Quote from VTcommodore :

who dus sakio Ds skins then?

They where originally done by Bunta from Master Skinnerz.

I think that have the ability to change our fuel mapping would great for long distance races as it would increase the strategy involved in the races. I dont mind if the values are presets (ie set by the devs) or something we can tune ourselves.

Any thoughts on this?

Below is the link for the Code of Driver Conduct from the Confederation of Australian Motorsport Manual 2005 edition.

http://users.on.net/~bergpand/LFS/CODC.doc

My team (Screaming Donkey Racing) used this as a base to develop our Code of Driver Conduct (which is below) that is enforced on our server (when its up).

SDR Drivers Code of Conduct
Screaming Donkey Racing wishes to promote safe competition avoiding car-to-car contact. All competitors racing on our servers should adhere to these guidelines at all times.

a) No weaving on the straight

b) No blocking on the straight

c) No repeated blocking in corners.

d) It is the responsibility of the car performing an overtaking manoeuvre to do so in a safe manner, do not expect the car in front to give way if you are only part way past.

e) Care must be taken when re-entering the track. A report may be made by a race of official to the Clerk of Course(admin) notifying the Clerk of Course of any drivers who have apparently or actually breached the
above guidelines. This report will list drivers involved in any dangerous or unsportsmanlike procedures and will request the Clerk of Course to pay special attention to these drivers.
If an incident is particularly serious, at the discretion of the Clerk of Course, this may result in exclusion from the
Race/or Championships.

f) A blue flag means the car behind you is on a higher lap than you are and "don't hold him up or obstruct him". When a lapping car approaches you are presented with a blue flag a driver must make plans to allow the car behind clear passage for overtaking as soon as is practicable and safe. If racing for position with another car it is acceptable for the battling pair not to immediately yield to the lapping car behind them, however the slower cars must yield to the lapping car with little delay. The exception to the blue flag rule is when you are faster than the car behind you even though he is on a higher lap. You will still get a blue flag but obviously you will pull away from him if you are faster. This can occur, for example when the faster car has just left the pits and because he comes out in front of the slower car who hasn't yet pitted he is on the previous lap and gets a blue flag. But he should just drive away into the distance. If he holds up the car behind for any reason he has disobeyed the blue flag. You can not obstruct a car that is about to lap you. Put another way, you should not hinder the progress of a car that is in a higher position than you.

g) Every driver, no matter his skill level or speed, is fully entitled to follow the racing line all the way around on his qualifying laps and it's up to others to overtake him or time their own run so that they don't meet him (if they want a clean run).

*Competitors who breach the guidelines above will be given official notification
that further indiscretions may result in exclusion from SDR servers or competitions.

Definitions and Limitations.

The Track:
For purposes of definition the "track" or "circuit" is bounded by painted lines, curbs (& ripple strips etc) and run-off areas and excluding the pit area. When overtaking another car this must be done on the "track". If a car gains a position by using any area outside the track he must yield his position back to the car he just overtook. This includes cutting corners, or using non-track areas. Penalty: Stop Go. Some flexibility for minor incursions will always be considered, for example if a wheel touches the grass during an overtaking manouvre their won't be any penalty, it won't be considered an infringement.

The Pit Area
A painted lines bound the pit entry and exit areas. The lines bounding the entry and exit must not be crossed. The yellow lines after the pit exit are considered a part of the track but must not be crossed by a car exiting the pits. This is for safety of all drivers. Circulating cars should be wary of cars leaving the pits and exiting cars should be wary of circulating cars. A speed limit of 80kph (approx 50mph) will apply to the pit area and sometimes a portion of the pit road entry and exit (as signed). Default LFS penalties apply.
Pitting on the final lap of a race is not permitted. A car must not finish the race in the pit area. Only cars finishing in the track area will be counted. Cars pitting on their final lap will be given the designation: DNF (did not finish).

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This Code of Driver Conduct is still being refined so if and when it changes I will edit this post aswell.
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and a list that goes on and on.

Quote from Nick_ll :

About real tracks:
Wouldn't it be possible to make real tracks that aren't? I mean like Melbourne, Montreal or Monaco and not actually call them as such? Or do they license the streets too? Cause in Montreal, the circuit Gilles-Villeneuve is officially a street......

Now speaking of cars, since I believe LFS has something for lightweight vehicles:
http://www.go-t-rex.com/

The problem would be the detail. People would complain if the straight has a bump where it shouldn't or doesn't have a bump where it should or the camber gradient is big/small etc etc.

Back on to the car for a minute what about some WTCC sytle cars. 1100Kgs, 300hp 2ltr 4 banger with a 8500rpm rev limit, 6sp gearboxes in either rwd and fwd.

The only car mentions that stirs my soul is the Radical SR8. Very small block V8.

http://www.radicalextremesportscars.com/gallery/index.php

Some video and pictures

Quote from Ziploc :

I switched from the MOMO racing (black) to a DFP.

Its great but one thing bugs me. It seems the FF deadzone is a little larger then seems natural. So the center is unervingly light. Is that normal?

Mine has the same issue but you will get used to it after awhile. Also I believe changing the center steer reduction will have an effect on this so that maybe something you would want to look at.

My feeling is there neededs to be some driver education but there also needs to be driver standards.

The "Driving Test" in GT4 are good for learning the game but I think with LFS they should be made harder and there is none of this bronze, silver and gold rubbish. You either pass or failand perhaps some racing theory should be included aswell. This can give you a baseline for people to reach but its no subsititue for mile driven. I may not have done the most miles in LFS but most of my miles have been done racing.

The 2nd part of this is driver standards. ATM memebers of Screaming Donkey Racing are drawing up a Driver Code of Conduct for people who enter our server but maybe there should be a Driver code of Conduct that spans the whole community. That way there can be one set of rules to go by.

If anyone wants I can scrap together what we have thus far most of it is being taken from the Confederation of Australian Motorsport Handbook 2005 and being rewritten to make it suit LFS abit more.

Quote from Huru-aito :

In real life a limiter like that wont make the car sound any different than when you're just cruising, using little throttle.

Ever heard an F1 or a V8Supercar in pit lane. They sound like rubbish because they keep the throttle flat to the deck and to compinsate the engine management unit makes the egine miss so they splutter along pitlane and its no beacuse their at low rev either.

Also the pit bay (according to CAMS) is the area defined as area directly infront of the garage. Further more the pit bay is marked and any work undertaken outside of this marked area can result in any number of penalties (fines, stop-go's and drive throughs or exclusion from the race or the event).

Quote from GeForz :

You mean it's racing if you run down the pitlane and some dumbass who pulls out of his pit stall withour worrying if someone is driving along hits you?

Mate it hapens in real racing when the driver is released as a car is getting close. Have a look at the Monza round of this years F1 championship to cars went side by side down the pits. That was very nearly an accident but it was also for position.

Quote from J.P (GB) :

Thanks for the response guys....got onto lfstourque so ill hopefully get in contact with him there

We're looking into it now for you.

Quote from al heeley :

I've had a couple of really irritating pit violations recently, just exiting the pits and getting tapped by another car behind, pulling out of their pit stall, its enough to send the car just over the 80kmh limit and i have to go round for a drive-thru penalty. Most annoying!

Thats racing unfortunately.

Quote from Handler :

During a race any time I go to the Pits and make changes or normal stop, the fastest speed that I can get up to is around 47 m.p.h. Can anyone tell me if I'm doing something wrong or is it something wrong with the software. I sure would like some help on this one.

thanks,
Handler

Under FIA regulations the fastest a vehicle can travel down the pitlane is 80kph or 50mph. Speeding in the pitlane is a serious offence and can be punish by several different means. Those include stop go penalties, drive through or exclusion fom the race or event.

I am sure that it was by accident and your to be looking at that sort of thing apex. Now divert your eye or you'll go blind.

Quote from Scawen :

It's wooden doors under a worktop surface that is a bit blue. But it's a bit hard to get started on the job seeing as I've managed to break the mains tap handle off its stem. It was seized and I had to use a mole wrench to try to gradually move it a bit this way and that but in the end, it just broke off instead of turning. Lesson to learn - DO turn the mains tap off an on at least twice a year or it will eventually seize. So I am investigating the outside mains supply stopcocks as well though one of them seems to be totally seized as well and another one is an unknown distance down a ceramic tube which seems to be full to the brim with an unknown amount of general crap / rubbish / life forms. Well apparently life is like coding, nothing's quite as easy as you expect!

Anyway it's been nice relaxing for these weeks. I can even do normal things like browsing around the internet following general interests, rather than having to dedicate all my computer time to LFS related things before my eyes get too tired each day. It's nice being normal, doing things at a relaxed pace and just doing whatever I feel like doing for a while!

Enjoy your break mate. We understand that you had/have a life outside LFS so take your time and we can just look forward with baited breath for what you come up with next.

Quote from 1993S14 :

How about a wind tweak?!?! Winds going nuts at 100 MPH?? (160 km/h)

Well in the UF1000 that would mean you would be travelling backward as soon as you hit a headwind. Also I think thats when a racing meeting can be called off due to dangerous conditions. I'll have to check the CAMS manual to be sure.

I think if they do it once a month its more than enough and anyway you should be racing and not on a forum (unless your at work like me).

So basically you want them to spend time writing a diary/blog/time sheet up instead of working on the game?

I would mind seeing the Radical SR8, V8 saloon cars, formula fords. I also wouldnt mind seeing some hill climb tracks, some more street circuits and more GP style tracks (think of tracks over 3.5km but under 8km).

Guys they worked like demons for nearly 12 months to give us what we have so let them have a break. I am sure they are cooking up some goodie for the next patch so just hold on to your panties and enjoy what you have.