To make LFS ready for the future should it be based of Vulkan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulkan_(API) instead of directx. Maybe it can run then on all 64 bit platforms like Linux, Android and Mac. Windows 10 OEM is not so expensive for getting a 64 bit Windows.

And it should be ready for UTF-8.

Vulkan would break all compatbility with older hardware, so I think you shouldn't count on it for now, without even talking about the time it would need to change a graphics API (plus Vulkan is way harder to develop for than DX9, so it needs a lot of work to learn it and make it worth it).

Implementing Vulkan in remplacement of DX won't magically make it cross platform compatible, it's only a first step. Graphics API aren't the only thing that lock a program to an OS.

64 bits executable would be nice if correct optimisations are used with it, because without them, I don't think it will magically help with performance. It could still have both exes for a while.

What about, and this is a wild idea... OpenGL :o

Vulkan is better than OpenGL, and i guess i suggested this already in another thread. But i guess the code can't be automatically converted. Therefore i guess LFS will stay at DirectX. But thats not a big problem. Windows is still the best OS. Android is still a Playground and Linux is just good for Open Source Software. And LFS don't need to be on Steam.

But LFS need more commercials for more players. Only a few Players are every day online. And there are no racing servers with much players everyday online. Sometimes is a event. Thats not enough.