Just wondered if there was a ghost car option on LFS.
I used to play Sega Rally alot and the game kept your fastest lap on what was called Trial - same as hot lapping. But your fastest lap was retained and you could basically race against your quickest ghost lap without intrusion onto your car.
I found this usefull and fun to get better as it highligts were you are quicker on each section of the track immediatly

No.
Has been mentioned before (multiple times and in various languages) in the "Improvement Suggestions".

Useful? Yes

Unrealistic? Yes

Basically cheating to improve your times, when there is no way you could be that quick without the ghost car? Yes

Discussed in over 3 threads on this forum alone? Yes.

Searched for by this poster? No.

spending too much time typing a reply? Yes.

Quote from tristancliffe :

Useful? Yes

Unrealistic? Yes

Basically cheating to improve your times, when there is no way you could be that quick without the ghost car? Yes

Discussed in over 3 threads on this forum alone? Yes.

Searched for by this poster? No.

Well thanks for replys and welcome to the community

Quote from tristancliffe :

Useful? Yes

Unrealistic? Yes

Basically cheating to improve your times, when there is no way you could be that quick without the ghost car? Yes

Discussed in over 3 threads on this forum alone? Yes.

Searched for by this poster? No.

I never saw any posts concerning Ghost cars. I think you're just imagining things. I guess it's cause we're so close to Halloween that people are seeing
ghosts.

But the cheating part... Is it really? I mean you're pretty much racing yourself
I dunno though. I'm actually glad this feature isn't in the game
I also don't see how this would help in racing situations. If you tried to run identical to what you did when you got your fastest time in a race, I think it would turn out badly. And as far as helping hotlappers goes. Man, those guys race whatever track in whatever car over and over and over. LOL they could probably hotlap in their sleep. they don't need a ghost car.

I don't think having ghost car options would be a good thing. It would kinda go against the overall personality of the game.
Something like ghost cars would make it worse than arcadey. it would make it wimpy

theres loads of threads and posts on this matter.

bottomline: ghostcar is patented by an atari engineer that worked in the team of harddriving (arcade).
if you really want info on this you should just read the endless threads on this matter that already exist.

Quote from Racer Y :

I never saw any posts concerning Ghost cars. I think you're just imagining things.

look what my imagination is capable of
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=1925

Quote from The Gooner :

Well thanks for replys and welcome to the community

Welcome to the community The Gooner !! Get your S2 licence to enjoy the finest racing sim there ever was ("is" I mean, and it is improving all the time).

Thanks Geezer

I have bought my license, just struggle a bit with the cars

Keep dropping back onto demo so I can complete a race every now and then LOL

Quote from jmkz :

look what my imagination is capable of
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=1925

Note that you only saw that AFTER i posted about it not being there....
Now I think a conspiracy is afoot....... Someone put that there......
I wouldn't read any of those posts... they might have subliminal messages
put in the posts.... First, you will read those posts, next thing you know,
you'll be standing in your kitchen with a butcher knife and blood everywhere and not know why.....
STAY AWAY FROM THAT THREAD!!!!!!!


Oh and Gooner, Welcome to LFS

I imagine that a ghost car... which isn't a ghost at all would be quite fun. So you're racing against yourself but to be quicker you have to actually pass... not go through. I reckon it could teach people a thing or two about racing.

Quote from budabudabass :

I imagine that a ghost car... which isn't a ghost at all would be quite fun. So you're racing against yourself but to be quicker you have to actually pass... not go through. I reckon it could teach people a thing or two about racing.

If the shost car was solid I wouldn't object to it half as much. The ghost car in that case can just be considered a mate who is letting you follow him to learn lines etc. Obviously you have to suffer the downforce problems of having a car in front, but as the ghost car is a recording it does not get affected by being hit, or being drafted (i.e. you try to suck him along).

We just need good AI really.

Which sega rally did you play? 1 or 2?

Sega Rally 1 the original on the saturn.

I can remember many a cold night sat in front in of telly racing till the early hours

Hmm /me looks at watch times dont seem to have changed

Quote from tristancliffe :

If the shost car was solid I wouldn't object to it half as much.

hey youve struck gold! no one has ever thought of that!
just kidding mate. if u ever hotlapped vs ya ghostcar you would know that ghost cant be solid coz you are most of the time redoing ya own line and as u cross finishline u are usually INSIDE your ghost....
i fully support ghost car perf being coded inside lfs for years. but there are technical probs in those beyond the patent quirks issues or non issues..
gt4 is a reference in ghost coding and perf loading.