Whenever I join a server (or someone joins one im on) and the game tries to get the skin I get the following error. The same error occours when viewing replays.

Skin : Socket Closed - CAR_Skin_name

I have automatic download set to "yes".

It happen's with P2 and P8.

A bug or did I do something wrong?

nah there must be something wrong with ur game.
redownload it.

It worked fine for months......

And It still doesnt work after I patched it to P8 ??

I just downloaded the game again to a new folder and copied my mpr's over. I ran one and it asked to download missing skins, I said yes then I got the same problem

Skin : Socket Closed - CAR_Skin_name

Please help!!

Ive now done 3 downloads and three installs?

I still cant download skins.

Any help? its VERY annoying.

I think only Scawen would be able to answer this one... cuz hell if I have a clue what that error means!!!

Althought, maybe it has something to do with a firewall, ports... or something (because a 'socket' relates to ports). Any restrictive firewalls installed? LFS blocked in Windows Firewall?

As far as I am aware (I've not done any packet sniffing on this subject), but LFS downloads skins over HTTP from LFSWorld, so presuming you're on a network which doesnt use a proxy, LFS should beable to download the files properly.

I run thru an ISP that does have a transparent proxy but several friends have no problems thru the same ISP.

Other than that ive got NO software firewall (Win firewall is off) and just a Netgear NAT router and ADSL modem that ive been using since I first started racing LFS 3 years ago.

I have had this error for quite a while now. Of course I'm on dialup and don't download skins while racing for the most part. I download mostly from replays. IIRC, it started with patch S/T. If it was a problem with me being on dialup or anything with connections as others seem to have it also, I would think it would be more random. If I try to get the same skin at different times (through playing the replays), I always get the error. Meaning I have never gotten the error, then been able to error-free download that skin at a later time/date. All skins come from the same place, LFSW, so why does certain particular skins always get this error when others don't?

Im A S2 User and i have the same problem

Ditto