There are twenty different options here! Including some things that make a difference to game play and frame rates.
Full screen vertical sync: [Yes / No]
Turns VSync on or off.
Limit frame rate in game: [Yes / No]
This is used in conjunction with the next option to set what max frame rate to use.
Maximum frame rate:
Here you can set a minimum / maximum number of frames for use in game - depends upon the previous setting to enable/disable.
Minimum sleep:
This setting forces LFS to sleep/wait the set amount of time between each frame, to allow Windows to update controller inputs, etc. Increase this value if you're having problems with controller stuttering/lag or similar. Don't put it too high, though, as it will also limit your maximum framerate.
Sound lag:
Because the program has to play the sound slightly in advance, so that there are no gaps in the sound. Recommended setting is as low as possible without hearing stutters or gaps in the sound.
AI use player setup: [Yes / No]
Self Explanatory
AI use player colours: [Yes / No]
Self Explanatory
Update path: [Off / User car / All cars]
This determines which cars update the racing groove on the track.
Gearshift debounce:
Sets the time in milliseconds that must elapse before another (sequential) gear change is accepted. On some wheels when they get old, the paddles start to sometimes report two very quick presses instead of one. This setting tries to cure the annoying behaviour by ignoring quick shift commands. If you suffer from these so called double shifts, increase this value - if on the other hand you seem to miss gear shifts when quickly shifting yourself, decrease it.
Analogue steer smooth:
Sets the amount of smoothing for joysticks and some wheels. The higher the value, the smoother your inputs will be, but they will also lag behind slightly.
Car skins download: [Off / 512 / 1024]
Controls the automatic downloading of car skins for licensed users. The 1024 option requires you to have money credits on your Live For Speed account, and costs £1 for 2000 'hi-res' skins. If you run out of credit LFS will give a warning message, and then stop downloading skins. It will not resort to 512 mode. Default: 512
Helmet skins download: [Off / 256 / 512]
Controls the automatic downloading of helmet skins for licensed users. The 512 option requires you to have money credits on your Live For Speed account, and costs £1 for 2000 'hi-res' skins. If you run out of credit LFS will give a warning message, and then stop downloading skins. It will not resort to 256 mode. Default: 256
Download skins for replays: [Never / Ask / Always]
Sets whether the program will never download skins in replay files, will prompt if you do not have the skin, or always download missing skins automatically. Default: Ask
Multiplayer speedup option: [Yes / No]
This option makes the distant cars use less CPU power by not updating their physics or drawing them at all.
Multiplayer car draw: (Only visible when 'Multiplayer speedup option' is enabled)
Sets the distance the cars are drawn. Use a lower value for better performance.
Dynamic LOD reduction:
Sets the value for the dynamic change of "Level of Detail". Zero means no, and one is full dynamic LOD reduction. This makes the Level of Detail change dynamically depending on how many cars are visible and on your current framerate. Use higher values if you experience slowdowns when multiple cars are visible.
Performance: 1.00 | Quality: 0.00
Load track when starting: [Yes / No]
If disabled, the startup time of LFS will be considerably decreased.
Local time in 12 hour format: [Yes / No]
Self Explanatory
Show time instead of FPS: [Yes / No]
If on, the FPS display (see Options - Display) will be replaced with the local time.
Show flags in SHIFT+F mode: [Yes / No]
If enabled, blue and yellow flags are still displayed if the interface rendering has been disabled with Shift+F.
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