I bet Eric modelled that track and now they are all training with their LFS karts

Alex Zanardi doesn't use pedals either, would you ban him from racing because of his "input method"?

In my area we can get TV over DVB-T, which is the digital version of the old terrestrial transmission. So we don't need a cable nor a satellite dash and can still watch motorsport on Eurosport - for free

Last edited by GP4Flo, Mon, 3 Oct 2005 20:15. Reason : typo

Quote from spoop :

Hey, hey, LFS gets help from Linux From Scratch on google battle!

Not if you enter "Live for Speed" vs. "rFactor", it's still better


Btw, Scawen still has to work a bit to beat Geoff Crammond

Edit: I just love these Googlefights... although Vic's "Feel the Silence" is a bit weak compared to Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence".

Last edited by GP4Flo, Mon, 3 Oct 2005 19:24.

Uups, sorry I forgot to add them. They'll be in the next update for sure.

Quote from ColeusRattus :

As I a just skimming through: Kyoto National and Kyoto Long have the same description... it may be true for both, but it seems a little cheap

Just write a new one: http://lfs-old.4players.de:104 ... ction=edit&section=23

This manual is a community project - YOU can contribute if you want to. Nothing against suggestions, about in this case you can change the things right away

Quote from Cue-Ball :

When do we get our hands on the stunt track pictured on page 73!?

Ask Eric


Updated version 0.2 of the manual is now available with the following changes:

- Updated setup guide by Bob Smith
- Additional Tools
- LFS S2 artwork gallery
- Programmers' guide
- Minor changes here and there
- Improved image quality

S2 Manual Download (powered by 4Players)

One question about the price: What would you prefer, a s/w edition for 5 euro or all pages in color for 10 euro?

Happy Birthday!!

Yup, but I could try to save it as a .doc file if you really need it.

Yes, that's how I've planned to do it, although I've thought more about www.bod.de

With the current 79 pages the price would be 5 euro. The book would get an ISBN number and would be available on Amazon and all other book stores. Are there similar book on demand services available in the UK?

Last edited by GP4Flo, Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:37.

Same here

P.s. Are you going to the next race in Germany, OPK?

Don't forget, that most parts of the manual were written by other people, listed in the credits. What I did was just putting all the stuff from various sources into one single document

Quote from tpa :

Hey, just noticed you used one of my photos in the guide (page 41, Moby). Thanks for asking

Sorry, I found those pics on my HD and didn't really know where I got them from.

Quote from Ayahuasca :

One thing should be changed: The pagenumber does not belong on the title page.

I couldn't figure out how to do this in Open Office. Does anybody know how to change the footer for the first page only?

Quote from DasKlee :

but i trusted you guys to bring out something great when i pre-ordered the german manual at 4players ages ago

I'm really sorry that the german manual isn't out yet. It's lying ready on my HD to be printed. The problem is, that there will be changes until the full S2 release, so the printed maunal would be outdated before S2 is even released. Be sure that it will be shipped as soon as S2 is ready.

Quote from DasKlee :

i'd take a look at the listed leagues though

Yes please, do it
The manual is based on an open Wiki, so everybody can make changes. Just go there and add the leagues which should be in:
http://lfs-old.4players.de:104 ... ual:Links&action=edit

Quote from DasKlee :

i'm missing the lfs spectator tool in the manual a bit

Same here, just add it to the Wiki and it will be in the PDF for the next update.

Quote from mpracer :

I get a server internal error when I try to download it.

It works fine here, you can try the direct download links:
http://ftp.4players.de/pub/lfs/sonstige/s2manual.rar
or
ftp://ftp.4players.de/pub/lfs/sonstige/s2manual.rar

Quote from mpracer :

Please is there another site where can I download it?

Feel free to mirror the download on your webspace.

Last edited by GP4Flo, Sun, 25 Sep 2005 21:27.

A PDF version of the LFS Manual Wiki is now available here.

The LFS Wiki is an unofficial online manual for Live for Speed. It works similar to Wikipedia, meaning that you, or anyone, can edit almost any article right now by clicking on the edit link that appears at the top of the page. Don't be afraid to edit, you can't break the LFS Wiki. Anything can be fixed or improved later. So go ahead, edit an article and help to improve the LFS Wiki!

www.lfsmanual.net

Last edited by Scawen, Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:50.

Oh, that's really sad news.

It gives me a strange feeling as I have seen him in action just some weeks before at the Rallye Deutschland. When you see the modern rallye car and the safety standards of today's rallye (like in Germany) you think it's safe, but apparently motorsport is dangerous and will always remain dangerous.

I'm thinking about going to the german race at the Lausitzing, anybody else going there?

I guess changing track conditions (rain, oil, mud, ect.) are planned for S3, but you can already have thicker smoke right now by using the smoke mod:
http://koti.mbnet.fi/kegetys/lfs/

The content of the manual would be identical with the LFS Wiki, only some minor changes to fit in a book layout.

I 100% agree with your points ColeusRattus. A game manual should be more then just a description of the features, it should also contain background infos about racing in general as well as some "fiction" like the track and car descriptions. A very good example how to do a manual was Grand Prix 2. It's manual had 154 colored pages with detailed two-page track descriptions, a setup guide, a driving guide and a lot of background info about Formula One in general and the 1994 saison. In terms of packaging, manual and overall "atmosphere" I think GP2 was the best F1 game ever. This is what LFS is missing and I'd like to compensate this by making at least a good manual

If you want to contribute to the S2 manual, just go to the Wiki, click on "Edit" and start writing!

Now that we already have a lot of content in the S2 manual wiki, I'm thinking about a printed version of the (unofficial) S2 manual. Who would be interested to buy such a manual for a price of about 5 euro for 88 pages?

Nice list, but why did you list LFS-Racing.net twice and wrote it has a "very large amount of members"? 279 doesn't look that large to me compared to the 3422 registered users @ Live-for-Speed.de

Quote from Warper :

Wait... what did you say? You have been there? Why didn't we met?

Maybe because I didn't know that you were there too. See you in Hockenheim 2006

Quote from Warper :

It's really similiar looking to the Porsche test track at their factory in leipzig - was there some weeks ago during Formula Student Germany pre-event.

Yep, it's definatively the Porsche test track. I've been on the track at the Formula Student pre-event, waving flags during the endurance event


P.s. What about more Formula Student cars, Eric

The driving tests are already there, so the question is whether they should be used to unlock the faster cars for multiplayer.

My opinion is: definatively yes!

The faster cars are hard to drive and we have seen what happens when a newbie tries to drive them on a 20-player host. With these driving tests people would still be able to drive them offline without a need to unlock each car, but driving online would need to pass a driving test, like e.g. the overtaking lessons, first. For an experienced driver such a test wouldn't take long, around 1-5 mins for each car so I can't see any point against it.

Last edited by GP4Flo, Sun, 11 Sep 2005 13:52.

Looks like we'll have to wait for S3 to get that track