-Ball :

I really, really, REALLY like the game since patch U came out. To be quite honest, I'd given up playing LFS because of the low lateral grip. And I'm not the only one. Most of the guys I race with had also gotten fed up. Now, after the patch, we can't get enough.

Same here. I was to the point of not playing the game at all, and now it's exciting to the play again.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

And had nothing left for an office chair - that one's bottom of the range from Argos!* I know because I'm sitting in one

Same here. I hate mine, mostly because I didn't really think through the arms being there. Very much in the way for driving.

I'm not about to photo my area until I've cleaned it...which should happen sometime between now and S3.

Sam H has the chair. That's living.

Quote from colcob :

Well, its very obviously somebody making it up for fun. But no matter, its pure comedy genius.

Probably a fan of www.engrish.com . And babelfish

Quote from MAGGOT :

Quite frankly, I don't think anyone is 'entitled' to a line. If a car is coming up on your inside, and actually is even slightly at your side you should go wide to give them room to prevent a crash. If the one infront is 3/4 car lenght further ahead, and expects the line then they will most likely turn into the trailing car, causing an accident. The way I see it, just don't hit another car and all is well.

This is not the case in real world racing, and I think leads to some pretty frustrating crashes in LFS. You can't be expected to drive in your rear view mirrors, especially as you are preparing for a turn, where the racing line is to hit the apex and come out without (hopefully) leaving the track.

You can't just wait till the last minute to brake, push your nose inside, and expect the other car to yield. Maybe you weren't implying this, but I see it happen all the time...i.e. the end of the back straight at Blackwood.

If you are up inside the outer car before he's reached the point where you'd expect him to turn in, then the outer car has no choice but to yield ( in a fair world).

If the inside car is not 'inside' at the point the outer car would normally be turning in ( but can still get there right as he turns, by virtue of drafting), the inner car has no choice but to yield the corner.

Of course you can alwasy hit the brakes and let him fly off into the dirt, but that's another topic.

I'd like to apologize in advance for everything you see me do on the track.
Enjoy the game

Quote from Gunn :

Everything I read seemed a little candy-coated and reserved, like someone is trying to convince me of something that they don't actually believe themselves.

I had the same uneasy feeling as I read through it. Everything seems to be "wow, it's super great ( lets balance that off now ) here there are some problems ( not too harsh mate )..but still...IT'S SUPER GREAT with a GREAT Potential".

Kind of disturbing that they refer to other games as 'light weights' and nearly in the same breath say lfs competes 'even with these big games' too.

On the other hand, LFS is SUPER GREAT....so what is one to do ?

The problem shows up (randomly) when I'm alone on a server, with no one joining or leaving the pits.

I've actually seen it a few times when in 'hotlap' mode, so I don't think
it's always a server problem

During the first few days after the patch release, I assumed perhaps the master server was just extremely busy, but the problem hasn't gone away.

Rocket-Kart, Rocket-Truck, Rocket-Shopping Cart...Anything prefaced with 'rocket'. Also a longer track to go with it. The bonneville salt flats, perhaps, with a few very highly banked turns scattered about.

Also one of those swamp buggy things...they race through swamp land and have tires which are as thin as those on a motorcycle, yet are around 5 feet tall.

What else is left ? Maybe a boat that morphed into a plane.
Or a rocket.

Neils,

Where do you get the actual pedals and how much money do they cost ?

If you ever decide to create whole Pedal plans / kits, I'd be happy to help. I have Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, and other useful software, and have created a lot of planning related to my work.

Same thing happens to me. It was occasional after the T patch, and more noticable after the U patch, I think.

The FPS sometimes jumps between 100 and 80 for no apparent reason.
Many times in the middle of a turn, it's like someone comes and blanks out 5 or 6 frames, and I'm that much farther along.

Pretty annoying, but not happening all the time ( which is curious)

No virus scan or background stuff running, and I have more than enough computer / video card to run the game. Never noticed it at all before the T patch. As far as I can tell, the video settings weren't changed after installing the patch, either.

Can we just be friends for now ? I don't give my heart that easily

Quote from Vain :

By the way, FO8 on AS North is a great combo.
I'd love to see it hosted.
Vain

F08 is great on all the long tracks now ! So much fun now that you dont go spinning off backwards when you turn and brake.

I love this car since the patch, it's the new FOX

As for BF1, I like it, but I'm not anxious to devote much time to it right now. Eventually all the people driving it who shouldn't be will get tired of it
( just like F08 after S2 ).

Personally, I think F1 racing is exciting, but it's ultimatly just a matter of opinion. I can see why people might not like it. It's ultra high tension, but not the tension of the guy next to you passing you, rather, the tension that you might make a tiny mistake and the guy behind you will pass you.

That kind of intense focus for 50 laps isn't for everyone. Banging fenders with cars isn't for me - which is as I say all down to personal opinion. There is no right or wrong.

Running 5 lap sprints on SO Classic in the BF1 is hard to imagine, but it sure is fun on the long tracks.

Basillimus,

This is nothing new. There are people who love attention, and will take it anyone they can get it.

In the first place, you should be aware that the moderators frown on people naming wreckers on this forum. That's just the way it is.

In the second place, if you aren't already aware of this, you can use
the key combination of Ctrl & Shift ( correct me if I'm wrong) to view a racers registered name. You have to have the names pop up in the lower right side of the screen to do this.

Anyone can enter any name they want while racing, but this key combo will display their actual registered name.

Use this to determine who it is, and then either work with everyone online to ban him, or perferably, play on a server in which you or someone you know has administrative rights, in which case you can ban him directly.

There are a lot of idiots in the world, but there are also a lot of great people. It's the same on line as it is elsewhere. Keep trying different servers and I'm sure you'll find better company.

P.S. The one thing that keeps this types hanging around is seeing other people get angry. If you curse them and complain about them, they'll stay all night - a WONDERFUL administrative tool is " /spectate racername"
Use this and you can send him to spectate mode everytime he tries to join the race.

Quote from dhinchin :

I sincerely hope that for your sake your command of English improves after your balls drop.

Can anyone suggest a freeware/shareware application one can use to render LFS images ?

Take a look at the manual, there is a section on training AI.

The first thing I noticed in the BF1 was the way the engine sound 'opened up' at higher revs, and got more muffled at lower revs.

I love it. It's much easier to drive by ear, in this car, at least.

Scawen,

An awesome job, anyway you look at it. I'm really enjoying the improvements

I just looked at the manual - a great job as well

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Drive faster and they'll magically go away.

Or if you prefer, you can just click on each time with your mouse, and it will give you the option to delete them ( one at a time).

I know I always turn to wikipedi when I need solid, factual information.
:elefant:

Quote from L(Oo)ney :

Bunta "re-created" most of the LFS Sponsors. He then kindly made them available for download in the decal section of Master Skinners.

Great, thanks

Sorry if this request doesnt belong here, but -

Can we get clean logos for companies like "Cromo", "EvoStar", "Scavier", etc ?

I don't mean cut them off tires and billboards, I mean like clean images, in the text associated with these sponsers, so we can include them on our cars ? It would be cool to have real "Evostar" decals, etc, in keeping with the alternate reality of LFS in general.

The new Aston tracks look pretty cool too. The Grand Touring track combines National with the higher speed sections, which is good because it mixes up speed and slow corners.

Lots of slow corners on North too

(maybe they just feel slow in the BF1)

I drove a few laps at Westhill in the F08 - GREAT IMPROVMENT !

Then I took the BF1 on the same track.

What a freakin' rush. The turns come up so fast you can't believe it.

After 25 minutes with the new patch, I'd have to say it's exactly what
we hoped it would be.

Net What ??

58.9 on my second lap What a great car !

I decided to hold off on it for a little bit, to compare the physics of cars I'm familiar with

I ran the MRT on FE Gold in the same set up I ran for the last week ( and had struggled with).

The new physics are GREAT ( based on this example ). GRIP !
You can still toss the car off the road, but not for no apparent reason

Ok, back to checking out every other care now