Also, try running a test here http://pingtest.net/

Satellite connections tend to have very high latencies (measured in miliseconds, anything above 150~200ms is a matter of concern), which can fool the game into thinking you're crashing all over the place and ban you for it.

If that's your problem (and I believe it is), your only way is to find a reliable internet connection or stick to servers that do not feature automatic bans for eratic behaviour.

why don't you try joining a proper racing server like cargames and see how it goes?

Quote from Yuri Laszlo :

Also, try running a test here http://pingtest.net/

Satellite connections tend to have very high latencies (measured in miliseconds, anything above 150~200ms is a matter of concern), which can fool the game into thinking you're crashing all over the place and ban you for it.

If that's your problem (and I believe it is), your only way is to find a reliable internet connection or stick to servers that do not feature automatic bans for eratic behaviour.

pingtest kept crashing on me and giving errors like 'cannot connect to server' it did once and got 183ms ping.

thanks for the positive response and i shall be looking into having the phone line connected up to the net in my new flat, only moved in a couple of weeks ago so will get it setup as soon as

Guessing the fixed line connection will cure your problems. Mobile operators often screw around with the connection, blocking voice over ip apps like skype if a favorite (and then charging you for a voip 'upgrade' to let this data through). If pingtest.net had a hard time getting through its likely some of LFS's data is getting screwed around with, this would probably look a little like a hach of some kind to the servers.

A certain mobile operator beginning with V is on my blacklist for exactly this, an mmorpg I play would not run through their connection due to packet filtering.

ok i think i have cured the problem!

as you know i wasn't causing any troubles with other members of the lfs community, that can be ticked off your list!

i was using the online servers whilst tethering through my android phone so the connection was not happy and very weak and unstable.

i have now signed up to talktalk and am using it now as it has gone live

the problem i have now is i had done a complete fresh install of windows 7 onto my pc which is more than capable of running lfs and windows 7 quite happily but when i went to put in my s2 username and password my username is not found online so i cant even unlock my s2 license for offline game play!

i can send proof from speedtest.net giving the speed of the net whilst tethering and i can give it now whilst im at home and using the broadband supplied by talktalk.

i have been through 21 days of a 30 day online ban 9 days are left im just wondering if someone from lfs will remove my ban for me if i provide proof from speedtest.net?

any help would great!!

all is fixed now! i can play for hours in one server and i get no errors cpw or anything back to the world of lfs i go. . . . .

it was due to my internet being tethered!

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all is fixed now! i can play for hours in one server and i get no errors cpw or anything back to the world of lfs i go. . . . .

it was due to my internet being tethered!

Welcome back!