Newbie questions

[Neil_C]

Hi,

I have only been playing LFS for a few but feel I am getting hooked :)

I have been racing online on the Aston club circuit in the single seater (FOX?? I think). I spent some time spectating the better drivers to see if I could tell where I am going wrong.

It seems to me like the accelerate and brake assistance are being used, do many drivers use these? or am I wrong and the drivers I have been watching just well practiced? I have been playing without either which make things more interesting.

Also, some of the cars do not seem to act the same when they start to skid or slide, again are the drivers just very good or are there aids or cheats that can be used to help avoid spins etc?

There also seem to be lots of drivers that send messages whilst racing, to odd preset message or smiley I can understand but how do they hold conversations with each other?

Any thought on the above would be appreciated, I am just curious, not having a moan by the way.

Neil_c

[speedfreak227]

as far as i know most people don't use the driver aids. if you're using the onboard camera to watch what other people are doing it can be a little decieving. due to internet lag you don't actually see what they doing exactly and it may look like they're giving EXTREMELY rough inputs to the car.

as for cars behaving differently when sliding, yes, all the cars are modeled differently and will behave differently.

speedfreak227

[sil3ntwar]

Alot of people who use wheel can type and race. Others are simply not racing...

I dont think the driver aids actually help. In fact i never realised there were driver aids. The cars act differently because almost everyone has a different setup. Also there are many different driving styles you will see in lfs.

[ajp71]

Very few of the fast drivers will use any aids except auto-clutch, don't know what type of control you're using but a wheel really is necessary. As with starting to slide applying opposite lock should do the trick, other than that it's down to the setup, start with a high downforce setup that the car is stable with, then move to a faster set.

No idea how people can have conversations and race :D

[Neil_C]

Thanks,

I am using a wheel, and appreciate the problems with lag etc.

I guess I must be more cr@p than I thought, ah well more practice required lol

[Shotglass]

and when youre spectating someone online it always looks like they brake a lot later than they really are

[Bob Smith]

Yeah online spectating isn't quite the same as watching a SPR.

For instance if a player lags just as the rear end loses grip, a car can appear to have a huge slide then recover, when in reality a quick flick of the wrists stopped any action from ever really happening.

The aids available are only brake and throttle help. Brake help only prevents the wheels from locking, while very useful for a noob, it doesn't take long before you learn how to modulate the pedal.

The throttle help, unlike brake help, doesn't really work. It makes it a bit harder to spin but it's nothing like traction control. What we need really is a VERY basic traction control system (as an aid, to replace the current throttle help). It would only cut in once you'd got into a serious slide, and shouldn't be quite enough to recover the car on it's own, but need some wheel movement by the user. Basically the system would need to be of little benefit to experienced racers.