Hi,

First off, I'm a newbie so excuse my ignorance.

I have been practising a fair bit with an FXO and a decent setup I got from setupgrid.net. So after deciding to take the plunge into multiplayer I find that a lot of servers don't allow FXO or it says that I have to be in S1 Mode. I have the S1 License but I can't find where I have to go to choose that mode.

Can anybody help out?

Thanks

Hi.

Since you've been practising with the FXO it shows that you have already unlocked S1. However, you can check it in the LFS entry screen: it'll read S1 licence: BobBCN

One S1 host where you can race the FXO is "Cargame.nl S1".

Try joining that host and see if everything is ok.

With a S1 licence you should be able to connect and drive in S1 and demo hosts. In the hosts page, you'll see S2 hosts, but you wont be able to connect; I think the message reads "host is S2".

I tried Cargame.nl S1 but there's a kind of rank thing so you have to start on XFG or XFG and get points - which I suppose you do by participating.

With other servers, I still get the S1 mode message even though I have unlocked it!

Maybe I should stick with the cars which are available for now and see what happens when I have more laps under my belt.

Thanks for the answer silverracer!

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I tried Cargame.nl S1 but there's a kind of rank thing so you have to start on XFG or XFG and get points - which I suppose you do by participating.

Yes, that particular server has a ranking system that lets you advance from "low class" cars up to higher levels. If you put some time into it you will soon find yourself driving the car you want. It's fun, educational and rewarding. Usually fine people there too, that are willing to help and support. Good luck!

Thanks Ingolf.
Just been on it at the moment - FE Club track.
Still outside laptime for stats though!!

I was Cargame.nl S1 again this morning with XFG in the South City Chicane Route. Well, I managed laps about 2 seconds slower than the lap which gets you into server stats (something like that anyway). I think the lap is 1.31 and I was 1.33/34 also getting blue flagged after about 2 laps!!

I have just been back to the track in SP with my FXO and I'm down to 1.24!!

BUT I suppose I still have to keep on with the XFG in MP.

Hmm... I'm not sure if anything has been changed, but as soon as you meet the minimum requirement for any given car - you should be able to drive it.

Try the command;

Say you do that in cargame.nl S1 server, for FXO (which is a Class 2 car) you will need at least 150 points (!rank) or 200 experience points (LFS EI - which is calculated from your online + hotlap stats) AND a minimum of 60% safety rating (!rate).

Try
to find out how to earn points.

LFS EI: From the Airio website (http://stats.airio.eu/EXP.aspx)

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The LFS Experience Index is a single number representing (or at least trying to represent) driver's abilities. Currently it is calculated by FULL and PROS versions of Airio using only LFS World available data, specifically the table of personal best lap times and laps, the table of personal online statistics, and the table of personal uploaded hotlaps.

The safety rating is crucial: its based on number of cautions (yellow flags) that you are involved in + some other stuff (getting kicked/swearing etc.). Simply try and stay out of trouble - Remember that you will cause a yellow flag if you slow down on track, even if you don't cause and incident.

To see your stats in-server, type !pi.

Every few races check how much points your earning and if you're managing to increase your rating. Good luck!

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Hmm. I can see why the restrictions do look a bit harsh for new LFS users. However you won't have a problem with the safety rating - dozen or so laps and you'll have the minimum safety rating.

You might have a hard time reaching the required points or the required LFS EI. For those of us who started on the servers a while back there were plenty of drivers with XFG/XRG - so it was easy to gain points if you consistently finish races in relatively good positions. Nowadays however, there are not many drivers with those cars - even when there are they might be lapping significantly faster times than you (therefore you won't be gaining much points even if you finish the race). For those of us who've been driving at various combos over the years (even if it meant not too competitive racing) would have acquire a LFSEI higher than 200.

What I can suggest is that get a good feel for your controller, the car and its handling. You can request setups from other drivers in-server (although some people don't like to share their sets) or you can download setups from http://setupgrid.net/ or http://setupfield.teaminferno.hu/ for the car/track combo of your choice.

Being able to drive fast(er) isn't enough - you'll have to be able to drive amongst other drivers as well (I'm still trying to get the grasp of that!). There are plenty of servers that run XFG/XRG on BL1. Stick to it for a bit and improve your race-craft. Once you can consistently do good laps and race well with others, you won't have too much of a problem switching to other cars. The "Demo" BL1 servers can be a bit of a headache - so make sure you visit a well-administrated one. The [AA] and Redline Racing servers are pretty good. The Redline Racing guys are a pretty helpful lot.

YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THOSE LAP STATS!

Two stints today: in one it was BL and for some reason I started to pick up race points. It was the track that doesn't have the tricky chicane after turn 1. I must have been under the lap stats time as I managed to get about 24 points.

Suddenly there was a change of track to the SC Chicane and once again I couldn't get below the time for stats - 1 second out - quite frustrating 'cos if you don't get below it in the first 3 laps the speed guys catch you up and then your laps suffer from the Blue Flags.

So basically I was racing around but my points total didn't change.

So then I went SP with the FXO and quite comfortably got laps of 1.21!!

Anyway, that's my gripe over with.
Thanks for helping out.