There should be plenty of inspiration here: generally.rscsites.org

The GeneRally community still hosts a monthly track designing competition. Although some are re-creations of rl tracks, there is also a diverse range of well-designed and creative originals.

GeneRally also comes packaged with a comprehensive yet easy-to-use track editor, where one can even change elevation, add trees, track markings, etc.

Btw, I'm not part of the GeneRally marketing team, I just enjoy playing the game and thought this may assist track designers in this competition and to open the door to a number of creative track designs.

Congrats Scawen and Geraldine

LFSWorld Username: geezer45 (better known as Butters)
I would like to run for the position of nation's manager: yeah nah (aka 'no')
Skills: supporter, cheerleader, random favours

I'm in

I'm loving the bumpiness of the FBM at SO Chicane

Happy Birthday mate, I hope you had a good one!!

Thanks again for such an awesome sim

I haven't read this whole thread so please don't flame me, but has the 'Acceleration shifts viewpoint' feature been mentioned here?

Thanks Becky! Really appreciate it

Oh dear .. what have I started?

Quote from burnsy1882 :

geezer45: not to go off of off-topic to go on-topic, but FireFox released his own version of a race watcher. Race Viewer. you can probably try that, though it's still in an alpha stage.

Thanks Burnsy! I did give this app a go and it certainly seems to have potential. The way it focuses on battles needs to be much smarter imo for it to work with my endeavours. Also only one car is ever followed, so I think this app could be well integrated with something like noobtv, which unfortunately doesn't seem to be working at the moment!

I'm thinking of working with FireFox to help develop the program, even though I know nothing about programming! I think my (and my team's) role could take on more of a beta testing/ideas suggestion function.

Quote from Becky Rose :

For general public consumption the answer is no, I will explain in more detail via PM.

Thanks for your detailed PM .. I totally understand

Quote from Frankmd :

Here is version 0.9. Some new features etc. Version 1.0 will be the same as 0.9, but then bugfixed and including all the cameras I've made and the ones that were found in this topic (fetzo: I have to edit your camera's to make them work properly in v0.9), since I am sure there are some minor bugs in it. Please report them here

Where is version 0.9? Is it meant to be somewhere in your post? Am I missing something? :P

**EDIT** Found it!

Hey Becky, just wondering if I could try Xcam for a test broadcast I am organising soon for a FOX race? I am happy to give feedback on how your software works with a different type of vehicle

Round 9 of the STCC looked awesome BTW!

Thanks Jack!

Quote from Becky Rose :

The software is very specific to the STCC, i'm not even sure it would do a good job on non-TBO cars, it relies on driver names being entered in a particular way (according to STCC regs) and the safety car has to have a specific name too, and the SC board reacts provided the SC is driven and run to STCC regs...

It's most likely the software would fall over or generate lots of 'customer feedback' if it was launched publicly.

Hi Becky, STCC round nine was awesome! Too bad Chris Redman is out as he was my favourite driver in the series - very exciting to watch him cut through the field!

Anyway, how do you think your Xcam software could work with FOXes? I'm wanting to do a test broadcast with this type of vehicle and am hoping you wouldn't mind letting me have a go with your software. I would be more than happy to give you as much feedback as possible on how Xcam works with a different type of car.

Also, did you capture the round nine broadcast using Fraps? At half speed then double the speed in post production? The medium quality version of the round nine broadcast looks great, and is what I'm aiming for

Quote from ColeusRattus :

S2:
Graphical Updates of the GTR Cockpits (confirmed)
AI Improvements (confirmed)

To this list you can add:
South City update (confirmed)

Quote from Electrik Kar :

When I look at the current default .dds files, I think that with a lot of stuff, there mustn't be higher res versions. So, it would take more than for Eric to simply export those files at higher-res, which doesn't do anything for the texture detail. Maybe he's working on higher res versions now. But then again maybe not (). We may start to get an idea of the bigger picture with Eric's South City update. I also hope there will be a higher-res option once S2 is final, because imo the default textures now are just too low-res for a modern game. They just seem like placeholder textures to me.

Aah ok I guess I just assumed the native files would have been reasonably high res. I agree that some of the textures look like placeholder graphics, especially the rb4 interior :P LOL it looks horrible on my 22" screen :P

BTW, thanks for the link Flinty

Last edited by geezer45, Sun 10 Jun 2007, 10:53.

Quote from flinty72 :

I know Electrik-Kar is planning on releasing all his Hi-Res textures as one big texture pack, maybe he knows something we don't.

Oooer that would be good !!

In my opinion this would work well but would need to be a server-side option. Therefore servers that are set up to host sprint races could have it off, whereas servers hosting longer races (especially in leagues) could have it on.

Good idea to display the driver's name in their grid spot so they know where they need to stop.

The parade lap would work best with a rolling start, but with some clever programming it would work well with a standing start too.

+1 from me

Quote from Slopi :

I voted no simply because 3rd parties have developed high-res packs for LFS (sure, not all textures, but getting there)

I'd rather have the devs put their time into new tracks, new cars, physics improvements, etc, than something to do with graphics. I know the new comps can handle a bunch of eyecandy, but that's not what makes this a successful simulation.

At the same time, I agree with the notion that this sim could look a lot better, but again, I wouldn't want the devs distracted with that 'issue'.

Fair enough point that the devs should put their time into more important aspects of the game, but I doubt this would take more than a day to implement and the advantages of it would be clear to see.

Although there are 3rd party high res packs available, imo only the most dedicated followers of LFS would seek to find them all. Plus a lot of the custom high res textures are different from those in the game. I just think it would be good to have an easily accessible all-in-one pack with all official textures, rather than a bunch of random look-a-likes, which are good but are different nonetheless.

Perhaps this is not an immediate priority, but I reckon this should be done before S2 Beta then full, which is when the reviewers will step in!!

Last edited by geezer45, Sun 10 Jun 2007, 03:17.

Now that I have (finally) upgraded my PC and have a 22" monitor which supports 1680x1050 resolution I have the capacity to run higher res textures in LFS. Problem is, I have no choice but to sift through lfs-database.com (great website it is) to find third party high res textures.

My improvement suggestion is for the devs to create a high res texture add on pack which can be downloaded in addition to the game (it would be available in the 'Additional downloads' section of the website).

For this to happen, I believe the first step would be for Eric to open the native file of each LFS texture and export them at a higher res. Scawen would then just need to create an exe which prompts the user to select their LFS folder and the improved textures would be installed ala test patches.

Scawen could also add an option within the 'Graphics' menu which allows the user to choose which high res textures to use (eg track, car, driver), or if they don't wish to run the high res textures at all (depending on the track and number of cars in the race and the resulting strain on their machine). This would require that the high res textures are given their own folder, as opposed to overwriting the existing ones.

Please let me know what you think of this idea ..

Hope you enjoyed your day off mate, you deserve it more than anyone I know

Quote from tomylee :

The same here. Not often but sometimes when I switch from window to full screen mode I get a black LFS screen.

Yep, happens to me too .. since I can remember

Quote from herki :

They both have long hair, so they must look the same

Something like that ..

I have thought this for some time but want to know if you too think that our Scawen looks like Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder. Alternatively, it is possible that I'm crazy

Last edited by geezer45, Wed 25 Apr 2007, 09:41.

... I haven't slept for 72 hours !!

Quote from neglouseight :

My suggestion isn't how to set up a pit stop it's how the LFS handles a pit stop. Right now it does everything one step after another. When in a lot of types of Motor racing everything is done at the same moment. This has nothing to do with F12. It has to do with LFS fixing damage, then changing the front tires, then fixing damage, then changing back tires, then adding fuel. Etc.

All of this should be going on at the exact same moment, not in steps or stages. Below is listing everything as a example. On screen bold would mean these items are currently active during the pit stop. This is just a basic idea.

Fuel #%
Front Wing Damage
Front Wing Adjustment
Front Tire Change
Body Damage
Rear Tire Change
Rear Wing Damage
Rear Wing Adjustment

In addition to that, maybe it would be an idea for the driver to be able to alter some of these settings DURING the pitstop, e.g. fuel %, wing settings. I know that this can be adjusted with the F12 menu, but being able to see all of your pit requests and being able to quickly alter some things would be quite useful. Also, trying to adjust things while racing can be tricky ..