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by **Interesting Ia** » Fri, 04 Jul 2003 05:25:47

Hi,

Just downloaded the demo of Colin McRae Rally 3 today. I have a microsoft
force feedback steering wheel. As soon as a stage is uploaded the central
tension of the steering wheel disappears. That is to say if I turn left,
for example, the steering wheel does not spring back to its central position
of its own accord. This makes the car rather difficult to steer.

Is there anything I can do about this problem? I've tried installing it to
windows XP and windows 2000, but the problem is there on both. I was going
to buy the real game, but if this problem is still there on the real game I
won't bother.

Any help much appreciated.

by ae » Fri, 04 Jul 2003 05:27:47

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 21:25:47 +0100, "Interesting Ian"

>Just downloaded the demo of Colin McRae Rally 3 today. I have a microsoft
>force feedback steering wheel. As soon as a stage is uploaded the central
>tension of the steering wheel disappears. That is to say if I turn left,
>for example, the steering wheel does not spring back to its central position
>of its own accord. This makes the car rather difficult to steer.

>Is there anything I can do about this problem?

Download the patch for the demo. It updates the controls to that of
the retail game, which do work.

Andrew.

by **Interesting Ia** » Fri, 04 Jul 2003 05:58:25

> On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 21:25:47 +0100, "Interesting Ian"

> >Just downloaded the demo of Colin McRae Rally 3 today. I have a
microsoft
> >force feedback steering wheel. As soon as a stage is uploaded the
central
> >tension of the steering wheel disappears. That is to say if I turn left,
> >for example, the steering wheel does not spring back to its central
position
> >of its own accord. This makes the car rather difficult to steer.

> >Is there anything I can do about this problem?

> Download the patch for the demo. It updates the controls to that of
> the retail game, which do work.

> Andrew.

No I did that. You've given me a thought though. Maybe it will work if I
don't apply the patch . . hmmm

by **Interesting Ia** » Fri, 04 Jul 2003 06:55:05

> > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 21:25:47 +0100, "Interesting Ian"

> > >Just downloaded the demo of Colin McRae Rally 3 today. I have a
> microsoft
> > >force feedback steering wheel. As soon as a stage is uploaded the
> central
> > >tension of the steering wheel disappears. That is to say if I turn
left,
> > >for example, the steering wheel does not spring back to its central
> position
> > >of its own accord. This makes the car rather difficult to steer.

> > >Is there anything I can do about this problem?

> > Download the patch for the demo. It updates the controls to that of
> > the retail game, which do work.

> > Andrew.

> No I did that. You've given me a thought though. Maybe it will work if I
> don't apply the patch . . hmmm

by **Jan Verschuere** » Fri, 04 Jul 2003 07:11:48

Silly question, maybe, but do you actually have FFB turned on in the
game? -The CMR3 demo defaults to "off" on my computer.

Jan.
=---

by **Interesting Ia** » Fri, 04 Jul 2003 09:01:53

Yes I have it turned on. Sent an e-mail to codemasters to see if they can
suggest anything.

by **Ian** » Fri, 04 Jul 2003 19:28:35

>> "Interesting Ian" wrote...
>>> Hi,
>>> <snip>

>> Silly question, maybe, but do you actually have FFB turned on in the
>> game? -The CMR3 demo defaults to "off" on my computer.

>> Jan.
>> =---

> Yes I have it turned on. Sent an e-mail to codemasters to see if
> they can suggest anything.

I thought it was supposed to turn the centering off, in real cars the
steering doesn't just spring back to centre unless they are moving.
I haven't tried CMR3 so I don't know for sure that's what you're referring
to.

--

Ian P
<email invalid due to spammers>

by **Interesting Ia** » Fri, 04 Jul 2003 22:41:48

> >> "Interesting Ian" wrote...
> >>> Hi,
> >>> <snip>

> >> Silly question, maybe, but do you actually have FFB turned on in the
> >> game? -The CMR3 demo defaults to "off" on my computer.

> >> Jan.
> >> =---

> > Yes I have it turned on. Sent an e-mail to codemasters to see if
> > they can suggest anything.

> I thought it was supposed to turn the centering off, in real cars the
> steering doesn't just spring back to centre unless they are moving.
> I haven't tried CMR3 so I don't know for sure that's what you're referring
> to.

Well, it was ok in CMR2 and all other racing games. It's too difficult to
steer otherwise because obviously I don't know in what position the steering
wheel should be in to drive straight.

Surely it can't supposed to be like that??? :-O

by **Ian** » Sat, 05 Jul 2003 05:17:44

> Well, it was ok in CMR2 and all other racing games. It's too
> difficult to steer otherwise because obviously I don't know in what
> position the steering wheel should be in to drive straight.

> Surely it can't supposed to be like that??? :-O

Do you drive any other sims ?
Personally, I hate automatically centering steering wheels. All the sims I
drive center the steering based on what the car is doing, which suits me
just fine :)

--

Ian P
<email invalid due to spammers>

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Steering wheel with demo of Colin McRae Rally 3

Steering wheel with demo of Colin McRae Rally 3

Steering wheel with demo of Colin McRae Rally 3