Contents. About LFS What is LFS? Live for Speed is a serious racing simulator.

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No arcade modes, no steering aids (if the server admin so chooses, no arcade views) - YOU have to do the driving. LFS is currently offering 3 licenses with S3 being the highest level (with all content), the demo is free to download and free to play online. LFS has no publisher, meaning that the developers have total control and freedom. Who is developing LFS? A small - Scawen Roberts, Eric Bailey and Victor van Vlaardingen. Just them, there is no megacorp.

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Behind LFS, actually there's not even 'a company' behind LFS: We haven't formed a company. Legally we are a with the name 'Live for Speed'.

Scawen As of October 2006, Victor has stepped down as permanent 'Technical Support' guy, although he plans to retain a role in LFS in some capacity. His place will be filled by Geraldine, Scawen's wife, and she is ideally placed to further the massive contributions made by Victor. As of May 2007 Victor has been in charge of Yordise Merchandise, a web shop solution which also sells with permission from Live for Speed. Complete list?

Too many to mention here, see the page. Where can I download it? Why should I bother?

LFS is one of the best racing simulations to date. Some consider it to be the best. Superb physics give realistic handling and superb netcode gives excellent online racing. More than that, LFS offers the chance to join a community with a very close relationship to the developers.

Many of the features you see in the the current patch were suggested by forum members. Release info When and how is LFS released?

The first public version of LFS was released in 2002, and since then, more and more features have been pumped into the game. The licenses (which unlock content like cars and tracks) have progressively become available. S1 License became available on 2003-07-13. S2 License became available on 2005-06-25. S3 License became available on 2015-12-19. How much does LFS cost? Starting with 31 Dec 2016, all countries have been divided into three different price bands (categories).

The first band price is the same as before, £12 per license level (e.g. Demo to S1 or S1 to S2).

People from countries in the second band now pay £9 per license level and people in countries from the third band pay £6 per license level. More info on this change:. You can have a look to see the prices in each country. Conversion of common prices:.

£6 =, (as of 2017-01-04). £12 =, (as of 2017-01-04). £24 =, (as of 2017-01-04). £36 =, (as of 2017-01-04). For other currencies, see What new features are included in S2? First version of damage, graphical and sound improvements, pitstops, driver changes, new cars, new tracks and much more. The program will be continually updated.

What types of cars and tracks are included? See here: and How can I pay for it? You can buy LFS.

Payments can be made online directly via credit card or PayPal. Also supported is, which is an online payment option for those without a credit card.

If you are from the UK, you can send in a cheque. There are also some localised shops around.

These often provide alternate payment options like bank transfer. They also sell LFS on a CD: If you are from Japan, see. Can I get LFS in my country? You can buy LFS from any country provided you can make a payment.

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There are also some local shops where you can buy a license, as is listed in the previous FAQ entry. Does LFS have a publisher?

No - 'our plan is to maintain our independence for total freedom'. The simulation Why only 1 track and 3 cars in the demo? The fully functional Demo is only a taste of what LFS is. Although you would probably like more cars etc., it would be counter productive for the developers to release more - it might reduce sales in the long run. Remember they need to make a living too.

If you enjoy the Demo, multiply that by 9999 and you get the fun you should get in S2. Also, remember there are 4 configurations to the track. So that's twelve combinations! On what cars are the LFS cars based? LFS currently features several licensed real cars:. (MRT). (RAC).

(BF1). (FBM). Ga-ma69vm-s2 sound driver. (soon) (VWS) As for the fantasy cars, the following is NOT an 'official' list nor a 'based on' list, just observations of what the cars may look like by several forum members.

UF 1000 (UF1) -, Mini. XF GTi - (general design, size), (interiors and taillights). XR GT - (general design, naturally aspirated engine), (interiors). XR GT Turbo - Widebody. LX4 Edition (LX4) - replica, its high-revving 1.3 I4 resembles the Suzuki motorbike engine found on the.

LX6 Edition (LX6) -,. RB4 - (general design), (front/rear). FXO - (general design), (front and rear styling).

FZ50 (FZ5) - (general design), Ferrari 550 (styling). Formula V8 (FO8) -. Formula XR (FOX) - XFR, UFR, FXR, XRR, FZR are GTR versions of the road cars, the latter three resembling cars racing in the now defunct.

Track List If you're not familiar with the track's shorthand names, here's something you might find helpful: Track Abbr.

The GT Turbo in LFS v0.1 at an unpublished city track in Miami. Live for Speed is an online racing simulator developed by Scawen Roberts (game engine), Eric Bailey (tracks & cars) and Victor van Vlaardingen (music, website, sales). Its main features are the realistic physic engine and internet multiplayer with up to 40 players.

The game is only sold at the official website. You won't find it in any shops as the developers want to stay independent from any publisher, so they can include exactly the features they want to have in the game and do not have to change the game according to some manager's opinion.

Starting as a demo in August 2002 more and more people tried the game and joined the internet community. With a lot of development progress the first stage (S1) of the game was published in July 2003. Two years later (2005) the S2 Alpha version was released and was under development with fresh new updates every 6 months to a year, not including test patches.

Now the S3 license is available with Rockingham, a new laser scanned track (more content scheduled for the S3 license). VW Scirocco and a completely re-written tyre physics engine are planned for the future. The three developers have a close connection to the community and they frequently visit the official forum to get ideas of what the players want to see in the game.

All the new updates to the game are accessible by the auto updater from within LFS. Contents. Physics engine The outer loop of the physics and environment checks run at 100 Hz, but with 20 uninterruptable sub-updates inside that (tight loop on each car) so in one sense it's 2000 Hz physics.