not sure it would feel right riding a motorbike with a steering wheel

anyway things i dont want to see are.

1) erm

2) dunno

3) this took 20 minutes to write

look for smoke in ya mirrors to see when youre locking up, the tyre may even give off puffs of smoke after the corner, while going up the straight if its cooked enough.

im not exactly expert .... but...

try to think about the weight of the car shifting when you enter the corner, try not to throw the weight to one side as theres more chance of it going sideways, same with losing speed, try not to back off the accelerator too quickly as the front wheels slow down so fast the car will go unstable, try to match the speed first then hold the same revs through the corner.

now, hopefully you wont hit me when i spin out.

i love to race south city, that track is so good, always makes for a good race. you get damage but carry on, the times are always close.

i love all the cars though, i prefer closed cockpits to single seaters. XFR is my favourite car of all time for reasons already mentioned.

make a roll up and smoke it but i usually try to light it in the corner and trying to steer with elbows is not recommended.

excellent thread

ok well heres my idea for that stuck car thing...

change the reset to put the car at the side of the track. so many times ive reset or someone else has reset and caused a crash. theres nowt wrong with using reset if youre on your roof or the car is disabled, but currently it puts you in a weird place.

haha

you dun it this time rodders!

Hi Please keep this topic flame free

I have been thinking about this, and still rather undecided, i figure i would bring it up here and see what everyone else thinks.

ok first point is, I know that in oval racing that shift S as soon as you crash is really important due to the speeds and close racing that goes on, people are doing hotlaps non stop and interuptions are a real pain.

ive seen people doing this on regular race tracks though, but personally i dont like to shift S as soon as im on the grass or something? i like to make the most out of the sim and if my car goes off track and into the gravel, i like to stick my hazards on then watch the rest of the race. i dont mean i sit in the track with my hazards on illepall i mean like, if i crash, i like to get off the track and park up like real racing.

also when i see a guy lose control infront of me and im trying to take avoiding action he Shift S and disappears. i think, damn mate you didnt have to Shift S, thats just racing! ... now im pretty sure that theres some guys out there who think "why the hell didnt you shift S" in that same situation.

sometimes you just have to understand that if youre following close behind someone who makes a mistake that no matter what happens an accident is on the cards, there isnt enough stopping distance or time to react, but sometimes its fun to just play out those moments in racing where it goes wrong, i love avoiding things on the track or waiting for that moment when the guy makes a mistake and i can slip by him or get caught up in the mahem! i dont wanna see the guy insta-pit though

discuss? or totally boring ?

well my original topic was trying to find out if we already did get penalised for not using a manual clutch... with LFS at its current stage of development i think its not a good time to give clutch users an advantage, but in the future when the game models engine damage / clutch damage and engine stalls etc then it would add more realism.

also what about autocross or rallycross does manual clutch give you an advantage there?

vintage car racing
truck racing
go kart racing
ford rs200 rally cross/ rally racing
le mans 24 hours endurance

RC racing in the car park!!!! heh that would be a laugh

i dont care really, whatever we get is good, the more the merrier.

well that is good to know, i think if i ever get some new pedals in the future i will consider a clutch but for now ill keep it as it is.

thank you for the replies.

can usually tell if i am pushing too hard if the tyres are red before the race is over, big bright red tyres says to me "please take care of me"!

did u calibrate the axes in game aswell?

remember its not all about winning. its about having fun. and demo players only race that same combo so they are extraordinarily fast there (i find).

if you got the license you get a wider variety of cars and tracks to choose so you can settle on a combo you feel comfortable with.

car skins add an edge to the whole experience too

i updated my drivers and that crashing while Alt Tabbing went away.

well as the topic says, do I need to get the DIY tools out to have an equal chance on the track? my DFP only has accelerator / brake. and the gearshift is off of the wheel, so i have trouble pressing the buttons on right hand side as I change gear? here are the options i see at the moment:

a) I use L2 as clutch button, feels awkward as i stretch my thumb over to press it while turning the wheel, its a bit far away from my the edge of the wheel.

b) I stop using look left / right on my paddles, and put the clutch there, but now i cant look left or right.

c) I stop using the gearstick on it, and use the paddles for gears and put the clutch on the 4 main buttons.

anything else i could do?

Quote from mrodgers :

My problem isn't that not much presses my buttons, it's all the changing of buttons.

The BF1 is way to fast to take your hand off the steering wheel to shift.
Therefore I have to go into the options to switch to paddles.

I have look left/right set up on paddles. Need paddles to shift BF1.
Therefore I have to go into the options to switch my left/right views.

Open wheeler's are too twitchy the way I have LFS setup.
Therefore I have to go into the options and change "wheel turn compensate".

I hate driving with the wheel displayed (I already see one, mounted to my desk). The BF1's gauges are on the wheel.
Therefore I have to go into the options and turn on at least the steering wheel or virtual gauges.

Just too much to change to run the BF1. I'll stick to the FZR and try out some of the RWD roadcars with the new physics. Just wish everything wasn't either all cars, Blackwood, or both.

Exactly.

you know i saw a video a while back of formula 1 cars jumping over a hill, ive never seen anything like it

has anyone got a link to it?

f1 in the old days jumping in the race! it was sick

one for somebodys FAQ....

Q) The game wont load any of the default colours and only lets me make new ones.

A) Did you delete/rename/move your settings folder as this contains the .col files along with .set up files.

oh i think i know what i did...

i renamed my old settings folder to BACKUP (so i didnt delete it) and then put a new settings folder in there so i started from fresh on my setups, i guess the colours went with it.

will try to fix this myself i know what i did. sorry about this stupidity

because the guy in the draft is travelling faster it will turn into a block eventually

me personally, i like to let someone use all my draft if he gets a PB from it then thats sweet!

Le mans, definately, oh man i want one

i would love to see it with more impressive lighting and night time tracks though, not sure if i would want the le mans car held back until then .... but i could be prepared to wait if its going to be 1 big addition.

how cheap do you want the S2 license?

ah forget it,

i hope LFS gets more popular.

Last edited by richy, Fri 28 Apr 2006, 01:58.

can we make a list of which countries the lorry drivers indicate which way you need to overtake.

im going to take out life insurance if i ever drive there