Ok so here's a poll to determine which foot people use to brake in LFS. Always wondered, so thought I'd give it a go.

I always used to right-foot brake, but have recently (for the last 6 months or so) been religiously left-foot braking. For me, it means my reaction times to hit the brake are faster, which is one of the main reasons I do it.

So, how about you?

Apologies to those who don't use a wheel and pedals...


This is a poll for how you brake IN LFS, not in real life

Last edited by Minimaxman, Mon 18 Aug 2008, 16:28.

Its got the standard shocks (series regs dictate it must have) but we had some bespoke springs made up, specially for race use. The shocks aren't adjustable, but the front and rear ARBs are.

That FWD bike is very, very cool!

Couple of pics of the MR2 race car. With about 122bhp, it's not the fastest car in the world, but the handling is simply sublime; you can make it do exactly what you want, when you want, as it's perfectly neutral.

Last edited by Minimaxman, Mon 18 Aug 2008, 13:45.

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This is a good idea IMO, but this specific car can be actually more flexible with setup than current LFS cars in some regards.

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the Adaptive Chassis Control, has three settings (Normal, Sport and Comfort) which alter the steering and suspension settings on the fly.

So your saying that 3 chooseable, pre-programmed settings make the car more tuneable than all the other cars in LFS!?

I, erm, think not.

I'm also all for a locked setup and putting it in a class of it's own. Would put much more emphasis on who's the better driver.

Scirocco Cup, like the sound of that

Great news from my perspective, any new car would be.

Because the function to hit it with a hammer has not yet been implemented...

Excuse the halo around the top of the XRT...

So I have, thanks for pointing it out.

Fixed now.

Very nice Pipa!

Had a go at my own Gumball themed FZ5 - one from Herr Roy this time...

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m67/petrolhead48/1442.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m67/petrolhead48/1441.jpg

I had a go at a Mk1 MR2 skin for the XRG. Pretty simple really - badge on the front, couple of trim lines down the side and a few badges on the back. Took about 10 minutes, but it's quite a subtle skin. Already on LFSW.

Previews:
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m67/petrolhead48/MR21.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m67/petrolhead48/MR22.jpg

Skin File (1024x1024)
http://i101.photobucket.com/al ... /petrolhead48/XRG_MR2.jpg

Feel free to mod it without my permission, if by some miracle anyone actually uses it.

I modded it for myself, tried to replicate my real MR2 racing car, didn't turn out too bad I don't think -

Last edited by Minimaxman, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 22:59.

It's quite strange for me, as before I found LFS, every other racing game I played I'd always use the chase cam. I think it was a combination of finding LFS and beginning to drive cars in real life that made me want to drive from the cockpit view. So ever since I first drove on LFS, I used the cockpit view. Like others have said, being a Sim, using anything else just seems silly to me. Like hyperactive said, it also encourages you to look further ahead on the track which is one of the first things they teach you about track driving in real life.

One thing I would like would be the ability to change the angle / FOV of the wing-mirrors.

Race 1 produces many of these moments but here's one of them - me getting a bit too enthusiastic on FE Gold Rev

I'm sure it's been mentioned before but what the heck - Cadwell Park.

I went for imthebestracerthereis as, IMO, it is the image that best fits the requirements and a great image at that.

I've just done 10 or so races with the new FXO handicapping and I think it's perfect - there were a couple of FXOs near the front but they were pretty even with the XRTs, they were by no means walking away.

And by the way, one of the races of the 10 was the best race I've ever had!

I'd love some sort of Tranny Van - Transit racing I think would be so cool

Also I wouldn't mind an XFT that could compete in the TBO class.

Yeh I'm not too sure what happened with the tyres and the back of the car... was kinda hoping no-one would notice

Oh and Luke.S... F40?

Quick one from me - UF1 at dusk...

Just thought I'd come along and say that I was on this server earlier this evening and it was really good. There were about 25 players when I left, with more connecting by the minute. The racing was brilliant, either one of the TBO cars being suited to slightly different tracks.

We even tried a rolling start with a safety car which, actually, went pretty well, considering there were over 20 people in the race.

I'll be back on there often!

I'll give that a go as well, thanks, but I don't want to feel like I'm riding above the action. We'll see...

Quote from Crashgate3 :

Move the view forward instead changing the FOV?

Can't believe I didn't think of that. Just been trying it out online now and it's much, much better (although I still suck in the FBM).

Thanks very much Crashgate.

I've got one slight niggle with the otherwise flawless FBM, and for me it's the cockpit view. I drive in cockpit view religiously in every car and always have done, but I find it hard in the FBM, reason being as follows...

If I have a wider field of view, so in effect sit further back, I can see both of the wingmirrors in full, yet if I look left/right, all I get it the bodywork staring me in the face and blocking my view completely. So to counter this I'll decrease my field of view, effectively moving me forwards in the seat, and when I look to either side in this position I can actually see clearly as the bodywork is lower. However, this stops me being able to see either wing mirror.

So I haven't found a position that suits me best - both for side visibility and wingmirror visibility. As a result I find huge blind spots, sometimes engulfing two cars. This means I'm not confident at all when in a close racing situation, especially somewhere like the first corner, and have resulted to driving in chase cam view when racing gets close which I hate and, to be honest, royally suck at.

So to conclude is there anyone that has a 'magic formula', or is it really a case of finding the best comprimise, like the title suggests?

Fin.

Pretty much re-iterating what everyone else has said, but still...

• Driving physics - no other game can compare IMO
• Close, online, realistic racing - how online is so smooth it could be offline
• Variety of cars and track - much more exciting than the same old things over and over
• Skinnable cars - make them look how you want
• The ease of tuning car setups - to make the car feel how you want
• Superb graphics - with relatively little impact on FPS.
• Finally, the devs, and the way we, the LFS users, can get in contact with them and report any bugs directly to them. Also, development progress - hardly any other games are under constant devlopment the same way LFS is.

Basically, I love it. I've tried many other games but always always always come back to LFS. Without fail.

Quote from hyphy_racer :

Hey do you think you could do a new gtr on the fz5? probably not cuz its got all those computer systems loll
and maybe a 240 sx

Might also be slightly difficult seeing as the GT-R's 4WD and the FZ5 is very RWD.

Nice sets Zipppy.