I like the way the current set drive, but I'm having a hard time controlling the temperature of the front tires and the car keep kicking out under braking after driving for a while. What can I try to do?

I came across with this clip that I find is quite cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2ZbmQVTjHw

Never mind. I installed the one from Logitech and it was not working. Now I installed one that I found from Wingman Team and now working properly

I'm trying to setup my Driving Force Pro to work in Windows 7 64-bit, but no luck. I could not get the gas and brake pedal to work properly. I installed the Logitech Wingman software (whatever it's called) but it couldn't detect the wheel.

Can I still make it work or I need to get the G27?

Good find!

If I'm correct, I heard there's something like that existed. Correct me if I'm wrong.

What kind of shifter do you have?

I thought those trucks are spectacular to watch and there's only a handful of truck racing games of that sort. Removing the speed limiter is where the fun begins lol (in the game of course).

I think they're about the right size, may be a bit too big for some. If you're a mechanic, you can end up with that big of a tool box.

Quote from Grizzleguts :

BF1

Fastest, most excitin and relatively easy to drive.

Are you kidding me?

I'd say FBM. Decent speed, relatively easy to drive and fun.

I like:
-physics
-continuous developement
-good variety of cars
-tracks
-can actually flip a car upside down (that's what originally brought LFS to my attention 8 years ago, but my computer was not good enough to even think of trying it)
-relatively low graphics requirement compare to today's games (I wish I have a better video card so I can get better frame rates when racing with a fairly large grid)


I don't like:
-collision detection (sometimes it's fun to see, but not at the wrong time)
-open diff may be a bit too unrealistic? (why would I get wheelspin in a XFG under WOT without even making a hard turn)
-setup units (change the units to something more understandable. For example: sway bar stiffness to something say how thick the sway bar is)

Nice find!

May be we need a tire pressure display in LFS now lol.

I thought they sometimes do have races other than that weekend?

I haven't watched any sort of footage of races in Macau in years. It wasn't until recently when I realize some of the videos shows even pros can be just like league races except the tracks in LFS have tons of room and not as dramatic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfsBvFgATRM

The opening of the clip looked so strange as if everyone uses similar setup that has oversteer no matter what you do. Look at 2:23, that perfectly resembles the famous demo server T1 wreck at Blackwood.

That's the most amount of action I've ever seen in the Speed World Challenge since the last time I watched it (more than 5 years ago). Nice find!

Edit: Some of the highlights nicely resembles some league racing contacts...

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Quote from Noccy :

aha ,i was wondering where that Juhani came from.
Got all the others except this guy http://namethatdriver.com/a1-ma.asp
Qing Hua Ma = Ma ching Pa? or that's how i hear it.



edit : nvm ,last and first names were swapped so then it makes some sense

He's just as old as I am.

Just pronounce it as "Ma Chine Huwa". Should be a little easier.

That's amazing...

Quote from GabbO :

the only one game in the series was the original Need for Speed.
Most of the guys who posted before never knew it.

Too bad that after it they dumped the whole concept, and started to gather big cash out of the reputation of the name.

Please, do not post if you don´t know the first one, like the comments "comparing XXX to OOO" ....
It has nothing to do with neons.

For the younger audiance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... wSTaU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... mezxk&feature=related

PS: my introduction in racing was Pitstop on C64 Ok, into real racing it was Indycar by Papyrus

I remember the original NFS. It actually existed in the 3DO era (One of the CD-ROM 3D consoles before Playstation 1) just not as refined like the NFS SE. Now thinking back to it, the game is actually pretty fun and realistic for that time.

I experience the same thing. It had never happened before until very recently.

Nope.

I have a DFP for almost a year. It's a great wheel if you don't mind not having a clutch pedal. Works fine for me.

However, I'm experiencing a problem where the wheel can suddenly lose connection to the computer and ruin some of my races. Anyone have this problem? It doesn't look like something that can be fixed.

I'm sure most of you got a story to share. Let's share your racing stories. It does not matter whether you're on a car or a kart. As long as your story involves in any vehicle that has wheels count.

I'll start first.


The car club/group I'm with held annual "Beginning of Summer" meets in the last 3 years. The 2nd and the 3rd one took place in an indoor karting track an hour away from me. I didn't go to the 3rd one though. We invited 10 other clubs in the 2nd year to join us.

The meet featured some fun mini-game events throughout the event and a feature karting race. The karting race is volountary, however. Those who would like to participate has all-day until the cut-off time to log his/her PB by purchasing as many 10-minute sessions as they want. The top 30 were chosen then to participate in the heats and the final 10 people (~3 from each heat) were in the feature race. I started 8th in the feature race after a 10-min qualifying. I gained couple places, but the tires lost grip towards the end of the race and finished in 8th overall.

How about yours?

Quote from MijnWraak :

I would love to fly out there from the states and have a go at karting but i'd definately need to get a job first :P

Or see if there's enough LFS'ers to do Kart meet in your state. I was thinking about that.

This can be a good approach.

I hope I'm not suggestion something very dumb, but wouldn't revert that very portion of Blackwood to something like one of the older versrions is better? Because there is no way you can cut throught the first chicane when everything around is walls (I'm pretty sure old LFSers know what I'm talking about).

Cool.

I wanted one. Hopefully the course isn't as small as the ones I drove.