Quote from Grunt :

If he's got "Finally got the b1tch ;-)" or something on the rear end then it would be lot worse....

That would put the skin up a notch in my book

Seriously, have none of the offended people ever enjoyed Doom, Quake or any of the games that involve hurting things?

What about space invaders?? Shooting innocent aliens that just want to land on Earth and be friends - I find that offensive!

Mopars rock, so 9/10 for the Viper

Sorry for being a grade A newbie, but how do you install the OCX files?

I imagine those who don't approve weren't big fans of the Carmageddon games then. I loved them

First car race: 1895, first hillclimb: 1897 - you're right, but only just

Other than the Paris-Dakar rally, can you think of any other city to city races that are current forms of motorsport though? Thats not really within the scope of LFS, hill climbs could easily be catered for though (if not as multiple runs, then with a run-off road that makes it a circuit).

Found a compromise, if I set the throttle to "buttons" instead of seperate it lets me use them, but then they only work as digital. Its probably a driver thing, but I can live with it - the analogue effect on my XBox Saitec wheel padles not much use anyway (glass half full and all that ).

I'd like to see something like Mount Washington (very old video HERE).

I've not read through the entirety of this thread, but some historical saloon cars would be nice (Lotus Cortina, Mk1 Ford Escort, Humber Super Snipe) and some Trans Am cars (AMC Javelin/AMX, Plymouth AAR 'Cuda, Ford Boss 302 Mustang) would make a change from the existing lineup.

When originally raced all the cars listed had crossply tyres, so they'd be a challenge

Hillclimbing is the oldest form of motorsport, to include a challenging hillclimb track (like Pikes Peak for the loose stuff or Mount Washington for a paved surface) would be a great addition to the game. Perhaps I'm biased since my long-term project car is for use in the British Hillclimb Championship though, lol.

By default any good hillclimb, when reversed, will then be suitable for 'drifting', thus keeping the Young and the Fashionable crowd happy.

I don't care for drifting myself (seems like a waste of tyres), but anyone thats watched a proper drifting competition can't deny the skill of the drivers and the mechanical prowess shown in the cars.

Oh, and for anyone that can remember back far enough, there was drifting in Britain over 50 years ago, it was just called "Broadsiding"

Quote from Scawen :

Well, that I cannot understand at all. If you can see the correct axes moving in the controls screen, then the same axes should be moving in-game. I've never heard that not to be the case.

Ho hum ... I'll persevere and try re-hashing all the controls tonight it may have been a hiccup.

I've posted this elsewhere, but this sounds like a related issue:

With a new install of 0.5V, I can set the throttle and brake to non-default (seperate) axis, which show fine in the bottom right when pushed. In play, however, it just uses the default ones Other re-assigned buttons work ok.

I'm having similar problems; my triggers are recognised in LFS, set as gas and brake - they show in the bottom right ok when pressed.

When playing, however, everything works apart from the triggers Instead I get the default assignment, on the Y axis, so getting round turns on a thumbstick is really tricky, lol.

:snail: Hi folks, I'm yet another newbie ... my main hobby is working on and racing old (ish) cars, but I like to play racing games when its cold and wet outside

I used to play "Car and Driver" on the PC many moons ago, and its nice to see this game has the same feel of being a sim first and foremost. Many racing games later and I've got up to Forza on XBox 1 ...

Having got a lead so I can use an XBox controller on my PC I figured it was time to have a bash at this game too; if my initial impression is anything to go by I'll be putting my hand in my wallet for it soon!