I'm in I like it and am sure we will adapt to the changes we don't like or they will be dealt with in time by bthe devs.
Thanks guys great patch!!!!

Quote from axus :

You might want to divide your list with transmission types rather than car types. And, for the FBM, what you are meant to do is "put pressure" on the upshift lever. That is, pull the paddle or lever and hold it there. When you lift the throttle momentarily, the car will pop into the next gear almost instantly. Then you can release the paddle/lever and get back on the gas.

Not on my wheel!! There is no inbetween. You either shift or don't shift. And you have to lift on almost all the cars to shift.

Quote from mrodgers :

Throttle blipping is no different than we've been doing it for years, those of us who have been doing it manually. Either you can left foot brake so you have your right foot to do as you please, or you heel-toe like those with a clutch must do. It's simple.

Yes, it is difficult to heel-toe, but you state DFP. What is so difficult about left-foot braking and blipping the throttle with your right foot? I as well as many many others have been doing it for years. Surely you haven't been braking with your right foot with only 2 pedals....

Those of us who are new with a clutch pedal are the ones who should be having difficulties. I can't believe how difficult it is to brake and downshift while blipping the throttle. Heel-toe shifting is taking all my concentration and leaving me with missing and over running my braking points as well as with brake lockup and trips into the sand.

I know how to heal toe with a clutch and can do it in a real car...But I don't have a clutch peddle so I need the auto clutch enabled.
The problem is there is no way to blip the throttle with auto clutch when downshifting. There isn't enought neutral time in the shift after you depress the paddle shifter to blip anything. If you keep your foot on the floor the throttle dosen't even register it.

How are others finding this?

Quote from tailing :

Honestly if your having problems then your doing something wrong. I just spent another couple hours racing the bmw online and the clutch is coolest at the end of the race and this is pushing hard. The only time I've got it to slip was when deliberately abusing it just to test what some of you are saying.
I've used a clutch in LFS for a long time and it's finally just about right, coupled with the other engine/gear shifting improvements this patch has lifted the level in terms of realistic racing in LFS

We didn't have any problems with this car either. But some of the other cars we did. The UFR seems to be the easiest to overheat. Once your on the road to overheating you have to baby the car to get it back.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

You didn't include any cruise server categories, like "Most Worryingly-Enthusiastic Authoritative Role-Playing LFS Cop-Type Driver" or "Lowest IQ".

Finally something we can agree on
Great idea

Quote from anttt69 :

gratz, but i think u guys need to re-name this section of the forum to the HR Team forum.

Welcome aboard!
You must have used the wrong search engine. (Your supposed to use GOOGLE not BOOGLE) You typed in the best LFS team and came up with a bunch of misfits instead
Good for us though!!
See ya later EH!

Be honest everyone we picked him for his avatar
And maybe because he beat us up and stole all our lunch money!! Big Meenie

Welcome aboard the Mothership m8

We here at [HR] like to go comando!
For those of you who don't know this saying... it meens we don't wear underwear

We like to feel the wind through our hair and .........

Now I think I get it.

Quote from Bob Smith :

With any setting, if the turns on your actual wheel are the same as the ingame wheel, then it will do nothing. It is a more intelligent solution than the non-linearity setting (SCR) that mouse drivers have.

At a setting of 0.0, your wheel always translates linearly to the ingame wheel, but the rotation of your wheel could be completely different to the ingame wheel (i.e. turns lock-to-lock).

At a setting of 1.0, if you have more lock on your actual wheel, the response will stay linear but speed up so that when you have turned as far as the ingame wheel can go, the extra turn on your actual wheel does nothing. If you have less lock than what the ingame wheel has, then at the centre position, the sensitivity will be reduced so that it appears that you really had enough lock, but as you apply lock, the steering works in a non-linear fashion so that both wheels reach maximum lock at the same time.

Clear? :S

Sorry no it isn't clear. Can you dumb it down anymore?

Quote from danowat :

Hmmm.....dunno TBH, whatever the standard setting is.

What (in VERY simple terms) does Wheel comp do?

I don't have a clue either Danowat. Could someone explain this please. In very simple language for us.

Its OK Sam as long as your getting some!!

Looking forward to having tonnes of fun with [HR]Racing.
See you all on the track, Hopefully behind me

I've had some crashes too. Very random though, once every other week or so. My computer plays the last sec of sound for infinity or until I press esc. key. Is there anyway to get a report about why it crashes or somewhere to send a dump like microsoft or something?
By the way I am in no way comparing LFS programing to Microsoft! I wouldn't degrade it so.
Any help or tips would be much appreciated.

I complained to my ISP for so long they checked my line all was good, I replaced all cabling in the house still had problem, finally replaced the old Modem they had given me and now all is going good. I've had two days of dissconnect free racing!!! I'll let you know if it continues.

SOLVED: My modem/Router was the problem replaced it and all is well!!!!!! Hope you all get yours fixed too.

Last edited by Toddshooter, Sun 18 Nov 2007, 12:24.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

OK, here's how I feel about the tracks:

BL GP: Straight is too long, corners all too similar.
BL RallyX: OK, reverse is annoying because everybody cuts T1.

FE Club: Useless. Too small.
FE Green: Gay chicanes.
FE Gold: OK-ish.
FE Black: Too long, too re-used, but doesn't matter because nobody ever uses it anyway.
FE RallyX: Alright.
FE RallyX Green: Gayishly small.

SO Classic: 3 corners - oval in disguise.
SO Sprint 1: Needs pits due to gay kerbs.
SO Sprint 2: Alright.
SO Town: Alright.
SO Long: Alright.

AS Cadet: Surprisingly not bad-ish.
AS Club: 3 corners - another oval circuit.
AS National: 20 miles long and not enough corners.
AS GP/Historic: One track masquerading as two.
AS GT: Reverse makes it slightly interesting.
AS North: Cuts out most of the gayest parts of National/GP/Historic, making it the best circuit at Aston.

KY Oval: 3 corners. As wide as it is long.
KY National: Most corners flat out in most cars, then made even less interesting by the long boring oval bit.
KY GP: I don't think I've ever done a race there so it might as well not exist.

Westhill: Quite interesting.

There. Hopefully that will help explain how people can be bored of certain circuits. I wish I was more easily entertained, I really do.

WOW can you say HOMOPHOBE three times fast?

I don't have a problem with not having that many improvements. I really don't pay that much attention to the trees and tracks and the graphics. I have to turn them all down anyway because of my computer.
My fun comes from the racing! Battling it out with the other racers is what keeps me coming back day after day. The personalities of the people are what makes it interesting more than anything else. I don't even have time to worry about if things could be improved. Before this game I was one of the gamers that had a few games on the go at all times. Since I've started playing LFS I haven't played anything else.
Hope to see you all on the track!

Now I know what to get my wife for Christmas. Big black army boots to wear to bed!!

I have been trying to find the same thing. My problem is when I'm racing I don't want to have to look down to press control+F1 or any other combination. It takes to much time. Can we assign a one key press for messages instead of two keys?

edit: I know how to change what the keys say. What I want to find out is if you can press one key: say the "Q" key and get the "Sorry" message to appear?
If anyone knows the answer please let me know.

Last edited by Toddshooter, Wed 14 Nov 2007, 21:20.

I agree +1

Quote from z3r0c00l :

you suck at graphics? blimey.

I suck at setups Everything else in life I'm the absolute best at!!

Quote from Ball Bearing Turbo :

Well the waiting part is right anyway. We used to have good discussions about lots of different topics but everything's been beaten to death over and over because there really isn't anything to talk about with LFS for now, which is why these threads keep coming up.

Is LFS great? Yes, physics wise.
Is it taking eons? Yes
Can anyone change that? No
Do I have a right to talk about it? Fundamentally yes; but based on this forum, no.

I for one:

A: haven't been here that long. So its mostly new to me
B: Like to hear everyones veiwpoint
C:Fu*&ing love this game. Mostly for the competition, not the graphics, or physics, or tweaking setups(because I suck at it!)

Quote from greg_slideways :

so that you can know when someone is next to you...it will decrease crashers....Like nascar..

This is what the look left and right buttons on your steering wheel are for right?

I don't want them to finish developing!! When and if they do all the people that want the latest and greatest will disappear very quickly, just like every other game out there:-( Then you will see the fan base disappear I think. There will always be a core community but all the hangers on that need new all the time will go! The way it is now keeps everyone coming back and waiting and disscussing and disscussing and disscussing!!!!!