Sigh. Yet people fail to see why we are asking for more steering lock. No one has said that there would be an absolute need for more, because there isn't. When people ask for more steering lock, it is just to make the current drifting even more extreme, more show oriented. Not to mention, even make the game interesting again for a little while to some of us.
I really can't see any reason what-so-ever why we couldn't be allowed to have more lock. If you think you are fine now with the currently allowed steering angles and you don't think you would profit for additional lock
then don't bloody set it to more than 36 degrees! No one is forcing you to use the additional lock that some drifters are asking, no one. If you want more challenge at drifting, then be my guest and go ahead, stick with the 36 degrees but don't go saying that 45 degrees of lock has no use. This is one of the small things I have personally wanted LFS to have for long time now, and knowing that it is nothing more but a few clicks and couple keystrokes in the source code, it infuriates me.
The claim that more than 36 degrees of lock would be unrealistic with our car lineup isn't really a valid excuse either. As many people above me have said, what kind of a stock car has the amount of setting adjustments that we have now? I doubt you people seriously believe that having more than 36 degrees of lock would be impossible in real world, but I'll just post couple pics and links for those who would doubt it is.
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And let me just quote the latter: "The S13 will have between 40° and 45° of steering angle. The FC3S will only have 35° to 40° of steering angle. The Nissan has at least 5° of extra steering angle to use. Luckily, we can add that 5° of extra steering angle by shimming tie rods off the steering rack on the FC3S with spacers. The other, more time-consuming method to get more steering angle on an FC3S is to relocate the tie rod to hub connection point. This increases steering angle and steering response, as it changes the steering ratio significantly. We're getting up to 50° and more steering angle with this mod!"
And so comes the conclusion. What is true the reason we aren't allowed to have realistic (+45) steering angles? Yes, your "realistic" 36 degrees is in fact unrealistic if you consider that we can have more lock in real life with very little mods. You don't want more steering lock to spoil your challenge? Then don't use it. Also seeing that racers are saying "-1" for this suggestion is pretty hillarious. This is something that wouldn't affect them in any way and yet, because they obviously despise us who enjoy drifting in our beloved sim, they must disagree with us.
I had a serious deja vu while writing this. Not too long ago we had a similar discussion in the "mountain tracks/touge" suggestion thread, and it got shot down with exactly the same false excuses and arguments I see posted here. Ah crap, why did I even waste my time writing this post.