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added Mon, Aug 18th, 2008 23:45
>LFS @ GC with the new Volkswagen Scirocco
Going to the Games Convention in Leipzig this year?
Make sure you visit the Volkswagen booth where you can drive the new Volkswagen Scirocco in LFS and take part in a competition : The person with the fastest laptime around one of LFS's tracks gets to take home a real Scirocco!
For more information about visiting the Games Convention, please see the GC website.
The Scirocco will be released in Live for Speed at a later date which is not yet decided.
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added Wed, July 2nd, 2008 16:20
>Patch Z
Hello LFS Racers. Announcing... Patch Z!
The patch contains a lot of updates including :
- New interiors in XF and XR cars (road and GTR)
- Updated interiors in Formula XR and Formula V8
- General improvements to interface and graphics
- Improved weight distribution of GTR racing cars
- XR Turbo and RB4 suspension improvements
- Replay controls (click any point on time line)
- Demo racers must now register to go online
- Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Bulgarian
To read all about the new patch, go to the Patch Z information page
We hope you enjoy the new version!
- LFS Developers
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added Wed, June 4th, 2008 9:05
>NEW : Instant Hotlap Analyser at LFS World
More Hotlapping news!
This time about a new feature that should help improve your racing skills :
The LFS World Hotlap Analyser.
At LFS World there is a section dedicated to hotlaps. There you can upload your best laps driven in hotlap mode and compare yourself to other racers. To help you improve your driving skills, there are the so called Telemetry programs that can provide you with a lot of (technical) data about your lap. This however requires that you first download the analyser software, then start LFS and output a special file, made from the hotlap. Only then you can open this special file in your analyser.
To make things easier, we have now added an instant Hotlap Analyser at LFS World that allows you to just select two hotlaps uploaded at LFS World and instantly analyse them without the need to convert anything. You do not even have to download the analyser, because it is made in Flash, so it will simply run in your browser.
For more information about the analyser, please visit the Hotlap Analyser wiki page
Click here to start the Hotlap Analyser
Enjoy learning the finer arts of hotlapping :)
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added Wed, June 4th, 2008 9:00
>Hotlaps section cleaned
Hello hotlappers,
We have cleaned the LFS World hotlaps section a bit. We came to this due to :
1) an improved HLVC check that for example better detects wall hits.
2) a new background hotlap validator, that checks all hotlaps for HLVC and OOS errors. If any errors are detected, the hotlap will be removed. You will receive an email notification if that happens.
With this update we aim to keep our hotlap charts cheat free and fair for all!
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added Fri, Dec 21st, 2007 17:00
>LFS S2 Alpha, version Y
Merry Christmas!
We are pleased to announce... Patch Y!
The patch contains many updates including :
- New car - Formula BMW FB02
- Updated South City track
- Updated Blackwood track
- Improved AI drivers
- Improved Physics
- Interface updates
- New training lessons
To read all about the new patch, go to the Patch Y information page
Enjoy the updates!
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added Mon, Dec 24th, 2007 01:00
>Online PB's have been reset
Hello licensed racers,
This is a short message notifying you that your online PB's have been reset.
This was done due to the changes brought along with patch Y. Cars are slower than in the previous versions of LFS, making it hard to improve your best laptimes.
This decision was made after a 2 day poll on our forum, where more than 75% of the voters agreed a reset was the best way to go forward.
To ease the transition though, your old PB's are still displayed on your online stats page at lfsworld. This page has been improved as well, to show more information about your laps.
LFS Team
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added Wed, Dec 5th, 2007 18:00
>CMX Viewer update : Added FBM
We've updated the CMX Viewer with the new Formula BMW FB02 car which will be available in the coming patch Y. Skinners, you can start your drawing software :) Or you can just download the new CMX viewer to have a close-up look at the new car.
Download the S2 CMX Viewer version Y
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added Sun, Dec 2nd, 2007 16:30
>Soon available : Formula BMW FB02
Hello Racers!
We are pleased to announce that there will be a new patch before Christmas. This patch will contain AI and physics improvements, updated Blackwood and South City tracks and... a new real car - The Formula BMW FB02!
The story behind the new car is that there is a new UK based company called V1 Championship whose aim is to discover a new racing driver through a series of tests resulting in a place in a team for the winning driver. V1 will be launched in 2008 and shown on TV in the UK. Live for Speed will be used as part of the selection process, before testing in real cars. V1 asked us to create a Formula BMW to make this test as realistic as possible. BMW Motorsport gave us permission to build the car in LFS, so we went ahead and built it.
The V1 car is owned by Fortec Motorsport where V1 is based. Thanks to V1 and Fortec, our programmer Scawen Roberts was able to get a test day driving the Formula BMW and that helped a lot with the realism of the LFS version of the car.
We can't give an exact date for the release yet but it will be before Christmas. Right now you can watch a video of Scawen's test day and footage of the car in LFS. Thanks to DoN for making the video. Click one of the links below to download or stream it. If the download doesn't play on your computer, just visit www.divx.com and install the free DivX player.
We hope you enjoy the video and we look forward to releasing the patch, which is currently being thoroughly tested!
LFS Team
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added mon, Nov 5th, 2007 4:30
>Periodical account details reminder
Hello Racers!
This is a short message to remind you that you should never give your account details to anyone who asks for it, even if the person asking for it _appears_ to be an LFS developer.
We will never ask for your account password, so if you meet someone who does, you can be 100% sure that person is not who he says he is.
The latest fashion is to contact people on MSN and pose as an LFS developer, saying there's a problem with your account and we need your password. Obviously this is fake and you should ignore that person.
There are no problems at all with any LFS account.
Take care!
LFS Team
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