I hate your sister for being so cool :banghead:

Have fun, and post pics/vids, k thx

The sections that show the snappy grip of the LX4, like in switchback areas... REALLY good shots imo :up:

Some crossfades are a bit too long imo, but all in all a decent quick vid

Do any of you guys make bobsledding courses in your backyard? (if you have a hill)

De la Rosa could be their only choice I think. He has previous GP experience, and has been testing for them for quite a while. Though, I've heard he will continue to be their test driver.....

I am just watching this list here to see what teams/drivers get updated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2 ... _season#Teams_and_drivers

It was quite shocking to hear Jonesy_ amazed to see snow outside his window a few days ago.....

I'm amazed to see rain

Quote from adin :

FOX a'la Peugeot 908 test ver. from Du Mans 24h race

Nice, I'll be using this, as my current theme is all black/grey

Quote from Btoryo :

Philippine FOX skin from me, my second try making a flag skin for the FOX

Looks like something that could be used in A1GP (but similar to Czech's theme ).

Quote from teaz-R :

Not for me they aren't. I suppose they're an easy way to make something rather complex looking with a bit less effort. I wouldn't call it designing though..

Yeah I know you haven't , but it is quite annoying to see people using these common vector packs that for one... aren't "free"... and secondly, like you said... not designing at all.

Last edited by Tweaker, Thu 8 Nov 2007, 23:29.

Ooops, I meant to say critics that call themselves artists.

(bold and underlined for you)

We are left with what Eric can come up with, that is what we have to live with, and based on that notion he is just about the only 'holy' developer we can rely on for our tracks. I think the S2 tracks are his worst works to date, and S1 tracks still the only worthwhile tracks to race on.

Still doesn't mean he can't make something nice that feels "real". Either way, any track he makes is added value to LFS, even if it sucks... because LFS needs more tracks --- BAD. Just as long as it isn't a new config

Quote from nihil :

Do not agree with this in the least. Stupid street? [yawn] Sounds like knee jerk reactionism to me.... Anyway this has all been discussed before: the fictional nature of LFS tr ... of the problem with them.

You're awfully misinterpreting this anyways. Have you ever seen this "Wangan" expressway?

Tell me something, would you REALLY want that in LFS? Gimme a break. Last I want to hear is something about tracks being too "linear" or some god awful attempt to review a fictional track. And lastly be spiked by some snobby "you said 'real' " policeman.

Any talented track designer can make what he pleases, it doesn't have to be "real"... especially in Live for Speed's case. I understand people really want to drive around on a "real" track in LFS (hell I'd like Laguna Seca), but I find a lot more pleasure in driving a track that nobody else knows... one that a designer takes the time in making, and creating something new for everyone. It feels very rewarding to be driving on a quality fictional track. I'd do anything to have ANY kind of track in LFS, but note.... TRACK.

This subject has gone through enough discussion from "sim scholars" (especially those who are ignorant "artists" slash critics who think they can do better and believe extremely planar GPL recreations suffice), that it just gets put down every time you try and fight it. Eric has said himself that he'd prefer leaving it to his own imagination, as it would take a lot of time and money to make a "real" location accurate.

I could come up with plenty of new and fictional track ideas, but the last thing I'd think of making is a bloody expressway to race on . That is all my point really is.

"[yawn]"

Last edited by Tweaker, Thu 8 Nov 2007, 13:05.

Quote from Dajmin :

Maybe not, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with being in a sim. It'd just be a faster version of a road track, a cross between oval and circuit.

There are a lot of things wrong with it.

The biggest reason is that Eric could spend more time on making fictional tracks, than trying to model a stupid street? Yes I'd like more tracks in LFS (it's actually the one thing that LFS needs badly atm), but I certainly do NOT want a street course such as this. Shows the least bit of creativity IMO.

Happens a lot to people that play Aston GP/Historic, and miss the turn on Aston North :doh:

Is it just me, or are vector shape packs really popular to use on skins now? Not even your own work :rolleyes:

Last edited by Tweaker, Thu 8 Nov 2007, 02:59.

What is sporty about them?

Quote from frokki :

Honestly, do you think it was a good idea to make a new thread just for this?

The guy really wants a lot of tracks in LFS

I don't ever see a real-life track being in LFS for a long time... or ever... Eric makes fictional ones, and strictly that.

I am having similar problems here. For me I have noticed it depends on how many people are on the server... so if the server has like 15 or more people online, my chances of disconnects are greater. A server filled fully will have me disconnected in about 2 minutes or so. Pretty unstable. (Not good, especially since I admin the large endurance races for MoE, and now can't do it anymore)

I have not changed any settings or anything either, and all other games don't have these problems either. Very frustrating, and I don't know what to try. I wish I could have some really indepth debugging or something, so I can watch what is happening via my router or any other kind of activity.

I'd like to think it is the latest X version of LFS, because earlier versions were never like this, but not many people have this issue as far as I can see, and I may be a bit irrational thinking LFS is to blame. However, I do believe that LFS is very poor in handling disconnects or people with a tiny bit of packet loss --- It isn't very good in keeping people connected.

Quote from Kryten :

Aw, bless him.

I'd have to say the same thing myself...

Wouldn't want to make fun of his poor english, but he sure is cool "Because Bruce Willis is suck!!!!"

However, I think this is fake somehow. Because I hear his friends or someone in the background giggling, and it looks like this guy is trying not to laugh. (at the end)

Quote from MAGGOT :

AFAIK, Smarties are only available in Canada, so this poll will be lost to most people.

lol what???? Smarties are everywhere here, and made in NJ. I don't buy the little kids pack ones too... I get MEGA Smarties

M&Ms are so-so... I'd really only like to have Peanut Butter M&Ms or Reeses Pieces.

Quote from Smurfen :

no, the grill is just a small bit of texture which tiles itself

Hmmm that sucks. Scawen must've made the texture tile now... because it used to be able to be edited fully to make a nice custom grille. Damn this 'optimization', damn it to hell!!!

Why did you put the 7 grille on the radiator texture???? :zombie:

Why not just make a proper grille, it is possible you know....

No point to use a PNG format anyways, Scawen decided to convert anything to DDS with its compression, so you really don't gain from having some other kind of format.... we'll always have crappy DDS from now on it seems (unfortuneately ).

Quote from wien :

No we're not. All skins downloaded from LFSWorld are in jpeg format and LFS then re-compresses them to a format native to the graphics card (DDS) to make loading them at run-time faster.

Only reason LFSW still accepts JPG is for ease of transfer and storage. Filesize can be much lower. LFSW wont magically upgrade to super high filesize skins guys :doh:... Victor has sad these things cost money...

Last edited by Tweaker, Sun 4 Nov 2007, 05:33.

It's like he is running on a very hard rubber tire, at high pressure, or the thing is also made of plastic :zombie:

Quote from duke_toaster :

For challenge rather than sheer length I've always preferred Sears Point

I fun track sure, but a true challenge is memorizing 50-100 or more corners on these kinds of tracks..... Or in Targa's case, 900 corners (1 lap = 44 miles)?

This doesn't look like anything special.

I'd rather have hopes for Pescara or Targa Florio back.... or something similar. Those are the only tracks that could compare or at least dominate Nordschleife's superiority.

Hmmm Lewis did say he was coming over here to the states after the season was over, so this might be one reason why. Wish I was working at EA (only 15 mins away), I'd probably get to go seem him .

Hell if he did smile on the front cover, they'd need to photoshop the gap in his front teeth!!!

Stick to Tiger Woods, EA.

Quote from SamH :

Our American friends probably don't realise how difficult it is to get a personalised "cherished" plate in the UK. It's not at all as easy as it is in the US.

In Chicago, I had "EE BY GUM". I just had to declare that it wasn't a swearword in a foreign language

It isn't easy here either really, we have the same declaration thing, and pay a ridiculous annual fee for anything custom. And it takes a LONG time until you get the plate.

There is a HUGE master list of the unaccepted/unacceptable plates on a government site somewhere... forget.

This is the most requested plate:

Last edited by Tweaker, Wed 31 Oct 2007, 10:17.