Quote from MAGGOT :

I'd take an F430 over a Z06. I like them a lot more. I'd take a 599 over the ZR1.

To be frank, the ZR1 is ugly. Very ugly. All those weird holes and bits popping up/out. Just hideous. Looks like some 13 year old kid had some spare time and some 3DS MAX knowledge. I would have expected more.

thanks, but i want to know about the overall performance of them...

Quote from chanoman315 :

Are you comparing Ferrari's to Vettes?

i guess i am. which one you prefer on that situation?

this thread came right on time. there is an huge discussion in some other forum about the vettes and the ferraris. it's like this: "in a more technical track, which car is preferred? the Z06 or the F430? and also the ZR1 or the 599 GTB?

and the LFS thread bump award goes to...

Just a question: Why is the G25 best set at 101% FFB? Is there any problem with 100%?

I think you all know you can type a value when adjusting your setup (with Alt + Right click, IIRC), anyway i tried to do the same in the car color selection screen, but the Alt+RC did not work. So i want to ask: Can I type for example a RGB value for the colors using some other way, or it can only be done by using the sliders? It would make it a lot easier to add a specific color to the car...

Seriously, why there is imperial and metric systems? Can't the whole world use just one? Would make things a lot easier. Anyway:

235 MPG = 1L/100Km (so nice. i got an exact value )

back on-topic, i agree with Dajmin, the front end is pretty nice, but the back...

based on what you got, i believe the best options are the ATI Radeon 9800, as mentioned by dougie-lampkin, or the Nvidia Geforce FX 5900. The differences are subtle. The ATI one is a bit better but heats up a little bit more than the Geforce. It all depends on what you can find and at which prices, but also be sure that you have an AGP slot (i remember my first motherboard didn't have one). That amount of RAM is fine as it is.

R.Kolz and shaun463, i think those cards are not the best choice. What's the point of getting a faster graphics card if some other component can't keep up with it? i think those are best suited for a 3Ghz or higher CPU, or a small Core2Duo.

Last edited by jonny__27, Sat 5 Jul 2008, 12:32.

Quote from Jakg :

LFS has never been 48€

i think i remember it at almost 50€...

or maybe i'm confusing with my "monthly earnings"

(but no, i think i remember it at forty-something...)

Today on lfs.net i noticed the S2 price is still the same £ 24, but when converting, it only costs 30,15€, way less than the 48€ i saw a few months ago!
Well i guess there's no excuse now. 30€ are easier to get, so i will just get them, choose a payment method, and enjoy S2!!! On my situation, 30€ are still kinda hard to get, but i'm confident i can join all the money.

btw what payment method do you recommend, in terms of efficiency of service and security?

Quote from JasonJ :

Pic from Ian.H:

you mean Ian.H took the photo, or is he Ian.H?

Quote from LiveForBoobs :

It is.

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=45185

Thanks a lot Scawen, Victor and Eric. Awesome work... Keep it going dudes.

but that's for racing wheels only. road car wheels can't be skinned, afaik

Quote from samforey12345 :

You can probably still make custom wheels, you could transfer the old ones to now, although i don't know if that's possible..

i think now its' not possible. now it's the same small texture repeated several time in the whole wheel.

and btw thx a lot devs

This doubt came to my mind when i first watched the Top Gear's analysis to the Renault Clio Sport 182, a car i fell in love with from the first time i saw it :lovies3d:. I've seen one or two cruising around here, but only now i managed to see its full power, here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LQ90RPJZVI). But by watching it, i noticed this clio has a tendency to lift the inner rear wheel when cornering, like the first Golf GTI, but now i got confused with it.

Is 3 wheel cornering an advantage or a disadvantage when competing? and if it is a disadvantage, what needs to be done to a car in order to correct this behaviour? and most important, is it safe?

ps: yes, Top Gear starts with loads of faults to the clio, and if you think like that, please watch the whole video

Quote from aroX123 :

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Sorry, we were just on Oval and tested it
Edit: added Drag for 3 people (and 4)
Preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvwlMtF55Fw

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looks funny. power and torque test

while watching it i had an idea. you could create a sort of "bowling lane". an huge straight and at the end 10 of those tyres somewhat spaced between each other, in a triangle shape, make the car roll into them and bring down as much as you can

thanks a lot for the patch Scawen, and sorry for complaining, but now the XFG and XRG steering wheel looks somewhat "flat" to me. i tried to test adding a "symbol" to it, but i can't, since that small texture is repeated several times on the whole wheel, as you can all see on the attachment.

also don't like the new XRG wheels. i don't know if you will understand what i mean, but they look too much "computer-made" to me. they don't look as real as the XFG or the FBM ones (the only reference i got).

ps: HOLD ON!!! i got something and THIS is pretty interesting! I started LFS to compare the wheels, and when i got to the main menu i noticed the bottom-right corner: "WTF! S2 License???" i exited lfs, reinstalled it, and it was in demo state again. Scawen do you know what could have caused this?

edit: forgot the attachment. and there's 1 fail for me
edit2: looks like it's no fail. at least mine. for some reason, my computer is not uploading it.

Last edited by jonny__27, Sun 29 Jun 2008, 00:02.

see if this helps. follow the quote, and get the fourth skin attached.

Quote from C4R K1NG :

kk, all i got are the fast and the furious car skins... here they r.

just looked at the view count, this post is quite 'popular'.

there are more to come just couldnt fit them asll in 1 post

btw why did you made a topic for each skin? you could have requested them all in the same topic, and that way we get a better organized forum.

Last edited by jonny__27, Sat 28 Jun 2008, 18:48.

from what i understood, and please correct me if i'm wrong, in the first times of lfs people were racing just for the fun of doing it. now all that matters is winning and "owning" everyone else. they only want to be faster and faster. sadly i have to agree with you. it's not the first time that i receive some, shall we say "not so nice" comments from faster drivers who think they have rights above the ones that are just there for the pleasure of driving. and in the end, you finish a race hating more people, before you even know them.
but anyway, i think i can be happy for being a "just for fun" racer, and have no intentions of changing this behaviour. i remember before Y18 and anyone could join a demo server, specially in the portuguese ones in my case, i entered the server and found a familiar name, and after that lots of messages contained some "lols", :P, and such, but now is almost impossible to get this feelings again.

Quote from zeugnimod :

Portugal was FAR superior, too, right?

you bet it was (apart from the goalkeeper, but ok...)

don't get me wrong as well, i would prefer to play with a wheel than with a mouse. unfortunately my financial situation doesn't let me
tbh i don't care if i'm faster or slower with mouse, but i know a wheel is far more exciting.

notice the "up to". they're not guaranteed 15% in all cases

At least do you know for how many months i don't buy any game because i can't? If you're swimming on money then good for you, but i don't.

Quote from Technique :

...I could get a job at McD's, work one day, quit, and have enough cash to get a used wheel and an S2 license....

interesting that you mention it, because i sent my cv to staples a few hours ago (they're opening a new store here), but the way i see it, it will be another fail for me looking for the first job is harder than i thought.

Last edited by jonny__27, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 18:10.

for what you're saying (on a bit of a budget) i guess we can forget the G25 and the Fanatec Wheel.

Some wheels with a good price/quality balance are the Logitech Formula Force EX and the Driving Force Pro, as mentioned above. You can also take a look at the Logitech Momo Racing and at the Thrustmaster Rallye GT Pro Clutch Edition.

Last edited by jonny__27, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 17:59.

Boris Lozac you're missing a point in all this. Most mouse users use the mouse because they have to, not because they choose. And i assure you the "i'm poor i can't buy a wheel" is no bull*hit, not everyone can afford a gaming accessory when they have more important things to spend the money on, like paying the bills.

I have seen some different opinions about what exactly is LFS, so i decided to create this thread to see what you have to say about this.

Do you think Live for Speed is to be considered just as a videogame, to play in your free time, or is it more like an intense training, driving sim?

In my opinion LFS is nothing more than a game. Simply driving a few laps per session (too much time in front of the screen is no good for my health :razz and just having fun, but always racing and respecting others around me, so you won't see me wrecking, for example. I believe it's not to be taken seriously, as if it were a full-time job, because honestly i don't think i can get any productive work from it. Although i know LFS is also used for serious purposes (for example i once saw the BMW Sauber F1 drivers training in it) i don't believe the same applies for the 'average person'.