rec.autos.simulators

GP2 calibration loss

Lew Wiegan

GP2 calibration loss

by Lew Wiegan » Sun, 22 Sep 1996 04:00:00

Has anyone experienced a loss of calibration while in GP2?
I realize a reduction of 2-3 sec. per lap occasionally, that I thought
was due to tire wear or mechanical difficulties. However, a pit stop does
not remedy the situation. Instead, recalibrating my wheel and pedals
brings my times back to normal. Has anyone else had this problem or, does
anyone know what might be causing it.
--
Lew Wiegand

Gre

GP2 calibration loss

by Gre » Mon, 23 Sep 1996 04:00:00


>Has anyone experienced a loss of calibration while in GP2?
>I realize a reduction of 2-3 sec. per lap occasionally, that I thought
>was due to tire wear or mechanical difficulties. However, a pit stop does
>not remedy the situation. Instead, recalibrating my wheel and pedals
>brings my times back to normal. Has anyone else had this problem or, does
>anyone know what might be causing it.

I have the same exact problem at ESTORIL (Portugal GP)
I noticed that my lap speed got 2 sec slower.

In the analyzer i saw that when the pedal is wide open
the throttle is only 80% open.
After I recalibrated the joystick (T2) my times got faster
and in the analyzer the throttle got back to 100% again.
But i have to do the recalibration each time I restart the
game.

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Richard Sob

GP2 calibration loss

by Richard Sob » Mon, 23 Sep 1996 04:00:00



>Has anyone experienced a loss of calibration while in GP2?
>I realize a reduction of 2-3 sec. per lap occasionally, that I thought
>was due to tire wear or mechanical difficulties. However, a pit stop does
>not remedy the situation. Instead, recalibrating my wheel and pedals
>brings my times back to normal. Has anyone else had this problem or, does
>anyone know what might be causing it.
>--
>Lew Wiegand


Your problem could well be that you are not using 100% throttle
despite having the pedal floored,you could check your data logger to
see if this is true.
The cause of this is likely to be a 'dirty' potentiometer in the
throttle pedal,this would give rise to irratic values.
There are two solutions.If you don't mind opening your foot pedal case
you can locate the pot' and give it a good clean with some contact
cleaner (get this at your local electrical store) ,spray it into the
pot' and move the pedal back and forth.(Unplug the pedals first)
The other way to help is to calibrate the pedal by pushing it forward
as normal but just letting it back slightlty this should allow more of
a margin for 100% throttle.

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Richard Sobey

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Jean-Francois De Rudd

GP2 calibration loss

by Jean-Francois De Rudd » Tue, 24 Sep 1996 04:00:00

|>Has anyone experienced a loss of calibration while in GP2?
|>I realize a reduction of 2-3 sec. per lap occasionally, that I thought
|>was due to tire wear or mechanical difficulties. However, a pit stop does
|>not remedy the situation. Instead, recalibrating my wheel and pedals
|>brings my times back to normal. Has anyone else had this problem or, does
|>anyone know what might be causing it.
|>--
|>Lew Wiegand

Hi, you are definetely not the only one. While racing in Monza, I
could not compete with my best laptimes from couple of days ago, and
my top speed was down. It's only when I went investigating in the
telemetry that I saw my throttle being very erratic in the 100%
vicinity. I had kind of a 97-99% throttle response and instead of
looking flat in the straights, it looked like millions of mountain
tops. I just recalibrated and it worked for a few days before doing it
again. So now, I just calibrate with a fraction less for the gas pedal
and the problem is gone.

JFD

AlanR

GP2 calibration loss

by AlanR » Thu, 26 Sep 1996 04:00:00

I have built my own s/wheel and pedals. I found that after getting the
calibration to work correctly and your steering and speed is good then do
not continue, but exit the game. Returning to the game, try never to
calibrate again. I have found this to work very well. However, if you use
your controls for other games, this may upset the settings.
Alan Coates (speed King)
JUST WON A FULL PRO RACE AT ESTORIL (WITHOUT SAVING).


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