yeah you can actually see the tyre get thinner on F9

if youre losing grip early its because the tyres are going past "optimum temperature", youll see what it is in the garage on the tyres section. if you get like 10 or 20 degrees above youll start to notice slip of the wheels. try to keep those temps at a nice green colour

oh yes and the thinner the tyre is the quicker it cools down

theres 2 types of tyre marks right, the short term ones and the long term racing line one thats on the track. maybe its not just from skids but from traffic in the corner that does it?

i used to have a similar setup to that except it was an xp1800, it would struggle in 1024 res in most games when the action got intense

someones ugly mug broke the avatars!

to add to that, set yourself goals to beat even if its a tenth off your time, or to get round without any major mistakes, then to get better places etc.

also for PBs you might wanna consider that you might need to end the previous lap quickly, like AS National, you want a really sweet exit out of the final chicane to be on for a PB the next lap...

also note that not all players are getting experience in the BF1 as the rest of you who sat there refreshing LFS.net waiting for the patch. not saying i didnt :P

and then everyone gets punctures for laps after?

when in the game go to controller options and click calibrate. then press brake, accelerator, and turn the wheel left to right, hope that helps.

i cant wait for this update, its going to be sweet!

dont throw up on my avatar

i think it would be nice to have somewhere other than LFS official site to get the download from. everyone dreads patch day, not because of the juicy patch theyre getting but because of the bottleneck of everyone wanting to get it at the same time.

I raced the XFR first of all. you get some sick close racing and the cars arent rediculously hard to control, and gets you used to watching tyre wear and not long till you are hitting the same lines but trying to squeeze time out of it.

edit: oh and the XFR was pretty easy to skin so i made a skin and then didnt want to race anything but the XFR

the fox teaches you good single seater driving.

Quote from IKHAM :

The other thing that has impressed me apart from the incredible detail and thought that's gone into the game, is the fellow racers. There seems to be a general feeling of sportmanship between racers. Everyone is out to race hard, but respectfully at the same time. It's really refreshing to see so many well behaved online players. It puts most other online games to shame.

wish i could say i felt the same about this point.

this risk of a faulty wheel is also very real, i just phoned PC world up and found a shop with stock and went straight there and swapped it in a few hours and had some pizza hut all you can eat deal too dont get that on the web.

i dont think its the same kind of risk, not just stealing your card details. i mean, when you go into a shop, atleast you know that shop exists and you wont get your card out unless you are going to walk out with what you purchased in your hand. but there is more external risks to shopping like that which are not necissarily the companies fault such as crime or bad employees. they both have risk, so be careful with both. sounds like a good idea to me.

i felt much more secure walking into PC world and having them price match my wheel to ebuyer though.

i prefer the LX's without the roof, but i like the UF1000 with the roof on it

in real life those cars have a cover over the seats anyway dont they so it might need that in LFS? would the passengers interfere with that

does the front wing of the F08 change downforce when its damaged, i guess by what you just said it isnt? it would be nice if it did. but could it be exploited?

i can understand the paranoia about buying online, its better to be safe than sorry. theres some pretty bad rumors going about with bogus companies and stuff. buying online is cheap, and its easy compared to hunting round the shops, but there is an element of risk there.

part of me misses my old CRT but part of me doesnt. yeah its a bit like that.

Quote from Zoltuger :

i disagree
my dad took these photos last year. turns out the driver had the traction control disabled, so when he came out of a side street he hit the tree then spun and reversed back into the post. minor damage really

http://zoltuger.orcon.net.nz/lambo/gotcha/Lambo2.jpg
http://zoltuger.orcon.net.nz/lambo/gotcha/Lambo4.jpg
http://zoltuger.orcon.net.nz/lambo/gotcha/Lambo8.jpg

look at the number plate

the side shifter has a characteristic about it, where it tends to skip a gear going up or down, ive had this on 2 wheels, I dont think its a fault or manufacturing error just the design. it can be a pain to skip up to 5th gear from 3rd sometimes, i have been thinking or swapping the gears to the paddle but sticking with that shifter still for now.

that viewer is an essential tool though

just wish i could keep remembering to turn off wire frames before i reload

Quote from jtr99 :

Good idea, but maybe take inspiration from mixing desks and have both "mute" and "solo" buttons. A solo button means you only hear that person -- would make the status of listening only to the admin a lot quicker to set up.

yes mute and solo, very good ideas. i would like to just hear text of my friend and not everyone else, as i dont want to read everything but i want to make sure i dont miss something like a friend saying Bye.

good idea

Quote from Takumi_Project.d :

pretty sure msn continues to work as usual if you maximise the lfs window, it only goes busy if lfs switches to full screen mode

yeah but the pop up box still shows during other games, its probably a glitch but it used to let me know if someone logged on or sent a message still. then i would Alt Tab and speak to them.

I will try turning off the auto busy thing and see if it has any effect.

me and a friend went down PC world and gave them a print out of ebuyer and other places price lists and they price matched it for us. 60 quid each from 99. Well worth the paper and ink and 5 minutes googling. One of the DFP was faulty, so I rang up and found out my nearest store with stock, drove there, exchanged it, and all lived happy ever after. the end.