Step 1: Read the EA forums about NFS Carbon.

Allow me to share with you the sheer intelligence of the posts on this forum.

From the topic about how you will steer on the Nintendo Wii:


Guy1>>I think it'll be kinda like NFS: MW, you have to like Hold down the Trigger and use the Control Stick to stear.
Guy2>> for the last F'in time u dont use the nunchuck or any analogue stick in carbon
Guy3>> well you do use the analog stick and i think you have the choice to use the gc controller.
Guy2>> well no u dont use the analogue stick u wait until theres a carbon video for Wii
Guy3>> whatever
Guy2>>and again
Guy3>>and again what
Guy2>> just find something to talk about b4 people start callin u a spammer like iceboyp4
Guy3>> okay so how do you steer with wiimote
Guy2>> well u hold the remote sideways and turn in like a steerin wheel
Guy3>> that may be the way, although you should have more ways to steer and everthing



I won't go on anymore, for fear that I'm going to kill anyone who reads this topic.

EDIT:I needed to add this, It's right up there with the quote from nath2004uk in my signature.

Quote :

because in exite truck all u do is steer and keep ur thumb on the gas and Need For Speed Carbon is so much more complicated than that.

Yeeeaaaaaaahhhh

Yeah, I know, I'm posting this on the LFS Forums, but still, I hope some of you out there know.

My dad is looking for the torque specifications for the lower ball joint on his '95 Town Car, and I've had no luck with the internet. I guess this is what off topic forums are for, huh?

I said it wasn't made by EA, and it really isn't. :S

(Going to be driving a) '91 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL (black)

My dad has a '95 Lincoln Towncar (white)
and a 2000 (I think that's the year) Chrysler PT Cruiser GT (red)

Just read through an issue of Game Informer, and happened to stumble upon an ad for "D1 Professional Drift Grand Prix Series" THE VIDEO GAME. I don't really mind the ad too much, but something makes me doubt the claim of "The most realistic drifting physics engine in a video game." Naturally, they have a whole bunch of "pretty" tracks and cars, and licensed drivers and crap, but mainly, I feel like ranting about their physics claim. Right now, I'm going to assume no matter what, LFS puts the smack down on it's arse physics-wise.

At least the Dev ain't EA.

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/6492/fxopropolice7oc.jpg
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6690/fxrpolice9ix.jpg

Fixed the links, those show the full image, not the thumbnail.

EDIT:Hey, I really like the subtle rust effects, any chance you could tell me how to do that kind of effect on a skin?

Mmm, I liked Good ole NFS:U on my GameCube \m/

Fun to drive ridiculous speeds in my Skyline through gas stations. It was fun! Just flying through the whole track, trying to keep the car on the road, flying off the jumps. Of course it's not realistic, but it's FUN.

The series went waaay downhill after NFS:U

Quote from Igor-Stallion :

I am scared of FNF3...it still wasnt shown here in Croatia...but when that happens...streets would be full of noob "dorfitos"

"Let the bodies hit the floor"

Well, let's all look on the bright side of GT4, it's better than NFS:MW.

My prediction for the future: Even more of the stereotypical "DORIFTOERS" are going to be assaulting my insanity because of this movie: FNF3.

Quote from Shinanigans :

XCNuse, wow, didn't know that! I'll have to check it out!

Maggot, i understand what you're saying, but surely there can be a compromise.

IRL: you move your hand onto the shifter before you want to shift.... but how long before? depends.

Another question you have to ask yourself is; how long does it have to take for the animation of the hand to get from the wheel to the shifter? As long, or as short as you want. Move your hand from infront of you, over to your left as though you were mimmicking the same animation, how quickly can you do it? Why can't it be that quick in the game?

Jump in the Sauber and reef the steering wheel from left to right (with a mouse) as fast as you can..... that's some quick animation

The animation and the action don't have to be perfectly sequenced. Although the more realistic the sequence timing, the more realistic the whole thing will be, but the action of the shift doesn't necessarily have to wait for the animation of the shift. i.e; you tap the shift button, the shift animation starts immediately, the shift action begins, by the time the hand is 3/4 of the way to the shifter the shift action is completed, shift animation also completes, hand returns to wheel. Mind you, this is all happening within a second. So to the untrained eye, it's probably something that would go un-noticed. Especially if the drivers arm/hand is above the shifter, covering it, therefore not allowing the driver to actually see that it's shifting before his hand's actually on it.

One last idea i just thought of, animation begins when the clutch is pressed. Whilst ever your clutch is depressed, the hand is on the shifter. I also like your idea of 90% revs, then animation begins. He then holds his hand on the shifter till either you shift, or the revs drop below 90%.

AutoClutch problems. :/

Maybe, if it was possible, the game could learn when you shift, and move your hand down to the shifter at the moment before you shift...

Shift-U, not shift-F4, and you can only get ramps on the BL series of tracks.

I think it would be nice if we could use a grayscale .jpeg that would control the reflectiveness of parts of our skins. I know this would probably be *really* hard to implement, but it would still be nice. (Chrome and matte)

EDIT:Yay, maybe I don't need the flamesuit after all.

Last edited by nfsjunkie91, Sun 11 Jun 2006, 01:43.

Quote from Kajojek(PL) :

You can have ramps only on blackwood and blackwood car park.

And RallyX.

As a matter of fact, I think all tracks have track specific pieces.

Was racing GT4 at my cousin's, and tuned up a nismo 270R (Silvia S14 I think) to 566 hp, put on Road Tires, got the car to break loose in 2nd gear, shifted into 5th, tires still spinning, and was only going 20 mph, while the cars top speed was 132 with the setup I was using.

5.When running a Cops and Robbers server they sometimes will.

http://hem.bredband.net/flpr/flp-suitx.zip
That should be what you need, courtesy of felplacerad.
Only the suit though, look in the CMX viewer for the helmet.

Yeah, it does it with other cars too, I think the shift light and handbrake light are the same.

Completely Off Topic:NASCAR would be more exciting if they did road courses again.

Hmm, did you make sure to turn FF up in the profiler? Also, in LFS, I think that you can turn Force Strength up.

You need photoshop probably, the thing is, you need transparency, and I don't know if you saved the .dds file correctly with PaintShop Pro. DXT-5 is what I save my .dds files as.

Quote from wheel4hummer :

Hey! I made something JUST like this. YOu can make your own if you don't like his.

http://www.autohotkey.com/

How much did they pay you?

And no, you made something that turned lights on and off.

Run the program, go into LFS, and it should flash the lights and blinkers ascychronously, and plays the horn depending on what version you run, all you have to do is run it, and to pause the script, run the game windowed, and right click the tray icon > Pause Script.

Is that blackwood?

I know what you mean, you run out of gas out there, and no one even comes out. Inconsiderate is what I have to say to that. :P

&%#@ originality.