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Couldn't resist.. I'm tired.

Quote from mcgas001 :

Bad bit is, Hes right...

Were you actually planning on completing that race?

Or, use DDS converter 2. It's a standalone program that does the job.

Very nice Jarulf! Good singing, lyrics and guitar.

Quote from DaveWS :

Ekar, could you upload both the ini file and dll file please? I'm not sure if the dll file becomes changed in some way, because when I use your settings, I get mental bloomage.

Gnomie has the best screenies IMO. It'd be great if I could get it looking like that. I Know you posted your ini settings Gnomie, but could you post the dll as well? Cheers (http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=771640#post771640)

Hi!

I'm attaching the files that I used for those screenies. Apparently they end up looking different for different people.. I use both AA and AF with no problem.

Heh, seems pretty unanimous that the RAC is the most difficult one. Actually that's why it was one of the very first cars I drove in LFS: I was told that if you learn the RAC, anything else comes relatively easily. I think there is some truth to that.

I wouldn't loose sleep over being slightly slower than the WR through critical corners. Remember, you never know how many times the WR holder tried before he finally got it right. He might have skidded out in that corner nine times in a row before making it on the tenth attempt for all you know. A better indicator would be to see what kind of average laptimes the best people on online servers have. (For example in CTRA or other "serious" servers)

In that specific corner on GP Long, "entry stability" is key. For example in cars like FZ5 you can really feel it when you're about to cross that boundary and start skidding and loosing control. (That's why I tend to stick to FZ5, XRT or even XRG when learning new tracks, because they give such excellent feedback IMO) Remember, controlled corner entry --> high exit speed. You have to attack the root of the problem.

Good luck!

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

Whoa, Scheuerle won!

I hope this doesn't mean he'll move away from LFS.. :worried:

By the way, did you know we have a smiley called : shaun : ? Here it is::shaun:

I'm guessing he uses very high anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing. That sure helps.

Nice shots EK!

Quote from DragonCommando :

The only problem with this mod is that it changes the pedal ark, so they don't follow the same line as they did before.

That is true. I found that it helps to use shoes with soles that aren't too "sticky". With my old shoes braking was a little difficult because of the extended arc. Now it's OK though. But I guess it's all down to personal preferences.

Quote from SamH :

I'm waiting patiently for 3D VR goggles to increase in resolution and reduce in price. When they get to the right balance, I'll be up for them! Frankly, with the advances in PDA screen technology, I'm really surprised we haven't seen them on the market at an excellent price already. Unless anyone know where to pick them up for <£20?

Indeed. But aren't they relatively cheap already, at least compared to three monitors? I'd love to try them some day. Now that
is what I call immersion.

I've tried FreeTrack, but for some reason I got really bad tearing effects on screen when looking around (my laptop monitor can't handle rapid lateral movements it seems. ) Plus I felt it was very hard to figure out the direction of the car when I wasn't looking straigh ahead. I guess that would come with more practice, but it was difficult. I'll buy an external monitor some day, and then I'll give it another go.

I use league skins (Belgium Sim Racing League) with my number and some "personal" addons mostly. On the cars where I don't have a team skin I use skins that I've downloaded from somewhere.

This is going to be a bloody classic. Broadcast! Broadcast! *chant*

I tried... 4 times.. but it wouldn't accept my access code. :/ You might want to try box.net or something instead

What exactly does the nexim mod actually do? It was kind of hard to tell from the pictures. Besides reducing brake force I mean..

If I'd seen this thread earlier I'd have recommended this quick-and-easy (and reversible) mod. It really helps for heel&toe. This is what I use (with shoes).

I played around with the settings a little and came up with something that I think works pretty well. It's very toned down and suble. Most of all it actually darkens things a little and makes it more pleasant (not so straining) on the eyes. Here's a few examples:

No bloom:


With bloom:


Another example:


Here is my file, if anyone is interested.

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Quote from stry90dis :

Some findings till now

I must agree, the bloom is too overexposed when just installing it. But setting "BloomPowerDay" to less than 10 makes it reasonable. Setting "BloomFadeTime" to a lower value makes it so when you go underneath something and you get out again the bloom is very big for a short time. This might be realistic, but I have never really given it a thought when driving out of a tunnel IRL.
Setting BloomAllowOversaturation to 0 distributes it much more evenly. So parts on the track/car that are already shiney don't light up like a christmas tree.

Maybe setting the carshine value in the LFS configuration file even lower, gives more room to play with this ini file. I like the skies etc, but when having a yellow car it seems to be painted with some fluorescent paint.

.. or just don't drive with a yellow skin.

Do you think you could share your modified files? That'd be grand.

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Please anyone? or just tell what to do to delete

I think you just have to delete the "enbseries.cfg" file from your LFS directory.

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And he says you can't play online in the demo. He's basing his entire review on two incidents (when he spun with the XFG and when he couldn't do donuts with the XRG). Rule # 1 for reviews: make sure you test the product fully before opening your mouth.

Quote from NitroNitrous :

It depends on the car and if you want to play as realistic as possible. I usually drive road cars, so I use 720º, but some people use 540 ºbecause it´s more easy. I prefer realism

Same with me.

One thing I'd like to mention: I used to have a MOMO with 270 degrees of rotation. I was struggling to get comfortable in the road cars with this wheel. The main reason was that I never seemed to find a good setting for wheel turn compensation. It is of course impossible to map 720 degrees of car wheel rotation perfectly to your 270 degrees of rotation -- some compromise must be made. You can set the wheel compensation to 0, so that when you turn your wheel 1 degree, the car's wheel turns 2,67 degrees. I found this too sensitive around the middle, so I set the wheel turn compensation to ~ 0,8. Then the steering was nice straight ahead, but then of course the problem is that as you turn your wheel further from the centre, the steering isn't linear any more. Towards the edges, 1 degree of wheel rotation might correspond to a 5 degree rotation in game. I found this terribly hard to get used to, and I ended up scrubbing my tires a lot in the corners, which induced more tyre wear.

That said, I got my G25 pretty early in my LFS "career", so it could of course be that a lot of my struggling with the MOMO was simply down to beginners' mistakes. But I feel much more at home with the G25, in all respects.

You sound like a dedicated guy, jarmenia. With that attitude you'll get far. Keep it up!

Regarding setups: I agree that setups from setupfield and such are generally very on the limit, and usually designed to last only ~5 laps. Not very useful. I recommend searching the servers on lfsworld and going online on one where people are driving the car/combo you're interested in, and asking kindly if someone could share with you a race setup. (you can specify that you're looking for a stable setup rather than a super-fast one) They probably will.

Then you use that as a base for further tweaking. Normally stuff like camber and tyre pressure are pretty intuitive if you press F9 while driving and take a look at the pressure and temperature indicators. Brakes might also need adjusting. But for most people, the fine tuning of suspension and dampers and such is just too complex. (at least for me.. :shy

Quote from horrgakx :

Thats pretty cool.

... but why not just use a TrackIR??
I've got an older TrackIR 3 and use it all the time in LFS.

I would turn that question upside down. Why buy TrackIR (which is expensive) when there are perfectly good free alternatives? Check out FreeTrack too if you haven't heard about it.

If you want to beat the AI, it often helps to get up beside them and take the racing line. This will cause them to think they're in trouble (since you're blocking the race line) and often brake down hard.

And don't worry about laptimes yet. Put priority on getting consistent first, and then the laptimes will follow. Good luck!

Quote from RAM0011 :

and where can I found one for S2 Y ?

Quote from AndroidXP :

Actually most of the challenge comes from them wrecking you, not their speed

Indeed. Don't be put off if you can't manage to overtake the AI because of the way they drive. You should be satisfied as long as you can keep their pace (or better) throughout the race.