LFS Dead in the ARSE? stolen from 2000 lfs forums posts.

eMPee · Post by **eMPee** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:31 pm

I agree with shonky and pogo.
Other interests have a higher prioity atm. I still like it and its the only game i continually play. But its clear that most ppl r getting tired with it. There are alot of old names that we dont see anymore do we.

Blowtus · Post by **Blowtus** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:32 pm

Enforcer - download the davews soundpack and replace the original lfs eng files with his. They sound signifigantly better imho. That is, if you don't want to use csr, which it seems you don't.

Enforcer-J · Post by **Enforcer-J** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:42 pm

I've tried the CSR mod and although it sounds a lot better it felt like it wasn't in sync with the car and just didnt fit right

Is the "davews soundpack" used with the not so secret in game editor? You could tweak that to it's optimum and it would still sound horrible but maybe not as atleast, I'll try them out.

efast · Post by **efast** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:39 pm

eMPee wrote:its clear that most ppl r getting tired with it. There are alot of old names that we dont see anymore do we.

yeah emp i agree with that point, many old names have gone off the LFS community, which is sort of sad in some ways

Mr.Ferret · Post by **Mr.Ferret** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:50 pm

eMPee wrote:I agree with shonky and pogo.
Other interests have a higher prioity atm. I still like it and its the only game i continually play. But its clear that most ppl r getting tired with it. There are alot of old names that we dont see anymore do we.

Yeah its not that LFS is dying it just getting boring lol

Vilante · Post by **Vilante** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:48 am

I still enjoy it but I haven't been playing very long.

Other commitments do get in the way though.

Threeps · Post by **Threeps** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:32 am

I'm in line with the Shonky/Goop thinking. I do enjoy racing, new tracks and cars would be nice but wouldn't affect my enjoyment too much. The racing is better in y opinion because the drivers are getting closer in terms of quality, due to the familiarisation with the tracks. However, I am enjoying a lot more things outside of the pc world. Texas Hold'em poker and fishing are probably taking more of the time normally dedicated to racing and team/league administration.

Another factor, maybe not for the majority of the audience is the console cycle. The videogame console cycle has just started it's new five year cycle, with all three new gen consoles being out as of the 23rd of March. If you look at 1 year ago, at the height of LFS in the Australian sim racing community, all the consoles were well and truly dated and nothing new and exciting was there to capture the younger market. LFS fit in there well and possibly grabbed a few console players. These players may be now looking at these new consoles for their video game enjoyment and not have as much time for LFS.

Rots · Post by **Rots** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:55 am

Now that my daughter is sleeping like a baby (nearly 12 hours without waking, instead of waking every 1 - 2 hours!) I've actually got time to get back into sim racing, not to mention I finally got my pedals working almost almost all the time without problems.

But I did lose interest because I've been playing LFS since Feb 2003... four years is a long freaking time for me to stick to any one game.

But the AAL still draws me back in for the odd race and the other nights FOX at Westhill Reverse was awesome, despite my bad result. Unless something huge happens very soon, I probably won't be drawn back to LFS all the time, only for the AAL when I feel like having a good race as I know its always good for that.

Sterling · Post by **Sterling** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:02 pm

Well LFS in general doesn't seem to be dying, the numbers registered on the master server graph at peak times still suggests well over 1000 racers so it still seems the community is growing and if at worse sustaining on a whole........however I have noticed a slide in general interest levels in both AAL and MNR.

Me personally................I'm bored sh*tless with LFS and have moved on.......still a great sim and I'll not hesitate to buy future updates, but the progress is so sloooooooooowwwwww...................... and by golly I cant afford to wait around forever........I'm not getting any younger.

MAM_Racing_40 · Post by **MAM_Racing_40** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:12 pm

I have been getting bored of it lately, and not competing in AAL or MNR.

But then I started just doing random races on all different servers and am enjoying it more again.

I think what is putting me off it the two series' going at the moment. For me the open wheelers are not as good for racing and the XFG might be. The slower cars seem to have better racing then the higher powered ones.

So I have been hanging round in the STCC servers racing them, has been some great racing too

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I think LFS needs more tight and twisty tracks with passing opportunitys. Tracks like Aston are just flat out most of the way, don't really see the point in that on a sim.

Lets try and get it going again, I have been trying to get my karting mates into it and am having some good interest too. I still don't see what is so appealing about rFactor. Shit to race in. No auto skin downloads, so much shit goin on. Cant keep up with it! lol.

SamC · Post by **SamC** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:28 pm

Yep...LFS is dead in the ARSE.

MAM_Racing_40 · Post by **MAM_Racing_40** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:32 pm

Anyone up for a race NOW?

I'm gunna head onto the STCC server now.

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:53 pm

strangely enough, i have played lfs the most this weekend that i have in ages

Vilante · Post by **Vilante** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:57 pm

Hz-Lab wrote:strangely enough, i have played lfs the most this weekend that i have in ages

It's not the weekend anymore. I wondered why you were on at work. Are you drunk?

Shaun · Post by **Shaun** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:17 pm

public holiday in SA today

Vilante · Post by **Vilante** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:19 pm

Shaun wrote:public holiday in SA today

Bludgers, you don't do anything down there but go to church anyway do you?

BigPete33 · Post by **BigPete33** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:06 pm

We've got more pubs than churches

LFS is seeming to be developed a bit slowly, but just as you think they've sat on their arses out comes a patch. Was pretty recent that test patches were coming out every week or so. I def agree that a big addition such as the weather is required to fire it up again tho.

Participation in aal or mnr seems to have a lot to do with the car/track combo's being offered. If more ppl think it's a bit average, then sure enuff you won't see a massive level of participation.

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:31 pm

they dont let me in churches

Vilante · Post by **Vilante** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:27 pm

Righteous · Post by **Righteous** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:41 pm

I got a job/moved/bought a bike etc... I wish that I could get into LFS, but the fact that I can't really catch any of my old racer buddies online any more is a bit of an issue. I have a couple of weeks off coming up over the easter period, perhaps the spirit will be renewed.

TBH I was getting bored with LFS also, mainly due to the fact that I felt like I had raced every combo. I dont think I have time for it anymore. I remember the days when I could avoid doing uni work and just do laps....

The money more than makes up for my lack of LFS

I too agree the sounds are a firggin disaster and I never had an issue with them before hand. Now they just sound muffled and retarted.

/rant

Scuderia_Alan · Post by **Scuderia_Alan** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:21 pm

Not so much the game as the people around which sustain my interest in it at the moment. If it wasn't for the great organised racing then I doubt I'd be playing it much. The one positive is that other titles have waned as people move onto different leagues in new games whereas a bigger base has stayed anchored to LFS. Unfortunately commitments mean I won't even have that pleasure for the next few months.

Exar Kun · Post by **Exar Kun** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:27 pm

I played LFS tonight for the first time in months!

MAM_Racing_40 · Post by **MAM_Racing_40** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:32 pm

I just got off, I been playing it a fair bit lately. Trying to get my team numbers above 3 lol.

GT VIRUS · Post by **GT VIRUS** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:00 pm

Wonder if the dev's will ever allow external content? I reacon if we could submit a fantasy car or track and have them impliment it that would rock!

pogo · Post by **pogo** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:57 pm

Hz-Lab wrote:they dont let me in churches

believe me, they don't let anybody in without pants

A.R.S.E.

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