here's some old schools from back in S1.

what i understand, is that basically LFS's replay is replacing what you do with a fake driver. therefore, LFS replays still load environments, etc. what the replay data stores is what you do, and then lfs just LITERALLY replays the outcome.

i'm a mouser, so my right arm always gets cramped up during a long-ish race.

coming from a drifter, the best car to master first imo is the XRG. if you master the XRG, you learn how to use the chassis and control it, instead of just mashing the gas like in the more powerful cars. from the XRG, go to the XRT, which is the car that the majority of drifters use, used to use, and still love. from there, the next step is the FZ5, which you have to be careful with due to its rearward balance. then the LX's are the most difficult, due to their light weight and high power, and are VERY twitchy.

personally, the car i drift most often the the XRT, and when i feel like i need to hone my basic skills i go back to the XRG, or if i'm having problems with speed i'll go FZ5.

Last edited by RevMonkey, Sun 25 Mar 2007, 14:00.

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

I think that in most cases, the demo drivers claiming to be hated upon ask for it with some of their posts, like requesting more content in the demo and other items of that sort. There are the few Demo'rs who actually act like calm, rational members of the LFS community, and they are the ones who actually get respect from the licenced members.

i was never one of those... :'(

hell even now i'm not respected

hahahaha the best part of this is the number of unlocks increasing... otherwise we'd never get to test your patches until the next month.

i just updated from V to V4, i must say, i'm very impressed. thanks devs!

Quote from NtrlBrnRacer :

ummm lets see did you not look at the post i just wrote it says i couldnt get the money because my dad was in the hospital u understand english?

i may not be the best at it, but you could use a few english classes yourself. remember kids, you're NOT too cool for school!

not anyone that i've met in real life, but met a lot of good people like mr. Clarke, Tristan (did you block me on MSN?) and lots of drifters like Sai, Sam, and others...

just droppin' by... workin on my stcc license for now...

Quote from al heeley :

hi rev, where have you been the last 6 months? Got your mountain bike stuck in the rockies?

i've actually been buliding my mountain bike

long time no see, just sayin' hi... nothing to see here, move along...

rest in peace.

Quote from al heeley :

well for them, happy with the demo content, it IS a free game!
Hows the mountain biking in the Canadian wilds, revmonkey?
I will come and claim my free beer soon.....

not this summer, i'm gone for my yearly summer ritual of 6 weeks of training... i leave tommorow morning 5:15am...

the biking's good, the biking's good

to get people off their asses and buy the damn s2 license. demo drivers aren't treating it as a demo, they're treating it as a free game.

edit: hi mr. heeley, haven't talked to you in a while

Quote from Spinjack :

That's an easy one to solve. Just have a server setting that either admits day pass drivers or rejects day pass drivers. Then, if you don't want to be on an "open" server, you have that option.

that's a great idea.

dawes, that's not bad either... demo isn't a special file now anyways, everyone has the full program... you just need the unlock.

i drift... and i say it's a stupid idea.

there are no 'drift-specific' tires in real life, the tires drifters use are actually very very fast around a race track... the tires they use to drift one day are the same they use to time attack the next. IRL vs. LFS it's like drifting supers and racing supers... same tire, just using it differently.

nah i'm seriously thinking that s2 online would be good

there'd be a measure of discipline because the host accoutn would be held accountable for everything.

i was thinking keeping multiplayer open... having a FULL day-pass. why?

it's very simple. the reason why most of us play lfs is because of the community. blackhole motorsports awarded LFS the best multiplayer award. LFS multiplayer is more than just physics... to be honest, if a game had great physics, wouldn't give a doggy shitpile about it if it had a crappy community. same reason why i've never liked gran turismo. it used to have the best physics, but (obviously) doesn't have a community. and nothing sells a game better than playing with other real, living people.

with regards to abuse, as previously noted, each day pass would be directly linked to the host account. if the day pass-ee acts up, the host account will be directly affected. this will ensure discipline within the system.

this daypass system would be exclusive, with only 2 (or 1, however many) per month per account, ensuring that s2 will remain for s2 license holders, this is just a way for more exposure.

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yes but they won't have the ability to PLAY the game, which is what would sell it. watching movies isn't nearly as fun as being able to feel the BF1 bite you in the ass

now i've been telling friends to grabs s2, but they don't want to, even after trying the demo. why is this? because they don't know if the other cars and tracks are worth it. to be honest, even the XRT isn't up to standards to attract people to the game, and they also don't want to deal with the hassle of wreckers which they believe are rampant in s2 as they are in demo.

i have a solution.

every month, you could offer each s2 account 2 day passes for other computers. for example, if i had a friend that wanted to try the game, i could give him a day pass where he could have full s2 content for the day. each pass would be held accountable to the host account, so that would prevent wrecking from said parties. if i lend out a day pass to my friend, and he wrecks and gets banned, then i would be held accountable. this would help improve exposure of s2, and i believe would do wonders to getting those licenses 'off the shelves.' we would both be able to play online for the day without hacks, violating the EULA, all while buildling up a base for new customers.

good man scawen

i think the GTR's should get sequential boxes, while the UFR and XFR get standard boxes... that would bee seeeeeeeick.

wewt, scawen, you're a good man!

haha actually lfs jumped the gun a bit, today's my birthday... thanks everyone

happy st. jean baptiste if you're quebecois!

after having a particularly sh!tty day (as in REALLY sh!tty), i came home to check my email and saw a message from the LFS devs.

"Hello RevMonkey,

We at Live for Speed would like to wish you a happy birthday today!"

that brought a smile to my face... its the little things that make LFS much more than a game... it's a way of life.

Quote from sdether :

GT5 was shown at the Sony booth in 1080p (not 1080i, but p!). It was basically photo realistic. Gorgeous.. Nordschleife even had all the grafitti on the road that you see in videos. But without a wheel, i can't pass judgement on it. It was also marked as 20% into development.

you sure about that? after all... http://gearlog.com/blogs/gearl ... ive/2006/05/16/11622.aspx