Game Lobby Screen

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Game lobby screen in single player mode

In the game lobby screen you will set up your single and multiplayer races. Here you can choose your car, including it's skin and setup, the track and set up how long you want to race.

Let’s examine the buttons you can access and their usage. You can see a skill level button labeled pro with an arrow at each end, this button controls the level of intelligence for the AI (Artificial Intelligence) clicking on the left arrow lowers the value, the right increases the value, newbie is the lowest value and starting point, pro is the highest level.

The next button under the skill level is the add AI button, this adds a robot car to LFS ready to race against you, against another AI car or the clock. Up to 12 (Demo) or 32 (S3/S2/S1 only) AI can race at the same time (or 11 AI + you, and 31 AI + you). AI racing is fun and a great way to learn the tracks, racing lines etc., AI can consist of different cars against each other, due to similar outputs and abilities many LFS racers have pitted the GTi against the GT and close racing & great spectator fun has always ensued.

The join race button is self explanatory; this allows you to add your car, manned by you and join in the fun. Looking now to the group of buttons to the right of the screen, we see that the next button is called the player button.

Skill Level: The speed of the AI can be varied from Beginner to Pro.

Add AI driver: You can add up to 32 AI drivers to the race. If you only have a demo license, you can add then up to 12 AI drivers.

Join Race: This allows you to enter the race yourself. If you have already added 32 (or 12 in demo) AI drivers to the race, you will not be allowed to join yourself as 32 (or 12) is the maximum number of racers allowed.

Start grid: This is a list of all participating drivers. Clicking on a drivers name will select this driver, clicking on the - in front of the name will remove the driver from the grid. You can also save your starting grid or load an existing one.

Swap position: This button will only be visible when an AI has been selected from the grid. When you click on this button you will swap position with the selected AI in the grid.

Player: This button directly takes you to the player's options, allowing you to change the name, the driver model you use and your nationality.

Garage: This button takes you to the pits where you can set up and tune your car.

Track: This button lets you choose the track, its configuration, the weather and the time of day.

Wind: This button lets you choose the wind type on the selected track. It has three settings, no wind, low wind and high wind. The wind direction and speed is randomized by LFS and it will have a noticeable impact on your laptimes and braking points! INFORMATION: Currently AI-players can't drive on windy tracks.

Laps: The grey buttons allow you to choose how many laps you want to race. Choosing 0 laps will start an unlimited practice session which probably is the best way to learn new cars and tracks as you can do as many timed laps as you want. As soon as you select 1 or more laps to race, an additional control appears which lets you choose if you want to have a qualifying before the race and how long it should be.

The number of laps is limited to a max of 1000. By going above that, you can also choose 1-48 hours for endurance races.

Right-clicking on the buttons will change the value in larger steps. This also applies everywhere, so in Garage, Options, etc.