Thanks, guys
Thanks for all the helpful and encouraging posts!
I was looking for a nice online game today, and figured out that there really are no servers that have blackwood with XFG/XRG. AS National seems to be a pretty popular track, so I might look into that. There are plenty of all-cars servers with blackwood, but they all seem to be BF1's.
I drive a 1989 mitsubishi galant with a broken gearbox, trashed engine (it just couldn't handle 7800 rpm :shrug
, f*cked up brakes and junkyard tires. Even if there was something like it in LFS, I wouldn't even touch it. I'm pretty fluent with my car on ice, tho. I just love powerslides, sideways 90's and fishtail slides (too bad that summer's coming).
I don't want to stick with FWD's either. I wanna go RWD and single seaters. But it's a long way there.
Thanks for all the advice!
-Riku
I was looking for a nice online game today, and figured out that there really are no servers that have blackwood with XFG/XRG. AS National seems to be a pretty popular track, so I might look into that. There are plenty of all-cars servers with blackwood, but they all seem to be BF1's.
I drive a 1989 mitsubishi galant with a broken gearbox, trashed engine (it just couldn't handle 7800 rpm :shrug
, f*cked up brakes and junkyard tires. Even if there was something like it in LFS, I wouldn't even touch it. I'm pretty fluent with my car on ice, tho. I just love powerslides, sideways 90's and fishtail slides (too bad that summer's coming).I don't want to stick with FWD's either. I wanna go RWD and single seaters. But it's a long way there.
Thanks for all the advice!
-Riku
Getting started with LFS
I recently bought a black momo and the S2 licence. I have been racing LFS occasionally whenever I had borrowed a wheel from a friend and I have always liked the sim, but now I want to really learn how to race.
I'd like to know some tips from you guys on getting started. I know that practice is the key, and that's what I'm gonna do (and have been doing for a week or two now). I'd like to have a few tips on what to practice. A track/car combination until I reach competitive lap times? Or perhaps a single car on different tracks? Or different cars on the same track?
Should I race the AI or go online? The AI obviously sucks and driving with them is annoying as they bump into me constantly. On the other hand, in online games I get my ass kicked pretty bad and I don't want to be a race wrecker, because I am very error prone. (I apologize to the guy whose race I ruined by spinning in SO1 with the BF1 right in front of him when I had blue flag). I feel like I am Mr. Ide "the moving chicane" from the F1 circuits. It's kinda hard to learn how to race in the traffic when the AI is too slow and not fair racers and online opponents kick my ass so bad that I have an empty track in front of me and blue flags waving at me.
I have been racing XFG and XRG at blackwood and at south city classic. The cadet seems like a nice track too, but I havn't really gotten into that yet. I have watched the WR replays and tried to learn from their driving lines/breaking points. I also like to race the FOX and the BF1, but obviously my driving talent combined with all those horses under the hood results in a no-good outcome. I also tried the UF1 but I didn't like it because of the horrible oversteering when braking (or was it just my setup?).
My best laps in blackwood are about 1:35:00 with the XFG and 1:37:00 with the XRG. They're not good, but I have improved a lot lately.
I have downloaded the WR setups from the Inferno site and I am using them. They seem to be fast but also hard-to-drive rubberburners. Should I try a more conservative setup or perhaps try to tune my own?
When it comes to racing technique, I have tried to learn trailbraking from day zero on. I also try to drive the corners so that I am in a subtle drift. Are there any other techniques I should try to learn? Or should I try without trailbraking and drifting first and then incorporate them in later?
Do my methods of practicing sound OK to you? Do you have suggestions for good cars or tracks to rehearse? How did you guys start with?
-Riku
online: sikakoira666
BTW. Are there any in-real-life racers in the community? How does LFS compare to real racing (excluding the G-forces, of course)
I'd like to know some tips from you guys on getting started. I know that practice is the key, and that's what I'm gonna do (and have been doing for a week or two now). I'd like to have a few tips on what to practice. A track/car combination until I reach competitive lap times? Or perhaps a single car on different tracks? Or different cars on the same track?
Should I race the AI or go online? The AI obviously sucks and driving with them is annoying as they bump into me constantly. On the other hand, in online games I get my ass kicked pretty bad and I don't want to be a race wrecker, because I am very error prone. (I apologize to the guy whose race I ruined by spinning in SO1 with the BF1 right in front of him when I had blue flag). I feel like I am Mr. Ide "the moving chicane" from the F1 circuits. It's kinda hard to learn how to race in the traffic when the AI is too slow and not fair racers and online opponents kick my ass so bad that I have an empty track in front of me and blue flags waving at me.
I have been racing XFG and XRG at blackwood and at south city classic. The cadet seems like a nice track too, but I havn't really gotten into that yet. I have watched the WR replays and tried to learn from their driving lines/breaking points. I also like to race the FOX and the BF1, but obviously my driving talent combined with all those horses under the hood results in a no-good outcome. I also tried the UF1 but I didn't like it because of the horrible oversteering when braking (or was it just my setup?).
My best laps in blackwood are about 1:35:00 with the XFG and 1:37:00 with the XRG. They're not good, but I have improved a lot lately.
I have downloaded the WR setups from the Inferno site and I am using them. They seem to be fast but also hard-to-drive rubberburners. Should I try a more conservative setup or perhaps try to tune my own?
When it comes to racing technique, I have tried to learn trailbraking from day zero on. I also try to drive the corners so that I am in a subtle drift. Are there any other techniques I should try to learn? Or should I try without trailbraking and drifting first and then incorporate them in later?
Do my methods of practicing sound OK to you? Do you have suggestions for good cars or tracks to rehearse? How did you guys start with?
-Riku
online: sikakoira666
BTW. Are there any in-real-life racers in the community? How does LFS compare to real racing (excluding the G-forces, of course)
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