But I fail to understand why people choose to put tires behind rock solid barriers. Such tracks would be funnier/safer if there were more bales and tires used instead of barriers. Collisions with barriers are fun the first few times but in the end, we want a non-stop battle for the lead until the end without 80% of the grid unable to finish the race.
I will add in this discussion that the default setups in LFS are far from "market ready road setups".
I will also add that the 350Z can easily slide and drift when pushed hard. But I don't think you drive it on normal roads like Tiff Needell in a racetrack.
I don't know what is the best solution (more power or wings), but I think it's a pity the MRT is not event the best car in LFS in its own speciality : autocross.
Most of the time, even in the twistiest layouts, the MRT is smoked by the FOX and in a lesser extent, by the UFR. This car is useless except in monotype races.
when doing league races (all sims concerned), I use to have something to drink in those bottles made for bicycle racers (don't know how they are called in english).
I saw some insane tires deformations while racing online with the LX6 yesterday. But I don't know how realistic it is. I remember when I had my crazy driving period at 18, a friend tried to follow me on a curvy downhill but told me later he slowed down because he was scared how my tires were deforming. I had cheap and narrow tires.
TristanCliffe : your statement apply only to modern track racing.
drifting is widely used in rallying or offroad racing and is done one purpose, because it is sometimes better to loose a bit of time sliding in a corner while keeping full throttle in order to keep the engine in it's ideal powerband (especially with turbo cars) for the corner exit. It's also sometimes faster to slide the backend on purpose to do an hairpin because the setup of the car is balanced for faster corners and would induce oversteer.
I don't do drifting (ok I sometimes do it for the fun after having crossed the finish line with a regular setup) but I have nothing against it. I find perfectly sane and preferable to see both Drift servers and racing servers : it avoids misunderstandings and keeps people with the same goal togethers.
It's funny to see all you guys accusing and blaming someone to use a cracked .exe while you seem to know a lot of stuff about how the .exe was cracked, if it had a virus or not and how it was easily available.
A cracked lfs exe is not something you find while walking innocently on the street, I presume some have already used one. I personnaly never searched one thus never found one, and I'm sure you can't find a cracked exe by accident :arge:
So next time, give him a chance, ask him politely to login to the forum using his own S2 account instead of accusing him directly while some of you do not look so innocent in this case. If in this case he uses a cracked copy, he will probably reconsider the question about wether he should purchase it.
Back to the topic : I never watch my speed gauge. I have absolutely no idea of the highest speed I can reach in LFS. Mom told me to watch the road, you never know, sometimes a corner decide to appear in front of you.