its true that you cant get true realism from any racing game, due to limitations of computers, 2d graphics (even if its 3d graphics, its still on a 2d screen 19" wide), sound coming from just a few speakers, and more...

if the original poster had given reasons, im sure this thread would have been a bit better. ill try and speak for him in wht i think are the unrealistic / arcadey things about LFS... of which we all know and have an answer for. ie the sim is still under development.

1) the damage and pinging of cars off of barriers.

2) the graphics lacking some details such as dirt.

3) weather effects are lacking.

4) the way public servers are short races, not taken too seriously, and are a pick up and play style.

well thats all i can think of that the OP would of meant with his post. and we could of given good reasons for why they are like that.

we do have road cars in LFS, plus there is a stereo graphic i find music motivates my driving. if you dont listen to music no need to respond spoil sports

Here is what happens to my mirrors after an Alt - Tab to windows.

What does that?

Ok, im not sure how many of you play music while racing, i do, so i thought i would open a thread about it. heres what you have to do, its quite hard to think about them all especially if you have lots of music to choose its difficult ... doesnt have to be any particular type of music!

My top 10 singles that I love to race / drive to:-

1) The Ramones - Blitzkreig bop
2) Be your own pet - Damn damn leash
3) Sublime - Burritos
4) The Rakes - Terror
5) The Stooges - No Fun
6) The Kinks - All day and all of the night
7) The Kinks - You really got me
8) Tom Vek - Nothing but green lights
9) Bob Dylan - Hurricane
0) Radiohead - High and dry

My top 5 albums that I love to race / drive to:-

1) Jimi Hendrix - The Ultimate Experience
2) The Shins - Chutes too narrow
3) System of a down - Toxicity
4) Led Zeppelin - Houses of the holy
5) Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

.... wow that was really hard to choose, and i still havent got all i love in there.

Have a try!

if only we could patch the world to just have 1 time all over lol illepall

Quote from Gabkicks :

to make a post like that isnt very immature and its just trolling. we dont need people like that in lfs.

i know what you mean but im sure the guy didnt intend it to be trolling but was just expressing what he felt at the time in a really rushed manner

i think if he keeps on playing LFS it wouldnt be a bad thing, infact he would just contradict himself which is way better than just showing him where the door is.

you know forums can be a really awkward thing sometimes, and people dont always express themselves in the way they intended to from the start. infact he probably found it very frustrating that he didnt get his message accross in the way he wanted to, and maybe will take a different approach next time.

But i could be wrong.

Quote from Becky Rose :

I am a condom.

second hand one?

Quote from al heeley :

Lets hope S3 brings more comprehensive damage with running over a couple of pitlane - exit pillars giving a damaged radiator or something. That should put a stop to the naughtiness.

yes! exactly what i was thinking, it should damage the front bumper and slow you down, or less downforce, maybe even a black flag for loose bodywork!

it will come in time, all these little niggly issues will be made right so we have a perfect racing sim.

i hope he doesnt leave and gives LFS a bit more time yet, there is more to come in the game, sometimes forums can cause someone to say stuff they shouldnt, or it can scare people away from really getting used to the game for what it should be. i know this, ive had my clashes with people but i still love this game with all my heart and im so glad i never left it when i said i would!!!

just give it time mate. Maybe you need to try a different car, here ill give you a suggestion of a car to try for a bit on some public servers. Take out the XFR and find a reasonably busy server, and i promise you will see why some people love LFS. the close pack and awesome tracks make for some really enjoyable racing.

just dont give up so soon!!!

i dont want to hige the messages though, sometimes i like to say "good race!!" too.

silly solution to hide the text completely because it overlaps the lights? when we can ask devs to move them for us

i used the scavier pro helm as a template to do my own helmet. shall i tell you how i didnt actually edit the original?

i inserted the image as a layer, then i made it 50% opacity, then i didnt use the layer when i saved the original....

i really needed to do this to get the lines right around the helmet, plus i needed to get the visor mounts right and the vents.

is that ok? i think my helm looks totally different though

good stuff knight attack!!

or yannick i mean, nice skin and helmet combo

Last edited by richy, Fri 26 May 2006, 12:24.

like this

i have show virtual lights enabled but they appear behind everyone text

can they be moved away from the text area? they seem to be behind everyones "good race!!!" spam at the start.

sorry andre i got a bit sidetracked there should of been in a seperate thread.

what about little a and big A?

Quote from keiran :

Never been a huge problem for me personally, in most league races I've been in we've run a lag lap before the start of the race when exiting the lobby.

Keiran

I have this issue even if a 5 lapper race has finished and is being restarted. what gets loaded on that first lap that stops the lag? at first guess im thinking it lets you download any skins you may need to download? does something reset after a race is completed and then everyone hits restart then it reloads something?.... does that lap even stop the issue? (i realise you dont get it). What kind of connection do you have, i have 512k down and 128k upload, i think...

if you need to run a lag lap for the leagues then there must be a slight problem somewhere, it should be called a warm up lap instead of a "lag lap" right?

Quote from thisnameistaken :

http://www.mtasa.com/

It's crap, but it's there. They're still working on the multiplayer free-roam, it's just races and a weird car deathmatch-type mode at the moment.

Cool i shall check this out just for a laugh, infact ive never even tried GTA since i got LFS or my DFP so i guess i should reinstall it. thanks.

do the red/white curbs have less grip, or do they even have more grip because of the angle, do the tyres deform on the curbs and make it behave differently under braking, i quite often brake into a corner on them.

Quote from Sawyer :

It can be done in any other game. Even in games which by default dont have a netcode at all like GTA:SA so why not here?

i dunno what you mean, GTA san andreas has online start grids and racing on servers? i have that game can you link me to the mod or something?

i hope it can be fixed easily, im just worried that technical limitations are having an effect here

now got both the XFR and UFR skinned for my two man team

im not sure rolling starts is the best way to solve this problem, me and i guess a lot of others do prefer the option of having non rolling starts sometimes?

maybe its something the devs have been trying to figure out a while now and havent been able to fix due to technology limitations that we still have. maybe in 10 years time it will be better

does it hurt to redline the gear a bit anyway? sometimes when i corner i wont change till ive straightened up and sometimes itll stay in the red a little longer than normal, but its still accelerating right and got good revs

What Alt- shortcut code is that letter?

LFS Alt-014567 1

yeah that would be great to type all the time lol

im not very good with netcode stuff, my brain is fried from years of abuse, but can you be given 2 or 3 netcode "buddies" that have a kind of priority at getting data to you? so you almost ignore the netcode of a car that is 3 or 4 grid positions infront or behind?

its a little harsh to adjust your line off the start because sometimes you need the pack of cars to be neat through T1, or maybe even a little drafting before making a more secure move on the car ahead. plus I want my wheels straight because turning will cause wheel spin or a slower start because you have swerved up the road doing an "S" at the green lights i guess you know what i mean. I wonder if this was partly the cause of some of the problems in the first lap we've been having.

Rolling starts may eliminate it? but i dont prefer to do rolling starts, i like the starts we have already...F1 style.

is there a way to time the netcode + the start lights to work together so you receive packets as the lights change?