Well, this is my second skin, my attempt at replicating the classic. Nothing special, clean and simple.

Tell me what you think

Skin:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5279/xfgprokitcopykn1.jpg

Totally agreed, I would love to see some more detailed stats of my performance after the race, like a debriefing type of thing. One other thing missing is the sector times (i.e. split2 minus split1), they are a good indicator. Also, maybe a speedtrap which will capture your max speed at the end of the straight or at the finish line.

my $0.02

Quote from Stang70Fastback :

I've never had that issue in LFS. As long as you are just a BIT easy on letting in the clutch, I've never had issues with locking the wheels. I don't even match the gears. I know that's bad, but I'm not overheating the clutch, so I guess its okay, lol. All it does it make the rear end a bit squirmy, but it really helps with the braking.

Maybe, i will give it a try By the way, my perspective is lower-range tintop cars, where the breaking distance is significantly longer than say FBW.. Sou you virtually always have enough time to downshift through all gears.

Well, I've tried doing both, but I find skipping gears much harder, because you have to be extremely precise with RPM matching, otherwise you are going to lock the driven wheels. So whatever works best for you

As for me, i'm far from being a pro, I myselft started heel-n-toeing only a short while ago, but it has its benefits. Also, you can first practise it without actually braking. Go to ky-oval, and drive at some constant speed, and try to shift up and down without jerking the car. F button hels a lot Say @80 km/h you should be shifting between 2nd and 3rd.

Well, now that you have got yourself a G25 you can downshift like real racing drivers do: heel and toe. The trick is matching the rpm of the engine to the rpm of the gearbox before you let go of the clutch. This is done by quickly "blipping" the throttle with the heel or side of your right foot as you brake. This technique allows you to downshift without putting additional breaking force on the driven wheels, that way you dont disturb the balance of the car. You need to do it for every gear, so if you are in 5th, and corner exit is in 3rd gear you will need to repeat the process twice. That way you can easily keep track of your gears and always be in the right gear at any given speed, giving you instant power for an evasive maneuvere.

Google it if interested, there is a lot of material on it.

Here are a couple of links on heel-and-toe:
http://www.drivingfast.net/car_control/heel_and_toe.htm
http://videos.streetfire.net/v ... c11-8a2f-80db3f41d4d1.htm

Also, g25 pedals are not very well suited for this technique, due to their pedal positioning. There is a relatively effective and really cheap solution to this problem, that can be found here:
http://videos.streetfire.net/v ... c11-8a2f-80db3f41d4d1.htm

Hope all that helps

Quote from wsinda :

I'm not sure what you mean here. When I look at the cursor mode in F1PerfView, I see several differences with LRA:

• You see the X and Y values at the cursor. (Note: LRA also has these values, but in a different way. The Y value is in the Legend pane, the X value is in the track map pane. There is also the "Tooltips" option.)

Which of these would you like for LRA?

That's what I was looking for, sorry for the confusion. Still maybe something like this in cursor mode? The tooltip box will still hover under the mouse pointer. Hope I'm not too annoying

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/4610/cursoron3.jpg

Last edited by xtm, Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:17.

A fantastic tool, great intuitive interface, clear graphs and love the pedals indicators )

One thing I would like to see implemented though is a Cursor Mode, similar to F1perfview. At the moment you have to move your mouse to the precise point on the graph to get it's coordinates, whereas in f1perfview you only need to move it along the x-axis and it automatically tracks the values for you. See screenshot for details

Another option that could be added is to show min/max values on the graph.

Anyways, a great, great tool, now I have an idea how to shave a second of my lap.
Hope all that didn't sound like a whine

Screenshot:
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5223/trackersv4.jpg

I would recommend practicing in XFG to get the overall feel of the game first and learn the tracks, then move on to XRG and XRT, and after that you should be pretty confident GTR cars might be just a bit too hardcore for 1st car

The first car you learned to drive in the real world wasn't a 500bhp slick monster, was it?

Quote from Chrisuu01 :

I also like it it looks realy clean and nice
not as good as mine thow

Yours is a bit too pink for me

Quote from mickyc30 :

great job for a first! keep up the good work, soon you will be a pro lol

thank you

This is my first attemt at skinning, would be glad to know what you guys think of it

Preview:

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1465/57207440yj4.jpg
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7486/91128825sm9.jpg
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7224/40575627uk5.jpg

Actual skin:

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/3659/skincm6.jpg

Ow yeah, if anyone would like to use this skin, I can upload a version without my name and flag

"xtm
S2 licensed
Join Date: May 2003"

Wow, I didn't realise it was THAT long ago Thanx for the welcome, Inouva

Hi everyone!
I first tried LFS a long time ago, (1 track and 3 cars, remember? but did not get to play it seriously up until now, so I can be considered a beginner.
So Here I come :P