<20 70+ km/h

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  1. 1Pick an object from the library and click on the canvas to place it. Drag to paint a row.
  2. 2Paint the driving line with the Route tool (press R), then open 3D Preview to watch it driven.
  3. 3Export the .lyt and drop it into C:\LFS\data\layout\
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Cones

Posts

Tyres

Barriers

Start

Track

Name
LFS track

Layout

Preset
Length (m)
Width (m)

Length runs down the canvas, width across it. 20–400 m each.

In 3D this layout is set out on the pits pad at Santa Pod Raceway.

Editing

Grid snap
Mirror mode Objects are placed, moved and deleted with a twin across the centre line.

Objects never overlap: a placement that would collide is refused.

Actions

Scale everything

Reference image

Stats

Overview

Objects
Route
Est. lap
Layout

Route check

Top speed
Slowest corner
Tightest radius
In the way

Nothing is in the way of a car following the line.

Checked against a car following the line, with speeds from the 3D route playback. The playback slides through corners, so it can still clip objects marked tight. Turn on the Speed chip (T ) to see speeds on the canvas.

By group

  • Cones
  • Posts
  • Tyres
  • Barriers
  • Start

By type

Nothing placed yet.

  • Red cone
  • Orange cone
  • Yellow cone
  • Green cone
  • Blue cone
  • White cone
  • Red post
  • Orange post
  • Green post
  • White post
  • Chained pole
  • Tyre
  • Tyre stack ×2
  • Tyre stack ×4
  • Tractor tyre
  • Tractor stack ×2
  • Tractor stack ×4
  • Barrel with flag
  • Chequered barrel
  • Hay bale
  • Long barrier
  • Red barrier
  • White barrier
  • Railing
  • Armco ×1
  • Armco ×3
  • Armco ×5
  • Start position
  • Start lights

Using the layout in LFS

Export the .lyt file and drop it into C:\LFS\data\layout\. In game, load the Autocross (AU1) area, open the layout editor with Shift + U and pick the layout from the Layout menu.

Preview

Paint a route first to watch the car drive it. Free-drive mode works without a route.

Share

Export

Put the .lyt in C:\LFS\data\layout\, then load it from the LFS layout editor (Shift + U) on the Autocross area.

File

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Every object and the painted route will be removed. You can undo this afterwards.

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Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts work while the canvas has focus.

3D preview — free drive

Accelerate W or + ↑
Brake / reverse S or + ↓
Steer A + D or + ← + →
Handbrake Space
Reset to start R
Look left / right in driver view Q + E
Zoom driver view out / in − + +
Default driver view zoom 0
Full screen F
Close preview Esc
SIMKHANA TRACK DESIGNER

A browser tool for designing gymkhana and autocross layouts. Place objects, paint the driving line, drive it in 3D and export a .lyt that Live for Speed loads directly.

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Credits

3D cars: "2001 Mazda RX-7 Series 8 Type RS", "1985 Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86", "1993 BMW M3 Coupe (E36)", "2011 BMW E92 M3 GTS", "2008 Mazda MX-5 Hardtop", "2015 Mazda MX-5", "2010 Vertex Edge Nissan S15 Silvia", "2009 Honda Fit Sport", "2014 Abarth 500 1.4 16v", "2018 Mini John Cooper Works" by Ddiaz Design, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, via Sketchfab; rescaled, recoloured and simplified, and shared under the same licence.

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