About LFS

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.

History of LFS

An old LFS logo

An early development version of LFS

• Sometime in 1999: Working on Lionhead's Black & White, Scawen starts to write a small stunt simulator with mouse steering in his free time
• Spring 2001: After the release of Black & White, Scawen and Eric leave Lionhead to work fulltime on LFS
• 18.08.2002: A user of the West Racing forum finds the demo test 0.04k on the internet and spreads the word about LFS: http://www.west-racing.com/forums/index.php?&act=ST&f=1&t=958&st=0
• 19.09.2002: The official LFS forum starts at Race Sim Central: http://forum.rscnet.org/forumdisplay.php?f=205
• 17.07.2003: Release of Live for Speed S1, the first full LFS release
• 29.07.2003: The LFSWorld website goes online http://www.lfsworld.net/
• 25.06.2005: Release of the Live for Speed S2 Alpha
• 10.08.2005: The new official LFS forum goes online: http://www.lfsforum.net
• 29.04.2006: 0.5T - Update for S2 Alpha, introducing the BMW Sauber F1.06 + tyre and aero physics updates

Major LFS Releases

The GT Turbo in LFS v0.1 at an unpublished city track in Miami.

• 18.08.2002: 0.04k - The first public LFS version ever
• 06.09.2002: 0.1B - Demo test with added reversed track configs
• 22.03.2003: 0.2A - Demo test, similar to S1 but without the new cars & tracks
• 17.07.2003: 0.3A - S1
• 05.04.2005: 0.5K - S2 Demo Alpha, features work-in-progress S2 physics but with only demo content
• 25.06.2005: 0.5P - S2 Alpha, physics improved sine 0.5K but still in development, full S2 content available

The Development Team

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  fltr.: Eric, Victor, Scawen

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  Scawen Roberts (and Leo)

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  Eric Bailey

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  Victor van Vlaardingen

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  The dev team presenting the S2 Alpha in Denmark 2004