my pros and cons?
i'd love to see race trucks, yep as madman said they are monsters

on the negative: they need flexible chasis simulated, so i think not at S2 stage

in my world trucks are for hauling payload, not ass, but whatever, i guess some of you are bored with race cars...

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in my world trucks are for hauling payload, not ass, but whatever, i guess some of you are bored with race cars...

They are called racing trucks. For a reason.

I just don't get why some people are so against trucks. For me it is just one form of motorsport, maybe not as high-tech or high-skill as rallies or formulas but still it's motor racing - interesting too. That being said I don't really expect LFS to ever have trucks, because it is a minority of people who really want trucks. There are stuff like prototypes, old american muscle cars, B group rally cars and such which are more wanted, and for a reason. They are more of a that kind stuff people expect from LFS. It is like putting a drift-only car into LFS and telling it is only a racing sim. "But it has a drift-kar!, so LFS can't be a sim!". People don't expect to see a drifting car in a racing sim, and if there is one it kinda makes the sim look bad? Maybe trucks are just seen as one sidetracked form of motorsports that cannot be compared to things like GT racing, formulas or WTCC alike cars? = If we get trucks in LFS people don't take LFS as seriously as before because it has truck, which are kinda arcade only material?

(And I really don't get why people want karts, but that's just me. EDIT: And I can't see why some people want SUVs in LFS either. After all the SUVs are overweight, underpowered fwd cars with electronics to rotate the backwheels. And the offroading abilities are a joke. Only thing they are good at is fuel consumption - the more the better )

So far no one has told me any specific reasons why LFS shouldn't have trucks. There us no weightlimit, powerlimit or other limit why trucks couldn't be done. Damn, if we got oval, we must have trucks

whoever said no... SCREW YOUUU!!!!!

lol sorry just had to say that..

we need an SUV in LFS and a truck to go along with it for offroading and rallys and races and.. well.. hell SUVs arent called SUV for nothin!

+1

LFS can simulate anything on wheels... well it doesn't mean it has to simulate everything on wheels.

that said Truck racing brings a new discipline and type of racing (2 axle road vehicle type racing) I think it is a valid and fun addition...

It would be pretty cool to have trucks. But its not something I would buy the game for (ie just for the trucks).

I voted yes anyhoo.

Why not?

I envision the complete LFS one day with Trucks, Dragsters (we have the strip, why not use it properly), whatever else belongs in road or dirtgoing motorsport. Once the major things are out of the way, I would surmise (possibly errantly who knows) that adding a plethora of vehicles to LFS wouldn't be an insurmountably painstaking task...

• BASED ON A VOLVO FM CAB

• RACE TUNED ELECTRONIC D12C VOLVO PENTA ENGINE

• RACING TURBO AND STRENTHENED INTERCOOLER SYSTEM

• STRENGTHED CHASSIS DESIGNED FOR RACING

• SPECIAL MADE RATIO DIFF FOR RACING

• LOWERED SUSPENSION

• SACHS GAS ADJUSTABLE SHOCK ABSORBERS

• MID MOUNTED ENGINE

• ZF RACING MANUAL GEARBOX

• ADJUSTABLE IN-CAB BRAKING SYSTEM

• FRONT DISC BRAKES

• WATER COOLED BRAKES AND INTERCOOLER

• KEEP WEIGHT TO MINIMUM WITHIN THE REGULATIONS

• SPEED LIMITED TO 160 KMH FIA REGULATIONS.

• ALL SAFETY FEATURES INCLUDING ROLL CAGE AND RACING SEATS FITTED TO FIA SPEC INCLUDING THE NEW HANS DEVICE.

Interesting facts.

Speed:

Capable of 220kph @ 3600rpm. Limited to a maximum speed allowed in Race

checked by Tacho and Satellite Tracking 160kph

0 - 60 = Faster than a Ferrari 355

60 - 100 = Similar to a Mercedes E55V8

Power to Weight Ratios:

1,000 hp at 6 and a quarter tons is greater than a Formula One car.

6 and a quarter tons at 100mph = 625 tons of mass to slow down and, or, stop in a hurry whilst Racing.

Link: http://www.truckrace.co.uk/truck.htm

Amazing fun! saw them at Brands in the winter!

wonder if they would appeal to the drifting community

I see the poll is quite one sided if only these were the results in the Bob needs a shave poll .. rofl

mad

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6 and a quarter tons at 100mph = 625 tons of mass to slow down and, or, stop in a hurry whilst Racing.

Heh, somebody doesn't know physics.

Trucks will be massive in LFS though (really! )

Quote from Ger Roady :

1,000 hp at 6 and a quarter tons is greater than a Formula One car.

Or math

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