hooked up! I used it at Silverstone once and did my PB there with the
shifter as I think I was able to slow sooner in order to get the
shifts to work, loads of fun, but I am already to slow and I have a
problem with the mounting. I have a desk that is shaped like an L and
the puter is in the corner. I only have 12.5" to mount the wheel and
shiter. I have mounted the shifter on the keyboard tray and it sortof
works but it is not very firm there. One of these days I will moount
it and get use to it. I think that day will be when I get another
puter and put it in the ba***t, and the wife won't complain about
the wheel and pedals, being in the way!
SLG
>Heh heh, yeah I'm having fun with GPL and my RS shifter, but it is
>harder............as if I needed that :-)
>--
>Chris "Ambulater" Lee
>"Don't Bother Running.........You'll Just Die Tired."
>Reviews at www.sim-arena.com
>> Just a couple of observations of the excellent Act-Labs shifter (sporting
>> the 5 pos plate and *JSJ*'s GPLshift utility) that I picked up on
>> Friday..
>> 1 - Mis-shifts are now a very real possibility :) nice! Twice today, I
>> accidentally shifted from 4th to 1st (was looking for 3rd) at Spa.
>> Instant engine Swappah; from back to front. :)
>> 2 - Using *JSJ*'s GPLshift utility, there is no longer a throttle blip
>> when you downshift. You have to provide one yourself. Say, for example, I
>> am braking hard for Parabolic, right foot fully off the gas pedal, revs
>> gone down to neutral. I shift from 5th to 2nd, no gas. The game slams the
>> car into 2nd, the revs shoot up from neutral to werever... There is a
>> very good chance of losing the back end. Also, I am *not* shifting down
>> too early (been caught many times by that one in sequential shifting).
>> The car is just dumping the clutch now; you have to give it the gas to
>> ease the mating of the clutch plates.
>> This shifter makes GPL more brain racking to drive and puts even more
>> emphasis on driver skills. I like it a lot.
>> MRSisson
>> --
>> LOAD "GPL",8,1
>> RUN
and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are
due to too many English classes/teachers)