rec.autos.simulators

There should be options somewhere to reduce the amount of FF.
That may help!

buzard

I also picked up Star Wars Pod Racer, and with the wheel, the framerate is
unchanged, constantly super fast.  It even responds exceptionally well,
giving slight nudges with the slightest wall taps.  Definately made up for
my bad experience with Nascar Revolution.

I have NFS3 and that works well with the wheel.  Monster Truck Madness 2
runs ok but there is noticeable frame rate drop.  Overall my experience with
the wheel has been mixed, I kinda regret getting it.

-Rikk

Microsoft support really sucks.  I was led by its web site to go around
and around,
and finally told that I'm NOT eligible for support because I'm not
running English
windows ???!!!  I bought its HARDWARE, nothing to do with its fu?king
windows !!

Anyway, do anyone have similar experience and most importantly, any
solution ?
Sorry for the foul language, but I'm really angry.

Yes, I know what you're talking about. IMHO it isn't much of an issue in
SCGT since the FF is pretty lame anyway, mere centering is enough for me.

But... and this is a bit of a paradox... despite of being an arcade
racer, NFSHS is the one which actually provides road grip feedback,
which, contrary to most FF effects, can be very useful if done right.

So, naturally I was eager to enable FF in NFSHS. All sliders to max.
Similar experience to yours - significant drop in frame rate. Was a bit
angry too. But it was also my experience that even if there hadn't been
the drop in frames, the game would've still become nearly unplayable. And
that was because of all the twistin' and shakin' my wheel was performing
the whole freakin' time. So I turned off the engine vibes. Completely.
Who needs that anyway. I also went as far as disabling the collision
effects. In NFSHS you'll take plenty of punishment for crashing anyway, I
don't need my wheel to hit me to keep that in mind. I was left with road
texture and the more essential road grip. The result? No visible drop in
frame rate, no matter how hard you try to look. And I'm prettyy happy
with the effects. In terms of FF it's definitely no Viper Racing, but
it's loads of fun anyways and that's what counts.

In short:   e x p e r i m e n t .

Them FF settings aren't fer nuthin u know. There is enough arsenal to
overwhelm your tactile sensors and it appears that there is enough to
overwhelm your 'puter too. Tune 'em down a bit and you'll be doing
youself a favor.

---
Antti Markus Peteri

       15 miles. your dim light shines from so far away

                                 - Soul Asylum, Promises Broken

--
Ian Parker

I have the Force Feedback stick but I don't use it much (takes up a lot of
deskspace).  The Force Feedback info is transmitted as compressed MIDI data.
You'd have to expect a drop of some kind.  I think you'll find that game
that have a low framerate to begin with are going to suffer when you use
force feedback, but games with good framerates will still play well.

I have found the best way to increase the framerate in High Stakes is to
turn special effects off altogether which is enough.  You can also set car
detail to low and possibly set view distance to FAR.  With these changes
you'll only be missing the skidmarks, smoke and so on but you get a good
compromise in framerate.

Joe McGinn
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http://www.racesimcentral.net/***.com/
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-Larry

I had problems with my Monster Sound when I first got the FF Pro, but since
Diamond released a patch, it works fine.  The symptoms I saw were the system
chugging whenever the joystick was active and the force effects taking a
long time to register.

Good luck.