Hello,

Is online multiplay the only option?
Is it possible to connect 2 G25 wheels and play head-to-head?

Thanks!

kydco

You mean like a split-screen?

Noo, thats not possible.

You can use 2 PCs, open a private server and can still race with 2 people only, but not on one PC.

Quote from zeugnimod :

You mean like a split-screen?

Noo, thats not possible.

You can use 2 PCs, open a private server and can still race with 2 people only, but not on one PC.

That's what I thought. Oh well...the game is still a blast!
Thanks for the follow-up.

Maybe on one computer. Probably wont work, just an idea. Have a computer with a fast videocard, have 2 monitors hooked up, open two different installs of lfs with different licences. one copy of lfs on one screen, one on the other, then start a local game, and see if you can join it. Just a Hyopthesis.

Quote from stevewhite :

Maybe on one computer. Probably wont work, just an idea. Have a computer with a fast videocard, have 2 monitors hooked up, open two different installs of lfs with different licences. one copy of lfs on one screen, one on the other, then start a local game, and see if you can join it. Just a Hyopthesis.

Sounds like something worth trying if you have all of the necessary hardware. I'll probably just stick with the online format.

Appreciate the input, thanks!

Hmm, it may be doable to use two different controllers, one for each instance of LFS, but there's still only one keyboard. If one player presses shift-s, for example, both cars will pit (and so on).

I've got enough hardware to try that actually, can't imagine FPS will be great but if I get bored I'll give it a shot for a laugh.

Quote from Bob Smith :

I've got enough hardware to try that actually, can't imagine FPS will be great but if I get bored I'll give it a shot for a laugh.

the contoller inputs only work if LFS is in focus and SELECTED

How are you gonna select BOTH windows at the same time?

I have two mice also

(yeah, I know that doesn't work)

click frenzy might just work....

And, LFS crashes if you try running two windows side-by-side. (Well, actually, my video card driver BSOD'd when I tried this)

Quote from Jakg :

click frenzy might just work....

One thing I did notice last night when I tried this...

I connected my 2 G25's to my PC and started LFS, went to the OPTIONS menu and in the CONTROLLER area, at the top right of the screen, in yellow text it stated that 2 controllers were detected. Even if I calibrated and assigned axis and buttons to both, there was no where to go to select a second player offline.

Sure would be sweet if this could be added to the software...in my opinion anyway.

if you had two monitors set up. Have one instance of lfs on one and a different lfs on the other. that should fix the focus issue, and keep some things secret (gas amounts, setups, ect.) and a cheap 15-17 inch crt shouldnt be far out of reach for even the most unresourceful. again a decent video card would be ideal to run it, I watch tv on one monitor as i play lfs, surf the net,ect. with the other. i have a dedicated tv tuner, with a 7600gt oc. i cant see why this wouldnt work.
edit:make a program that associates one keyboard to one instance of lfs and another keyboard to the other instance of lfs. A cheap usb keyboard would do it. Bob could probably do it.

Quote from stevewhite :

if you had two monitors set up. Have one instance of lfs on one and a different lfs on the other. that should fix the focus issue, and keep some things secret (gas amounts, setups, ect.) and a cheap 15-17 inch crt shouldnt be far out of reach for even the most unresourceful. again a decent video card would be ideal to run it, I watch tv on one monitor as i play lfs, surf the net,ect. with the other. i have a dedicated tv tuner, with a 7600gt oc. i cant see why this wouldnt work.
edit:make a program that associates one keyboard to one instance of lfs and another keyboard to the other instance of lfs. A cheap usb keyboard would do it. Bob could probably do it.

There are probably all sorts of solutions to this (short of building the feature into the software). My setup is my barrier (and I'm too lazy to dig into the programming and hardware mapping aspect). I have 2 Evolution Playseats with G25 wheels/pedals/shifter assemblies. My PC runs to my Panasonic 50" monitor, so a split screen is ideal. Colin Mcrae does it beautifully and my little nephew and friends love sitting in front of the same screen going head to head. Maybe one day LFS will release something like this. OR one day I can just win the lottery and buy my own open wheel formula car and do it for real!

I thought it was not possible to run two instances of LFS (client) on the same machine.

Quote from Gunn :

I thought it was not possible to run two instances of LFS (client) on the same machine.

It is quite possible, LFS sends out a warning though. But it still works. You obviously need two licenses to be able to connect both clients to online hosts.

Just did it right now. Two opened.

Quote from prodeg :

Just did it right now. Two opened.

However only the focused LFS window will detect signals from your input device(s).