Lotus 7 sim?

Are there any sims or mods devoted to the famous Lotus 7 or later Caterham models? I have GPL, F1C and N2k3 for mods. Racer is also an option. Feel is more important than eye candy. Thanks for any pointers. -Brent

Brent Burton wrote: > Are there any sims or mods devoted to the famous Lotus 7 or > later Caterham models? Have a look at Live for Speed, http://www.liveforspeed.net The LX4 and LX8 look suspiciously like Lotus/Caterhams :) LFS is a pretty good sim if you can live with its two shortcomings, the 'fantasy' car names and tracks (stupid trademark laws) and the on-line only, hardware-tied distribution and anti-copy protection scheme. HTH, Mr. Sylvestre

>LFS is a pretty good sim if you can live with its two shortc­omings 3, lack of support for onboard AC97 sound.

"mcewena" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:1107448147.923411.92470 @l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com: >>LFS is a pretty good sim if you can live with its two shortc�omings > > 3, lack of support for onboard AC97 sound. > > Hmm, I played LFS with onboard AC97 with no problems. cheers John

"Mr. Sylvestre" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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| Brent Burton wrote: | > Are there any sims or mods devoted to the famous Lotus 7 or | > later Caterham models? | | Have a look at Live for Speed, http://www.liveforspeed.net | The LX4 and LX8 look suspiciously like Lotus/Caterhams :) | | LFS is a pretty good sim if you can live with its two shortcomings, the | 'fantasy' car names and tracks (stupid trademark laws) and the on-line | only, hardware-tied distribution and anti-copy protection scheme.

Thanks for the pointer, but the truth is I've owned LFS S1 since its release and didn't mention it on purpose since its LX4 and LX6 models are what I'm unhappy with. How does LFS' modeling of these compare to a real 7's handling? Are they really that twitchy and eager to oversteer? The LFS models just seem a bit exaggerated. I've never driven a 7 and therefore have nothing to compare LFS to. -bpb

>Are they really that twitchy and eager to oversteer? There are so many variations on the Lotus 7 theme that I'm sure some are. Lots of horsepower and a driver location nearly on top of the very light rear end would seem to be an ideal starting recipe for oversteer ;)

"mcewena" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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| >Are they really that twitchy and eager to oversteer? | | There are so many variations on the Lotus 7 theme that I'm sure some | are. | | Lots of horsepower and a driver location nearly on top of the very | light rear end would seem to be an ideal starting recipe for oversteer | ;)

True, true. Last night I found a setup for LFS' LX4 that works well and removes about 80% of the wandering and nearly all of the undesirable oversteer. On RSC in the LFS forum and LX4 Setups sub forum, user "forbin" posted his LX4 setup called "GrippyLX". It makes this car fun to drive, not a chore. I also found a Caterham R500 model for Racer on the racer-xtreme files site but I've not tried it out. cheers, -bpb

Actually I remember reading the driver impressions from the Panoz LMP1 drivers. They thought the car oversteered quite badly at first, but then they realised it was just because they were sitting so much further back in the rear engined chassis then they were used to that they felt it more acutely.

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> Actually I remember reading the driver impressions from the Panoz LMP1 > drivers. > > They thought the car oversteered quite badly at first, but then they > realised it was just because they were sitting so much further back in > the rear engined chassis then they were used to that they felt it more > acutely.

Real or sim? That's -exactly- how I felt when I first drove the Panoz in SCC. Alan

"Brent Burton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Are there any sims or mods devoted to the famous Lotus 7 or > later Caterham models? > I have GPL, F1C and N2k3 for mods. > Racer is also an option. Some one is making one for F1C. I think the Beta is out. http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=190296 An other project got canned. Don't go to the Caterham sub folder in rscnet its dead. Rudeboy

"Rudeboy" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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| | "Brent Burton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message | news:[email hidden]... | > Are there any sims or mods devoted to the famous Lotus 7 or ... | | Some one is making one for F1C. I think the Beta is out. | http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=190296 | | An other project got canned. Don't go to the Caterham sub folder in rscnet | its dead.

Thanks for the pointer, I'll keep an eye on it. -Brent