oops... meant to post this in the tech support section. Sorry. Mods please move if you wish.

Last night my brother and I were racing on the CTRA Race 1 server. We raced several races; some of them I finished, some of them I did not.

My problem is that my race stats aren't appearing in LFS World. When I open up the "Online Racer Stats" window it shows my last race information as being December 29, 2007 on the CTRA Single Seater 1 server. When l open up the "Online Race Results" window and lookup my December 31, 2007 races I see my results from last night with no problem.

Can someone explain this? My brother's race information in the "Online Racer Stats" window shows the correct information from the CTRA Race 1 server and last night's racing.

I've got my gaming rig setup with dual monitors. I'm using a Geforce 7800 GS (AGP). It has 3 outputs. I'm using the VGA output to send the signal to an NEC Optiplex 90gx2. In WinXP's display properties I've set this to be my primary monitor. The DVI output I've got running to a Samsung LCD tv, which I use to do all my gaming. I've set the display properties so that the desktop is extended onto the Samsung.

Now, here is my problem: If I set LFS to use the primary adapter, it launches on the NEC. I then window LFS and drag it over to my Samsung to play. This doesn't work so well, because I only get 20-25 fps. Normally I'll get around 90fps.

If I set LFS to use the secondary adapter, it launches on the Samsung, and automatically goes into full screen mode (No Window). I cannot use shift+F4 to go into windowed mode. LFS give an error message saying "Can't go to window - not using primary monitor".



Now, this is troublesome for me because any time I need to stop playing to do something, say check LFSWorld or answer an email, LFS will automatically minimize to the menu bar. I would like it to stay maximized and visible on my Samsung while I work on my NEC, so I can check in on what is happening within LFS. Obviously I can't do this while it isn't in windowed mode.

I understand why this is happening, my question is this: Can this be corrected within LFS or is this a Windows control thing that is beyond the game's control? Should I log this in the bug forum?

Last edited by cartmen34, Thu 13 Dec 2007, 20:39. Reason : typo corrections

Quote from kirmy :

sorry i gave you the wrong skin and no wonder it looks rubbish half the car is missing, this is the proper one to scale to 1024x1024, cheers

thank you!!

dassa' one good looking car!!

To bad it is just one guy's opinion. I was hoping it might be a sneak peek of the actual car. If the real car is anything like that it'll be one of the best looking cars on the '07 grid!

Last edited by cartmen34, Tue 17 Oct 2006, 16:12. Reason : read ALL the posts! lol

Quote from Flycantbird :

The one on Fern Bay Black with that woman in the grandstands lifiting her shirt.

Yeah, that corner is totally....wait, what woman?!?!

Quote from richo :

Downloaded it ,installed it, went to forums to get some setup clues,mucked about with cfg files,played it and didnt like it at all...

Snap oversteer like everyother ISI game, it may as well been GTL/GTR etc etc in new clothes it felt exactly the same , for a game that should be so refined after all these attemps its horrible, bloody arcane setup screens and that you have to dick around with cfg,s and the like is ridiculous in this day and age..

I think the mods for F1C were done so much better than this,
DISSAPOINTED !!

ps:feels like the car pivots around the middle rather than having independent axis,s at each corner (or however you say it) ISI should throw away all its code and start fresh imho...

I agree %100 with this post. I get the EXACT same feeling. It feels like the car is pivoting on a huge ball in the center of the car instead of at the 4 corners.

Quote from Flycantbird :

I've been playing rFactor for 2 days now, and unless I'm missing something ( which is possible ) I can't get any reasonable control of the cars.

The brakes don't make sense no matter what I do, I'm always slowing down way too soon, or skidding thru the turn, with no in between.
The steering is similar, although not as bad.

I've done a lot of tweaking to the controls and the setups and can't seem to get it to feel just 'good' ( as opposed to great).

...

As I say, I could be missing something ( please prove me right, I welcome it ), but LFS seems FAR superior. Maybe the two just can't be compared ?

Many of the rFactor mods are cool, the karts for example, and the real world tracks are something I miss from previous sims - but not even so much the 'real world-ness', just the huge variety of turns.

If there is a weak spot for LFS, I think the tracks are a bit too 'samey'.
Yes they are different, but there are a lot of high speed turns, broken up by extreme tight turns. Don't get me wrong - I'm not saying there aren't tracks I like a lot, but I'm looking forward to new tracks as much as anything in the future.

Granted it's a beta S2, and the bottom line is how it feels to drive, which I love. I'm certain there is much to come, too.

I also agree completely with this response as well.

I've been trying the rFactor Demo now for two days. I just can't get a feel for the car. I'm constantly second guessing what the car is about to do, over-or-under braking for corners, over-or-under estimating my acceleration points. I also have a problem with rFactors sense of speed, or lack thereof. I get no sense of acceleration or deceleration by simply watching the road. I can't really tell how fast I'm going by simply looking at the scenery as I pass through it. According to their speedometer I'm going 180 mph on the straight, while it LOOKS like I'm going about 60 or 70 mph. The only time I get a good sense of a speed difference is when I slow down for the really tight hairpin curves.

I WANT to like rFactor, I really do. All the mods, the real life cars and tracks are VERY appealing, but for me the handling "real life" feel of a car is all important, and rFactor doesn't give me that feeling, while LFS does.

I, like Flycantbird, would be happy with a few more tracks, not just more configurations on the existing tracks, but overall I get much more driving sense and fun out of LFS than any other driving sim game I've ever had before.

I did a search for banning but most of the results were on how to ban or why to ban someone, so here is my new suggestion.

Here's the situation that brought this to my attention. I was racing as a non-leaguer in a league race. One of the league players was seriously lagging. All the cars behind him slowly filter past but me. After about 2 laps of giving him a wide birth and losing about 2 seconds a lap, I decided to try a fairly safe pass in a braking zone. Of course, just as I decide to pass he lags into invisibility. Suddenly I hit.... nothing. Of course it is him, and he reappears as he spins off into the grass. As I'm trying to limp back to the pits, I am suddenly looking at the server selection screen, along with a message "connection lost".

Now, as I was having no lag issues (none of the other cars in the line were lagging but him) I can only assume I did not actually "lose" the connection. I'm guessing he banned me. (Can only one person ban if they have permission? I don't know the rules on banning...)

Anyway, my suggestion is that instead of a connection lost message, it says you have been banned. Perhaps you could also add an input area where the banner could inform the banee of exactly why they are being banned.

Quote from sgt.flippy :

Yes, I can open all the other .eps files. But I got the same warning when I merged vectors with a jpeg... Maybe it's just the way the author of the image made it.

Interesting. Perhaps paintshop pro is the problem?

I say that because you seem to have troubles adding vectors to any file type. If psp has a bug in its 'vector code' it'll most definetly have troubles with eps files. (I've never had any troubles at all with jpg<->vectors or any eps file from brandsoftheworld with photoshop.)

Perhaps a little googling on vector bugs in your version of psp. Sorry I can't be more help.

Quote from sgt.flippy :

Little question, that bridgestone image, did you get it off brandsoftheworld? If that's yes, could you tell me what program you're using, because when I download it from there, I get an error about it having options that I don't have in paint shop pro 9.1. It happens with a few other files from that site, I had to make the image from a google jpeg

Just a guess, but most of the images from brandsoftheworld.com are actually *.eps files, not clipart. (a few are *.ai files).

eps files allow you to open the image at any resolution and size. I'm guessing these are the "options that paint shop pro doesn't have." Does paintshop pro read eps files? (I'm a photoshop user, so I have no clue what paintshop pro can and cannot do.)

Quote from Sneiter :

I think it looks great , but im looking for the '97 Minardi, with yellow, blue and white.

Finished. Hope you enjoy!

Edit: posted wrong online file! corrected!

Last edited by cartmen34, Fri 28 Jul 2006, 21:58.

Quote from Sneiter :

I think it looks great , but im looking for the '97 Minardi, with yellow, blue and white.

Starting to feel it now. Some of the curves on the minardi paint scheme just don't lend themselves to the curves of the F08, but I think that's pretty close to the base paint scheme.

Let me know what you think. Should be done by tomorrow evening.

Quote from comradesampo :

Nice work. Did they really use that gray Cosworth logo, though? It doesn't show up very well against the green.

I had several images of the car, but I think this one shows the colors decently. Looks like the logo was blue and gray, but it shows up better against the black part on the actual car.

It's not a perfect replica, but this car never did look the same from one round to the next so I figured it is close enough.

Quote from Sneiter :

I think it looks great , but im looking for the '97 Minardi, with yellow, blue and white.

The 97 Minardi looks like a neat little skin to do. I'll mix that one up as soon as I'm finished with my '04 Minardi BF1 skin.

Quote from comradesampo :

Very nice. I've always been a big fan of the black and red Minardis, too. I've been meaning to do a PS02, but I keep getting stymied by my inability to find a good Asiatech logo.

Tell me about it. It's why I don't have the thing sponsored up yet. I can't find logos for half of ol' Stoddie's sponsors. Plus, the car was different for every round! lol

Quote from comradesampo :

Enough of that, now.
Here's another old favorite from the not-so-pointy end of the grid: The Arrows A23, the car that got passed around more than <insert vulgar metaphor involving Paris Hilton, two city buses and a goat>. It's a pity the best-looking cars are always at the back of the grid.

I couldn't agree more!! (Well, at least about the cool cars at the back of the grid anyway. lol

I don't know why, but to me this car is just one of the best looking F1 cars ever. illepall




(Work in Progress... I'll post the sponsor'd up one very soon.)

Quote from manintightpants :

Yeah made it myself. found a side on shot of the car and blew it up then drew over it. its pretty dodgy because of that, but it seems to work ok on the car. I've uploaded my version here for you if you want it but there are definately people here who could do a better job!

thanks!

Quote from manintightpants :

You mean this one?

Hey tightpants, where'd you get the direxiv logo? Did you make it yourself?

Quote from cartmen34 :

It's not a perfect replica. Some of the team's sponsor's logo's were impossible (for me) to find on the internets...... so I had to substitute them for other team sponsors, and the number isn't perfect, but it's good enough I guess.

I've got my own version, so feel free to use the skin.

I personally think the black version looks pretty decent as well...

Quote from cartmen34 :

I'd post my half way done skin for this one, but I've not completed it, and the mods say to only post complete skins.

Perhaps I'll get back to it and finish it one day....

Datsun, you motivated me to finish it.

The skin is here...
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=168460#post168460

Attached is the preview from the LFS viewer. Lemmie know what you think.

It's not a perfect replica. Some of the team's sponsor's logo's were impossible (for me) to find on the internets...... so I had to substitute them for other team sponsors, and the number isn't perfect, but it's good enough I guess.

The skin file is also attached. Have at it!

Last edited by cartmen34, Fri 14 Jul 2006, 15:21.

Quote from datsun dude :

and maybe some one could make this one too?

I'd post my half way done skin for this one, but I've not completed it, and the mods say to only post complete skins.

Perhaps I'll get back to it and finish it one day....

You can see the VO8 here:
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=136023#post136023

and the BF1 version here:
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=133038#post133038

thanks for all the compliments fellas!

You can see his bigger brother here:

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=133038#post133038

I'll post the FOX version soon.