Very nice going! 
Any chance of a picture of your controller equipment? Sounds amazing!
Any chance of a picture of your controller equipment? Sounds amazing!Hm... the timer thing doesn't seem to work properly. Twice now it's said that there'd be 1,5 hours till track change, yet when I connected 30 minutes later there'd be another track.
Makes it pretty hard to practice a track before going online! Is this issue only occurring when there's no racers connected, perhaps? Or if there's one racer who clicks "restart" over and over?Thanks!
I simply hadn't noticed the bar saying how long it's till the next track change. 
I don't want to derail the thread, but seeing as my questin also fits the thread title:
How long (:shy does a server keep the same configuration before switching to another track? Is this based on a certain time interval or a certain number of races? I'm asking because I just got my silver licence moments ago, and I want to start racing on Race 2. However I figure I need to practice offline on the various tracks to get comfortable before going online. Also, does the server rotate tracks even if there is no racers online?
Thanks.
How long (:shy
does a server keep the same configuration before switching to another track? Is this based on a certain time interval or a certain number of races? I'm asking because I just got my silver licence moments ago, and I want to start racing on Race 2. However I figure I need to practice offline on the various tracks to get comfortable before going online. Also, does the server rotate tracks even if there is no racers online?Thanks.
Nice! Creative touch. Although I can't imagine they'd be very good at conveying long-duration acceleration/decelleration, as the vest can't expand indefinitely.. more suitable for crashes and sudden moves, I'd suspect.
Although I can't imagine they'd be very good at conveying long-duration acceleration/decelleration, as the vest can't expand indefinitely.. more suitable for crashes and sudden moves, I'd suspect.I always thought Westhill is the most bleak and uninteresting track. The layout itself is nice, but the surroundings could use some work I think. When showing off the game to friends I never choose that track.
But IMO aesthetics shouldn't be the priority.. other things should be (and most likely are) higher up on their list of priorities.
But IMO aesthetics shouldn't be the priority.. other things should be (and most likely are) higher up on their list of priorities.
Talk about jumping to conclusions.. remember, these are test units. I'm assuming the reason why Fanatec do this test session is to pinpoint and fix problems and issues. Plus, people are just getting their wheels.. it will take some time to get feedback from many enough people to make conclusions!
There's your punishment for not using the H-shifter like real men.
And now you have no choice! 
I'm not sure, but it might be possible to find some laptops with GeForce Go 7600 or ATI Radeon X1600 that would fit in your budget. (There might be some old models on the market that have these GPUs) I believe they are quite similar in performance as my GeForce Go 6800. With my laptop (17" 1440x900, 1 GB ram, 1,86GHz Pentium M) I get the following, with the high-res pack installed:
- 60 FPS offline, 8X AA and 16X AF
- 40-50 FPS online with up to 15 cars in view, 4X AA and 4X AF. This is what I use most of the time for up to 15 cars in a grid.
- Down to 20 FPS with more than 20 cars in view (for example starting from back of the grid on full CTRA 1 server), 4X AA and 4X AF
- 30-40 FPS with more than 20 cars in view, 2X AA and 2X AF.
If you're experiencing similar problems in other games as well you could re-format the whole thing and start from scratch. That should bring your PC back to how it was when it was new.
You have a MOMO then perhaps? I was certain you'd have a more high end wheel, considering your impressive CTRA stats. Well, kudos to you then.
And Troy is indeed very fast.. I got a XRT setup from him, and that helped me improve a lot. Can't wait to gain access to the Silver server and drive the XRT again.
You should definitely overclock that processor. Most guys manage to get 50% higher frequencies even with the stock fan! By the way I'm playing on a laptop, and it works just fine. Even with all settings maxed (including AA and AF) I still get > 30 FPS in the start of a race, and 60 FPS when there aren't many other cars around (that's when I've taken the lead :razz I have a GeForce Go 6800 on a 17" display.
By the way I'm playing on a laptop, and it works just fine. Even with all settings maxed (including AA and AF) I still get > 30 FPS in the start of a race, and 60 FPS when there aren't many other cars around (that's when I've taken the lead :razz I have a GeForce Go 6800 on a 17" display.Mine too. Absolutely loved it in TOCA3.
But I don't think it would be necessary to implement real life tracks. I imagine it would require so much work and be so expensive that it would squeeze out other projects. But a hilly, narrow fictional track similar to Bathurst would be awesome!
I guess if you get up in the middle of the night to play it shouldn't be a problem (provided you don't lag, that is). No harm in asking them, is there?
Good idea. Then all racers would compete on equal premises, and the most skillful driver would be the one to win.
Then all racers would compete on equal premises, and the most skillful driver would be the one to win.I'm assuming you've played around with the skin downloading settings too, then. That's the only thing I can think of.
What about heel&toe? Has anyone used that IRL? I don't think it would work in stock cars for me, as I have huge feet and just barely manage to juggle them in place for normal driving. 
When I started playing LFS I asked around to figure out which car I should start with. Someone recommended the XRT, so that's where I started. It took a lot of effort to get reasonably comfortably with it, but since then, most other cars that I've tried are a breeze in comparison. I think it's true that if you master the XRT you can handle anything. I agree 100% that the RWD cars are much more fun.
I think it's true that if you master the XRT you can handle anything. I agree 100% that the RWD cars are much more fun.Can't wait to get my Silver licence. Got my Bronze a week after I started seriously in the CTRA, and now I'm officially hooked.
I'm very much looking forward to gaining access to the second server. In my opinion a less populated server is not necessarily a bad thing. I'm getting just a tad tired of being rammed every single time in T1 by some guy who just doesn't know how to take it easy.. with a less populated server + higher standard of racers that should be less of a problem. By the way, are the TBO and LFR classes balanced in order to more or less equally fast and competitive, or will one of the classes just fly away at the beginning of the race, leaving the other guys in the dust?
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Hi!
I thought heel&toe was nearly impossible with the G25 pedals. But then I came across this thread, which describes a very cheap, easy and reversible (if you should regret it) mod which makes it MUCH easier. It's definitely worth checking. I've done it myself, so if you have any questions just ask. (I also posted a picture in there somewhere so you can see what it looks like)
It's still not a very easy technique, but once you get reasonably comfortable doing it, it adds lots to your LFS experience. Just makes it feel even more real.
I thought heel&toe was nearly impossible with the G25 pedals. But then I came across this thread, which describes a very cheap, easy and reversible (if you should regret it) mod which makes it MUCH easier. It's definitely worth checking. I've done it myself, so if you have any questions just ask. (I also posted a picture in there somewhere so you can see what it looks like)
It's still not a very easy technique, but once you get reasonably comfortable doing it, it adds lots to your LFS experience. Just makes it feel even more real.
It sure looks amazing! What kind of price range are we talking about here? Couldn't find that in the FAQ on your website.
What kind of price range are we talking about here? Couldn't find that in the FAQ on your website.If you set the FFB very high, the wheel will give maximum resistance too early, so that anything beyond that will feel exactly the same (=maximum force). I, and others, think it's easier to "feel" what the car is doing with a lower FFB setting because it means that the force will not feel the same always. But I guess it all comes down to personal opinions.
Automatically changing graphics settings in a race?
Hi!
Background:
I got this idea when seeing people with second grade hardware complaining about low framerates in the beginning of races with large grids. I've noticed that as the race progresses and there are fewer cars in your immediate vicinity, the framerates go up. Take me as an example: if I maximize AA and AF, everything runs smooth with only a few cars around me (which is how it is for most of the duration of a race), but my framerates are so low in the beginning of the race that I'm forced to play with "only" 2x AA and 4x AF for the duration of the race. In my case it isn't that much of an issue since the game still looks great with my race settings, but I'd imagine it could be a problem for people who have to disable AA and AF alltogether in order to get decent FPS in the beginning of a race.
Suggestion:
What I'm wondering is if it would be possible to implement a feature that automatically changes graphics settings in the game to keep frame rates above a user defined minimum as the race progresses. So that in the beginning when the whole grid is in frame AA and AF and stuff would be turned down, but then as the race progresses these things would be turned on again to make the graphics better? Would that be at all possible? I imagine it would be hard to seamlessly integrate it so that the view doesn't stutter as the settings get changed, but perhaps this can be overcome by some clever design?
I had a look through the forum and didn't see this mentioned elsewhere, so I figured I'd start a new thread.
Background:
I got this idea when seeing people with second grade hardware complaining about low framerates in the beginning of races with large grids. I've noticed that as the race progresses and there are fewer cars in your immediate vicinity, the framerates go up. Take me as an example: if I maximize AA and AF, everything runs smooth with only a few cars around me (which is how it is for most of the duration of a race), but my framerates are so low in the beginning of the race that I'm forced to play with "only" 2x AA and 4x AF for the duration of the race. In my case it isn't that much of an issue since the game still looks great with my race settings, but I'd imagine it could be a problem for people who have to disable AA and AF alltogether in order to get decent FPS in the beginning of a race.
Suggestion:
What I'm wondering is if it would be possible to implement a feature that automatically changes graphics settings in the game to keep frame rates above a user defined minimum as the race progresses. So that in the beginning when the whole grid is in frame AA and AF and stuff would be turned down, but then as the race progresses these things would be turned on again to make the graphics better? Would that be at all possible? I imagine it would be hard to seamlessly integrate it so that the view doesn't stutter as the settings get changed, but perhaps this can be overcome by some clever design?
I had a look through the forum and didn't see this mentioned elsewhere, so I figured I'd start a new thread.
Wow!! I'd love to try that, because I think it's hard to imagine what it would actually feel like when you're in the driver seat.
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