Quote from Woz :

IRL there are NO race series, apart from rally, where the crowd will come out and right your car.

Well I still want it as an OPTION in case I'm running a rally server. I hate when people tell me how I have to play the game. The more options, the better you will suit your audience. If the option is unpopular then it will show when there are no servers using it.

And I don't need the car reset to a misc location... just roll it over. I agree that teleporting the car back to the track is just wrong.

This thread is too long for me to read completely so forgive me if I repeat.

canreset=yes
canreset=no
canreset=x(seconds) to simulate waiting for track workers rolling you over.

During a 1hr race I ended up on my roof after "touching" a barrier and experiencing a weird physics glitch. That sucked!

YES!!! Pitspotter is a definite Must have! Thanks for all the work. Please keep it up!

HOT DOG!!!
That is AWESOME! Thanks so much for humoring us crazy Canuks. That is so sweeeet.
Thanks again.

Lambchop44

I just had my car taken away by Officer ZAK because he was sideways on the road and when I stopped a guy hit me from behind and into him.

Officer ZAK and Officer MaxH refused to make it right and threatend to ban me if I didn't stop pleading my case.

I spent so much time trying to get that car, it's really ruined the experience for me to be bullied by the people who are supposed to keep the peace instead of causing crap. I used to think this was a fun and community driven app but like always, a few bad apples have ruined it for the rest.

Checking in...
Since my Windows re-install I've had no problems. (doesn't mean I won't but I've played for a few 30min. - 1hr stints with no problems). I'm getting 130fps. I'm still using the same LFS files just had to unlock S2 again.

If this stays sable I guess a bunch of guys get to say "I told you so".

Thanks for the help.

Thanks for the End it All app.
I've just re-installed windowsXP Pro so I'll have to give it some time to test. If it occurs again, I will try that app.

My problem had changed somewhat(before this re-install); I still had some stutters (svchost.exe was hogging CPU) but I was also getting a freeze for 10-20 seconds very infrequently. Unfortunately it happened while I was running 3rd in the Chops Sunday Cup last night so I just stood on the brake and miraculously nobody hit me and I stayed on the run-off at an Aston Hairpin.

I will post any new findings as I discover them.

Last edited by lambchop44, Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:35.

It was happening in single player mode too (that was one of the first things I checked).

Hey guys,
I was having the same problem with Nero. I uninstalled Nero Scout and thought my worries were over but then after about 1/2 hour of pain free playing with 100fps the studdering started again.
When I jumped out to the Task Manager I saw a svchost.exe process going nutz on my system. This is a fresh install of windows using my existing install of LFS.

DFI Lanparty UT4 SLI
AMD Athalon64 4000+
1GB Dual Channel RAM
NVidia GeForce 7900GS (256)
Seagate SATA 320MB HD
Onboard Sound
1280x1024 Samsung SynchMaster 940BF LCD

I will try it out again today and if it still screws with me I'll uninstall Nero completely and see what happens.

Last edited by lambchop44, Sat, 6 Jan 2007 17:46.

Does any of this look out of the ordinary?
I am way over my head now.

I need to do more testing but one thing I had was Nero7's Nero Scout running in the background which was crap. I got rid of it.
I did a few laps last night and didn't have any studdering but I need to do a more thorough test.

Plus I took the /usepmtimer switch back off of the boot.ini file.

Ok, MS actually suggested adding the /usepmtimer
I did that. No difference... except maybe worse.

Now I quickly went to the task manager when it got bad and the svchost.exe was using 80% of my cpu. What's up with that?
And there's 7 instances of svchost.exe running at the same time.

Last edited by lambchop44, Thu, 4 Jan 2007 01:57.

Thanks,
I did a fresh install after the HD and video card, but I just plopped the Processor in yesterday. I had a 3000+ and went to a 4000+.

I'll try some of your suggestions and get back to you. Thanks!

CARD CFG=
Adapter Select 0
Adapter Name NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Use HVS 1
ZBD Select 2
Simple Track 0

I just found this thread. I'm having the same studdering problem with my video. My biggest problem is I'm not sure if it's patch V or the new HD (320GB SATA), Video Card (7900GS) and Processor (ATHALON 64 4000+) I just put in.

The game was flawless with my old stuff so I don't know why I'm having problems now.

I agree! Buy it up. It's not very expensive... especially if you do a $$$ per hour of play time calc.
This game has cost me about $0.001 an hour.
It's well worth the purchase.

Heck, I'd buy it again if it helped the Dev's work faster! You can quote me on that one! S3 me anytime!

That sounds awesome!!! I love #3! LOVE IT!!!

I came home from work early yesterday and ruined Christmas. My wife had left it just inside the door when she got home. She let me have it ... then she let me have it early.

I LOVE IT!

Still trying to figure out how to get some more buttons close by. I have not been able to set up the shifter due to the custom race seat setup I have (need to modify). Currently I've got a PS2 style logitech controler zip tied to the bottom wheel spoke.

I did test the shifter and it works well. As Tweaker said, I really only see using it for playing around (unless we could get a series going that everyone is using the gate shifter).

The quality of this product is outstanding, I did have one little bur on my left paddle but nothing a little filing won't fix.

Hey man! I just don't want them to forget. That's how marketing works. Notice all the boxing day signs on boxing day? Like we don't already know.

There is a pretty clear advantage to the FXO over the XRT or RB4. If we could lighten these other 2, or add power that would be cool.

The GTR class could use a little tweak too.

Please, and thank you.

Lamb

Then maybe an admin should delete this thread.
I would if I could but I can't so I won't.

Sorry for ruining everyone's fun here on the Forum.

Didn't yo mama tell ya, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. I didn't force you to read this.

I was simply making an observation, that the only "Improvements and Suggestions" issue that other games have over LFS are stated above (though the other games fall way short in the areas that really matter).

And if it has been brought up before then I'll bring it up again... and again... and again until it has been added.

Things learned from GTR2 Demo:

1) LFS is still leagues more realistic and flexible
2) GTR has dynamic daylight and weather
3) GTR has a few more sound effects

That's about it. If we could had dynamic weather + daylight and a few more sounds there's not much left to do but drive the thing.

LFS RULES!!!

Thanks guys.
The MIP bias helps smooth the pixels too. I had that at the sharper end of the scale.

Ahhh, Gotcha!!!

I may be wrong about my AA situation. at 4x there may be some AA but it's very minute. I guess I had higher expectations.

What does +1 for option in game mean?

I have a GeForce 6600GT OC and I can't get anti-aliasing to do anything whether I set it globally or with a profile pointing to LFS. I've set it all over the place but all I get in game is jagged edges.

Any ideas?

Last edited by lambchop44, Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:30.