Quote from JohnT2005 :

I recon it will come back with new graphic update

I wouldn't be so sure.

Like, I love LFS and I still think it does so many things better than other sims, but I just don't see it catching back on (at least in my timezone).

It's hard to go and open LFS and find nothing but empty servers, where other sims I can find races every hour or 2.

Buy a head mount for a phone for a hundred dollars and slot your phone into it, then connect your phone over WiFi (or USB) to something like IVRY.

It's not great and it'll probably make you sick, but it theoretically can work.

I think CarX is an engine or physics middleware that one can licence

Except that casual racing is literally non existent in North American timezones. The only way to get races is to wake up early on weekends or participate in league races.

The latter sucks because if you're 2 minutes late to qualifying, your whole week of practice is for naught.

Both of those factors basically pushed me into paying for iRacing despite my dislike for it. I can participate in races at any time of day with a >10 car field, especially in ovals.

Quote from Scawen :

I think what is nice is the lighting changing while you drive, so every time you come round the track it's a little different, with the shine on the road and the changing shadows.

It could lead to changes in track temperature which might change the way you drive, in a long race.

But the logical conclusion of that is that it can end up in the night, so that's really the only reason I've got into this lengthy experiment.

Also it's always bugged me when people did a 24 hour race and it was daytime the whole time.

The changing track temperature is interesting because it does add a decent amount of variance. I've been driving iRacing lately and it's fascinating how an overcast race is different to drive than a sunny race. Even ovals get made more exciting with changing track temps, becuase where T4 may be flat out in the clouds on worn tyres.. if the sun comes out you will lose traction and oversteer.

It's made oval racing quite entertaining, and other forms of driving also a bit more dynamic, rather than "hotlapping with other cars". The variance in lap times is also pretty significant based on weather.

Quote from ltras23 :

Perhaps it's best to delay new patch to fix HLVC too...

Idk, the screenshot itself even recognizes that the hotlap is invalid. The way its handled just should be different

I've found my Rift to be quite nice. There is some screen door effect, but when you actually start driving you stop noticing it.

It's rekindled my love for sim racing.

Even has the same version of Silverstone that iRacing has

There's already a simcade eSports game in F1 2018

Quote from Evolution_R :

But why, it is a beautiful track...

$ $ $

Quote from klbbadd2002 :

Hard swerve. 5tag has a great point and your reply proved it. The to-do list on your desk must look like a picture my 3 year old colored. The 9+ year tyre physics project isn't done but lets make the skies darker guys.

Programming is an art form. You can't expect an artist to constantly produce on a single thing all the time, sometimes you need to work on something else to rest/gain inspiration.

I see this as being no different.

Quote from Bass-Driver :

Maybe a "simple" solution:
-Guest must create a account to download LFS content.

- Demo licensed player is only allowed to download the "demo" version of the game ( Stripped version of LFS without S1/S2/S3 content. Only the nessesary cars/track for demo.

- And when the demo player payed for a license they will have access to the full game. Ofcourse with the limitations of S1/S2/S3 content.

Just my thoughts

That's how it used to be (kinda). It's also ineffective because someone can just post the full game on a torrent site or other file hosting service.

Quote from KeiichiRX7 :

Also that's not how code works. Both will be merged to the main fork when the features are ready

Unfortunately Scawen's described the current state and there are 2 divergent branches of LFS. The currently public version and the version with new tyre physics (and I presume graphics). There isn't a "master branch" with feature branches for tyre physics and a separate branch for graphics that have been rebased with trunk frequently.

Scawen has stated he wishes to get back to a single master branch again, as currently any "critical" changes are having to be implemented twice, once in the public fork, and then again in the experimental fork

AC is a great sim in many ways, but being able to only race AI in my timezone is a pretty big FeelsBadMan

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

Might wanna have a look at the Sol mod for Assetto Corsa.

Sadly the night mods for AC are so impossible to setup. I got it working once and then it promptly broke

One of the interesting ones that I drove was in OEC which was the national infield with only the turn 2 as part of the main oval being used. Pit lane was a bit unorthodox (drive down towards T3 then hang a U-turn where the pit lane) but it worked out well.

Might be worth posting a GH issue to clarify if it is wrong or to get a fix? Valve seem to be relatively responsive to the issues on that repo (and GH in general).

Quote from chanoman315 :

Well, the endurance races gather a lot of people. The Daytona 24h had 2k ish players, and average https://iracer.info/statistics

It is the most played simracing game nowadays for sure. I'm happy paying, at least we get updates, cars, laser scanned tracks, and most important, other players to race with.
Racing IRL is expensive compared to iracing so I really don't see a big problem.

Yeah, as much as I don't like iRacing's pricing model or even physics model, it's hard to beat the consistent races with semi full grids at all hours of the day. Where with LFS I have to plan all week for the 3 races I can drive in, and if I'm even 1 minute late, then I don't get to drive any races. Where iRacing I can just check schedule on my phone and ensure I'm around near the start of an event I wish to drive in and get to race against others.

I resubbed to see if the physics got better (they haven't) but I'm still enjoying myself especially as I get to have some pretty interesting races with other drivers.

LFS is still much better in VR (Menus are accessible, graphics are sharper, I can handle a 4 hour session (quali + 3h race) in VR in LFS with ease, where after like 40 mins I have a headache from iRacing

I still don't know what's wrong with their physics though, I started driving the Pro Mazda earlier and there's this really odd "understeer into snap oversteer" that I feel and I'm not sure if it's just bad setup or just how the iRacing aero model is.

Last edited by gu3st, Sat, 23 Feb 2019 05:15.

Sounds like you might need to calibrate the controller inside of LFS.

This amy help: https://en.lfsmanual.net/wiki/Options#Setting_up_the_wheel

Quote from lucaf :

LFS could make cars like AC, almost each car has several versions, less and more powerful.

Basically "tunings" then. VWS, VW1, VWR

Quote from turbotron :

I guess fixing this exploit will require some changes in the client and the master, so a 'useless' update, but I may be wrong, yes.
I understand fully if u see it at evil noise, but on another perspective, its not as sad as the endless waiting for new content. At least something happens wich will make Scawen react, and this, is gold, we all know LFS is still alive when he posts something on the forum... U can't deny this
Who cares 6 more monthes delay anymore ?

It probably doesn't require client update, just updates to LFSW replay validation. I have a sense how it was accomplished (but I'm not gonna test it to get banned).

Probably removing the user missed some kind of database update that occurs when a hotlap is updated.

Quote from Huseyin41 :

Before
https://imgur.com/a/d1XP8ia

After
https://imgur.com/a/d1XP8ia

I lost my rank because of galinho. that happened to me(77 S-Racing)

File an Appeal here: https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1944412#post1944412

I know it can't get you back your lost places, but it can ensure that future races will be safer.

I didn't know what those start objects were supposed to be for. Seemed like just extra clutter.

Yeah. AC is great but most of my attempts to find organized racing has fallen up short.