Failed LFS Improvement suggestions

[Klichka]

This thread is for failed LFS ideas as opposed to real ones.

1) Whenever you race Hot Lap, how about a big flaming logo comes up with metal looking letters that say HOT LAP and then you can hear a cinema promo guy's voice scream HOT LAP!

2) The ability to add chrome spinners

3) The ability to add blue painted fire extinguishers so you can pretend you have 'DA NAWS'

4) Landmines, machine guns, and oil slicks

5) In game advertisements during races with sound on the side so Live For Speed can have extra funding to continue developing LFS. Imagine the fun of having Billy Mays suddenly appear to advertise Oxyclean which is followed by McDonalds....I'm loving it!

6) A whacky small cartoon character sidekick who looks like some sort of random animal thing and only serves to harass you as you drive 'WHOA LOOK OUT!!!!' or 'WOW THAT WAS A CLOSE SHAVE THERE BUB!' This would help us in obtaining a bigger userbase like it does for PS2

7) Tractor Trailers! Screw F1 cars with their dinky 7 speeds, this baby has 15!

[Gunn]

This section is for improvement suggestions. I'll move your topic to General LFS discussion for you. That should reduce the flaming, at least a little bit.

[FlintFredstone]

What about:


Jelly Car racing

Biplane, taxying races

racing with Dungeon & Dragon Rules

racing with bi-fuel, where you have to grow the food as part of the race

Troy

[Zoltuger]

shortcuts on dirt tracks/through corn fields/unused buildings
oversized novelty animals driving the cars on the roof
high wind? try hurricane force wind
knight rider style turbo boost/ski mode

[J.B.]

Hydraulic suspensions and a Chevy '64. :trampolin

[tristancliffe]

Nos innit

Ricer shit - 'rims' (they're called wheels!), 'vinyls', exhausts etc

An automatic ricer kicker. Hard to implement I know, but Scawen should have persevered on that one :P

[tpa]

http://www.stadtbus.de/uestra/vollbild-stadtbus.jpg :nana:

[XCNuse]

..... thats a big bus :wow:

[tpa]

They're everywhere in Germany...

But I am kind of sure that I've been on one like that in Seattle so it shouldn't be anything new even to americans :D (public trans..what?)

[mr_x]

double decker bus would be better, more risk of it tipping over :D

are there doube decker busses in any other country, ive only ever seen them here in the UK!?

[SparkyDave]

Just think how many little busses Tristan could hacksaw that into :)


whats wrong with big bus racing anyhow? :D hehe

SD.

[bobvanvliet]

..... thats a big bus :wow:
Ah, bus schmus. In Utrecht (Netherlands) we have buses with two hinges :D:

http://www.gvu.nl/content/imgs/bussen/GVU907-03.jpg

Fancy getting those around a tight chicane.

[mr_x]

what about bus banger racing :trampolin

[ayrton senna 87]

hey sparkydaves wheel dream has ACTUALLY been turned into an avatar :D

[Frankmd]

Ah, bus schmus. In Utrecht (Netherlands) we have buses with two hinges :D:

http://www.gvu.nl/content/imgs/bussen/GVU907-03.jpg

Fancy getting those around a tight chicane.

Those bus drivers are hero's \o/

[Klichka]

An XBOX release with XBOX Live integration and PC integration with XBOX live servers. This will allow us to gain a broader market of 9-12 year old pale kids who can scream racial slurs over the microphone and play crappy music to add a neat background to the race. They can also add spice by crashing into people and using YOUR car as a wall in turns so they can make a harder turn without ending up in the grass while putting you in the grass at the same time.

[Nard]

They can also add spice by crashing into people and using YOUR car as a wall in turns so they can make a harder turn without ending up in the grass while putting you in the grass at the same time.

MUHAHA! Sounds just like Banger Racing.

My suggestion is this:

McDonalds drive thru at the entrance of the pits, and the option to compose your menu on the fly while racing with a similar interface to the pit-stop window.

[(SaM)]

McDonalds drive thru at the entrance of the pits, and the option to compose your menu on the fly while racing with a similar interface to the pit-stop window.

Fries load in stomache: 65Kgs
Refuel with Cheeseburgers if hunger > 30%.
Driver has asymmetrical/symmetrical fat.
Stomache pressure: 8.41 bar
Fat amount (front/belly): 18%
Fat amount (rear/bottom): 86%

[XCNuse]

....wooooooa its HUUUUGE

@mr_x; only in UK that i know of; and apparently i've heard over the news that they quit running them now (reasons i dont know why)

@tpa; ..only thing we have around ATL is MARTA (metro atlanta rapid transit authority) and that consists of busses and electric (trains? i guess; underground ones)

only place i know that has 2 sections is in California (learned that from my drivers ed teacher cause she said she used to drive one).. and not sure of anywhere else.. never really asked or wanted to know :p

[steelyglint]

are there doube decker busses in any other country, ive only ever seen them here in the UK!?

We have double deckers here in Ireland too. Both the buses and chocolate bars :)

[André]

This thread is for failed LFS ideas


Same thread in 2 fora ?

[DeadWolfBones]

Fries load in stomache: 65Kgs
Refuel with Cheeseburgers if hunger > 30%.
Driver has asymmetrical/symmetrical fat.
Stomache pressure: 8.41 bar
Fat amount (front/belly): 18%
Fat amount (rear/bottom): 86%

Hahaa, yess.

[Beandip]

Would it be legal to smash into a wall hard enough to shake a few feet off the bus?

[Rotary]

Double decker busses (and coaches) here in Australia as well :D

I'm all for caravan racing :D

[rich uk]

strippers on t1.

[(SaM)]

Strippers? That would make T1-carnage even worse!
No, we need ugly fat 'n hairy East-German shotputters in a tutu there so people wont feel that encouraged to be the first to enter T1.. And when everyone passes them, they'll be speeding off to get the hell away of those monsters in tights.

[rich uk]

ahh, i see see now ;)

i'll keep hot sexy strippers i think :)

[nism0]

Strippers? That would make T1-carnage even worse!
No, we need ugly fat 'n hairy East-German shotputters in a tutu there so people wont feel that encouraged to be the first to enter T1.. And when everyone passes them, they'll be speeding off to get the hell away of those monsters in tights.


Oh the horror! :'(

[Shotglass]

i'll keep hot sexy strippers i think :)

if you want to finish a race you should get rid of them ...
http://www.testofcharacter.co.uk/

[BlackSpider]

Hehe, good one.

[RudiTurbo]

Ah, bus schmus. In Utrecht (Netherlands) we have buses with two hinges :D:

http://www.gvu.nl/content/imgs/bussen/GVU907-03.jpg

Fancy getting those around a tight chicane.

How is this bus gonna get out of the pits on Aston Cadet :Looking_a

[Racer X NZ]

After watching a vid of Gigi Galli sliding past a parked car & a wall with millimetres to spare I reckon that a combination of a handbrake turn and powerslide may just do it.:smileypul

Anyone have a bus I can borrow to try it with ?, we can only stump up with the single hinge model down here.
:trampolin

[nosliw]

After watching a vid of Gigi Galli sliding past a parked car & a wall with millimetres to spare I reckon that a combination of a handbrake turn and powerslide may just do it.:smileypul

Anyone have a bus I can borrow to try it with ?, we can only stump up with the single hinge model down here.
:trampolin

thats not true, im sure if u looked hard enough you could find the odd double decker here and there :nod:

[Racer X NZ]

No challenge in getting a doubledecker out the pits, a floating turn will manage that....:bike:

we're talking about a doublehinged toy here:ambulance

[Batterypark]

Strippers? That would make T1-carnage even worse!

Actually I think everyone would drive very slowly (and honk their horns) in T1 :)

[jmkz]

The ability to corner another car, get out of yours and take the other car. If the people in the safety cars see you do it, they will come chasing after you and you'll have to change the color of your car to get rid of them.

[xapexcivicx]

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/dennis_child/may9/oshkosh_front_load_cement_truck.jpg
Deffffffff

[96 GTS]

http://www.floridaunit128.org/900Tournaments/y_imagesTourn/RaceHorse.jpg
Live for Grass: The Ultimate Horse Racing Simulator

[W1LLSD4D]

... That should reduce the flaming, at least a little bit.

Flaming - I want huge afterburner flaming coming out the 'pipes :D

[Dalek0220]

*big bump that's in a thread 2 years old*
See? I search!

Have a television in the pits so that you waste time watching the race in the pits instead of doin you setups.

[CSU1]

We have double deckers here in Ireland too. Both the buses and chocolate bars :)

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Is'nt this just mad ^^ this guy(hi) joined us two years ago and ever since has waited to make his first post about chocolate bars and double-decker buses in Ireland....:smileypul ...no thats spam:tilt:

[Dalek0220]

Please let me drive this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant) at Aston GP. :D
lol.

[BigFatCat]

Can we have cardboard boxes, loose paper and fruit stalls in South City for the Starsky and Hutch race series? Guess it'll need a red XRT skin with a white stripe for the full effect.

[Mikkel Petersen]

Please let me drive this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant) at Aston GP. :D

just put air intake restrictor full on the uf1000, then you got like 23 hp or so. :tilt:

[Becky Rose]

racing with Dungeon & Dragon Rules
LOL. I've lost control into turn 1, everyone roll your saving throw.

Ironic since the last broadcast I did had banners for its latest incarnation (http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/osric/) all over the place, and Mike Bauer rolled a fumble on his hit dice when he went through the chicane.

[VTiRoj]

Put a load of rabbits at T1 >> http://www.wayodd.com/funny-pictures2/funny-pictures-super-cute-rabbit-1EQ.jpg

Everyone will drive carefully not to hurt the cute rabbit, and anyone who does is banned :)

[col]

we should be racing http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/images/t282b.jpg
and http://www.carchaos.com/miscellaneous/mine_trucks/terex_titan/titan4.jpg

[Electrik Kar]

Fries load in stomache: 65Kgs
Refuel with Cheeseburgers if hunger > 30%.
Driver has asymmetrical/symmetrical fat.
Stomache pressure: 8.41 bar
Fat amount (front/belly): 18%
Fat amount (rear/bottom): 86%

Lol! :)

Super LFS me!

[Aegilops]

Can we have cardboard boxes, loose paper and fruit stalls in South City for the Starsky and Hutch race series? Guess it'll need a red XRT skin with a white stripe for the full effect.

Superb, I can visualise it now. BL1 Rev would be the obligatory circuit of choice for our dorifto brethren. We could also update the track marshalls and in-game warning system as well.

Rakhsh


http://mithras.org/rakhsh/Wrong-way-fo-shizzle.jpg
Rakhsh

[Dalek0220]

Superb, I can visualise it now. BL1 Rev would be the obligatory circuit of choice for our dorifto brethren. We could also update the track marshalls and in-game warning system as well.

Rakhsh


http://mithras.org/rakhsh/Wrong-way-fo-shizzle.jpg
Rakhsh
lolololololololol

[Shotglass]

LOL. I've lost control into turn 1, everyone roll your saving throw.

well at times youll have more luck rolling a 1 on a d20 than getting through t1 the normal way
im all for it

[heson]

Flossy dice hanging from the mirror. With correct physics calculations. Also air unfreshners (wunderbaum), cd's and micelaneous lucky charms.

Occacional animals and plastic bags on the track s for hazard.

Driver fitness simulation, too long stints gives tunnel vision and sometimes blured vision, this gets worse if you enter the mcdrive often instead of the health food drive through. (full rpg implementation)

Ultimate LFS Ab-tastic home workout system (as seen on TV) FFB will be used to give a workout program. Game will vary parameters like track/car/ffb-prower and stint-length for optimal fat burning. (actually ffb is the only exercise I get so I would prolly use the feature. :schwitz: :schwitz:

Flintstones/tricycle/pedal-car simulator (basicly an oldschool sports game sim where you have to alternate the pedals faster and faster to gain speed). Since its sim you have to measure your pedal stroke & force so it can calculate correct power output, could also be use as a 'push to pass' feature for the UF1 (much like you can speed up a pedal-moped)

[Ricou]

...
Flintstones/tricycle/pedal-car simulator (basicly an oldschool sports game sim where you have to alternate the pedals faster and faster to gain speed). Since its sim you have to measure your pedal stroke & force so it can calculate correct power output, could also be use as a 'push to pass' feature for the UF1 (much like you can speed up a pedal-moped)

That's an excellent idea ! :D

About the 'push-to-pass' feature for the UF1, I suggest the possibility to get out of your car and to push it in order to go faster and to overtake someone. :hyper:

[BigFatCat]

The best thing for the UF1 would be on circuits with wind: You could open the doors and get more benefit from a tailwind.

[ACCAkut]

The best thing for the UF1 would be on circuits with wind: You could open the doors and get more benefit from a tailwind.

now remove the engine and we have LFS - Live For Sailing:D

[AlienT.]

Oh my! It appears that the LFS community has finally lost the plot completely.
Carry on this is fun :munching_.

Anyone remember Road Rash? A chain wrapped round your LX6 adversaries neck would make him think twice about sneaking up on the inside for a crafty overtaking manoeuvre muhaha! I'd need to reasign the two buttons on my wheel

[theirishnoob]

This thread is for failed LFS ideas as opposed to real ones.

1) Whenever you race Hot Lap, how about a big flaming logo comes up with metal looking letters that say HOT LAP and then you can hear a cinema promo guy's voice scream HOT LAP!

2) The ability to add chrome spinners

3) The ability to add blue painted fire extinguishers so you can pretend you have 'DA NAWS'

4) Landmines, machine guns, and oil slicks

5) In game advertisements during races with sound on the side so Live For Speed can have extra funding to continue developing LFS. Imagine the fun of having Billy Mays suddenly appear to advertise Oxyclean which is followed by McDonalds....I'm loving it!

6) A whacky small cartoon character sidekick who looks like some sort of random animal thing and only serves to harass you as you drive 'WHOA LOOK OUT!!!!' or 'WOW THAT WAS A CLOSE SHAVE THERE BUB!' This would help us in obtaining a bigger userbase like it does for PS2

7) Tractor Trailers! Screw F1 cars with their dinky 7 speeds, this baby has 15!


i think we found the ultimate noob :really:

[Gil07]

Why? I only see perfectly valid failed suggestions there...

[Aegilops]

The best thing for the UF1 would be on circuits with wind: You could open the doors and get more benefit from a tailwind.

Actually I was going to continue the irreverent humour in the thread with my next suggestion but this one is almost certainly feasible:

Get some engineering clever type to rig up a desktop fan with adjustable fan speed. Then get an insim packet from LFS to determine car speed and adjust the "wind in your hair" factor accordingly - the faster you go, the faster the fan blows until you have the full hurricane effect as you reach max speed along the Aston straight. Of course, this should really only apply to the open top / single seaters (unless you want to simulate having wind-down windows in a tin-top, perhaps). We could get Victor to start selling LFS-branded aviator goggles for the truly die hard.

Rakhsh


http://mithras.org/rakhsh/Goggles1.jpg
http://mithras.org/rakhsh/Goggles2.jpg

[SamH]

i think we found the ultimate noob :really:
I think we've found the ultimate "no I didn't read the title, what am I doing in this thread?" person ;)

[Gil07]

Actually I was going to continue the irreverent humour in the thread with my next suggestion but this one is almost certainly feasible:

Get some engineering clever type to rig up a desktop fan with adjustable fan speed. Then get an insim packet from LFS to determine car speed and adjust the "wind in your hair" factor accordingly - the faster you go, the faster the fan blows until you have the full hurricane effect as you reach max speed along the Aston straight. Of course, this should really only apply to the open top / single seaters (unless you want to simulate having wind-down windows in a tin-top, perhaps). We could get Victor to start selling LFS-branded aviator goggles for the truly die hard.

Rakhsh

Heh :D That's great!

[xpjames]

Live for Shooting - hang out of the window and shoot at the car in front tires to give a puncture and slow them down, hit the petrol tank for explosion and kill the driver when you are feeling angry - and when you want blood splattered all over the windscreen!

We could have so much fun!

[BigFatCat]

Oooh, I like the deskfan idea, but it'll need white silk scarves too:thumb:

Maybe you can produce an add-on to the fan that will introduce the occasional accelerated fly (that's a "bug" to our esteemed colonial visitors) or grit and grass cuttings when following someone off hunting badgers?

[LFSn00b]

How about a officer standing in the middle of a road in T1, and everyone who drives too fast or wrecks someone loses his S2 license for 6 months or more, and will be banned. :P