being as you're a demo user you can't?

Yeah confirming link is dead. Could we also just have a link for the TSview proggy, i know it can be disabled, but i'd rather not install the other stuff to begin with.

i think the grille would look better with a kind of mesh or honeycomb effect... but thats just IMHO

Boost spiking. You need to use a proper electronic boost controller and external wastegate instead of using a bleed tap and fuel cut defender


Nah TBH i have no idea, networking isn't my thing :P

Corsair 4gig (2x2gig sticks) pc6400C5 - $79AUD.
Thats from a wholesaler in my area, convert that to your local currency and should be about right. i'd always go the 800mhz over the 667. as long as your mobo can handle it (must be fairly old if its using 667/800, like mine is)

i have race07/GTR Evo, not bad games just sucks most of the online servers are passworded, and usually empty. Probably the only reason i don't play it more

totally agree with that one Crashgate. And i just had a look at my FOV settings too. Only 90deg, but i'm only using a 19" CRT @ 1280x1024

Likes - i'm home from work, pay has gone in

Dislikes - Bills, that i'm so lazy i haven't started on the parts pig, that i have to go back to work again :P That the patch isn't out (i think we're all in that boat)

Credit cards also work. It automatically converts from your currency to euro (or pounds i can't remember wha they charge in) But i'm in australia so i'm assuming it can handle NZ $

thanks to the entire team, devs, families and friends We know without any of the support if these this awesome software would not exist

unnecessary. Rev the shit out of any car in LFS to build boost, then dump the clutch.

P.S. - That looks a bit like canning mills road.....

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my custom view is a bonnet cam..

sounds nothing like a 4a-ge.....sounds more like a subaru

Here's my attempt, i was aiming for the "raspy" sound the 4a-ge has with an almost open exhaust, but the idle still sounds too big (mainly being as the XRT has a 2L motor) But i think it sounds closer. See what you think..

2nd file basically has the LX4's settings copied into the XRT file, with a couple minor tweaks. I think it has a better off throttle sound than the first, but the XRT doesn't really rev as high as a proper 4A, so it won't scream like they do.
(original 4A-GE "Bluetop" rev limits @ 7600rpm in standard form, the later version of the 4A's , the 20v "blacktop" limits at 8200rpm)

something sounding like this Atlantic 4A-GE equipped MR2 with no rear panels and an open exhaust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo0bWumUFv0

Last edited by senn, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 04:27.

Quote from shurcooL :

True.

I still think they could work a little on the speed perception cues/effects, as they'd greatly help with feeling your car and how it reacts.

I guess that's a complement to the physics of LFS. They are so realistic, that we're hitting the bottleneck of visual perception/feedback as what makes it seem less realistic.

Why is it that driving 100 km/hr in the game feels a lot more like 50~ km/hr, when in real life going at 120 can easily feel "too fast"? Can this be improved?

Well it can be quite hard, altho i have found adjusting your FOV (field of view) can help a little with this. But the perception of speed (IMHO) is also kinda related to perception of danger. At the end of the day you know in the back of your mind you're sitting at a desk, so the perception of danger is low. But in a real car at 100kmh, you're fairly focussed, being as you know a mistake could kill you. So i don't know if it could be improved, i don't usually look at my speedo too much anymore, i just try judge corners etc by feel

Quote from shurcooL :

Cool, thanks.

I kinda wanted to use this finding to point out the dubious wheels-on-ice-effect I may sometimes feel (especially with road tires)... But I think that may be more related to the LFS' poor speed perception cues, rather than unrealistically skidding tires (i.e. they're fine).

Yeah LFS has to rely a bit more on the sound of skidding tyres, because you don't get that "seat of your pants" feeling you do when driving a real car, being as there are no G forces reacting on your body. It works pretty well tho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... next_from=PL&index=11

thats a race setup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKyRUbvF9Gc XRR 2 wheel action

no it would most likely understeer. for it to flip, you'd need to either get the rims to dig into the tarmac (causing a tripping effect) or to get the car swinging left and right quickly for a pendulum style effect to get the weight to move quick enough. But it can be done, its just harder with low cars than it is with 4wds. Don't be fooled by those "arab drifter" videos, what they are doing is damn dangerous with a family style car or 4wd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mFoQtpsVQA

see the way he pendulums the weight, but at a guess he's doing maybe 40-60kmh, and it still goes over

Also the XFR is renowned for wanting to flip on the low kerbs when cornering hard, it used to be worse, but has been slightly improved with the change in CoG

UNKLE - The Piano Echoes
It's pretty cliche, from the album "End titles....Stories for film"
Which was a colleciton of unreleased movie type background music, that they decided to release. IIRC it was used on the Top Gear Vietnam episode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvXj9uHgpXA

Radiohead are also good. Very good.

TF2, L4D, Fallout3, GTR Evo, Forza2, whatever latest game takes my fancy, last completed was F.E.A.R. 2.

Now waiting for Red Faction Guerilla, and L4D vs updates...

hey Vettel, that girl just took her bikini top off! *raises shovel*

just off to the right upper of centre, i cbf opening paint to circle it, but theres 3 crosses in a row, i assume that is what you're referring to....no idea why its funny tho :/

thats something that is missing nowadays, personal responsibility. If you stand right next to a race track/road where a race is taking place, odds are you might get hit. It's not the drivers, or the sports fault.

and it was only one race where spectators were killed....rally of portugal IIRC, when an RS200 left the road?

quoted from Wikipedia - Thirty-one people were injured and three were killed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_B#1986

IIRC i have heard that Group B cars were CHEAPER than current Group A cars...but i'd have to find the quote to prove that

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don't get me wrong rally drivers are still the best in the world but....its not fun to watch anymore IMHO.....too sanitized etc, but like i said thats just IMHO. Have you watched much Group B btw? its pretty spectacular even on the straights

wow 3 years for a response of .......

Quality werk.

lol the wrong country? i can't imagine that...but being in the most isolated capital city in the world helps i spose