It also really depends on the server/race length/drivers how blue flags and racing etiquette are handled.
On some of the busy servers with short sprint races (e.g. FoX junkies) you are expected to clear the way on blue flag. (and I its ok for me)
My experience: short races with many ppl -> more aggressive racers, who expect everyone to clear track if they come from behind ...
Try some servers with racelength > 5 minutes - there I get the most fun in LFS. And with longer races most people start to think(and slow down) before they just crash the blue flagged car in front.
On some of the busy servers with short sprint races (e.g. FoX junkies) you are expected to clear the way on blue flag. (and I its ok for me)
My experience: short races with many ppl -> more aggressive racers, who expect everyone to clear track if they come from behind ...
Try some servers with racelength > 5 minutes - there I get the most fun in LFS. And with longer races most people start to think(and slow down) before they just crash the blue flagged car in front.
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Great job
Great job
I have to say "Thank You" for making this server TBO only again and for the really good/clean driving of you folks on CTRA2
Last few days I had some very good and most times also very clean races.
I was really astonished, that it was possible to do T1 on KY2 or even chicane on SO1r with more than 20 cars and no crash. In almost all league races I had so far there were allways some ppl not braking in time and causing pile ups. That was rarely seen on CTRA2. Even in ongoing races alot drivers reacted to yellow flags and slow down/brake instead of ramming through the "obstacles". If we could enforce more ppl to that behavior it would be great.
Thx to CTRA Team and all TBO racers on CTRA 2
Last few days I had some very good and most times also very clean races.
I was really astonished, that it was possible to do T1 on KY2 or even chicane on SO1r with more than 20 cars and no crash. In almost all league races I had so far there were allways some ppl not braking in time and causing pile ups. That was rarely seen on CTRA2. Even in ongoing races alot drivers reacted to yellow flags and slow down/brake instead of ramming through the "obstacles". If we could enforce more ppl to that behavior it would be great.
Thx to CTRA Team and all TBO racers on CTRA 2
dont know exactly - but last few weeks it was every monday on race 2 
Most times I use XRT and I voted for no restriction.
FXO is easier to drive fast. But as some ppl demonstrate its possible to compete with XRT and RB4.
And if I want to have "fair" chances I could also take the FXO - as anyone else could do.
But I like to drive XRT even if I cant win against some FXO drivers.
What I dont understand is: on starting grid FXO is so much slower at acceleration, but in race its faster out every corner (could it be just my bad cornering?)
Atm FXO seems to be faster - no matter wich track. But if there comes a balancing it should be from lfs, not CTRA.
FXO is easier to drive fast. But as some ppl demonstrate its possible to compete with XRT and RB4.
And if I want to have "fair" chances I could also take the FXO - as anyone else could do.
But I like to drive XRT even if I cant win against some FXO drivers.
What I dont understand is: on starting grid FXO is so much slower at acceleration, but in race its faster out every corner (could it be just my bad cornering?)
Atm FXO seems to be faster - no matter wich track. But if there comes a balancing it should be from lfs, not CTRA.
LineR32 and me are forming a team:
Strike Motorsports
Please add it to our profiles - thx
Strike Motorsports
Please add it to our profiles - thx
You will get a pm for details
I'm looking for a teammate for this league.
Is there anyone else without a team who wants to join?
Speed doesn't matter!
Is there anyone else without a team who wants to join?
Speed doesn't matter!
After a longer break in league racing I also wish to join:
LFS User Account Name: -willi-
LFS Racer Name: Willi (or if you insist on real name: M.Willmann)
Team: n/a
Race Number: 77
.spr will follow (Edit: .spr in Attachment)
LFS User Account Name: -willi-
LFS Racer Name: Willi (or if you insist on real name: M.Willmann)
Team: n/a
Race Number: 77
.spr will follow (Edit: .spr in Attachment)
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Just a suggestion:
AFAIK its common on cruiseservers that you may only pit without penalty if your car is parked in a garage.
If you could check if someone parked in garage area before "shift-p" he should be allowed to rejoin. That way it would be possible to change/modify setups/cars without rejoining the server. Atm its a pain to adjust a setup on ctra servers.
It would be great if lfs would allow "pit in" only in garage - on track only spectate.
AFAIK its common on cruiseservers that you may only pit without penalty if your car is parked in a garage.
If you could check if someone parked in garage area before "shift-p" he should be allowed to rejoin. That way it would be possible to change/modify setups/cars without rejoining the server. Atm its a pain to adjust a setup on ctra servers.
It would be great if lfs would allow "pit in" only in garage - on track only spectate.
Only thing I would like to be changed is the validation of lap records. Atm its possible to do a lap record with a qualy set - joining midrace or doing some slow laps to cool down tyres.
It would be nice to have only real race lap-records -> perhaps only valid if the driver has done all laps and only first lap may be out of 107% of lap record?
That would stop some ppl from just hotlapping on ctra servers.
These colors are adjustable in options. I have only cars in front of me or same lap in bright colors - one ore more laps behind dark grey.
OT:
Race order list should also be no problem, all mid race joiners are at the bottom.
I dont need informations above a car if its a midrace joiner or not - if he is one lap behind he'll get a blue flag and should act appropriately. If he ignores blue flags there would be no difference if I know that he is a midrace joiner or not ...
On endurance races its common that someone rejoins after a disconnect - he would also be marked as midrace joiner.
Is it ok that you show all Setup-Info?
Afaik its not possible in LFS to see any of these informations, with these anyone is able to rebuild a setup. Or am I missing something?
Afaik its not possible in LFS to see any of these informations, with these anyone is able to rebuild a setup. Or am I missing something?
This is only true for slow car classes - there is room and time to react to slower drivers to overtake them. But with increasing speed its getting harder to react in time.
Fast BF1 racing takes me alot concentration, especially if I'm racing close to another BF1. If I imagine that there will also be some FO8 fighting for places ...
Sure - it would be possible to overtake them clean, but alot races will be hampered by that. And as I take a look at WR times - on most tracks some FO8 will be lapped by BF1.
Edit: I'm to slow - took me almost 20 minutes to post this ... 2 posts in between
Best solution would be separate servers for fo8 and bf1, then I wouldn't care if someone drives all day alone with bf1 and gets his points.
I think these cars are way to fast to have them on one server - its hard enough to avoid crashes in T1 with a field of fo8 - but with a bf1 between them its almost impossible because there is no way to react at speeds of >200 kmh if someone in a bf1 is braking 50m earlier then a fo8 would brake.
I think these cars are way to fast to have them on one server - its hard enough to avoid crashes in T1 with a field of fo8 - but with a bf1 between them its almost impossible because there is no way to react at speeds of >200 kmh if someone in a bf1 is braking 50m earlier then a fo8 would brake.
Points for driving alone
Why do ppl get points for driving alone on a CTRA server or on a fastest car class on multi class servers?
Shouldn't there be at least 2 drivers in a car class to get points?
Some people use this to advance in their licence without being able to race and this is really annoying if your races are ruined by someone in a faster car who cant handle it ...
This has happend alot on Race 3 as I was racing there some weeks ago. Almost all ppl were racing on GT2 class, but one driver had to chose GTR. This wouldn't be a problem if he could handle it - but in most turns he was just an obstacle for fast GT2 drivers. The same happens now on SS3: One slow guy in bf1 - all others on fo8.
And I'm sure, if he wouldn't get points for driving bf1 alone this would not happen. (He wouldn't be able to drive bf1 at all ...)
I really don't care for the points I get on CTRA - I drive there because of the good races - so I would allways chose a car class the mayority on that server is driving. I also join race 1, where I get no points at all - but instead I get some good races.
Shouldn't there be at least 2 drivers in a car class to get points?
Some people use this to advance in their licence without being able to race and this is really annoying if your races are ruined by someone in a faster car who cant handle it ...
This has happend alot on Race 3 as I was racing there some weeks ago. Almost all ppl were racing on GT2 class, but one driver had to chose GTR. This wouldn't be a problem if he could handle it - but in most turns he was just an obstacle for fast GT2 drivers. The same happens now on SS3: One slow guy in bf1 - all others on fo8.
And I'm sure, if he wouldn't get points for driving bf1 alone this would not happen. (He wouldn't be able to drive bf1 at all ...)
I really don't care for the points I get on CTRA - I drive there because of the good races - so I would allways chose a car class the mayority on that server is driving. I also join race 1, where I get no points at all - but instead I get some good races.
LFS can handle a lot more controllers - I have attached 3: gamepad, g25, speed7.
Most functions of lfs are assigned with lfs, but I use this tool http://www.deinmeister.de/jct_e.htm to assign other keys.
The steering wheel is hold by 6 screws (see picture) - my plate is hold by the lower 3 screws. In the upper part I have just put 3 small plates to get the same distance - u can see a little bit of it at the top screw.
The cable is fixed with tape to the steering axis - it has to be quite long, because when g25 calibrates it does a 900 degree turn. I have no problem with that cable while driving, but I only use max 300 degree turn in - dont know how it would be with full 900
Most functions of lfs are assigned with lfs, but I use this tool http://www.deinmeister.de/jct_e.htm to assign other keys.
The steering wheel is hold by 6 screws (see picture) - my plate is hold by the lower 3 screws. In the upper part I have just put 3 small plates to get the same distance - u can see a little bit of it at the top screw.
The cable is fixed with tape to the steering axis - it has to be quite long, because when g25 calibrates it does a 900 degree turn. I have no problem with that cable while driving, but I only use max 300 degree turn in - dont know how it would be with full 900
I have the same problems as The Moose - I move my head to much while racing and that is very distracting.
I'm also not used to wear a cap - and while racing in lfs I allways start to sweat very easily and with that cap its even worse
So for me it's just a fun application/hardware only rarely used. (only on cold winter days
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I'm also not used to wear a cap - and while racing in lfs I allways start to sweat very easily and with that cap its even worse
So for me it's just a fun application/hardware only rarely used. (only on cold winter days
)Attached is a picture of my wheel with extra buttons - not perfect in shape but in functionality 
Btw. its 14 extra Buttons, not 10 as written before. The colored heads of the buttons are replaceable, actually I have only 4 black buttons on the left side to press cursor keys and two white to cycle through f9/f10 and f11/f12
All colored buttons are now on the right side with these functions in same order as in picture:
horn, handbrake, teamspeak (speak)
reset(car not pc), light, teamspeak (mute all)
tc, pitlimiter
(the 2 original g25 buttons are used for looking left/right)
As I'm writing this I recognize, that I could remap some buttons like reset and tc - they are almost of no use
The gamepad I slaughtered looked like some ps2 gamepad - 4 shoulderbuttons, left hand a direction pad (cooliehat in gamecontroller setup), 4 button righthand, 2 analog sticks (I had no use for them) and 2 buttons in the middle
Btw. its 14 extra Buttons, not 10 as written before. The colored heads of the buttons are replaceable, actually I have only 4 black buttons on the left side to press cursor keys and two white to cycle through f9/f10 and f11/f12
All colored buttons are now on the right side with these functions in same order as in picture:
horn, handbrake, teamspeak (speak)
reset(car not pc
), light, teamspeak (mute all)tc, pitlimiter
(the 2 original g25 buttons are used for looking left/right)
As I'm writing this I recognize, that I could remap some buttons like reset and tc - they are almost of no use
The gamepad I slaughtered looked like some ps2 gamepad - 4 shoulderbuttons, left hand a direction pad (cooliehat in gamecontroller setup), 4 button righthand, 2 analog sticks (I had no use for them) and 2 buttons in the middle
I'll post some pictures tonight, when I am at home
I have attached an aluminium-plate on the lower part of my G25 wheel, placed 10 Buttons from an electronic shop on it and an old gamepad was slaughtered for the functionality. Works quite well and all needed keys/functions of lfs are available at my thumbs
If you are completly unable with electronics and soldering: a small gamepad attached on the wheel will do a good job - I used that with a momo wheel. You just have to find a gamepad that matches good on that wheel.
If you are completly unable with electronics and soldering: a small gamepad attached on the wheel will do a good job - I used that with a momo wheel. You just have to find a gamepad that matches good on that wheel.
ss3 is very laggy - Sam are u moving files again? 
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