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First of all, Live For Speed published just before Xmas a very nice update patch V.
This patch for me made my controller calibrate much better, and being on a higher ping on this side of the globe a better chance of joining some European races as the lag calculation done smoother.
Many details got touched up, and also we have more functions, but the thing that stands out is the sound improvement! Very nice!

See here the list of changes: Live for Speed - Patch V

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Secondly STCC (Sim Touring Car Cup), came up with three servers that host LICENSED driving.... huh?
Yea, they have developed a license structure, besides the already demo and paid license in LFS and the S1 and S2 license difference in LFS.
They have put online one Copper - Bronze license server, and one Silver and Gold server, and the event server (next post more about this) they have the Platinum server in his free time.

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Not only divides this the wreckers from the racers, but also puts the racers in their leagues. They have chosen some of the normal cars for the racing progress, and you start with the easy FWD (front wheel drive) little cars to do bronze and copper and for silver and gold you get to choose a slightly bigger versions and some turbo powered RWD and FWD cars and also a 4WD (RALLY) from the LFS assorti.
Personally I really start to appreciate their car picks, as the cars mostly not even go over 200 kph, and in these cars you get more time to get your corners right and you have more time to react properly when in trouble.

Tire choice and setup becomes also allot more interesting as the pack stays closer together, and you start realizing the difference during the race more quicker. Now for me all of a sudden I start altering the camber (wheel angle) settings more then before, to suit my driving style.

The license structure is strict, and you progress slightly when finishing but the better drivers obviously progress quicker when finishing top 3 and set fast times, like fastest laps and lap records, but also the STCC server record and of course the World Records.

I progressed through the Bronze and Copper license and the cars that belong to them, and also finished my Silver license so now I am a:

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I said goodbye to all the rookies and n00bs and wreckers that really piss you off with their hammer the car into the corner sideways attitude, and childish behaviors.
Now life is good.. the races are always as good as the view you had before, and now im in the gold league trying to push for platinum I realize I have to step up a notch again to gain ground, which is good tho.

The cars are new to me in this league to, and they are based on the midrange road cars, I bit more heavy to drive then the little cars before and a bit more uncontrolled in the corners, you really have to find the smooth path driving without overheating your tires to much.

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With this way of progressing the races online are more and more often more intense, and the servers have a strict policy about foul play and for instance when you spin off the track you are only aloud to enter when the track is clear.

Live For Speed is:
If you have no clue what im talking about, you wouldn’t be the first.. lol
Live For Speed is IMO the best ONLINE RACING SIMULATOR out there. Its free to try the demo version (see website), and you can drive the cars im talking about for copper and bronze on one track only.
Beware when you try the demo, your in a pool with n000bs and you have to be lucky to get the racing experience you will get more often when you have the normal license for LFS.
The cars are based on cars out there, but LFS never bought the license so they made there own changes to them for the best if I may say so. They have created a pile of cars to choose from and it goes from the touringcars to a wide variety of open wheelers with the latest addition a licensed F1 car based on the BMW from Sauber (F1.06), and very fast GTR's. Also they have a list of very funny little cars.
There are many tracks with all their own versions also..
The biggest feature is the settings you can alter for your car, and it goes way beyond the tire brand and pressure!

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Have a go.. and watch out for me.. f34Rm3 :)

WARNING: LFS is very difficult to use with keyboard only, if you have a look at the game, bare in mind the noobs and the driving if you are on the keyboard.
The best experience is with a steering wheel, but I am driving with a gamepad (Logitech Dual Action) with Z-index sticks (like the playstation controller and xbox controller). You need a device that gives you controlled power and braking, instead of plain ON or OFF.. :)


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I'm getting some google hits with people who are looking for setups and skins for the race simulation game Live for Speed.

The best setups for your car come from: TEAM INFERNO
Mind you that most of these setup won't last many laps races, these are World Record setups for 1 or 2 fastlaps, so if the race is longer then 5 laps alter the tyres and maybe some suspension for longer and smoother ride!

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Altho team inferno also provide some skins, for skin templates or nice skins beside the already downloaded skins in your LFSs2 folder (data\skins_x), you best of going to master-skinnerz.com


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After a week of releasing patch T, LFS comes out with the release of patch U that will fix the problems that accured with the former patch.

Ive been driving the F1 Sauber that came with the former patch, and boy o boy thats so kewl.. LFS gets sponsoring by Intel nowadays so they prolly gave the rights to rebuilt the car for LFS, and I'm very very glad they did.
The old V8 F1 (FO8) model was very tricky to drive.. yes it was fast but no traction control and difficult to handle. If I was driving one of the openwheelers, then I would rather drive the Formula Ford/3000 version thats in there (FOX).. less speed but better to drive.

The F1 Sauber is now the fastest car in the pack, but also I must say the most interesting to drive.. and the best looking one! Luckily I'm doing good with the car also on the tracks that I know, and I'm sometimes only half a second slower then the World Record with this car, do bare in mind the finest setups arent developed yet as the car is fairly new.
Also heaps of skins become available, and its almost possible to choose the skin from every team on the 2006 F1 grid.
I was devoloping a skin for me for the FO8 and FOX, but dont think I will drive them that much any more, so I climbed into photoshop again and made myself a nice skin for my new BF1 ! (Sauber F1)

The front with a painted like texture molded into flames to the back! And the back wing has the DUIJNUNDER on it. The front wing has BOO twice on it, one for front view and one to read when u see me in your rearview mirror.. :)
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The back has my patented SEE <> YA ! on the wing ..lol
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The cockpit has the little DUIJNUNDER.com text on the sides:
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Im going to do some striping in it also, and the sides are pretty empty for some logo's.. so if u want a logo on this car please tell me :)


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Live for Speed S2 T patch is out!
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List of changes :

Included the BMW Sauber racing car
Improved the slipstream simulation
Improvements in tyre and car physics
Graphics option : Use compressed skins
Included Spanish training translations
Replay speed (F2) minimum is now 0.125
Traction control added to FZ50 road car
Updated translator names on credits page
Longer start delay if more players in race
Gear shift levers no longer hold the clutch
Pit speed limiter now visible on remote cars
Better dashboard on Formula XR and Formula V8
French and Russian keys guides (in docs folder)
InSim NLP and MCI packets now support 2000 laps
Small changes to the mass and power of some cars
15:4 screen ratio now detected as a 3-screen mode

FIX : Wing angle bug causing physics exploit
FIX : Command line /hours=x is now implemented
FIX : Bug in haze effect, now usable in tv cameras
FIX : Bug in demo /ban function with coloured names
FIX : After driver change - timing info not visible
FIX : Qualifying could end up to 6 seconds too early
FIX : Pasting long line of text would make LFS crash
FIX : LFSW lap times bounded to 1 hour to avoid wrap
FIX : Could sometimes teleport after a driver change
FIX : Changing tyre type, warmed to wrong temperature
FIX : Could get stuck in pits when changing fuel load
FIX : Mudguards and brakes vanish when changing plate

Download update: Live for Speed S2 ALPHA - PATCH (28MB)


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