The patch U is great, lots of nice improvements, but, the re-worked dash has a new position for the gear indicator and it is CONSTANTLY blocked by the steering wheel. Can we get a new patch to fix that? The prvious versions were all good and able to see the gear indicator....

get the Momo steering wheel, its a bit smaller

You should learn to drive without the aid of a little light. Drive by ear, man!

why do you have to know what gear you're in? If you accidentally shift down into neutral, its not like it makes that much of a difference. I don't really look at the gear indicator anyway.

Quote from Jakg :

get the Momo steering wheel, its a bit smaller

great answer !

anyway, try to coun't your gears whilst on the fly...
and yes driving by ear gives you more freedom and contration for aiming at the apex...

Quote from drift_apprentice :

the re-worked dash has a new position for the gear indicator

?? hmm I never noticed.

Quote from drift_apprentice :

CONSTANTLY blocked by the steering wheel.

Not true, as shown by these pics ...

and a real drifter knows what gear he is in anyway ... revs > Speed
Its very rare I check my gears.

hummm, but your steering wheel is diferent(and u not wearing gloves).

That's because those are different cars (Ie. NOT demo cars.)

You shouldn't have to look to see what gear you are in. If you are driving down the road in a street car, do you need to know what gear you are in? Most street cars don't have a display of the selected gear anyways, you have to look at the position of the shifter to figure it out.


TBH, I never look at the gear I'm in unless I'm trying to teach someone a new course, and I give them a couple pointers on how I drive the course. (Tell what gear I seem to take the corner in, etc.)

Then use virtual guages!

i was talking about momo logo, but anyway, with replys like this:

Quote from Jakg :

get the Momo steering wheel, its a bit smaller

and this

Quote from wheel4hummer :

Then use virtual guages!

why not just shut the Improvement Suggestions forum and make S2 final...
if lfs have something "wrong" why not fix-it, or at least sugest to make it better...

Then how about the suggestion of making it more realistic, removing that gear indicator completely?

You really don't need that indicator, with a bit of practice you know when to shift up and down... But for drifting it might be different

I'm all for a more realistic looking dash for the rest... At least the speed-o-meter, should be more readable in KM/H mode. It's just too small to read. And I think knowing your speed is more important (just think of driving in the pitlane with a car without a limiter)

Quote from newage :

(and u not wearing gloves).

Grrrrrrr those driver models look so out of place.

Quote from ajp71 :

Grrrrrrr those driver models look so out of place.

I like that red and white dash though... I use green and white

You surely know how to add something to a thread don't you?

Quote from newage :

why not just shut the Improvement Suggestions forum and make S2 final...
if lfs have something "wrong" why not fix-it, or at least sugest to make it better...

Having the gear indicator in the demo cars is wrong anyways, whether it be readable or not.