>> I've just managed to re-install GPL after a couple of years
>> absence (that installation is a tale of woe in itself, but for
>> another time).
>> I've got it to the stage where its all running smoothly bar one
>> thing: fully depressing the accelerator pedal doesn't give me
>> anywhere near full revs - the rev indicator on the Ferrari only
>> reaches around the 9 o'clock position on the dial.
>> I've recalibrated both in Windows and GPL until I'm blue in the
>> face,
> to
>> no effect. Even short-calibrating in GPL (i.e. only depressing
>> the
> pedal
>> half-way when asked to move it the full distance) had no effect.
>> What on earth is wrong?
>> If it's relevant, I have
>> Windows XP Home
>> MS Sidewinder FF (the gameport version, not the USB one).
> I'd guess your pedal pot is spiking. When a pot is dirty or worn
> it doesn't always give a clean value, and can suddenly increase or
> decrease in resistance. I thought the MS stuff used optical pots
> though, but if you look at the value bar when calibrating, see if
> the value changes smoothly & stays level when you hold the
> throttle in a certain position. If it spikes, change the pots, or
> clean them, or whatever solution suits your budget ;-)
> The other thing is that although I have no experience of it ( I
> have a Momo Force, highly recommended) I understand there is a
> compatibility problem between XP & gameport versions of the MS
> wheels. You might get lucky & find a gameport-USB adaptor that
> solves your problem, but try the wheel with another OS to see if
> this is your problem.
> Malc.
Another possibility -- but you've checked this, right? -- is that you
are running in one of the lesser car modes -- Advanced Trainer or
Novice Trainer. These cars only rev to about half of what the F1 cars
do -- and they have fewer gears as well. (From memory, so I am
probably wrong aboput both the class names and the number of gears.
Memory ain't what it used to be, as far as I remember.)
--
Darryl
