Quote from danowat :

Style and stratagies?

Trail brake to the max, and slow-in fast-out

I try to do that as Danowat said, plus I tend to think other cars as if they are real cars
(avoiding contact etc.. as you do in real life),
means, driving respectfully and clean is my main concern.
Also consistency is important as many people agrees.
I race "by the book", so obeying the racing rules is also very important IMO.

I hope you get your s2 licence soon buusap, for complete LFS experience.

My style is to always lose concentration at some stage of the race.

my racing style is trying not to got rammed of track, and not to ram others of track

My racing style is "winning".
Although sometimes some jerks copy it from me, and than I fail.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RrvkB3pK8lg

that sums me up

Surviving Turn 1 carnage is critical, letting a few cars past if I'm near the back of the grid often works out in my favour, but if you're further up the field it's not really possible and it's more a case of drive with care and hope for good luck. Depending on the Turn 1 outcome, I then see each race largely as a series of duels for the next position ahead. Sometimes an outbreak of angry chat followed by a reduction in your race position by 1 or 2 shows that someone ahead has done you a favour, which is always nice of them. After a while in the game you build a mental list of who's ultra-quick and you just let them through, others who are on a par with you and you could have a good tussle with, and then there are those who crash a lot or are easily hassled into letting you through. Ultimate aim to finish the race in one piece after a clean race, maybe having beaten someone you never finished ahead of before, which gives plenty of satisfaction. A win or podium (rare in my case) are the icing on the cake and a nice surprise after a good race but I rarely expect either.

Oversteer to get a bit faster times

Strategies change depending on the type of race.

League racing, take it easy at first. Get into a rythm. Work on being smooth (or somewhat smooth in my case). Watch and wait for the opportunity to gain on the car in front of me. Long league races, I race the car in front and the car behind. Everyone else is someone to worry about later if the opportunity arises.

Quick pick-up racing, I hunt down the guy that's going to sit beside me, corner after corner, looking over on his side view at me, etc. I don't care if I win public races, I'm there to have a good time. If I can race someone who will see me and not run me off the road when we are side by side, I don't care if it's for last place, I'm having fun.

Quote from Dajmin :

My style is (or rather was since it's near-impossible to race well with a pad) slow and consistent.

Well, slow and steady wins the race! Unless of course you're racing someone who is fast and steady, then you're screwed

But yes I'm happier being reasonably quick and consistent than I would be being blindingly fast but not consistent. Obviously being blindingly fast and consistent would be ideal but I don't see that happening any time soon

I prefer a rather oversteering setup - not tail-happy but easy-to-switch-direction oversteer. I don't like to turn the wheel much. The tinyer the steering move the better.

On races it depends on my mood how good and cool-headed I am. Sometimes I fail and sometimes I fail more.

Quote from hyntty :

I prefer a rather oversteering setup - not tail-happy but easy-to-switch-direction oversteer. I don't like to turn the wheel much. The tinyer the steering move the better.

I prefer this too. Not so I'm constantly needing opposite lock, but just so that I'm not battling understeer at the limit. I prefer a car that turns in well and you can place easily.

Quote from hyntty :

On races it depends on my mood how good and cool-headed I am. Sometimes I fail and sometimes I fail more.

Well I don't think I've ever had a signature on my posts since the LFS Forum started up, but I do now, thanks

Quote from hyntty :

I prefer a rather oversteering setup - not tail-happy but easy-to-switch-direction oversteer.

You guy's "not tail-happy" oversteering setups are probably drift sets to me. Every RWD set on Inferno is a drift set for me. I like slight oversteer, I imagine your idea of slight oversteer is way different than my idea of it.

I never have been able to drive the GTT because it does nothing but drift. I don't know how people can drive some of the oversteery sets I've seen that others have complained about them understeering.

Quote from mrodgers :

I never have been able to drive the GTT because it does nothing but drift. I don't know how people can drive some of the oversteery sets I've seen that others have complained about them understeering.

Have you tried it since patch Z?, it's much easier to keep the rear in check now.

Well, this is just a wild guess but maybe your turning the wheel too much and slamming teh pedal to the floor too aggressively

Quote from Intrepid :

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RrvkB3pK8lg

that sums me up

you only turn left?

My driving style was summed up in my plate for long enough with a simple "Slow" to warn other drivers. Although I was rather good at Football (thanks to Bob's Road Going setup which let the back end snap out under hand-braking).

But I established that I am total arse at racing, I tend to go faster than my talent allows and understeer into a tree, or when trying to hold a power slide I'll either over cook it, spin around and crash into a tree, or turn off the power too quickly, spin around and crash into a tree.

My driving style....?

Dangerously out of control, often found in gravel trap..........upside down.

Quote from mrodgers :

You guy's "not tail-happy" oversteering setups are probably drift sets to me. Every RWD set on Inferno is a drift set for me. I like slight oversteer, I imagine your idea of slight oversteer is way different than my idea of it.

I never have been able to drive the GTT because it does nothing but drift. I don't know how people can drive some of the oversteery sets I've seen that others have complained about them understeering.

This is *exactly* the same as me. I'm getting the hang of catching the slides now (ie, not swapping ends after every corner), but they are still very big slides.

I go fast until the first spin. Then I drive harder to catch up with others and spin out again.

I think i don`t have a style...i like to drift, mostly fast and precised, and i like to race individually...was that word right? I think, if i try to develop a style of driving, i would n`t be able to react variable to the situation i am confronted with...that´s my kind of driving LFS...there´s no better one than this game...only one that can keep up a little is project torque...god, I love this game!

overstering cars, soft suspensions, low rear aero...trying to not hit the walls

Well driving style is a mix of technique and strategy.

For the technique I tend to use my own custom setups and not the ones found on SetupGrid or Inferno. This is because they might be awesome for hotlaps, but are quite limited for racing actions (passing, cornering side by side, etc..). Indeed, they are made to follow the line, and each disturbance results in an incredibly huge loss of speed compared to a setup built for digging your way to the up of the pack.
As others, I like setups that are "slidy" (understeering wheels-tires setups-suspensions but with oversteer at the entrance), and I prefer to rely on my footwork than my hands.

About the tactic, since I moslty race the XRG (god I love this car) against other XRG and XFGs, i tend to use the power of my car at the start to gain 3-5 places. Then, if I lose some during the race, it is okay. For passing, I tend to be very mean, given that I build my moves during about 3-4 corners (creating pressure on the guy, to make him fail epically), or I just seize an opportunity of there is one and rush into the inside at the beginning of the corner, to block the dude.

I have two strategies:

- Crash in T1, shift+p, esc, end last
- Drive the whole race in first position and crash/get stuck in a sandtrap in the last corner and end last

I just try to be consistent and not crash. I can usually finish in mid-pack (sometimes as high as 3rd or 4th) simply by not crashing. I am rarely fast enough to pass anyone unless they crash. I really need to work on my racecraft, though. Especially when people are trying to pass me. I tend to get nervous and let them through just to avoid crashing. I've tried to hold my position, but that doesn't usually end well. I tend to just hold the guy up and make him mad because he knows he's faster than me, but i'm driving like a slow idiot he can't pass and eventually there's contact or I make a mistake, and we both crash.

Quote from hyntty :

Well, this is just a wild guess but maybe your turning the wheel too much and slamming teh pedal to the floor too aggressively

Nope, been here for 3+ years and sim racing in general (ICR2, NR2003), with a wheel since 1996. I know how to drive....

I just prefer a setup that you do turn the wheel to steer. All these sets everyone uses, you don't touch the wheel at all. In fact, I am countersteering constantly only applying very little steering at the very initial turn-in point to get started. Then it's countersteer around the corner, or VERY little throttle causing very slow laptimes.

Steer to turn FTW. I never see IRL race footage where the driver holds his steering wheel perfectly straight for 98% of the lap. IMO, this is where LFS is wrong, with the ability for people to corner and run blistering laptimes with nearly 0 steering input. It also confuses me why so many like the FF and 900 wheel rotation of DFP/G25 when they only steer with 2 degrees of the wheel rotation

I don't know how other current sims are (GTR, rFactor....) as I went from NR2003 to LFS.