BREAKING NEWS: Shocking discovery overshadows Patch Y release

[deggis]

December 22, 2007 - News of the LFS World

Only day after the release of the latest groundbreaking patch for the popular online racing simulator there is already a scandal in the horizon. The patch that was about to move Live for Speed into a whole new level of realism has been completely overshadowed by the findings from the official website.

The controversial piece of text in the website's 'More about the racing simulator' section was censored shortly after it had been exposed but we learned that it said: "LFS S2 is a serious racing simulator. No arcade modes, no steering aids - YOU have to do the driving. It is therefore highly recommended to drive the sim with a steering wheel, because even though you can use keyboard and/or mouse, a wheel is what you use in a real car, so a wheel should be used in a serious racing simulator."

Apparently the whole sim racing community is completely stunned because of this shocking discovery from the past. Players cannot understand how the loved developers could have said something so cruel - and especially planned increasing the realism level silently behind everyone's back.

Another controversy relates to a minor change in the demo version of the game [dem-o (noun) ~ demonstration, something made available for testing by potential buyers, a trial version of software that demonstrates its principle features, Oxford English Dictionary].

A spokesman of the association called "Broke Demo Drifters" said in our interview "We can't believe what has just happened, I remember when I started playing the demo back in 2003, and everything was good until the new patch but now the whole game just disgusts me". He adds "I am truly shocked, I could have never thought that a game in an unfinished alpha stage could suddenly change in such a drastic way". "I have rights too, even that it never popped into my mind to actually buy the game," he said with a devastated voice.

The spokesman was also evidently surprised about the new information claiming that a wheel and a set of pedals are actually the most suitable controlling equipments for a racing simulator. "For example I can't buy a wheel because there is no pink G25 available," he said.

Also an anonymous member of the developer team, a suspected sim racing purist himself, briefly commented the controversy: "We did kind of expect this to happen sooner or later but honestly - during the patch developing process we didn't care and we still don't give a shit."
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[srdsprinter]

Oh my goodness.... That's Shocking :D

[joen]

:drunk::elefant:

[axus]

LOL! :D Nice one!

[greg_slideways]

Well aint that some SHI*!!! haha Developers, We still love ya, atleast I DO! I agree to an extent I think that it Should be played with a wheel, However if you cant afford it So be it play with mouse/Keyboard. I have no problem with demo, and or mouse/keybord drivers! I have teammates faster then me on mouse!!! We still all love LFS its the best there is!! ANd thats how i feel!!!

[Boris Lozac]

"Broke Demo Drifters" said - LOL

[Stang70Fastback]

I think that just about sums it all up, lol.

:clapclap:

[DevilDare]

Lol! :D

[R34GTR]

:thumb: Very funny

[boosterfire]

tbh, I've been using mouse (and keyboard of course) for the past 4 years, and I don't have any problems using this new clutch thingy. I've also tried my brother's wheel a few times and it would take so long to be accustomed that I'll probably just stick with mouse forever :shy:

[greg_slideways]

Any develepors wanna just come clean???? Or any have anything to say...Or any Mods or admins?!

[xaotik]

Ah, this must be from the Sipuli news agency. Another top story. :)

[evilgeek]

Any develepors wanna just come clean???? Or any have anything to say...Or any Mods or admins?!

dood, seriously. stop worrying about whether the devs are out to get you or not, and start worrying about the aliens. they are coming, and just for you!

[greg_slideways]

Haha i use wheel i got nothing to worry about HEHE, {Dev...Pls dont kill me!!} haha but i just want to know who said it Haha i find it funny!

[BBO@BSR]

:ices_rofl

nice one :thumb:

[BURN]

LMFAO

nice one :D

[miata]

It must be frustrating for the devs who after so much hard work come on this forum and see the rubbish posted by people who clearly don't 'get' LFS. I am sure the majority of the devoted LFS fans and anyone who appreciates sim racing welcomes the new additions to realism made in the new patch and I suppose this is all the devs should worry about. However, it seems that idiots who want 'the ultimate drifting simulator' or whatever seem to overshadow what should be a great time for LFS fans to celebrate.

btw LOL :)

[greg_slideways]

Haha thanx, But I belive, Hey you screwed up pissed alot of demo and mouse/Keyboard users off, just say "hey man it was me Mybad" or somthing a lil more haha so it can be in the past and not be draged on upon, I suport the LFS staff fully, I have confidence that they will resolve the issue!! {sorry i stink at speling}

[AK-Chester]

:ices_rofl

Made my day. Thanks deggis! :thumbsup:

[greg_slideways]

I dont get it what made your day?!

[BURN]

the whole joke...

[greg_slideways]

Ohhhh OK now i get it..SOrry im slow!!!

[deggis]

Any develepors wanna just come clean???? Or any have anything to say...Or any Mods or admins?!
If you can't stand some humour then there's really something fücked up with this community. Of course I stand behind what I said but this is quite polite compared to what has been said in couple of other recent threads. And I didn't actually make fun of anyone by name, it's just generalisation.

[heson]

+5 Funny

[sdrjfd1]

They get what the payd for.
" For example I can't buy a wheel because there is no pink G25 available,"
Hahaha yeah. There are hungry kids in africa, they have rights too, but nothing to eat.

This Patch is the BEST ! And becouse of the new car, now i know what LFS is in real.

[deggis]

ahh i think deggis smells

a bit

laughed when he called lfs a "funny freeware driving game"
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[Rappa Z]

Wow! I give this piece of work a 10/10. It was hilarious, and extremely well done.

I just want to say. All these complaining demo drifters can(and maybe should) leave. At least 95% of these "Broke Demo Drifters" aren't ever boing to buy the game so it might be good to get them to leave now. They aren't going to make a contribution to the development of LFS so why should they keep playing?

[J.B.]

"For example I can't buy a wheel because there is no pink G25 available,"

:ices_rofl:smash3d::hyper:

[Bean0]

**/me applauds**

[e2mustang]

LMAO this great! :D :thumbsup:

[GFresh]

That piece is truly awesome, 10/10 :thumb:

[ajp71]

lol nice one Deggis :D

[audimasta]

:clapclap: i lol'd!

[VoiD]

Monty Python style! Imagine Eric Idle as a reporter while reading this.

I like it.:thumb:

[farcar]

Nice. :thumb:

News of the LFS World - where do I subscribe? :D

[Mp3 Astra]

Wonderful! :nod: Although when I saw BREAKING NEWS I was expecting something a little more serious :razz:

[Kirill.D]

HAHAHAH !! So what ! ? You USELESS demo drivers wine ... After i read it, especially the : "I have rights too, even that it never popped into my mind to actually buy the game," Like WHAT THE F*CK ?! And you want some rights ! Hell no... you dont want to support the game, then Devs should screw the Demo users more - until they will understand, that they could buy S2 and support Devs...

Anyways, who cares about you Demo users :) ...we ? NOOOOOT !

[Bladerunner]

Nice one Deggis, just about sums it up!
Has anybody else noticed that the VAST MAJORITY of "PAtch Y SuXX0r" threads/posts are made by people with single digit post counts and 'demo user' in their profiles, whereas all the "I luv Pacth Y" people seem to have been around forever...strange that, innit?

[mr_x]

hahaha... very well done Deggis!

[paddy_racer]

:ices_rofl

[/URL]
deggis :trophy:
[URL="http://www.lfsforum.net/member.php?u=66045"] (http://www.lfsforum.net/member.php?u=66045)

[VoiD]

...Has anybody else noticed that the VAST MAJORITY of "PAtch Y SuXX0r" threads/posts are made by people with single digit post counts and 'demo user' in their profiles, whereas all the "I luv Pacth Y" people seem to have been around forever...strange that, innit?

Maybe it has something to do with that common-sense-thingie..?! :scratchch

Just my :twocents:

[gwgBlazer]

Ive just been on track with a m8 of mine in the BF1 and the FOX cars i use a mouse and my friend a wheel.... he now finds it way to hard to drive and is killing his insperation to play, Cough ive been like that for nearly 3 years cause for a mouse usser certain cars cannot be raced with a mouse.... iam no Noob and have spent many happy hour going round in circles racing other on line idiots who have forgot where there break pedal is. Lfs is now somewhat harder for wheel ussers yes as it is for mouse ussers but i feel this has brought the two parties closer together in thier times on track but only to a point. Mouse ussers are at a dissadvantage have been since wheels came out.
This will always be the case now and forever... Trouble here now is you ppl with the wheels that spent good money for are finding it like too much hard work ... these ppl in life are the shirkers.... ppl who have mouses and persist is trying are the real heroes for putting up with this nonsense and others on line wingeing for nothing.
There is no more cutting corners and throwing the car aroung like it dosent matter anymore. ppl can do 1 or 2 things here either put up or shut up... ie like it or lump it... no ones asking you to stay or to go and the people at lfs dont care either since they now have your money.... BUMMER aint it :thumb:

[OneCrazyDiamond]

This is absolutely devastating. I don't know what to do, is there a counseling group for this kind of stuff? :x

[Hankstar]

Sweet merciful crap - you mean driving is HARD in real life??! :eek::( ONOZ XOMFGZ!



Brilliant deggis :up:
Post of The Year 2007 :nod:

[mathew4445]

Who wrote this?

Everyone who complains about Patch Y is either a demo racer, Or has only been around for a year. Or they are drifters, Mousers Dont have a problem with the patch, (I drive mouse sometimes when im on this computer as i dont have a desk to attach my g25 to) I dont know about keyboard, Because it became too retarded after patch 0.1E (Old school).

So please, Demo/Keyboarders. Get over it.


Although there is one thing i dont like about driving with the mouse, After clutching, It takes a tiny bit too long for the clutch to go back down :)

[chanoman315]

lololololololololololololololololOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO LOL



good one LOL DBD As.

[ImportFantasy]

LMAO!!Nice one Deggis!

[srdsprinter]

Imagine if this patch didn't come out during the time of year when spirits are supposedly at their highest... :D

What a great game, I hope a lot of Demo players get S1/S2 for Christmas and get to enjoy racing/drifting/cruising in the full game.

Brilliant post Deggis, way to hit the highlights. :thumb:

[St4Lk3R]

a great post, Deggis, although it seems no one except me noticed the tiny little bits of brain you inserted into the "Broke Demo Drifters" Spokesman's sayings :D

I doubt that any of these demo drivers will find out soon that they can actually buy the game and the XRT is magically back again. Heck, they don't even need to get S2 to drive that thing, S1 will be just fine. And thats like 18 euros. Even I got that much pocket money when I was 12 years old :D:D

[Mako.]

Ahahaha, who's the author? This is some really funny stuff, and "about sums it up nicely" on the current situation.:nod:

[subhumanspunk]

ROFLMAO!!! wow very nice!!!

[Viper93]

ROFL :thumbsup::nod:

For a second there I thought that was serious :D

[Akuma66]

Superb :)

[s1m0n]

Just love the part:
...I started playing the demo back in 2003...I have rights too, even that it never popped into my mind to actually buy the game...
That is yout the kind of people that are moaning about XRT in demo!

[NikLaw]

Maybe it´s time to get rid of the "demo user racing community".

Just allow 30 Minutes LFS online per day, you can test the game and if you like it, buy it.

I think the devs are too generous to demo users which is shown by the massive abuse of the intention of a demo version.

[The Very End]

ROFL :thumbsup::nod:

For a second there I thought that was serious :D

I was thinking the same when I first was reading it, but had a good laugh when I was done reading it :D

[ACCAkut]

:trampolin:hihi:

(alot new smilies, or am i wrong?)

[wsinda]

I doubt that any of these demo drivers will find out soon that they can actually buy the game and the XRT is magically back again.I'm sure they know. My guess is that to them the word "Demo" doesn't mean "trial version without any warranty" but something like "fully functional version with less content that you get for free". And now that some of the demo content has been taken out, they come complaining in their role of dissatisfied customers.

Scavier could offer to give them their money back, of course... :tilt:

[Mako.]

the thing is, I TIRED drifting yesterday... I used the KY track, and the XRT... I prcticed for 4 hrs straight, and still couldn't do it right... so I dont understand why the demoers are complaining... because the XRT kinda sucks.

[BigTime]

LOL nice one. I personally think if your not racing with a wheel, your not sim-racing.

[JO53PHS]

LOL nice one. I personally think if your not racing with a wheel, your not sim-racing.

In that case, my sim racing starts in a few weeks!!:thumb:

[Gizz]

i was feeling a little run down today till i read this!!! just awsome! :thumb:...

im still scratching my head wondering where all these bad posts are coming from??? i carnt see how a sim getting more realistic is a bad thing?? saying that maybe its us... maybe the devs have been sending electrical impulses through our wheels and brainwashing us???.....

oohh yea and scawen for "prime minister" :D

[Yaamboo]

Deggis, great job :D

[greg_slideways]

had funn:thumb::thumb::thumb:

[dontpannic]

My thoughts - new patch is fantastic. Lots of added realism and brilliant reply from the devs in that interview :D

Message to "Broke Demo Drifters" - stop whinging about it, stop drifting, get a f*cking job then pay for s2, everybody's happy.

I do find keyboard controls difficult at this time as I'm laid up after an operation so can't use my wheel, but in that situation a gamepad isn't too bad to use, just waiting for the day that I decide to buy a G25 - seen some brilliant reviews and LFS needs it. It's been badged as the ultimate racing simulator, and whats a simulator when you can't damage engine components and the main control method is a keyboard?? A simulator is just that - simulate real life.

If I were the devs, my reply would be "Find me a car which you operate with a keyboard and we'll make the game keyboard friendly".

A decentish wheel is less than £30 nowadays - and LFS S2 is only £24, so whats the problem? Even benefits give out more than that per week now so stop complaining, and learn that you have to BUY things you want in real life. Sh*t happens at the end of the day.

Devs - Well done, major changes in Patch Y - all for the better IMHO!

Nick

[detail]

The joke about a pink wheel is useless, because for a mouse driver nothing has changed in LFS. I continue driving with mouse and don't see a problem to change gear. Yes, I'd like to buy a rudder & pedals (not a round wheel), but don't want to bother myself with mounting and unmount it to the table.

[greg_slideways]

Its quite easy i do it every day!!!!

[deggis]

The joke about a pink wheel is useless, because for a mouse driver nothing has changed in LFS.
Good that you're in the minority of mouse drivers then :) I think most of the whining related to removing of auto cut/blip comes from mouse drivers. That was just referring to the arti/superficial reasons some of themm have now brought up. Excuses like like "no space for a wheel" (in a 60m³ single flat) or the "money reason" when at cheapest you can get a second-hand DFP for less than 50 € and they probably spend more money weekly on booze.

[Mako.]

Well, I have a DFP, but yesteday I just felt like driving the F1 around with a mouse, and trying to figure out how to make it take off like a plane with 0 DF settings.:D

[Töki (HUN)]

:something Nice :D

[greg_slideways]

Great, haha that is funn i got G25 i use mouse sometimes!!

[Mp3 Astra]

The joke about a pink wheel is useless, because for a mouse driver nothing has changed in LFS. I continue driving with mouse and don't see a problem to change gear.

Agreed, it took me no more than 2 hours to get used to driving with the new patch.

[greg_slideways]

didnt take me anytime jus ame out right out the box i drove great like normal!!! Haha im kiddin but it was easy to switch!