With at least 2 women going to be competing in the new FIA Formula-E championship, along with 6 ex F1 drivers, and some other very well known and talented drivers (Formula E Team/Driver List), this may be a good test of gender v talent.

If the women can prove themselves at least the equal of, against the better known men, then maybe they'll end up in some F1 team. And if they do that, their places will at least be warranted, and hopefully, less chauvinistic comments will be made.

Having read this thread off and on since it was started, not sure it's really going anywhere now, and is probably unfeasible (programming wise) to address.

The problem with illicit/improper/immoral/unauthorised copying of setups is exactly same issue some people have with their original Autocross and track layouts and/or car and helmet skin designs being copied.

In a slightly different way, it could probably be argued that its the same for some InSim overlays (text, graphics, tables, etc), in that an idea can be implemented by someone, another programmer sees it and if they like it, make their own code to do something similar.

The correct answer to setup, layout and skin stealing is a moral one;
just because you know a way to get them, doesn't mean you have to.

In my view, its much better and satisfying to share.

LFS has given me a lot of fun and satisfaction over a lot of years, and part of that satisfaction has been due to a lot of people who have been willing to share things with me, whether that be ideas, advice, sets, layouts, driving tips , programming tips, as well as non LFS things, and also me being able to contribute a small insignificant part to the LFS experience too, whether that be my own sets, layouts and LFSLapper insim programming.

Quote from scania :

+1000000

Or something like HERE that has large carpark, offroad area and a stadium for RoC all combined.

Quote from hereticlohani :

Can someone please confirm if they're having minimizing problems in LFS under win7-64? Is Alt+Tab working as usual after multiplayer update prompt?

Mine's working properly after update.

Only problem I had was a silly one on my part; I've been getting into the habit of renaming all my LFS.exe files based on their update letters/numbers, e.g. LFS_6E17.exe, LFS_6E18.exe, etc, on both desktop and taskbar, and although I updated to version 6F, the 6E18 version was still in my LFS folder, and was being used when using desktop or taskbar shortcuts, and then when LFS opened up, going thru the update prompt routine.

Only took me going thru the update prompt routine 4 times before I realised how thick I was!

With the Westhill updates, looks like the New Open Track Configurations (Track maps and layouts) post in the AutoX Layout sections will need updating soon.

Quote from Yisc[NL] :

I have said it a couple of times lately.
Download LFS Lapper, unzip de file, set the correct insim port and password and connect it to your LFS server (works even locally on your PC).
The start coding in that environment and see that it isn't too difficult to build a simple cruise system.
When you really get stuck, there's always this forum to show your code and ask for help.
It will save you all the trouble of having to code the whole insim protocol and the Lapper environment is flexible enough to coop with a cruise add-on.

With an i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, with 12Gb RAM, 1.5Gb GPU, running LFS on 64bit Win7, with all LFS display settings maxed out, including mirrors, I haven't noticed any graphical or other problems in any of the recent test patches.

Unfortunately, I can't test the 3D effects as I don't have any of the necessary hardware or better than a cheap 60Hz monitor.

I've put the Clockwise version of this layout on my server (as at 23/06/14), and with over 100 recorded timed laps, here are the current posted top times;

Fastest Times

CAR - TIME (*) - DRIVER
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UF1 - 1:17.52 (1:18.49) - [BOT]
XFG - 1:14.67 (1.16.22) - [BOT]
XRG - 1:15.57 (1.16.67) - [BOT]
XRT - 1:10.67 (1.11.67) - [BOT]
RB4 - 1:08.56 (01:09.95) - ineX M.Wentjarvi
FXO - 1:09.78 (01:10.73) - [BOT]
RAC - 1:09.65 (01:12.13) - ineX M.Wentjarvi
FZ5 - 1:09.95 (01:11.17) - ineX M.Wentjarvi
LX4 - 1:09.73 (1.10.64) - ineX M.Wentjarvi
LX6 - 1:08.42 (01:09.98) - ineX M.Wentjarvi
MRT - 1:02.00 (01:02.88) - ineX M.Wentjarvi
UFR - 1:01.46 (01:02.87) - ineX M.Wentjarvi
XFR - 1:02.49 (01:03.74) - ineX M.Wentjarvi
FBM - 0:57.99 (0:58.38) - ineX M.Wentjarvi
FOX - 0:55.49 (00:55.97) - Js
FXR - 0:57.30 (00:59.10) - ineX M.Wentjarvi
XRR - 0:58.21 (01:00.20) - ineX M.Wentjarvi
FZR - 0:57.88 (01:01.10) - ineX M.Wentjarvi
FO8 - 0:54.56 (00:57.18) - ineX M.Wentjarvi
BF1 - 0:51.08 (00:52.25) - LLM.P.Kulijewicz

* Fastest Anti-clockwise time recorded on server [all drivers] - times in RED are faster than achieved in anti clockwise direction

Top Drift score

10,413 - XRT - B.U.G Mafia

Layout
I've made some small changes to layout, mainly cosmetic, including recontouring inside wall of 1st turn, but also moving splits slightly, so copy amended layout file attached.
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Last edited by sinanju, Sun 29 Jun 2014, 20:20. Reason : Added additional laptimes / score

Same original layout, but different route - 7th.

This is the last

Same original layout, but different route - 6th.

This is almost the last - I've now put all the routes available for this layout together in the first post.

Last edited by sinanju, Thu 19 Jun 2014, 22:55.

Same original layout, but different route - 5th.

SSC4
Similar AU1 AutoX basic layout to Street Circuits 1, 2 and 3, but yet again, a different route.

SSC4a
As SSC4 but added additional ramps (to make it harder to control car under braking for a left turn)
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Similar AU1 AutoX basic layout to Street Circuits 1 and 2, but yet again, a different route.
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Similar AU1 AutoX basic layout, but different route.
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Maybe try this link in the forum HERE to get you started in right direction?

I've put layout SSC1 on my server (Sin'rs), and with over a 150 recorded timed laps, here are the top current posted times for each car type -

UF1 .. 0:59.71 .. BOT
XFG .. 0:57.31 .. BOT
XRG .. 0:58.74 .. BOT
XRT .. 0:53.66 .. BOT
RB4 .. 0:51.74 .. BOT
FXO .. 0:53.72 .. BOT
RAC .. 0:52.19 .. BOT
FZ5 .. 0:52.25 .. BOT
LX4 .. 0:51.44 .. Js
LX6 .. 0:51.41 .. BOT
MRT ..0:48.50 .. BOT
UFR .. 0:47.95 .. [RDSR] Frozen
XFR .. 0:47.65 .. [RDSR] Frozen
FBM .. 0:44.98 .. [MRc]Niko.H
FOX .. 0:42.65 .. Js
FXR .. 0:43.40 .. [PL] =PaViu=
XRR .. 0:46.45 .. .Steve.
FZR .. 0:47.06 .. [><]Sinanju
FO8 .. 0:42.24 .. [PL] =PaViu=
BF1 .. 0:39.56 .. [RDSR] Frozen
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Last edited by sinanju, Fri 20 Jun 2014, 11:56. Reason : Updating times and drivers

Quote from k_badam :

looks very good but could you make it without barriers

Would be time consuming to convert to lines, tyres, bales, cones or whatever else you have in mind, but you can download it and do it if you feel up to the task. The hard work's already done; all you need to do is replace barriers with whatever you feel appropriate.

Quote from k_badam :

P.S. when will this be on your server?

It's on now, with about 20 times recorded so far.

Altered one of my old layouts that I originally made to teach my son to drive, so that it can now be used as a street circuit.

I have made 7 different routes, with additional ramps on one of the routes (SCC4) so there are 2 layout choices for that route.

Includes some ramps and speed bumps to simulate bumps, potholes and sleeping policemen.

Rough promo on YouTube HERE for Circuit 1.
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All 7 routes are now in zip file - Note: some of the routes have been 'tidied' up a little and these are the ones in the zip file.

Last edited by sinanju, Thu 19 Jun 2014, 23:02.

I've put the Anti clockwise layout on my server (Sin'rs), and with over a 100 recorded laps, here are the current posted top times -

UF1 - 1:18.49 - [BOT]
XFG - 1.16.22 - [BOT]
XRG - 1.16.67 - [BOT]
XRT - 1.11.67 - [BOT]
RB4 - 01:09.95 - [BOT]
FXO - 01:10.73 - [BOT]
RAC - 01:12.13 - [BOT]
FZ5 - 01:11.17 - [BOT]
LX4 - 01:10.64 - [BOT]
LX6 - 01:09.98 - [BOT]
MRT - 01:02.88 - [BOT]
UFR - 01:02.87 - [BOT]
XFR - 01:03.74 - [BOT]
FBM - 00:58.38 - [MRc]Nico.H
FOX - 00:55.97 - Js
FXR - 00:59.10 - [><]Sinanju
XRR - 01:00.20 - v\xaxax123
FZR - 01:01.10 - [><]Sinanju
FO8 - 00:57.18 - [><]Sinanju
BF1 - 00:52.25 - Everybody

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Last edited by sinanju, Fri 13 Jun 2014, 19:24.

AutoX layout, which has very few straight lines in the track perimeter, but because the track is approx. 12m wide, there are a few places where you can go in a straight line for a bit.

Might be hard work for any keyboard racers though.

And couple of corners may be bit to sharp to make it a good drifting course.

Made 2 versions of same layout; one clockwise, and other anti-clockwise.

Will be putting on my server shortly (just got a bit of work to do on my Insim first - mainly putting in some speedtraps), but once I've got some times on the board, will load guide lap times.

Maybe better idea would be this?

You can download copy of version 6.013b here.

Look for file called addonsused.lpr

Open in text editor (Notepad, etc), and add the line

include( "./radartrap.lpr");

Save and close. Line can be added on any blank line.

Download and unzip attached radartrap file, and save into same directory where you found the addonused.lpr file (in later version of lapper, the file is already there, but I couldn't find it online). Should be in the /includes directory.

If you open the radartrap file up, you will see a selection of tracks that already have some details input.

For instance
RegisterNodeAction( "BL1" , 86 , RadarTrap2,"" );

This tells lapper to show the speed when car reaches Node 86 at Blackwood (BL1).

If you want to add your own for Blackwood, you would drive to the point on the track you want the speed trap to be, type !node, then add a line, such as
RegisterNodeAction( "BL1" , 125 , RadarTrap3,"" );

As there are already 2 nodes recorded, the 3rd becomes RadarTrap3. If you want more speed traps, increment the number (you should easily get a dozen).

If you want to use zones rather than nodes (for instance, on an AutoX are, where there are no nodes), you would drive to point you want speed trap to be, type !zone, then add the following line

RegisterZoneAction( "BL1" , -43,328, 1 , RadarTrap3,"" );

So this would be a 1m circular zone (you could change to 2 or 3 meters if you wanted - just change number to suit) located at -43,328 (x,y coordinates) at BL1.

If you get an error while inputting !node or !zone about not being admin, then look for files called admin.txt and superusers.txt, open them and add your username before saving and closing.

If there's anything in lapper you don't want to use - you can easily customise and make it a lite version - see HERE.

It's all customisable, so if you want to move things about or change colours, its very straightforward.

Good luck.

LFSLapper ('lapper') has an optional extra called "Radar Trap", which if you enable, you can add your own track 'nodes' (as described above) or 'zones', which are specific areas of the track.

Lapper has simple command to find the node or zone you are in - just type !node or !zone as applicable, and add these details to the small radartrap file.

To see it in use, I have various zones set up within my server layout (at Sin'rs), which apart from showing current speed, also shows if you are faster or slower than previous fastest recorded speed within the trap.

For your home pc;

Open the default directory of LFSLapper
Add your username (not nickname) into both the superuser.txt and admin.txt files
Open the default_1.ini file, and change password to suit
Start LFS
Choose Multiplayer option
Choose Start new host option
Choose visibility as local, give the host any name you want, and Host password should match what you used in 9
GO (bottom right of screen)
In next screen (track/car choice, etc), type /Insim 29999
Now go into your LFSLapper \default directory
Click/double click LFSLapper.exe to run program

If all working fine, then the command window will just show > sympbol, and your lfs window will show Insim - TCP - LFSLapper, etc.

If it runs, then at least your LFSLapper files are all setup and working fine.

Just had a look at my online hosting server ports etc -
there is
ip address and port set up for LFS
separate ip address and port set up for LFSLapper

Opening my LFSServer.cfg file in my LFSLapper directory, the 'Remote Port' is shown to be the port for LFSLapper. However, the next (last) line (that starts DEF1|gr1|) has the same ip address, but a totally different port to the LFS and LFSLapper ports. Maybe your provider needs to do something differently?

You could also look at this post HERE.

I made some flags (HERE) - may be possible to attach a sub-routine to them so they do something.

Would that count?

Copy of LFSLapper Cruise Addon Version 10.11.9.0 by T3charmy as requested via PM, as file no longer available on dropbox.