they seem heavy and solid but whenver i see those white "advertising" type boards at the side of the track on a race on tv they are made of polystyrene and just disintegrate on contact.

what do you think?

ok ill give you the example that i am thinking of when i said that.

i downloaded the AS nat setup from team inferno which was great cos i was in the lead bunch until i made a mistake or two which would send me to the back

the server i joined was a 7 lapper on AS nat standard, it felt like a long track and with a nice careful race with limited mistakes, by lap 6 or 7 my tyre wear is just creeping in to affect my corners.

the insides of the two front wheels are bright red, and i started noticing that the inside tyre wall was bright red after the first 1 or 2 laps. They hold out for the full race length but i couldnt drive without the tyre monitor on and fear of a puncture (which never actually happened). i think it was affecting my lap times.

i knew that maybe the setup is not for 7 lap races, maybe a 5 lapper would be perfect but its good to know how to adjust it for that extra lap or two.

i have already loosened the suspension a bit, well i think i did! i made the anti roll bars a tiny bit looser and rebound damping a touch softer. it felt like the car did have a tendancy to "hop" about on the road and things like the 3rd gear chicane it felt like the car was bouncing round the corners a bit.

maybe i adjusted the wrong things first, i might redownload it and try again starting at those things first

edit: oh yeah if i adjust the camber of the front wheels does it affect my braking much, AS nat has some long straight parts which go into tight 2nd gear corners so i need to shave tonnes of speed off in places

Last edited by richy, Tue 21 Feb 2006, 16:28.

my favourite car is the XF GTR and the UFR too but i like the XF GTR a little bit more for its hot hatch feeling.

i find myself constantly thinking of tyre wear in every corner, and it makes your heart sink to see the little puffs of smoke from a lock up.

ive got some fast setups that i use, downloaded and received in the game and i usually tweak them about a bit to suit my braking, because i find that really wears those tyres out fast.

Can i take a setup that has S2 tyres on it, and just swap it straight to S3 or S4? will it completely unbalance the setup ive got?

if i find the setup is wearing the tyres down too quick, other than driving style, whats the best tweak that can be adjusted to save tyres without having to completely mess up the setup??

Quote from mrodgers :

With this comment, I think that you are finally getting into the spirit of the forum side of LFS . Made me chuckle a bit.

@Clownpaint, I don't like "grippers" either, but you won't stop me from saying draft or drafting :haha: . So, what would you call "bumpdrafting"? Bumpslipstreaming? Or just plain hitting?

You think straitaway is bad, why the heck do we park in the driveway and drive on the parkway? Even me as an american can't figure out us americans, LOL. At least we park our cars in a "parking lot" rather than what I would think was a place to have fun in a "car park" (which a "park" over here would have swingsets, sliding boards, and monkeybars for the kids to play on).

jello or jelly, hood or bonnet? bumper or fender, highway or motorway, gas or petrol, potayto or potarto?

cool i got the response i fished for.

i thought it was 1 for a single player replay (.spr) and if you are online you do 2 for a multiplayer replay (.mpr) ?

sometimes i get the message "replay is not being recorded" i dont think you can do replays from practice mode or qualifying? i dont know i got a bit confused by it but somehow it worked.

who knows!!

Quote from th84 :

come on now richy... its getting quite old now!!

you never know, this is a hot kitchen and if you want to stand the heat here you need something more than any human body can bear. LFS doesnt need engines fires, theres plenty to get burned by already. illepall don your racing suit before racing and coming to the forums.

that is a joke but theres a point there.

it would be nice if you had a lights on/off toggle too, if only for visibility in other people rear view mirrors (it would also look good).

ok im putting on my flame protective clothing now...

Quote from WGooden :

youre from shitwhore?

that may be a place in the US but in the UK he would be from sc.unthorpe. really is that called for?

you people make me sick sometimes.

and you say i chat rubbish?

so you cant drift then george, na me either.

please read more?

edit: oh i see, you was giving an example of a noob, my bad.

Last edited by richy, Mon 20 Feb 2006, 05:45.

do those wr setups shred tyres a lot faster than a race setup?

hahaha yeah something like that ..

... what about if your pit crew used the same suit skin as your driver has but have those cool looking storm trooper type helmets with mirrored visors.

i think F2 slows it down and F3 speeds it up...

what do you think about tyres being blown from heavy impacts on the wall?

so you hit a wall and broke a bit of suspension. if you hit it a bit harder than that was at, a tyre is blown too?

it would make a hard impact on a wall have a bit of an affect on your car and would only happen rarely, i bet most of you guys never brake suspension anymore so it would be rare occurance.

edit: also it may suit the graphics a bit if the wheel is buckled from the impact? it looks odd sometimes when a car had a dented corner but the wheel is ok...

Last edited by richy, Sun 19 Feb 2006, 19:39.

the barriers have a pinball table feel to them, the concrete walls feel solid, if you hit them in 6th gear youll go flying but usually feel solid enough.

it feels like those barriers and certain things ping you back like a bumper in pinball just a fraction too much? maybe off the cars too?

is that the springs you meant, or is it caused by the springs on the car???

would you guys mind using a specific pit box? has that ever been mentioned before, does it add a little extra "thing" for you to do while racing or just make it a pain and more confusion as to what goes on, or are certain pit boxes considered better than others?

ive been racing AI players and hotlapping offline, the game is still fun for me as far as racing goes, and its hard to pass like 8 AI players cleanly but its easy to get away from the pack once out in front.

i understand that there is still much to be added with sounds, i just wondered if anyone had mentioned this before or what people thought on it.

could you have it so the rims of the wheels grip more, or, if one tyre goes it jerks the wheel to the side it blew from so you get those spectacular blow outs where the car loses control instantly? maybe it works under load, so if the tyre is on a massive load and it pops at that moment it makes a bigger effect?

the whole tyre flapping in the wheel arch idea sounds good to me, could it be modelled to make the car sounds bang and make the cockpit "wobble" to make it feel like you got loose tyre in there?

is that getting too detailed to really matter?

pointless or could be good? or too hard to do?

is there one already there, it seems silent when i get a puncture and i find out by checking tyre wear screen or by the handling, there is the sound of the car rubbing on the floor. but this guy in the game was saying "i think i broke my suspension under braking".

should there be a sound? would it be nice if there was a more forceful pop at high speed? discuss?

i think any of those boxes can be used as a pit to stop in, and im guessing its random what pit it sends you out of?

im sure its just trivial but it would be nice to have a pit thats yours? would it cause problems like blocking the pit or something?

even if its setup it so whatever pit you started at it put your skin on the front just so you can stop there if you wish to? but its not any different to what it is now? i dont know

Last edited by richy, Sun 19 Feb 2006, 14:10.

im not sure if this has been covered before but while i was skinning my car and testing it, i thought that it would be nice if you could skin the top sponsor board of the pit, so you know which pit is yours and you can pull in there and stop there and know youll be starting from there again. you could match it to your suit and helmet colours or car colours etc.

oh well its just an idea, flame away.

this is the beginners section, if you want to come here and make jokes about beginners then thats your fault, if you find that people get pissed off then dont be surprised.

funnybear, i dont need encouragement because you give out too much already.

how about you explain it

Quote from Alan Wright :

The [noobs] COW is currently at Aston Cadet.
Your stats show 57 laps with the LX4 and 6 with the FXO.
Of course you would need to restart immediately as you don't need any more practice.

what you said confused me