Could you post a screenshot of your 'Options -> Driver' page please?

Thank you again, Keith. Both of those skins are amazing and just what I wanted.

In those menus, is Auto Gearshift on or off? Because I can only get the cars to do that if I'm using automatic shifting.

Quote from Gekkibi :

IIRC, options -> misc. Don't have LFS in this computer, so can't verify.

Yep, you're right.

Quote from keith203 :

Here's your BF1.

Thanks - that's really, really great. I owe you one

Quote from Anathema :

http://skins.lfscommunity.lv/display.html?ID=36

search for skins before requesting a replica. (or start one)

But nice work on that skin.

Quite so. But I've never seen Hill's car skinned - people always seem to go for Senna whenever there's a choice between him and someone else, regardless of what it is.

Still, thanks

Have you made sure that you have selected manual gear shifts? Pressing Shift + G will change it. I've never come across the problem in any of the cars I've tried. The reason I ask is that, unlike in other games, you can still change gears yourself even if you've selected automatic.

Quote from keith203 :

I don't have time now, but can get something to you by this Sunday, unless someone gets it done before me.

Okay. There's no rush whatsoever, so that's not a problem. And thank you - it's greatly appreciated.

Quote from Bean0 :

Helmet is already done - www.bean0.com

Great stuff. Thank you

Is there anyone out there willing to create a couple of skins for me? Basically, I'm after Damon Hill's #0 Williams FW16B from 1994 for both the BF1 and FBM cars, as well as his race helmet. Some images:

Frontish
Front wing close-up
Right view
Left view (Senna)

The view of the left gives a good (I hope) view of the area where the driver's name is placed. Though it's Senna's car... Anyways, I'd like that to have D. Hill and the British flag on.

Helmet

I'd be really, really grateful if someone could make these for me. My skills with images are terrible, and even the most basic things I make a mess of. If you need more pictures, just ask.

Thanks

Quote from JamesF1 :

Rand

Ta. I'm not that good with currency. :P

Quote from my.name.is.keith :

wadup ppl? pls help im a racer(drifter) in south africa and im kak gud...prob is im a demo racer with no cash to buy a licence!!! please help any111

Save up the money. You don't even have to put that much away at a time. Just a few dollars (?) a week would get you on your way. Until then, the only thing you can do is carry on playing the demo. Good luck!

Of the teams that will be racing this season, I must say that Williams have the best livery of all of them. I'm really not fond of the new Force India livery, though - they should've kept the interim one with the nice deep red on it, in my opinion.

Neither is correct, and both are. It depends on the situation. Generally, the only thing you should do is pick a line (whether the racing line or not), keep to it, be predictable and ease off the throttle to allow the faster car to pass you. Once you've chosen your line, it is up to the car passing you to do so on a different line to you. If you watch Formula 1, you'll often see cars lapping on the inside of a slower car rather than the outside. That is off the racing line and on the dirty side of the track. But if it says that in the rules, then follow them...

Bloody hell, that's quite scary. I can have little sympathy for the driver, but the passenger I really feel sorry for. This is one of the main reasons I refuse to get in a fast car with anyone I don't trust.

This is mine. I quite like the theme, though I'm probably going to alter it eventually. There's definitely better stuff out there. I'll probably be changing the background, too. I really don't like the default one.

Quick question to any of the Linux users here - do you prefer KDE or Gnome, and why? Ta.

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Braking & steering assistance in F1 2006 is a joke. It does ALL the braking for you and ALL the steering, and you could get round a track full throttle with ease.

Really? I haven't used them on F1 2006. I haven't had to use any aids for a long time now, but when I first started out (F1 '98), I tried the game without them and it was frustrating because I'd be off the track more than I was on it. And back then, you weren't shown your braking and acceleration areas, or even your turn-in points. You just had to learn that.

Without aids being there, I doubt I would've continued to be interested in the games after that. I'd just have stuck to watching the races on television. They were exciting, especially with Murray Walker commentating!

Quote from Gekkibi :

What if TC is an option in setup? Some cars have it as an option, so why can't it be that (An option) in LFS?

Well, same thing to ABS and everything else, but I already know what you are going to say about helping-systems...

I guess that's always something that will come up. I know that when I first started playing racing games, I had every aid I could find turned on. Steering and braking assistance, ABS, automatic gearbox, stability control, virtual racing line etc. but gradually, as I got used to the game, found braking and turning points and so on, I began turning them off one at a time until eventually I cracked it. Now I have only traction control on, on F1 2006, but that's mainly because I am using a PS2 controller rather than wheel and pedals, so it's hard to apply variable pressure on the controls, and there's no way to turn it off globally for the rest of the grid.

On LFS, I do use the TC on the F1.06 because I'm playing with a keyboard. I have most of the other cars sorted, the only one I can't really drive around a circuit without spinning in is the FO8, but I'm sure that will be a thing of the past when I find a wheel that will work with my computer.

Guess I ought to say hello to everyone now that I've joined. Got an S2 license the other day and I must say that already I love this game. I was a little unimpressed when I first played the demo, but that was probably because I jumped straight into driving the Formula BMW with a keyboard without adjusting certain controls. Now, though, I find I'm having a completely different experience. Once I get a steering wheel I think it will be even better.

So yeah, hello to you all and I look forward to seeing you all around

Quote from Bob Smith :

I think the US perspective mentioned is an important one. I suspect TC is far more common over in the states than it is here in Europe. Since the LFS cars are blatantly European or Japenese, it is logical that they should be without TC.

I also agree that driving standards on the roads are appalling (myself not excluded either), but that's a way off-topic rant for another time.

That's definitely true, which is why I thought it would be good if it only applied to cars that actually have those systems. So the majority of cars on there would still be left without TC anyways, wouldn't they? I like that the cars are realistically represented in LFS, especially when it covers things that other games do not. One example is the pit lane speed limiter, which does feature in the F1 games I play, but is automatically engaged when you hit the pits, so you can't be penalised for speeding.

Another is the penalties - rather than being hit with a rev limiter, you have to take a drive-through or stop and go, which is much better. So yeah, for the sake of realism, TC shouldn't be applied to the cars that shouldn't have it, but should to those that would. In my opinion, of course.

I think TC being present on the BF1 is a good thing, because it lets people new to the game get used to driving that car at those speeds, taking corners comfortably etc. and generally makes it easier for them. Then, when they're comfortable with that, they can start playing without it and getting used to managing the throttle coming out of slower corners and obviously starting from standing on the grid and in the pits.

I think that if a car is put into the game and it would have TC and other aids outside of the game, then it should have them in the game if someone wants to drive the car in as realistic a fashion as possible (that is, as close to the real thing) but they should, of course, be able to turn them off.

I'm a big Formula 1 fan and I'm now glad that TC and EBS have been banned because other, lower Formula categories, such as Formula Renault, Formula 3, GP2 etc. don't have these aids, so why should they be in F1? Especially when you consider the fact that these drivers are considered to be amongst the best in the world...

Slightly off-topic with that last part, but I think my point has been made clear here.