Anybody know of anybody who can/has made a program which can do launch control especially for BMW Sauber???

Well the TC works almost as a Launch Control, isn't that enought?

Quote from danne :

Well the TC works almost as a Launch Control, isn't that enought?

Na... what i wanted was like you get in F1 games where it sort of revs for you and takes off at just the right time to get you the most power/acceleration with the least amount of wheelspin.

It may sound like cheating to you but i believe its not... if the LFS team believe it is cheating then maybe just make it on single-player mode???

i didnt think the 2006 cars had launch control. i'm pretty sure the 2006 cars dont have it.

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i didnt think the 2006 cars had launch control. i'm pretty sure the 2006 cars dont have it.

The new E60 M5 does and that 06... have a look at this vid at around 1 min 20 seconds into the vid to see launch control... Speechless -

http://video.google.com/videop ... 621219101155&q=bmw+m5

er.. thats no F1 car lol

i know, i know but its 1 of the only examples of launch control i could find... and it is a lovely car... lol

i thought we were talking about the f1 car?

We ARE but im giving an example of how you can take off from a standstill using launch control and not have any wheelspin!!

Anybody got a program as i asked earlier???

No? And what's the point of it. It isn't fun... it's like using LFSTweak to be a faster driver.

Quote from Lible :

No? And what's the point of it. It isn't fun... it's like using LFSTweak to be a faster driver.

I was just wondering what it would be like...

Launch control on a road car is boring. It's because a smaller and smaller percentage of those rich enough to afford horrid cars like BMW's can't actually drive. At the last count I think it was 3 people.

actually.. after watching this little video here at google video:
http://video.google.com/videop ... p;q=formula+1&pl=true

and seeing that start... hell.. we NEED launch control lol starts would be so much more fun .. and alot more realistic.. and might actually SOUND right too, rather than high revving engines the whole start whereas they dip into low rpms as they start giving a faaaantastic sound

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actually.. after watching this little video here at google video:
http://video.google.com/videop ... p;q=formula+1&pl=true

and seeing that start... hell.. we NEED launch control lol starts would be so much more fun .. and alot more realistic.. and might actually SOUND right too, rather than high revving engines the whole start whereas they dip into low rpms as they start giving a faaaantastic sound

Cough 2005 cough.

F1 does NOT have launch control. The drivers have to launch the car MANUALLY from the line to 60km/h. They get given an ideal rev to be at when they drop the clutch. Too much = wheelspin, to little = anti-stall kicks in and they bog down.

..i still slide even at "low" rpms..

yes.. it is 2005 but.. whats the difference..
its not like this year is completed yet lol

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..i still slide even at "low" rpms..

yes.. it is 2005 but.. whats the difference..
its not like this year is completed yet lol

You said you wanted launch control to be more realistic. F1 doesn't have it, so it wouldn't. What you need is a TC model that won't work til 60km/h from a standstill, an anti-stall device that bogs down the car, wheelspin that reduces longitudinal accleration a bit more that it does, and the ability to potentially stall the cars. Also more people with finger operated clutches would help, but that's asking a lot at the moment.

If you watch and listen to the start of an F1 race you can hear the cars rev up just before racing off and here are some great examples. If you listen closely to the videos you can hear the click of the launch control as it is turned on.
http://video.google.com/videop ... mp;q=montmelo&pl=true
http://video.google.com/videop ... mp;q=montmelo&pl=true
http://video.google.com/videop ... 3399260225320&pl=true
http://video.google.com/videop ... 3825984324507&pl=true

The 2006 launch control does exsist still but in a different form which satisfys the rules.

Here is a 2005 steering wheel which has a launch control button black with red letters LC. Supposedly in 2005 launch control was banned.
http://articles.motortoday.com ... 30_press-F1-str-wheel.jpg

it has to be something... just watch the renaults get off the line.. i dont know about this year seeing that we get little coverage (er.. not my fault) but last year the renaults just... flew off the start line compared to the other cars.. there had to be something..

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it has to be something... just watch the renaults get off the line.. i dont know about this year seeing that we get little coverage (er.. not my fault) but last year the renaults just... flew off the start line compared to the other cars.. there had to be something..

I thought it was only Ferrari that got bashed for being better than the rest.. My bad... Does that mean Renault are cheaters too, then?

Quote from Yoboy :

Here is a 2005 steering wheel which has a launch control button black with red letters LC. Supposedly in 2005 launch control was banned.
http://articles.motortoday.com ... 30_press-F1-str-wheel.jpg

Are you sure that LC = launch control? Could be anything

Quote from Hyperactive :

Are you sure that LC = launch control? Could be anything

I'm positive after watching much of the 2005 season sometimes they would show either Michael or Rubens rolling up to their starting position and they tap the button once then stop and tap that button again(You could even here the same click of the launch control being turned on when the button was pressed.) apply the clutch behind the steering wheel and after pressing that button it locks the rpms at the optimum rpm for the least amount of wheel spin. So all it does is make it easier on their foot, they can put the throttle all the way down with the clutch dropped and it doesn't exceed the locked rpm. The game F1 Challenge 99-02 has the exact same sound when you turn on the launch control. I also remember hearing an announcer here in the US say that they have a form of launch control that is used within the rules of Formula One. I'm not exactly sure how the launch control works internally but it must be mostly mechanical to be able to fit within the rules.