looking for info on teams and how to maybe get more serious about racing this sim.

My name is Kevin West and im from Saginaw, MI USA
nick name is Kevin West
User name devotid
IMAC 2.8mhz running bootcamp 50-60fps
2600 pro HD
logictech diving pro (PS3)
full cockpit with all the goodies (post pic later)
Im 30 years old and own a small skateboard manufacturing company here in the states. www.devotid.com
Im a retired RC car racer of about 15 years that competed all over the world in many different classes of racing. I ran for a few of the "big companies" and did quite well finishing in the top 10 at nationals a few years in a row. Im fast and consistant. very wise in race theory and tuning.

i raced virtual rc for a year and never got into it. blagh!

well this LFS thing was different.....hhahaha

day 1 download demo....
day 2 S1 license
day 3 logitceh driving force wheel (PS3)
day 4 full license S2
day 5 cockpit ,racing seat, surround sound, seat rumblers
havent stopped since.

I am also a full size car painter and photoshop expert so skinning has been Way cool. i cant wait to do all of the cars with some clean scemes. the graphics are so clean looking and when you "paint" a car on photoshop, you dont have to pick paint from your cuticles for days. haha
I have only done these two attached so far but plan to do MANY MANY more.

sorry for babbling

My QUESTIONS are.....

How do i enter some bigger races? and are there any stateside timezones?

Do companies or TEAMS "pick up" guys that are fast and consistant?

How can i "help " a team besides standing on podiums? Skins? setups? building hardware(cockpits, monitors, guages, etc)? What does it consist of?

do i have to run someone elses paint scheme?

Oh and were the hell can somebody get some good tuner style racing?

i like the XFG and XFR so far.


Sorry so many questions but i couldnt find a specific area to ask so many darn Q's

Thanks for ANY info and i would love some invites to see if i really am fast or i just think so. haha

Kevin

Hi and welcome.

1) Bigger races usually mean league racing. Take a look at the League & Events section and see if you can find something you like. There are some special events (example) people do once in a while as well that generally have a higher standart of racing than pick-up servers (by higher I mean better, not necessarily faster).
Most of the online traffic happens at Europe's afternoon and night, the time we in America are generally working.

2) I don't know any company that has a LFS team. The teams are just gaming "clans", so to speak (the ones I know anyway). Sure there are some very stable and well structured teams that will provide you with plenty of servers, knowledge, etc... but they just online racing teams.
And yes they generally pick drivers based on his speed. Consistency is important as well, and I wouldn't exclude clean/fair driving and friendlyness (does that word even exist?).

3) Yes generally on the racing itself, setups and skins. Some teams are more about friendship than anything else, but they're not very common. I'm not sure about hardware, there isn't really money involved in a LFS online "career" (I think) apart from renting servers and stuff like that.

4) If you're in a team, probably.

5) Eh?

I guess you could have posted in the General Discussion forum, but not a biggie. And about the invites, try to get yourself in the servers first, and find some people you enjoy racing with. Invites will come naturally if you have the qualities.

Thanks very much for the info.

i didnt mean money or getting flow or anything like that. sorry.

this was exactly what i was looking for
thanks.

kevin

What's up! I used to skateboard back in the day. Skated with Chris Haslem when he was in Singapore, 1997. Met Bob Burnquist and some others at a demo. Oh yeah.. about series n stuff. If you like open wheel, check out our "Road to Formula 1" series at www.DarkSideRacing.net. There's a waiting list but still a good chance you could end up racing.

Time to get stoked!

Welcome to the team side of LFS, its quite the battle of the teams here! haha....Congrats on LFS!