Hotlapping

In hotlapping mode you can try to compete with the best drivers in the world without even going online.

This mode puts you on the track in a controlled and perfect environment and lets you fight against the clock. But you should be careful not to leave the road or hit an object while trying to improve your lap times as the HLVC (Hot Lapping Validity Check) will constantly watch what you are doing and mark any lap as invalid which was not clean. In the top right corner of the screen you will see the fastest valid lap you have done and the last split times you did. After you have done a lap that was a personal best and that was marked as valid by the HLVC, you can upload it to lfsworld, compare your time to the official world-record time and see how you rank against all the other racers out there.

You can also adjust tyre warmer temperature on all tyres in Garage - Tyres (two sliders per each axis). This is useful when you are either struggling to heat up the tyres or your tyres are too hot to make a good time. This feature is currently available only in hotlap mode though.

Saved replays you can find in data\spr folder. Best way to save replay is to press '1' key, this saves replay file with automatic name in format youraccountname_track_car_time.spr, eg. somebody_AS1_UF1_10883.spr. To name replay file yourself, press '2' key. To upload a replay, open "Hotlaps" in "LFSWorld" (lfsworld.net), and go to tab Hotlap Charts.

You can access the hotlap database from online game, see 'LFS World statistics commands for in-game usage'.

TIP: Replays of all the laps that have been uploaded to LFS World can be downloaded and then watched on your PC. This is the perfect way to study the racing line of the world's best drivers and improve your own laptimes.