Quote from Craig WA :

I prefer bike racing. I follow Moto GP and World Superbikes and sometimes catch the BSB and AMA races on TV over here.

My absolute favourite is Real Road Racing - Isle of Man TT, North West 200 etc. Those guys are the bravest on the planet bar none I think.

If you get a chance to watch some of those guys on You Tube have a look, they are awesome.

The best car racing for passing seems to be the Touring Car championships but its not as exciting as the Bikes.

Cheers
Craig

Road racing is awesome, you ever been to ones? I used to go to them all the time back home.

North West is pretty overrated though there's a lot better road races.

Righto, think i'll put my name on it and change the colours then lol.

You can have this if you want.

Last edited by Docco, Sun 4 May 2008, 22:14.

Quote from Math1js :

Open photoshop for example. Now open XRG_yourskinname.jpg (if you are beginning, use MSz pro kit) make sure to skin with atleast 1024, otherwise you wont be able to upload them to LFS world. So now you can do everything with the skin you want to (add colours, logos, graphics...ANYTHING that isnt offensive or containt porn) now safe it as XRG_yourskinname.jpg, place it in the skin folder, and you can use it ingame.

Best to start with a 2048x2048 if you can get them, bigger resolution to start with=smaller mistakes when you downsize it. It's good to mask what you've done messily xD

Hmm yeah that could work, i'll give it a go later thanks!

I use a saitek x52 joystick for LFS and i also use the throttle that comes with it for my accelerating/braking, this is a bit of a problem though as i can't apply the brake whilst having a certain % of throttle at the same time.

So i figured i'd make a button command for the brake and use the throttle exclusively for that but it wouldn't work. If i set them to seperate i need a different axes to use for the brake and the other axes just feel weird if i use them. If i set it to buttons it doesn't allow me to use the throttle.

(making them axes cancels out button setups etc aswell :/)

Any help?

Yeah, i asked some american guys i knew though and they weren't too pleased about the flag I figured the same as you though, it's a bit of a shame to do a skin of that car without the flag!

I know the confederate flag and stuff can be a pretty touchy subject for a lot of americans, but The Dukes of Hazzard is a pretty rocking show. I used to watch it a lot when i was a kid so i figured a skin of the general lee would be pretty rocking, not sure how it would be recieved though?

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3572/genleeyx5.jpg <--pic, only done it on that car as a tester, don't know if i'm going to keep it on it.

Righto, cheers.

I've heard that LFS supports three monitors with your wing mirrors and either side of the car being on the monitors to the left and the right. But is it possible for LFS to support only two? In the same kind of style that Flight Simulator has one monitor in use that is entirely black but you can drag instruments etc on to? I think it'd be pretty useful to give me a more authentic feel of driving a car if i could drag some of the overlays you see on screen (tire wear etc) onto a second monitor. It's better than playing without them entirely.

Yeaaah :P

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm

4.7 on the richter scale

That was mad lol, i felt it too!

My house shook a bit and the stuff on my shelves was clattering about

Woops! My bad, just saw that you wanted something that isnt' as cluttered :X

Here's a quick mockup, ignore the bad quality of some parts i just threw it together as a concept :P




That'd be for the website logo, for the other logos i could probably throw together something snazzy.

Oh, and that car's just there because it's about the only skin i have atm :P For the actual logo (If you choose me) i'll probably pop out a wee 3d render or something of a Masters of Endurance skin if you wanted.

Last edited by Docco, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 15:27.

I've helped him fix this.

They do the job pretty well Who cares if there's a few little problems in the wires!


And yeah, just bought it today to drive around in my skins hahaha :P

Niceee, lotsa detail

Got any poly counts?

EDIT:

Or wireframes :o That'd be cool.

Last edited by Docco, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 12:01. Reason : Forgot something.

Righto, cheers for the quick replies

I'll give it a go with and without the throttle and let you know how it goes when i get around to getting the game.

So have the X axes for acceleration and braking and the Y for steering i suppose aye?

Will all the other buttons on the Joystick work for other uses in LFS too? I've yet to find a simulator where i've had to use ALL of them, but they're really handy :P

I haven't got the game yet nor have i played the demo, but i've started to do some skinning for it and the like and before i buy the game i have a question or two :o

I've read up a bit on the problems joypads etc can have if they don't have analog sticks and the like as it will burn your tyres down faster and stuff, but i'm sorted in this area as i have an XBOX 360 Controller for my PC.

What i'm wondering is if i'll be able to use my Saitek X52 to control the car in LFS and if it would be any harder using this + what effects it would have on my tires etc and my racing in general?

Also, would the throttle that comes with the Joystick (see pic) be good for my acceleration etc?





One last question;

What would be easier to drive with if the Joystick does work, the Joystick or the XBOX 360 controller? I've used the joystick in racing games and the like before but i've no idea of how it would function with this game. (I've had no problems using it before, or difficulty with controls.)

I could probably make a skin for you if you're still looking for one?


Which of those cars would you want it on?

(Maybe if you're really nice i'll do it on all three :O )