Keys

Keyboard shortcuts in Live for Speed.

Interactive Keyboard

There is an interactive keyboard available at https://mkapal.github.io/lfs-shortcut-mapper/.

Key Bindings

Car Controls

Key	Function
Customizable
LMB	Throttle
RMB	Brake
MOVE MOUSE LEFT/RIGHT	Steer
S	Shift Up
X	Shift Down
C	Clutch
Q	Handbrake
W	Left View
E	Right View
R	Rear View
B	Horn
G	Flash Headlights
Space	Reset Car
L	Speed Limiter
O	Traction Control
I	Ignition
Non-customizable
3	Toggle between lights off and low beam
⇧ Shift + 3	Cycle through all sidelights / low beam / high beam
7	Left indicator
8	Right indicator
9	Hazard lights
0	Indicators off

In-Race Car Data

Key	Function
F9*	Toggle Tyre Temperatures, Surface Loads Display and Clutch Temperature
F10	Toggle Damage Display and Clutch Temperature
F11	Toggle Live Settings display
F12	Toggle Pit Instructions (use arrow keys to change pit instructions)
F	Toggle Forces view (force vectors on cars and tyres)
⇧ Shift + L	Toggle Suspension View overlay

Note: F9 is also the default key to turn on/off TrackIR. The result of this conflict is that it stops the key from working in LFS.
Changing this key assignment in TrackIR software to something else not used by LFS (e.g. NumPad minus) will restore F9 functionality in LFS.

Game Controls

Key	Function
⇧ Shift + R	Vote to Restart Race
⇧ Shift + X	Vote to End Race
⇧ Shift + Q	Vote to Qualify
⇧ Shift + J	Join Race
⇧ Shift + P	Enter Garage (aka tele-pit)
⇧ Shift + S	Join Spectators
⇧ Shift + O	Options Screen

Views

Key	Function
W	Look Left
E	Look Right
R	Look Behind
Tab ↹	Change View to Next Car (Race Order)
⇧ Shift + Tab ↹	Change View to Previous Car (Race Order)
HOME	Return View to Own Car
Ctrl + Tab ↹	Toggle Race Results
N	Display Names (Off / Connection List / Names Over Cars)
V / ⇧ Shift + V	Change Camera View
⇧ Shift + U	Free View / AutoX Editor
⇧ Shift + F	Turn Off All Screen Info
⇧ Shift + M	Toggle Mirror On / Off
⇧ Shift + Z	Toggle Mouse cursor On / Off
⇧ Shift + F1	Switch to default driver view
5	Zoom In
6	Zoom Out

Free View / AutoX Editor

Key	Function
D	Distance measurement tool
Ctrl (hold)	multiple object selection

Replay Controls

Key	Function
1	Watch Replay
2	Save Replay
F2	Reduce Replay Speed
F3	Increase Replay Speed
Space	Pause Replay
. / ,	Frame by Frame

Note: More replay options pop up when you move your mouse cursor to the bottom of the screen.

Chat Input

Key	Function
T	Open Chat Window
F1-F8	Customizable Messages
Ctrl+F1-F12	Customizable Messages
ALT+F1-F12	Customizable Messages
H	Toggle Message History (On/Off)
-	Toggle Block / Unblock All Chat Messages
⇧ Shift + -	Toggle Block / Unblock All Messages including game messages
Ctrl + C	Copy Current Text Selection
Ctrl + V	Paste Current Text Selection
Ctrl + X	Cut Current Text Selection
Ctrl + H	Clear recent messages
↑ / ↓	Scroll Up / Down

Lobby / Garage

Key	Function
RMB	Change Value In Steps of 10

Connection List Commands

Button	Function
SS	Send Setup
GREEN S	Save a Setup Sent to You
T	Request Taking Over a Car or Hand Over Your Car
Ctrl + ⇧ Shift (hold)	Show usernames instead of player names

Common

Key	Function
Ctrl + RMB	copy the value of any slider
⇧ Shift + RMB	paste the copied slider value
RMB	(on any slider) directly enter a value
Ctrl + LMB	(when text dialogue is open) click on the coloured boxes to change the text colour. When the text dialogue is open, the short-cut CTRL+0 (numbers 0-8) can also be used.

Controller / Sound

Key	Function
<	Less Force (English keyboards)
,	Less Force (extended keyboards)
>	More Force (English keyboards)
.	More Force (extended keyboards)
⇧ Shift + A	Car sound editor
⇧ Shift + C	Reinitialize Controllers
⇧ Shift + G	Auto gear shift On / Off
⇧ Shift + H	Change horn type
⇧ Shift + N	Toggle Sound On / Off
⇧ Shift + W	Re-initialise Sound
⇧ Shift + K	Next Track
Ctrl + M	Clip Mouse to Window

Misc

Key	Function
1	Cast pending vote (only multiplayer)
4	Toggle raceline
P	Pause (Only Single Player)
⇧ Shift + F5	Reload current language file (except English)
⇧ Shift + Ctrl + F5	Change game language (cycle through the list of languages)
⇧ Shift + O	Output car info to RAF folder (in garage)

Graphics

Key	Function
Ctrl + S	Save screenshot in LFS\data\shots
Ctrl + P	Copy screenshot to clipboard
⇧ Shift + F4	Toggle between full screen and windowed mode
⇧ Shift + F9	Set screen resolution to 1024 × 768 (default, can be customized)
⇧ Shift + F10	Full screen mode at desktop resolution
⇧ Shift + F11	Borderless window (single monitor)
⇧ Shift + F12	Borderless window (multiple monitors)

LFS Editor

Further information: LFS Editor Keys