I don't get why people interested in a simulator would want anything like that, but whatever floats your boat. Its not cheating imo, but I do consider it somewhat lame.
OT: Am I the only one that find LFS to be easier and easier to drive for each patch...?
OT: Am I the only one that find LFS to be easier and easier to drive for each patch...?
oooh! 
Your LX6 set is fantastic.
It might just be my new favorite car.. Funny.. as two years ago that car was undrivable.
Your LX6 set is fantastic.
It might just be my new favorite car.. Funny.. as two years ago that car was undrivable.
It should "hard-lock" at full 900 and at what normal wheels have (200?). Anything else and you just get more resistance.
G25 so manual clutch - never drive single seaters. I need a raised brake pedal + shoes though. 
Limiting the fps to 60 in LFS does it for me. Dell 2405@1920x1200.
Why don't you change the ratios then?
Road cars usually don't rev over 7000.
Road cars usually don't rev over 7000.
Heh yeah.... $24 is (here in norway atleast) about half of what a normal game costs. Or around the same price as a big pizza and a coke. And far less what most people waste on beer later tonight... :drink:
Most downshifts happen during braking - and when braking and shifting down - you use heel'n'toe. If you shift down without braking for some reason, you still blip.
I've been doing this on the road for years now and it does indeed become second nature. Somewhat annoying when driving an automatic.
Agree about rev limit. It was silly in some cars before.
It seems to me that most moaning about the new patch boils down to people getting slower lap times or need to do things some other (and probably right) way.. Like always with games; its the same in the realism FPS-world. People say they want realism, but when something is made more realistic or some exploit is fixed - they complain since they don't get kills anymore..
It seems to me that most moaning about the new patch boils down to people getting slower lap times or need to do things some other (and probably right) way.. Like always with games; its the same in the realism FPS-world. People say they want realism, but when something is made more realistic or some exploit is fixed - they complain since they don't get kills anymore..
I had a friend who never plays games (but is into cars) try out LFS yesterday. He's a mercedes-guy so he didnt like my manual clutch setup and switched to automatic.. He did some rounds in various cars and usually didnt go many rounds without crashing into something.. but from the looks on his face and his comments he had a lot of fun. First time with LFS (or with any car game since test drive back in the '80..
Same thing happened here, but earlier in the trainings. Stayed like that untill a reboot - so I first thought it was my computer...
I had an E36 coupe before this (only 318is but still). The Z3 with its old suspension at the back and shorter wheelbase is very different to drive. Much more of a "drivers car".
As for the 2.8 - I hate it - but its the only engine in the coupe I could afford...
M coupe is nice of course, but with that I would end up like in LFS - of the track far too often...
My car. Its a '98 2.8 with around 59.000km behind it. Stock except h&r coilovers, k-mac camberplates, eisenmann exhaust and a m-bumper to make it look good. 
12 normal nuts, 4 washers and longer screws later and the G25 is even better! 
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Looks good! Going to do that mod myself.
I use around 38 psi on the street in real life. BMW Z3 Coupe on normal 17" summer tires. On the track I lower that somewhat, or else I will just be sliding around after one lap.
Most people I've talked to using normal tires on normal cars use a pressure between 30 and 40 psi on the track - depending on car, tire and driving style.
Most people I've talked to using normal tires on normal cars use a pressure between 30 and 40 psi on the track - depending on car, tire and driving style.
Thumbs up for this patch! Nothing to dislike so far.
In the M3 CSL its a manual with computer controlled clutch. With paddle-shift of course. In the M5 (and probably M6) its much of the same, but there it is a sequential.
In the M3 CSL its a manual with computer controlled clutch. With paddle-shift of course. In the M5 (and probably M6) its much of the same, but there it is a sequential.
Picked up both forza and a wireless wheel yesterday. Its ok enough, but the difference from forza 1 isnt that big imo. It screams for AA and the physics is still semi-realistic. No big surprise however, considering its console-audience.
Anyway, while no simulator and lacking in the racing part, its still good fun.
Anyway, while no simulator and lacking in the racing part, its still good fun.
I only got one thing to complain about, and that is the placement of the pedals. Hitting throttle and brake at the same time is too hard (in a decent car, this is easy in real life).
Other than that, its fantastic, way better than the DFP.
Other than that, its fantastic, way better than the DFP.
This is pretty cool in GTR2, with little people out there waving their flags. Except that they are close to impossible to spot, but hey..
I'm noticing much more cars than warps around than before, and when someone joins/leaves/pits there is often some lag aswell.
But what really annoys me, and this seems to happen a lot more now, is the "a player is connecting"-messages. Both when joining and pitting. I'm still waiting for the "can't turn right - a player is connecting" though.
But what really annoys me, and this seems to happen a lot more now, is the "a player is connecting"-messages. Both when joining and pitting. I'm still waiting for the "can't turn right - a player is connecting" though.
Other way around in my case. Maybe because I get too focused on the braking, even though I let the abs do its job. Not that it matters too much, but I often end up with more throttle than I really need.
Got my G25 yesterday, and doing it there is alot harder than in my real life BMW. Brake pedal should have been 3-4 cm higher, it hurts without shoes now!
I switched my 19" viewsonic p95f with a Dell 2405, and I never miss the 19". If you got a fairly good graphics card, I doubt you'll regret buying a ws tft.
Dell 2007 and 2407 are good choices.
I've been using a Dell 2405 for over a year now and have only good things to say about that. Games that have native widescreen support (like LFS) looks great. Games that don't can often be hacked to look good aswell. If not it also supports 1:1, giving you black bars around.
My previous setup with a 3500+, 1gb and x800xl ran LFS at 1920x1200, 4xAA, and everything maxed out, steady at 60fps all the time. Using a lower res, like 1680x1050 also works, and ingame you don't notice any difference.
The 2405 is now replaced with the 2407, but the biggest difference is probably the design. When its on sale, its not expensive either, considering what you get. Great image quality, nice design, lots of adjustments (do NOT buy a monitor without height adjustment!) and lots of connections. Atm, I got two computers and one xbox 360 connected to it.
After some time with a widescreen you start to wonder how on earth you could use a 4:3 (or even worse 5:4 19" lcd) before..
My previous setup with a 3500+, 1gb and x800xl ran LFS at 1920x1200, 4xAA, and everything maxed out, steady at 60fps all the time. Using a lower res, like 1680x1050 also works, and ingame you don't notice any difference.
The 2405 is now replaced with the 2407, but the biggest difference is probably the design. When its on sale, its not expensive either, considering what you get. Great image quality, nice design, lots of adjustments (do NOT buy a monitor without height adjustment!) and lots of connections. Atm, I got two computers and one xbox 360 connected to it.
After some time with a widescreen you start to wonder how on earth you could use a 4:3 (or even worse 5:4 19" lcd) before..
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