What in Fraps causes LFS to lose LOTS of fps?
I was just curious because whenever I try to record videos in something other than LFS, it doesn't make it stutter or drop its frames.

Thanks in advance
-Dustin

Uhm, if you want to record a replay, then use this technique:

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Recording
Start up Fraps. Download at http://www.fraps.com. Set it to record at Full-size and at 30fps (or lower if the video is choppy.)
Start up LFS. Go to Options > Misc and put on Limit framerate on 30fps.
In-game, play the replay. (If you want to, press shift + U to set up a user camera. Press Follow car: (PLAYER) to let the camera follow the nearest car. Press SPACE to remove the usercam menu.)
Press SHIFT + F to remove the on-screen displays
Press F2 to slow down the replay at 0.5 speed.
Press the record button you specified in Fraps. When finished, stop recording with the same button.
Start up VirtualDub. http://virtualdub.sourceforge.net/. Open the avi file you recorded. Go to Video > Frame rate. Click on Process every other frame and press OK, or click on 'Change to [ ] frames per second' and put down the double amount of fps you set Fraps to. The last option will give the video more fps but you will only notice the difference if you will use slowmotion on this clip in the movie. This is because movies generally dont have more than 30fps.
If this is all the movie needs, 1 clip, go to Video > Compression and choose one of the codecs (XviD or DivX are recommended). Press F7 to save it and it's done.
If you want to edit this clip together with some other clips into a movie, press F7 without compressing it and save it. Now it's time for editing.

Taken from the LFS Manual.

LFS is very cpu intensive more so than anything else so that's why fraps stutters.

GameCam doesnt cause any problems with LFS while playing, maybe use that?