Live for Speed

[Gareth Hickling]

So far all the servers are running FBMW and blackwood.

I also agree that it can be a right pain to set up.

[Lee Clifford]

Nice Race Chaps!!!

[Gareth Hickling]

Indeed!

Good racing guys and congrats to James for the win! After I did my forced pitstop on 15 laps I was in 2nd and finished the race there.

I love these cars

[James Yates]

Originally Posted by Gareth Hickling

Indeed!

Good racing guys and congrats to James for the win! After I did my forced pitstop on 15 laps I was in 2nd and finished the race there.

I love these cars

Cheers Gareth... good race - i like the cars... especially when you slide them a bit, they are lots of fun then.

[Simon Trendell]

Dropped two seconds of my PB in Quali for 3rd on the grid.

In the race with James dropped to the back I was 2nd until James went flying by, before I lost the rear end on the cold R2's and went into the wall, repeating this mistake 4 times by the end of the race landed me 3rd.

Grats to James & Gareth for finishing miles ahead

[Gareth Hickling]

CTRA race authority
Race Authority - CTRA

CTRA is the largest Sim Race Authority in the world, with 25,982 registered racers having earned a combined total of 19,877,954 licence points to date.

CTRA offers a suite of simulated motor sports racing servers connected to our X-System server control software. They are the most technologically advanced sim motor racing servers in the world and can be connected to with the world's most advanced commercially available motor racing simulator, Live for Speed.

Through the X-System, COMPUTEAM Race Authority seeks to promote the ethos of hard and competitive racing while perpetuating core racing ethics and standards. Licences are earned through both excellence and "cleanliness" in driving. Licences are not easily attained and are not a rite of passage.

The Race Authority website is the web portal for CTRA drivers and offers many features, including personal statistics, national and international rankings, and the CTRA Teams Championship rankings. In the MyCTRA section, drivers can download and review replays of individual races, lodge formal complaints against others and view detailed information about their CTRA racing career licences.

CTRA have 3 different licences to persue

1. The traditional CTRA licence, graded from Bronze through Titanium, now making use of all tin-tops and introducing a fantastic new formula, the GT2 (XFR, UFR and engine/weight-restricted GTRs - details) and the hugely popular UFBabyR (engine-restricted UFR).
2. The Single Seater licence which takes in the Formula XR, Formula Junior (details), Formula V8 and BMW F1.
3. The Bump and Jump licence, offering a significant departure from normal competitive racing using a large variety of cars, and run using Autocross layouts

I personally have been running in the CTRA server for a quite some time on and off as the driving standards are pretty high, Usually bad drivers get reported and banned from the servers for a period of time depending on the severity of the infraction.


If your S2 licencedand have not already raced on the CTRA servers, Dont miss out any longer!

Check out my licence page Race Authority - CTRA

[Maik Peters]

When i've internet again@home I'll download it and will give it a try...
Wonder what happens

[Maik Peters]

Oke downloaded it, configuration and go... after a few laps PC CRASH...
Tonight another try, maybe

[Gareth Hickling]

Event details
Game: Live for speed S2
Date: Friday 18th july
Server: www.RaceDepartment.com
Car: MRT5
Circuit: South city
Password: Here


Event schedule (GMT time)

Qualifying: 18:00,30 mins
Race: 18:30, 20 lap race pitstop required!


Server settings
Allowed driving aids: Auto clutch/gears
Weather: Dry
Pitstops: Mandatory


Just arrive and drive!

[Gareth Hickling]

Blackwood GP

Class: FBMW DEMO
Tracks: Blackwood GP
Start: 18.00 GMT
Qualification: 45 minutes
Races: 25 laps
Server: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM
Password: http://forum.racedepartment.com/club...tml#post117309

Post in this thread if you want to join this FBMW Night

[fordman]

hi Gareth

Fordie here, as me comes from a major LFS Background. Very nice to see, and trust me, if I can make it ( I will let you know closer to the time ) I will be there. BL Rev is not an easy track and with FBMW, its easy to loose the rear end. If I get a suitable setup, I will post here, so we are all on same playing field if OK with you.

PS - S2 Licensed and been playing LFS for 6yrs

Anyway as I said, I would love to attened this event, so hopefully, fingers crossed

ARR CRAP - its 6pm......and I don't get home until 6:30pm Best of Luck anyway, next time, think about us late workers

[fordman]

Hi All,

I gather you are all demo racers? Just wondering as a great combo is the FXO around Westhill Normal. Fast Flowing track, but requires skill to control the FWD heavy weight car. Just Enquiring

Fordie

[Gareth Hickling]

Im s2 licenced, I know there are a few others that are licenced also. Its just not too popular at RD right now but we aim to change that

[Dennis May]

own LFS for about 4 years now - but theres no real progress anymore

[Mannfred Breit]

Originally Posted by Dennis May

own LFS for about 4 years now - but theres no real progress anymore

Same here....Grafik and Sound not up to Date,but a fantastic Netcode and a nice Community.
Keep Racing..Mannee

[Dirk Muessener]

I have the S2-license since 2 years...you call the latest physic-changes no real progress?

[Danny Engels]

Well, it definitely was a progress, but it is published too slow. Patches are coming out twice a year, with some "new" stuff....

2 years ago it was a really great game and I think it still is. But when u drove it 4 years, like Dennis and me, on a competitve level it is getting really boring. The same track and car over and over again. MoE starts their 4th 24h Race in January next year and it's again GTR on Aston GP. We need something new....

Dev's should fix some annoying bugs and bring some new tracks and new cars and nicer cockpits and graphics and better sounds, but Live for Speed in general is improving too slow!
Especially nowadays with new games like iRacing, GTR Evolution, and all the new Racing game in the future!

I still like the game, but I am really bored and that is the fact, why i am more interested in GTR at the moment!

[Dirk Muessener]

Regarding the new stuff like tracks you're right...maybe we will see the Scirocco in 1 year
Btw, with the latest patch the devs have introduced new cockpits for some cars. Well, the cockpits are still looking like cockpits in road-cars, but...

[Colin Shaw]

I have LFS Gareth but nort played for a few months.

[Sam J Simpson]

Seems I've caused a bit of a fuss over at the LFS forums as my post earlier in this thread at #20 has been used by someone over there as an example to engage in discussion about how their community is regarded by those "outside", I assure it was not intended to do so but the replies at LFS, for or against my comments and the idiotic flamer who got his wrist slapped by the Admin team, has reinforced my opinion of some (probably very few but unfortunately the most vociferous) of the members, I have not, nor do I intend to, enter a post in the thread, either as an explanation or defense, even if any were actually needed.

I should probably have said in the original post here that I actually do like the SIM but have been put off it by the "FPS player" attitude of "noobs are cannon fodder" displayed by those self proclaimed elite, both ingame and inforum, who have seemingly forgotten they were once "noobs" themselves, it is those reasons ONLY that keep me away from it, if we were to get something more substantial going here in a less partisan atmosphere I would likely be more than happy to take part, fitness permitting.

Sam

link to thread on LFS forum: LFS Forum - outsiders perspective - Live for Speed

[Richard Hamstead]

I don't understand why there has to be an "outsiders" perspective to the game at all. We are all sim-racers who enjoy playing the games for fun. There's no need for all this bickering.

[fordman]

Hi Guys,

Just uploaded one of my movies I done from LFS. The Intro is taking from the night racing of the BTCC at Snetty.

Considering that there is no night driving in LFS, and headlights you have to press buttons, I think we pull it off well?

Like to hear your comments..

Fordie

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[Bram Hengeveld]

Bloody insane intro Fordy!! Awesome

[Tim Ling]

very nice video Fordy

[d1x1e]

nice how do u race at night?