rec.autos.simulators

> Last friday I bought myself a Wingman FF, and ever since I've been irritated
> by those pedals. The travel is too short and there's no resistance. For GPL
> it's no problem, I use my old F1 Sim brake pedal as the throttle, the
> wingman throttle as the brake and the new brake as a analogue clutch. I have
> to get used to the clutch though, as for the brake I've put a small ball
> under the pedal so it now almost feels like a real brake. So for GPL I've
> found myself a nice setup and since GPL is still the simulation it's not
> much of a problem. But sometimes I like some real power, brakes and
> telemetry so I go to MGPRS2, and then those pedals are just impossible.
> My main concern is that coming sims like GP3 will not support my setup and
> so I would love to just get some better pedals on my Logitech. I hope
> Logitech will develop good pedals for there coming products which are sold
> seperately. Normally I wouldn't ask that of a commercial company, but these
> pedals are just so bad, it's unbelievable. Couldn't we join together and
> tell Logitech what we would like of a pedal unit?
> For me there should be a very stiff clutch and brake pedal (the brake should
> have hardly any movement just pressure measurement) the throttle should have
> quite some travel (not to much, it's up to the sim programmers to make
> better throttle response) and very little resistance.
> If it would make the total package too expensive they should be thinking of
> only making it an extra option.
> Isn't it possible for somebody else to make a pedal unit that works with the
> Logitech wheel?

>You'll need a soldering gun with solder.
>Open the Logitech pedal cover, unsolder all connection on both
>pots, do the same with your F1 sims. Now use the cable from the Logitech
>and solder it to those F1 sims pots, make sure you connect the wires
>the same way (3 wires on each pots), when you're done, bring that power
>suply cable inside your F1 sims. Voila!

>If you need to see how is the schematic of the wires of the Logitech
>Then check my section about it

>http://www.simracingmag.com

>This way your pedals will be in use all the time on all
>your game, as lonmg as your game recognise the steering of
>your logitech FF wheel.

>Go at SPY's corners, then click on the LOGITECH review :)

>Cheers, Eric

>> Last friday I bought myself a Wingman FF, and ever since I've been irritated
>> by those pedals. The travel is too short and there's no resistance. For GPL
>> it's no problem, I use my old F1 Sim brake pedal as the throttle, the
>> wingman throttle as the brake and the new brake as a analogue clutch. I have
>> to get used to the clutch though, as for the brake I've put a small ball
>> under the pedal so it now almost feels like a real brake. So for GPL I've
>> found myself a nice setup and since GPL is still the simulation it's not
>> much of a problem. But sometimes I like some real power, brakes and
>> telemetry so I go to MGPRS2, and then those pedals are just impossible.
>> My main concern is that coming sims like GP3 will not support my setup and
>> so I would love to just get some better pedals on my Logitech. I hope
>> Logitech will develop good pedals for there coming products which are sold
>> seperately. Normally I wouldn't ask that of a commercial company, but these
>> pedals are just so bad, it's unbelievable. Couldn't we join together and
>> tell Logitech what we would like of a pedal unit?
>> For me there should be a very stiff clutch and brake pedal (the brake should
>> have hardly any movement just pressure measurement) the throttle should have
>> quite some travel (not to much, it's up to the sim programmers to make
>> better throttle response) and very little resistance.
>> If it would make the total package too expensive they should be thinking of
>> only making it an extra option.
>> Isn't it possible for somebody else to make a pedal unit that works with the
>> Logitech wheel?