Live For Speed, a racing game available through Snap

In the next article we are going to take a look at Live for Speed. This is a online racing simulator which can now be installed, both on Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04, and higher versions. To carry out the installation we will be able to do it very easily using the Snap package.

Thanks to Taqi Race, now you can install LFS on Ubuntu via Snap package, which is built with the platform in mind Wine. Live for Speed ​​is a serious racing simulator. There are no arcade modes, no directional aids. It is the user who has to drive. The main objective is to give the user a realistic driving experience in its online multiplayer mode and in single player mode against AI-guided vehicles.

LFS is distributed over the Internet. The game can be downloaded for free from the official website and installed to be used in demo mode. Unlocking all content requires the purchase of a license. The most basic can be acquired from the official site with a price of about 13 Euros, approximately.

LFS integrates with LFSWorld.net, A real-time website with comprehensive statistics. In LFSWorld there are online statistics of all the drivers registered in the game, some of these statistics are: Distance traveled, gasoline consumed, laps given, online servers entered, races won, Pole Positions achieved, personal records of each circuit, etc. Users can view the statistics of other runners and download their fastest laps. Also included is a database of all official teams in LFS

General features of Live for speed

• The demo offers access to 3 cars and a racing environment that has a rallycross road and track. The vehicles available are a hatchback front-wheel drive, a rear-wheel drive road vehicle and a Formula BMW single-seater. The full S3 license gives access to six more racing environments. Plus a large test area and 17 additional vehicles.
• The game is intended to be launched in three phases, S1 (Stage 1), S2, and S3. Each includes enhancements in different areas such as physics, graphics, and sound modeling. The technical improvements presented in each new phase will also be available in the previous phases.
• Among other things, the physics engine It will affect tires, suspension, aerodynamics, transmission, clutch overheating, vehicle body damage, and engine damage.
• The tire simulation model shows dynamic wear, dynamic dirt build-up, tire flats and hot spots, as well as deformation of the tire structure. The forces that affect the motion of the car are simulated individually at each wheel. The force feedback sent to the steering wheel, if used, is calculated directly from the forces, no fixed effects.
• It can use a steering wheel or a keyboard and mouse to play.
• You can Race alone, against the clock or against AI drivers. But for many people, the fun is found online, competing with real people, in multiplayer mode. LFS makes it very easy. You just have to click on the option 'Host list', select a server that looks interesting, and join instantly.

These are just some very general features of this great game. It can find the documentation in the Wiki .

Install Live for speed

To install the simulator in Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, you just have to search for liveforspeed in the Ubuntu software option. But before that, first you have to install wine-platform:

Yes now, continue installing live for speed:

If you use Ubuntu 16.04, open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and run the commands one by one. With them you are going to install snapD, wine-platform y liveforspeed:

sudo apt install snapd

sudo snap install wine-platform

sudo snap install liveforspeed

Once installed, look for the game launcher on your computer.

When you first launch the game, it configure wine environment and install racing simulator automatically. For this reason, the first start may take some time.