What is your best beginners advice and tips for people that have come back to LFS after a very long time? What are the current favourites and must-dos? What is absolute best essential things you need for a good LFS experience these days?

Install LFS 0.7A into a different folder and try LFSLazy insim. It makes you learn the best lines faster.

Grab S3 choose a ligue and race!

Don't play on JustARide, server managed by a monkey.

Aim for consistency, not speed.

Once you can do 5 or 6 laps consecutively within .2 or .5 of each other, give yourself a pat on the back. Practice, practice, practice once it gets boring you should have learned something

Welcome, and buy S3, so you can play with us.