centering utility, available from "The Stickworks"
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
primarily for my joystick setup for flight sims, and decided to try it
this week with racing sims.
Specifically, I'm trying to use it to decrease brake lockup in GPL,
without resorting to the "squashball under the brake pedal" solution
that some people use. I have a TSW with the rollers on the pedal
base, and there's really no easy way I can see to put something like a
squashball under the brake pedal to help decrease braking lockup.
So, I've been experimenting with the CTFJ3 utility because you can use
it to decrease the range of a joystick's axis. In this case, with the
split axis for brake and throttle on the TSW, I've been trying to
decrease the axis range on the brake (the Y axis) to about 75 - 80% of
its maximum range.
The problem is that this works sometimes with GPL and not others, even
with the same car and setup used on the same track. When I can get
this to work, the brakes get almost to lockup when the pedal's fully
depressed which is just what I want. But other times, the utility
seems to have no effect.
So, is anyone else using this (otherwise great) utility with racing
sims, especially GPL?
Also, if so, should you calibrate your wheel and pedals in the GPL
"Options" screen on top of doing so from within CTFJ3?
TIA for any help, and for putting up with my typical verbose posting
style. :)
Cheers,
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Dave Mack
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