Quote from BoneCrusher :

It's not unrealistic, even F1 uses it. Only they can't display a ghostcar on the road. If they could, I'm sure they would!
They use the datalogging for comparing the laptime, to the the previous lap, but also to the fastest lap, simply by a 2D presentation of the track and cars. A ghostcar is an easy and fast way of comparing the datalogs.
Computer simulation provides these tools that are not possible in the real world, why not use that?

Now that's something that could be added if you ask me. Already possible with external tools but I'd like to see more analyzing possibilities included in the game itself.

Quote from BoneCrusher :

the car is displayed as usual, only the collision detection is turned off. Not that hard to do I think.

But now you are talking about another thing, which is unrealistic, stupid and hopefully not going to happen ever, nor in F1 or in LFS.

Quote from Gekkibi :

You can't compare LFS and NFS, as they are games from different genre. LFS is "simulator" and NFS is "arcade".

Also, simulator's don't have to be as realistic as reality, that's why they are called "simulators", and not "emulators". Some things would be impossible to simulate when you use computer instead of real car.

A simulators goal is to get as close to the real thing as possible. An emulator is something completly different, emulators pretend as if they were something else, a PC emulating a Commodore Amiga. Has nothing to do with LFS.

Quote from frokki :

Now that's something that could be added if you ask me. Already possible with external tools but I'd like to see more analyzing possibilities included in the game itself.But now you are talking about another thing, which is unrealistic, stupid and hopefully not going to happen ever, nor in F1 or in LFS.

No, press reset after you are dead after you hit a wall with 200+ THATS realistic.....

I think it's a usefull tool for analysing you performance, and don't give me that shit about 'realistic'. Playing a racing game in your comfortable chair, turning a steeringwheel connected to a potentiometer plugged into a computer, looking at a screen isn't realtic, it never will be.

Quote from BoneCrusher :

No, press reset after you are dead after you hit a wall with 200+ THATS realistic.....

I think it's a usefull tool for analysing you performance, and don't give me that shit about 'realistic'. Playing a racing game in your comfortable chair, turning a steeringwheel connected to a potentiometer plugged into a computer, looking at a screen isn't realtic, it never will be.

I love how everyone uses that as an argument of some kind.

"LFS is not completely realistic, so we should make it even more unrealistic"...

Ghost car is patented!!! Price of LFS would get higher if developers add it. Soon somebody will patent H2O and air :tombstone

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/ ... ard_bargainin_.php?page=1

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I think it's a usefull tool for analysing you performance, and don't give me that shit about 'realistic'.

Totaly agree. My opinion is that Ghost Car can be a great tool for analysing IF PROPERLY USED and not abused!!!

I dont allways have the time to analyse data with LRA and AFS. With GC i would have an instant feedback if something is working, then thinking about it can get me to a conclusion and can learn faster. People with more experience and intimate knowledge probably doesnt need it but for a beginers ...

Those who doesnt want GC will not turn it on. "It's not realistic" reason for not including it is absurd (im not waisting time explaining why). Paying for a licence is major concern.

"I dont want this multimedia learning course. Its not realistic. I want 10000 pages in print with raw data. Reading in my cave, house with artificial materials is a big NO NO."