OK, what's "LFS" ?

sorry for being such a lamer, but I can't figure out the full name of the game a lot of you are talking about... thx, Vedran.

"Vedran Parac" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bckj46$iho$[email hidden]... > sorry for being such a lamer, but I can't figure out the full name of the > game a lot of you are talking about... Live for Speed ( www.liveforspeed.net ) Some say it's just a Gran Turrismo for a PC, Some say it's the sim to end all sims. One thing for sure -it has a very wierd community. Doug

LOL.....not a chuffin patch on that RL community DOug...:) Kettles in black pots....? AD

"Aidee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bckmrb$umc$[email hidden]... > LOL.....not a chuffin patch on that RL community DOug...:) > > Kettles in black pots....? I said it was wierd - not flame-roasted and loonie packed :P Doug

> >flame-roasted and loonie packed :P Sounds like a crisp ad :)) Ash

"Ashley McConnell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bckorv$5j3$[email hidden]...

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> > > > >flame-roasted and loonie packed :P > > > Sounds like a crisp ad :)) > > Ash

Well - i DO live in Leicester. The cities Patron Saint is Gary :P Doug

whats weird about it? Rick. "Doug Ellison" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bckok7$kfmpb$[email hidden]...

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> > "Ashley McConnell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:bckorv$5j3$[email hidden]... > > > > > > > >flame-roasted and loonie packed :P > > > > > > Sounds like a crisp ad :)) > > > > Ash > > Well - i DO live in Leicester. The cities Patron Saint is Gary :P > > Doug > >

Doug i sort of worked out you have moved.....gone far from Pool Road end..? AD

"Aidee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bcl2g0$60b$[email hidden]... > Doug i sort of worked out you have moved.....gone far from Pool Roadend..? Down toward Aylestone - not far from the Cricket ground. Doug

"Richard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3eee0bb3$0$18490$[email hidden]... > whats weird about it? > > Rick. Well - they're obsessed with unrealistic slides, and all use the same childish language more suited to Counterstrike than Sim Racing. It just isnt your typical sim racing community - and I've NEVER seen such a high density of people on yellow and red cards than the LFS forums at RSC Doug

LOL...my mate lives off Grace Road,Kempson Road actually...you might be closerrrrrr than you think :) AD

It is true, the community is quite weird... But that shouldn't take away from the game. You can run closed servers with passwords, etc. AND you can LAN the game up and use AI cars in the race to make it more interesting if you don't have that many friends :) Check out the latest LFS movie in bhmotorsports.com involving a real life race car being developed by McGill university using LFS to help with their car. I find it to be quite cool.. Mike http://mikebeauchamp.com "Doug Ellison" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:CgpHa.41767$[email hidden]...

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> > "Richard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3eee0bb3$0$18490$[email hidden]... > > whats weird about it? > > > > Rick. > > Well - they're obsessed with unrealistic slides, and all use the same > childish language more suited to Counterstrike than Sim Racing. > > It just isnt your typical sim racing community - and I've NEVER seen such

a > high density of people on yellow and red cards than the LFS forums at RSC > > Doug > >

On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:50:56 +0100, "Doug Ellison" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> >"Richard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:3eee0bb3$0$18490$[email hidden]... >> whats weird about it? >> >> Rick. > >Well - they're obsessed with unrealistic slides, and all use the same >childish language more suited to Counterstrike than Sim Racing.

Wrong !!!!!!! How can you say that ! As a true simer , I 'm offended. I love GPL, and i love LFS. The difference is that LFS ALSO attire child and drifter. I dont like drift but it certainly require great driving skill. >It just isnt your typical sim racing community - and I've NEVER seen such a >high density of people on yellow and red cards than the LFS forums at RSC That's also true, but , please, dont generalise the LFS community because of some idiots. > >Doug > regards, Sebastien TIXIER - Game Developer Dynamics and Car Physics http://www.eden-studios.fr GPLRank Normal:-44.24 Monster:-124.44 LFS 0.2E4 BLackWood GP GTI 1:35:76 GT 1:35:98 GT TURBO 1:28:58

- and I've NEVER seen such a > high density of people on yellow and red cards than the LFS forums at RSC Hehe... the long arm of the law (Judge Dredd, zero tolerance style) is quite busy in that section ;) But please put some perspective on it, it has improved by a huge margin the last months. Remember many of the LFS racers are kids used to e.g. CS forum flamewars as their way of disscusing and communicating, how are they to understand the way adults communicate at a more serious scene, without a few f*ckups at first.... They are learning and the whole LFS community is getting more serious, better at handling differences and better at not going ballistic ;) It's no different than NASCAR2003, if you are sick of being wrecked then join a serious league. The "Clean Racers Club" is a huge group of serious LFS racers, every bit as dedicated to simracing as we GPL or NASCAR freaks. Mikkel

"Mikkel Gram-Hansen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3eefa550$0$5176$[email hidden]... > - and I've NEVER seen such a > > high density of people on yellow and red cards than the LFS forums atRSC > > Hehe... the long arm of the law (Judge Dredd, zero tolerance style) isquite > busy in that section ;) > > But please put some perspective on it, it has improved by a huge marginthe > last months. > Remember many of the LFS racers are kids used to e.g. CS forum flamewarsas > their way of disscusing and communicating, how are they to understand the > way adults communicate at a more serious scene, without a few f*ckups at > first.... They are learning and the whole LFS community is getting more > serious, better at handling differences and better at not going ballistic;) > > It's no different than NASCAR2003, if you are sick of being wrecked then > join a serious league. > The "Clean Racers Club" is a huge group of serious LFS racers, every bitas > dedicated to simracing as we GPL or NASCAR freaks. > > Mikkel Sounds good, I have to admit though that the LFS community *really* put me off LFS and I ditched the demo because if I don't like, respect and enjoy racing others in the community I'm not going to bother. My brother however has been trying to get me to 'see the light' and join the CRC and see the good side, which I might do once there is more than 1 track to race. 1 question though, have race lengths improved much at all? When I was racing LFS the average race length was 3 laps (The default?) and I kid not when I say that the times I changed the race length on my server to anything from 5 to 10 laps I would get inundated with complaints, flames and requests to knock it back to 3 laps, in fact the 2 times I put it up to 10 laps I saw not one single racer connect. My hopes of long (30-40 lap), strategic & consistent racing kinda died there. Alan.

>When I was racing LFS the average race length was 3 laps (The default?) and Hi, i'm CRC driver too. Now the default is 5 laps. Theres [ART] server with 10 laps. >I kid not when I say that the times I changed the race length on my server >to anything from 5 to 10 laps I would get inundated with complaints, flames >and requests to knock it back to 3 laps, in fact the 2 times I put it up to >10 laps I saw not one single racer connect. My hopes of long (30-40 lap), >strategic & consistent racing kinda died there. On IRC, we have a channel #longrace where we setup longraces of 30/40 laps. But , you have to remember that this is JUST a 0.2 Demo !!!!!! Once the S1 will be release will have real championish and leagues. Anyway there's already LFS leagues with realistic race length. Search for the Original LFS leagues. Sebastien TIXIER - Game Developer Dynamics and Car Physics http://www.eden-studios.fr GPLRank Normal:-44.24 Monster:-124.44 LFS 0.2E4 BLackWood GP GTI 1:35:76 GT 1:35:98 GT TURBO 1:28:58