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frokki
S2 licensed
Quote from kroozin :try what i done

http://teamshiftlock.freeforums.org/hand-break-t34.html

Props for building that monster (i could never do that), but I couldn't help LOLling a lot
frokki
S2 licensed
Quote from Buhnanah :I have no clue what those letters mean.. lol

AA stands for anti-aliasign, and AF means anisotropic filtering. These are techniques that soften the jagged edges (AA) and sharpen the textures in distance from the camera (AF). You can adjust these from your graphics card's driver preferences (most likely right click on your desktop -> properties -> settings -> advanced).

LOD stands for Level Of Detail, which you can adjust in LFS.
http://en.lfsmanual.net/wiki/Options#Graphics

You might also want to choose smaller screen resolution from the "screen" menu in LFS options, since your performance is so poor. Or at least I'd find under 30 FPS completely unplayable and would compromise graphical details as much as needed to get a smoother gameplay.
frokki
S2 licensed
Quote from lei1634 :i only have the demo right now but i have my computer hooked up to my tv and i dont have a full picture for the game. how do i stretch the screen out to fit the whole tv?

Try shift + F4. It should switch between windowed and full screen mode.
frokki
S2 licensed
Spoori has most likely been stolen from Swedes (spår = track, groove) and means just the grooved racing line, aka rut. But of course correct me if I'm wrong.
frokki
S2 licensed
I loved how his bike knocked the next guy
frokki
S2 licensed
LFS has to be the best since it's the only one I play.
frokki
S2 licensed
Quote from Buhnanah :Kinda, but I also noticed when I watch my replay's, I also lag there..

That's it then. You're not having internet connection lag, but are getting a low framerate.
frokki
S2 licensed
Quote from Bob Smith :I'm quite happy to admit that I pay no attention to the lyrics in songs, even when I'm really listening to music. I'm sure I'm missing out on a lot of thought provoking material, but frankly, if I wanted to pay attention to other people's thoughts, I'd be at the pub. It also means I'm perfectly happy listening to music in other languages, or instrumentals, and don't feel like anything is missing (although it is nice to sing along).

Same here. Even if I listen to Finnish lyrics, I often don't have any clue what they're about if someone asks me.
frokki
S2 licensed
Quote from Jakg :I didn't mean that - although I don't properly understand it I was wondering if there were any security issues?:

At least it's growing fast amongst quite big providers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openid
"OpenID is increasingly gaining adoption among large sites, with organizations like AOL, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Orange, VeriSign, Yandex and Yahoo acting as providers.[1][2][3][4][5] In addition, integrated OpenID support has been made a high priority in Firefox 3[6] and OpenID can be used with Windows CardSpace."
frokki
S2 licensed
Never
frokki
S2 licensed
Forgive me if it's a stupid question, but are you sure that it's lag and not lower fps because lfs has to render more cars when you spectate?
Because spectating shouldn't demand more bandwidth than driving itself...
frokki
S2 licensed
Quote from Jakg :There has to be a catch?

There really are people who write software for public good and don't demand anything...
frokki
S2 licensed
lol, a moderator moderated your post. then perhaps there was something wrong in it?

crying aloud like that doesn't improve your situation
frokki
S2 licensed
Quote from Woz :That said I am thinking about the pedal mod soon as the travel is too long which causes issues. Because of that I dont tend to heel toe as much now. Stronger brakes and shift when the revs are lower to avoid engine braking lockups

I can recommend the mod unservedly!
No need for shoes at all...
frokki
S2 licensed
Quote from Electrik Kar :Thanks

Last night I was experimenting toggling between having bloom on or bloom off (normal) and when I did that I thought that neither option was appropriate or realistic. Enabling that bloom means that the picture contrast really washes out and it looks as Hyper described as 'worn out and dirty'. But I concluded that normal settings (with no bloom), also looks very artificial- unnaturally harsh and vivid, ugly, wrong. If you drive around with one setting for a while, you can get used to it, but over time I prefered the bloom setting, as it has a softer quality about it (SR's .ini) that does tend to look a bit more 'natural', to me anyhow.

My thoughts exactly! I was going to write some thoughts after playing yesterday, but now I have nothing to add.
Even though it's still pretty stupid looking in some conditions, it's also better than without it in some. Pretty even in overall I think.
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frokki
S2 licensed
The nixim brake mod completely took off my braking problems! Worth every penny. It feels just like the good ol' squashball. Improved the feel of the pedal, but also the improper longitudinal pedal spacing, making heel and toeing and brake force adjusting more natural and a piece of cake.
frokki
S2 licensed
Quote from henrypuspurs :I dunno if a replay file just needs the one file to work but heres one... if I need to post something else for it to work do tell me.

The first lap I tried a couple of new lines through the chicane and around the pit entry. Second lap was a very good lap by my standard so thats the one that realy needs improving on, third was slightly bellow average, few mistakes.

A gamepad may not be an ideal controller, but after watching the replay I think you have plenty of air in your laptime.

At first you need to focus on your basic driving lines. And general smoothness. XFG may be a better car for this kind of practise, but I can't see why FBM wouldn't do fine also.

You start to turn into turners from the middle of the track, when it should be done from the outest possible position. That makes your line much sharper than the ideal line and you end up turning too much. <-- What a tenous link to our next problem, smoothness. I know that it's hard to make small adjustments on your pad, but full steering lock is not the way to drive around corners. You should aim for only the smallest steering inputs. When I have to turn my 720 degree wheel over 90 degrees, usually something has gone wrong.

I think that this driving line and smoothness thing is easier to get a hang on if you start slower and gradually increase speed when you feel comfortable. And remember that when you think you go slow enough, slow down a little bit more

Also, this is a good read if it's any news for you: http://www.rosedikart.com/basic_driving_techniques.htm

Hope it helps!
frokki
S2 licensed
Quote from BoneCrusher :No, press reset after you are dead after you hit a wall with 200+ THATS realistic.....

I think it's a usefull tool for analysing you performance, and don't give me that shit about 'realistic'. Playing a racing game in your comfortable chair, turning a steeringwheel connected to a potentiometer plugged into a computer, looking at a screen isn't realtic, it never will be.

I love how everyone uses that as an argument of some kind.

"LFS is not completely realistic, so we should make it even more unrealistic"...
frokki
S2 licensed
I'd like to vote option number 3, that would be "make more of them". The last chicane exit in green&black for example needs one to stop people to use the grass stuff as their advantage.

They are part of fern bay, and removing them would make the track more boring and not fern bay anymore. I really don't want that
frokki
S2 licensed
Quote from samforey12345 :Anyone like my Sig?

Nobody. We all hate it.
frokki
S2 licensed
I also had a 1 year break recently when my drunken buddy tore my MOMO into pieces. LFS just isn't LFS without a wheel.
frokki
S2 licensed
When I first saw this subject discussed at the age of 18 (didn't even have S2 back then), I took my smelling and unserviced fwd Ford Escort with too wide tyres (on chrome wheels!) to a local roundabout at a rainy night and was surprised that there really was no sudden drop in steering resistance until I had rediculous amounts of steering in and rediculous amounts of gas archieving almost zero grip. (something you won't encounter in racing situations, even in the tightest aston hairpins.)
frokki
S2 licensed
Welcome! (and goodbye to your free time at the same time)

There's always some new decent racers amongst those countless flows of leetspeek dorifto kiddies
frokki
S2 licensed
Quote from STROBE :So is there anything on the site that's actually his?

I have a feeling that this image might be his...
frokki
S2 licensed
Quote from ZanZi :uh? i could have wrote a whole novel about the physics flaws but whats the point to talk to some one that dont know a thing about it?

I think that would have been better. Now your reply wasn't too far off his rant, and like Coleus said, not helping anyone.
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