With the Formula BMW FB02 car on Blackwood with major damage to the clutch I pitted with the damage display (F10) showing the clutch damage. When the pitting process started the damage display went away. After the pit was done, F10's and F9's display would not display again. F11 and F12 worked fine and the car would not move.

I haven't seen the menu pictures for some odd reason. I was looking for them after the update, but the menu looks the same for me. Where am I not looking?

I installed the whole pack plus the separate skies pack and I personally do not see anything to complain about.

Quote from LFSn00b :

Well they still should keep a low res version, because i lose about 20 fps with this installed

As an option of course.

I have not noticed any loss in frame rate, but that could be since I have a 256 MBs video card and 2 GBs of RAM.

True, just trying to let you know. The word "skys" could be easily removed in the first post in this thread though. . I installed the skies separately.

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2.1. Minimal Installation (only Car Menu, Track Menu, Skys, AI Drivers, Views, Suits)

The Hires skies by KiDCoDEa & DoN are not included right? I think the word skys should be removed then.

In addition, the background of the installer has the skies preview image shown.

Last edited by Gargantula, Wed 14 Nov 2007, 22:02.

Thank you for adding my requested features! I did not know that you would do it so quickly.

Quote from Becky Rose :

with TV we will change sim racing forever.

Agreed! I am going to tell all of my friends! I have seen video game shooters broadcasted on the G4 channel (http://www.g4tv.com/) before. In Japan, they broadcast StarCraft tournaments.

I would like (probably others too) the "Last Raced" date to also appear under the "International Rank:" in My CTRA.

Last edited by Gargantula, Mon 5 Nov 2007, 04:35. Reason : Another suggestion

Quote from Becky Rose :

as soon as I can announce what (if any) TV deals we are going to run with.

Congrats! That is very exciting!

Yes, I like to check out the stickies and to search before posting on any forum. Rare, I know, but I know how annoying it can get for duplicate or useless threads to be posted.

Ah so it is not a league. I did misunderstand. Thank you for clarifying. I still think a small guide on the help page to help users like me to figure out how to be able to log into the My CTRA section. In addition, tell people to install Join2LFS to enable the lfs:// targets. I figured this out the hard way too.

I need to improve though to get to Platinum status to qualify for the STCC.

Last edited by Gargantula, Fri 2 Nov 2007, 20:06.

Yeah I hope to join the STCC one day to help spread the word about virtual racing. I hope it gets to be on television too! I would really love to see this! I never knew I could virtually live my dream! I love what was said in the "History of the STCC" Web page. I really hope to do this in real life eventually too. I am going to try really hard in life to get to do this in the real world.

I am really surprised how easy it was to get a license after I figured out how to make register for it. How come a qualification run is not done first like in some other leagues? On the CTRA Web site it does not say how to register a license. I figured it out by accessing a CTRA server and looking through the $menu and found the section for making a password.

I know how to delete my cookies. I do not want to delete all of my cookies so I am going to hunt for the specific cookie.

[EDIT] Found it as "[User Name Here]@www.raceauthority[1].txt", but it still does not work after deleting it and restarting IE v7. It does not work in Firefox v2 either.

Last edited by Gargantula, Fri 2 Nov 2007, 19:51.

Thanks for the replies. I did not know that in a blue flag condition, I should just slow down a little and let them pass instead of stopping. I was trying to really get out of there way yet got penalized for it. My yellow flag ratio went way down now. I cannot get the exact percentage now, since I cannot log in now. This is the second time that I cannot log into MY CTRA. Is that a bug? It was working before now, by just browsing to the page I usually get automatically logged in, but now I get "Login Failed". It will probably work again later.

This league is really fun! I am loving it as a new CTRA driver and I am getting addicted to tweaking my setup. I already shaved about 3 seconds of my lap time for the SO1R track. I need to shave about 2 more seconds off to be really competitive.

Last edited by Gargantula, Fri 2 Nov 2007, 19:48.

I was about to post about the yellow flag bug too. I was just racing around and getting out of the way of people and I got 3 yellow flags in one lap!!! What is happening here?! I pride myself in being a safe racer, but this is hurting my confidence. I made a skin and a helmet just for the CTRA. This shows how much preparation I made before joining, but if yellow flags make me look like an unsafe driver, then all is lost.

Please fix the bugs so that safe drivers cannot be unfairly judged. I now have a 300% yellow flag ratio since I just started in the CTRA and with this bug I do not feel like continuing until it is resolved since it is hurting my statistics.

Last edited by Gargantula, Fri 2 Nov 2007, 19:48.

Thanks for that zip file! I have 3ds Max 2008 as well and I cannot import any cmx files with the old 3ds max 6 plug-in.

I was about to post a thread about adding the Surround Sound feature in LFS, but it is mentioned here already. I would like to "vote" for it. It is nice to hear what is going on behind me. I have to fake the surround sound with the CMSS 2 feature in Sound Blaster Audigy 2. This feature up-mixes stereo to the rear left and right speakers. I also have to turn on "Matrix" mode on my front center in order to hear the engine in a more realistic position.

Funny I was just thinking the same thing. I want to move the mirror up higher then what is allowed in vS2 X so that I can see behind me without distracting my view up ahead. Any way to "hack" the files without getting banned in online races?

In addition, is there an extra button to look right a bit to look at the rear-view mirror? I know there is a look left and a look right function, but I want to be able to see the mirror and not just a small piece of it. I know I can use the virtual mirror, but I like realism of the real one.

Cool, thanks! Long live LFS with better graphics. Maybe the developers should consider some of these mods for the official version?

Last edited by Gargantula, Sat 3 Nov 2007, 07:41.

The link is dead for the full install for me. Is this happening for anyone else?

Very nice to know! Thanks! Now I really want a Logitech G25 racing set.

Can anyone confirm that the G25 works on a PS2? I saw it listed on Logitech's web site as both a PC and PS2 accessory. That would be nice so that I can use it in racing games on the PS2, such as the Gran Turismo series and the Burnout series. I have an Alienware Gaming Pad that works on the PS2 and PC and it is very convenient since I have the PS2 and PC hooked up to the same PC monitor (with a RTV VEG-N unit) and I switch between the two platforms often.

Last edited by Gargantula, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 23:08.

I have the older Act Pedals and Shifter and they still work after about 3 years I think. The only problem I have is that the pedals seem to be very finicky about calibration. They work well without any calibration and setting up calibration messes up the values. The potentiometers seem to give very "jumpy" values. That is why I wanted to invest in the G25 but from what I am reading here on this thread, things are looking so good for the G25. I still want to try it though.

My Logitech MOMO Racing is perfect in terms of the potentiometer. Never needs calibration and it is still 100% accurate after about 3 years. Very important for me.

Are the pedals in the G25 accurate? How bad is the G25 shifter?

Last edited by Gargantula, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 21:22.

If the design had more to it, I might get some. I love Live For Speed, but I feel more like a walking billboard, especially with the long sleeves version. That web site address is huge! I might as well get paid for wearing that shirt.

I know that I walk around with logos all the time, like clothing lines, but the web site address needs to be smaller for the long sleeves version or moved. If people come up to me and ask, I can tell them the address. I promote this game to my friends often since most of them have not heard of it yet.

I am comparing the designs to the ones featured on http://www.gtr-shop.com/. Those look cool in my opinion.

Quote from nutty boy :

Or it just has crappy acceleration and it just goes extremely slow and doesn't wheelspin at all.

In the replay, I floored it and dumped the clutch and the wheels spin out when I watch in the replay. I guess I only noticed it. No one else seems to have the problem.

Last edited by Gargantula, Mon 15 May 2006, 11:27.

Quote from Jakg :

more lock would just make it a drift sim

I don't think the image of the game would change. I still consider it a Racing Simulator.

Quote from axus :

this is all for the purpose of REALISM.

If I wanted full REALISM, I'd get off my lazy butt and go do it in real life even with the cost of doing it which I plan to eventually on road cars.

Last edited by Gargantula, Mon 1 May 2006, 21:06.