I don't know if this is really important for some, but I really would find it useful for doing quick conversions of speed in the game.

For example if someone was using KPH and another was using MPH, it would be nice to know what speed some people are talking about when online (like if they are mentioning a speed they take a certain corner for example).

It would be someting like /convert 150 and it could output both results in KPH and MPH like so:

93.21 mil.
241.4 km.

That is taken from LFS-News, and I use that little tool a lot. But I find it a pain to keep alt-tabbing and typing in a new value to figure out. If we could just have a little tool like this in the game, it would be nice . If not, a simple little server addon someone could make.

People do this in their head probably, I'm not one of those :o Thoughts on this? I would think it is rather simple to make.

i think you suck at math

no really lol i agree, it would be quite helpful when people are talking about speeds to take turns
"take turn 5 at 150" (in your mind ' .. wtf 150 thats impossible!')

Or maybe if their were some kinda tags you could use when quoting a speed when you chat eg. "I get to =100= on the straight" and then lfs automagically changes that to "I get to 100mph on the straight" or "I get to 160kph on the straight" depending on what measurement for speed people are using.

if you change car (tab) and watch another driver, regardness of what they have chosen, thier speed will be displayed in the format that you have. that way you can work out what speed they are doing in your chosen format.

make sence?

100kmh = 60mph
80kmh = 50mph

From those I think it's possible to work out any speed.

120kmh => 100-80=60-50 = 10. 60+10=70mph
170kmh => 100-80=60-50 = 10 10/2=5. 60+50-5=105mph
40kmh => 80/2 = 50/2 = 25mph

This is easy to do in your head if you attended school at the age of 8.

Quote from tristancliffe :

This is easy to do in your head if you attended school at the age of 8.

Or havent become totally dependant on computers

Quote from -jester- :

if you change car (tab) and watch another driver, regardness of what they have chosen, thier speed will be displayed in the format that you have. that way you can work out what speed they are doing in your chosen format.

make sence?

That still doesn't matter, usually this tool would come in handy after a race is over and nobody driving at their normal pace. I spend less time spectating, and more time racing

Tweaks method would be best imo. just having to type /convert 150 (and since i have mph choosen in options, it would know to convert it to kmh) i like it

Quote from Vendetta :

Tweaks method would be best imo. just having to type /convert 150 (and since i have mph choosen in options, it would know to convert it to kmh) i like it

I'd still show both, because what if someone tells you to take that corner at 150 km/h, how to get that back to mph then?

Quote from the_angry_angel :

Or havent become totally dependant on computers

That's easy, just code a program that does it for you.

Quote from Bob Smith :

That's easy, just code a program that does it for you.

Hey its all built into libLFSW

Quote from tristancliffe :

100kmh = 60mph
80kmh = 50mph

From those I think it's possible to work out any speed.

120kmh => 100-80=60-50 = 10. 60+10=70mph
170kmh => 100-80=60-50 = 10 10/2=5. 60+50-5=105mph
40kmh => 80/2 = 50/2 = 25mph

This is easy to do in your head if you attended school at the age of 8.

I think that is just making it more complicated than it needs to be when you can just multiply by 8/5 to get from mph to kph or by 5/8 to get to kph but even so it's generally going to be a few mph/kph out and if you want to know people's cornering speeds or something having it within 5 or so is no use.

Also wtf is this: "80/2 = 50/2" and "100-80=60-50" .. ?

how about we just don't use metrics?

Just multipy kph by .621 to get very close mph estimate. Use calculator, cellphone calculator, or do it in your head for the simple ones(100kph~62.1mph)

This could also be done by making a function in visual basic like
function kphconvert(n)
kphconvert=(n*1000)/(.3048*5280)
end function

then type =kphconvert(n) into a cell in excel, with n being the number in kph. =kphconvert(100) would show 62.13711922

A quick run-down I just did with that vb function:

KPH------MPH
10-------6.213711922
20-------12.42742384
30-------18.64113577
40-------24.85484769
50-------31.06855961
60-------37.28227153
70-------43.49598346
80-------49.70969538
90-------55.9234073
100------62.13711922
110------68.35083115
120------74.56454307
130------80.77825499
140------86.99196691
150------93.20567884
160------99.41939076
170------105.6331027
180------111.8468146
190------118.0605265
200------124.2742384
210------130.4879504
220------136.7016623
230------142.9153742
240------149.1290861
250------155.3427981
260------161.55651
270------167.7702219
280------173.9839338
290------180.1976457
300------186.4113577
310------192.6250696
320------198.8387815
330------205.0524934

Now how to turn something like that into a little program or something that works with text inputted into the lfs text box? I have no idea. :-(

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how about we just don't use metrics?

Seeing as the US is about the only country in the world that has not officially adopted the Metric system, it would seem to be rather illogical to make everyone go back to using an archaic system like the Imperial don't you think?

Or perhaps that was not what you meant
Nevermind though...carry on.

There is a VERY simple solution. Even my 30 year old MINI has what is required for this.

Just display MPH and KPH in the dash. If you set MPH then KPH are on the inner part of the dial and MPH on outer and if you set KPH its the other way around.

You can see all the time what the speed is in both formats. Quick example but you all know what I am on about

Quote from Woz :

There is a VERY simple solution. Even my 30 year old MINI has what is required for this.

Just display MPH and KPH in the dash. If you set MPH then KPH are on the inner part of the dial and MPH on outer and if you set KPH its the other way around.

You can see all the time what the speed is in both formats. Quick example but you all know what I am on about

http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~davis/z28/zz4/990725/speedo.jpg

HAHAHA sorry reading all the threads i was thinking how could they do this, and your answer is probably the best and easiest lmao - why did no one else think of this?illepall
Altho i just divide by 5 then times 8 or other way round, its not exact but its close enough.

Edit : posts not thread illepall