To the guy that switched to BF1 today - again, respect the other racers m8

And as for the serv. I was really amazed tonight to see a FULL race with LRF at So unof1 rev. But also, sadly some wreckers came... I guess they only join servers with 10+ people.

Wow, am I ever glad I started this thread!

Once again thanks to all for speaking out, supporting (and coming up with)this idea

Thanks to Sam for helping

We'll see how this goes, let's hope it does get even a bit popular!
Cheers

from me for the people involved in creating this system!

Quote from AndroidXP :

Fortunately the newly formed "wrecker barricade" is a step in the right direction

What is this? I've seen it mentioned in another thread, but I don't think I came across it in LFS.

Wow. Sounds really great. Huge thanks in advance

We just had some fun races in the LFR class at So1R.

Was fun, but some people were coming and selecting cars like FXR or FOX. Most of them changed after we asked them to, so that's cool

Quote from Rappa Z :

I think we'll see some eye candy

I'm hoping we'll finally get those long awaited spinner things in the wheels illepall

I've spent some time on the server, and I have to say that the "All cars enabled" option doesn't do any good for it sadly Some racing with LX4, some with F08 and a few BF1s to kill it off

Quote from Hyperactive :

Just make a post here about the combo we are going to use and let people then find it

That's precisely NOT how I see this whole idea. What I'd like is to have a OCC Server. With time a group of people would recognize it as a great place to have some good races, on the less popular combos. This way we would have something like the good ol' Netikka server from the demo times.

If we did it like you suggest, people would get spread all over the place again - having 1, 2 people on a server.


I really think the best option would be if for example a team volunteered a serv. Call it "Odd Combo Club hosted by TeamX", so people RECOGNIZE it. (Both the OCC thing, and the team would get some credit as well).

Key word here: recognition: I'm looking for a original combo, I know I can head to the OCC serv, not just join an empty one and count endlessly on someone joining.

Guys first things first....

We need a server, then we can arrange for some more details methinks...

Quote from Tukko :

check this out: http://eirc.free.fr/

That sounds interesting to some extent but... I think LFS offers us lots of variety. We just need to take advantage of that, we don't really need to take such "extreme measures" if you will (reffering to FXR on rallycross tracks :P)

I honestly like where this is heading

An OCC server sounds great if you ask me And surely, with like 300 empty servers it shouldn't be hard to find someone willing to help us out.
This could be worth trying, I mean what harm can be done?

Quote from Becky Rose :

a server running Fox+SOC on a Monday would find itself running TBO+SOC on Tuesday and so on... This could move the busy combos about a bit

That's a good idea, but it doesn't really guarantee that people won't go to a different server to find Fox+SOC elsewhere.

I think what could be a good idea, is to kind of.. advertise servers. I mean, if a given server would be famous for a great place to find good servers, then maybe people would be more enthusiastic in joining it regardless of the combo it was running?

Here I'm moving into the issue of "branding" I guess

Anyone remember the demo times? Back then I KNEW I could count on great racing when I joined the "Nettika" server. Wow, after all these years I even still remember the name That's what I mean about branding. But with the huge amount of servers nowadays, it could be hard for one to stand out like that.

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Quote from axus :

One piece of advice - get a team and join a league.

I am in a team, I participate in leagues. But that's the problem. I DON'T WANT TO spend a whole week racing only one combo to prepare for a league race. What I'd like is to be able to take advantage of the variety that LFS offers. And spending a week on a given combo and then switching it isn't my idea of doing that.

Sometimes I wonder:
Now we have roughly 1000 people online in the evenings. Let's say that 70% of that is racing on the "mainstream" configs. If we had 10 000 people racing, then.... 7000 people would be racing GTR @ As Nat? Rough figures, but I think you get the point: would having more LFS players actually help this situation, or would it in a way make it worse. I wonder...

Last edited by szyszek, Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:30.

As the title says, I've just about had it. For some reason people think that you can only:

- race the GTR at either BL GP or AS NAT
- race the BF1 on either the oval or BL GP
- you can only drift with the LFR cars
- FOX can only be used at SO Classic.


Practically any time I go to an empty server to choose a different combo (let's say F08 @ Fe black, or AS Historic) I end up racing alone for 30 minutes waiting for someone to join.

Lately I found myself racing at the demo servers, because that's the only place where I can race the GTT with people (race, not drift). I'm HUGELY fed up with this.... sorry, but why are people so boring? Or afraid of new combos?


Come to think of it I'd rather play minesweeper than have another lap at as nat with the gtrs.

Last edited by szyszek, Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:16.

Quote from franky500 :

I have 3

But why?
A way of supporting the devs, or just some other reason I can't possibly think of?

Quote from filur :

Fraps'd on request!

A big thank you

"changing" not "changeing"... where are you from by the way?

Quote from deggis :

Close enough?

hehe..good one. Could be hard in the formulas to set the view like this. You'd be inside the car methinks

Besides, the F08 really is a beast. Check this replay. Watch me on the finish of the race (last straight only) to see just how much power and traction it has.

Seriously DO watch it. Worth recommending I found it immensly funny, and that's not easy for me

I'm not sure what you mean. For me, with the settings which I wrote before it works like this:

- the wheel ALWAYS matches the LFS wheel, regardless of the car I'm using (so if I turn it 90 degrees, the wheel in LFS is always turned 90 as well)
- the wheel IS NOT physically blocked when I reach the limit of turning (like if I turn over the 270 degrees in the MRT). This would probably be the case if I adjusted manually within the profiler for each car. To be honest, I can't be bothered

Pls do write what you think of it after

I absolutely love the F08 after the patch. To me it's like a faster, better FOX. Shame no one drives it.

To all the FOX fans: I really really encourage you to try the F08. It's a blast to drive, and trust me, it CAN really provide some very fun, CLOSE racing. Just try it

Quote from TiJay :

I need to know so I can match the lock of the DFP with the class of car I'm driving.

Set it to 900 degrees both in the Logitech Profiler and LFS. The game will automatically adjust, so you'll be able to turn 720 in the GTI and 270 in the MRT. No need to do it manually.

Last edited by szyszek, Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:22.

I watched 33 seconds of it. Ayone beat my record?