Quote from Dj-Aeri :

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

Lol.... just lol. :doh:

Honda S2000. 237bhp from 2 litres. NA and it comes like that from the factory. And they last forever.

That's a rotary ¬¬ the displacement is not measured in the same way.

I suggest you go read about Honda engines before comparing them to Mazda engines and saying these kind of absurdities.

Like the saying goes: Don't talk about what you don't know

Tried it just now and the interiors look amazing =)

Nice work

Quote from DarkTimes :

That seems like overkill to be honest. One of the points I was making is that previously the servers have been of a lot higher quality than of late. The problem basically is new drivers who have come to LFS from other racing games which reward arcade style driving, such as NFS or Forza etc.. People are just joining CTRA because it is so popular and don't pay any attention to the fact that there are simple clean racing rules which we obey.

Hi,

I know it seems a bit overkill. Maybe a different approach might be in order.

CTRA servers (especially Race 1) are starting to become victims of their own popularity (as someone said). Something must be done to allow players to have fun and develop their skills on the starting servers without having to rely on sheer luck to go round T1 (for example).

I believe the reporting feature may be a solution, but as I have never used it, I can't talk about it's efficiency. Reviewing a situation with the replay seems to be the best solution for banning persistent kamikaze's.

For me, I'll go with the flow for now and keep driving at my own pace and hope for the best. Just waiting to get my Silver license to go to Race 2 :P (still a few points to go)

Cheers
Nunes

Hi every1,

I agree, longer races would dissuade beginners to make a kamikaze 8-car pass on T1 and kill the race for half the field.

Plus, it's more enjoyable to have more time to think and plan your next overtake. And games are all about having fun, right?

Cheers
Nunes

Hi every1,

I'm still a newbie at this game but, like Jack_Torrence said, I'm still learning how to drive and enjoy a fight for the 11th place. I'm trying to be as clean as possible so that later I can develop on my speed.

The main problem here, as I see it, is that online racing games don't have the same risk to the driver as IRL. There are no consequences when ramming your car full throttle against a wall.

I think this kind of behavior from some drivers will only stop when consequences are included in the game (if they're ever going to be implemented). Things like: "If you break your engine, you're out for 15 minutes while the engine is replaced" or "If you're responsible for an accident you'll be suspended for 10 minutes".

This could be related to the user and not the server, so that the driver couldn't jump between servers and keep playing. Although, if it was only server related, it would also be very good.

I can understand that the suspension related to an accident requires human interaction to make sure the decision is fair, making it harder to implement and execute. But the suspension related to damages in the car would make people drive cleaner, and is just a matter of checking the damage at the end of each race. A simple 5 minute waiting period is enough to make them sit-out on the next race and think about what they did. Could also be race-related instead of time-related (e.g. 2 races waiting period).

This would have to be implemented in a way that if the user left the server and came back, the waiting period would continue. Meaning, user A wrecks his car (and 6 other), finishing the race with something that used to be a car but is now unrecognizable. This user would get a 10 minute waiting period (for example). He would say "I'll just play for 10 minutes on another server and come back to play here again" and leaves after 1 minute passed of the waiting period. He would play for 10 minutes on another server and when he came back, there were still 9 minutes left on the first period, forcing the user to wait for the entire waiting period before being allowed to race on that server again. I don't know if this could be done, but I don't think it's hard to keep a user in spectator mode for a period of time and detect if he's disconnected.

This would show people that there's going to be consequences for their actions and this is what's being done in all competitions of every sport known to man, and in all other areas of our life too. If you do something wrong, you'll suffer the consequences. This motivates people to try and do the right thing.

Without repercussions, society would just be a big uncontrollable animal cage. Think about it.

Just my $.2

Cheers
Nunes

Hi,

with those specs it really shouldn't be a problem and you should be hitting the 80-90 fps easily, maybe 30-40 with full grid.

Let us know if the defrag works

Try to run anti-virus and anti-spyware applications to see if there's anything eating up your RAM.

And try to close the apps in the background. If it makes a diference, turn them on one by one to see which one is stealing your resources.

Cheers
Nunes

Hi,

i have Vista Ultimate on my desktop and Vista Business on my laptop. Both have 1Gb RAM only, processors are P4 3.0GHz and T5500 respectively and 6800 Ultra and X1400 respectively also (i know i know, i should get more RAM - it's the next upgrade).

LFS S2 X10 runs smooth on both though a bit faster on the Core 2 Duo (10 fps diference at most) at 1440x900 on both and max details.

I noticed a slight decrease on the desktop comparing to Windows XP but nothing big (around 5 fps). The most noticable diference comes from a screen with 20+ cars where the diference is around 20fps (down to 20) in comparison to Windows XP (stable at 40).

On the laptop it shows no diference at all (between Windows versions, not between 1 and 20 cars on screen :P).

I get an average of 40-50 fps on the desktop and 50-60 on the laptop.

I agree with the opinions here that it might a RAM issue seeing as that is my lowest score on both machines. Get another Gb in that and you should be fine (they're pretty cheap nowadays).

To the first poster: I downloaded the full version from the LFS site and installed without a glitch. Maybe you have a problem in your downloader. Are you using IE to download?

Cheers
Nunes

Hi,

no need to run as admin.

I have Vista Ultimate on my desktop and Vista Business on my laptop and it worked perfect at the first try without any extra work.

Just download (make sure it downloads the whole file - don't use IE downloader), unzip and run.

Cheers
Nunes

Hi,

seeing as I mainly race with FXR, I just floor it and turn towards the tarmac, trying to keep the car as straight and stable as possible while looking out for incoming cars (if I went too wide and clipped the grass, probabilities are that others cars will pass close to me).

I do this with either 2 or 4 wheels on the grass.

With RWD cars, just ease off on the throttle (don't let it go) and gentle bring it back on the tarmac.

Cheers
Nunes

Hi,

you can go to lfsworld, login, click "S2 hotlaps" and download the WR's (World Records).

Nothing beats watching a world record hotlap

Cheers
Nunes

Edit: You beat me to it :P But i actually use the WR's for that.

Hi every1,

first post ever in lfsforum btw

I bought the S2 license a month ago and been very happy with it so far.

Still learning alot about the game dynamics and actual race car driving abilities but i'm getting the hang of it.

See you all on the track (someday)

Cheers
Nunes