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Tony R

F1rs

by Tony R » Sun, 18 Jan 1998 04:00:00


>Could not wait hey :).
>So what's the verdict on the A1. I'm still waiting delivery.

Hehe I've had 5 days off and needed something to keep myself busy
with. I rang Jason Ferraro on Thursday and he had someone from the
factory deliver it on Friday. He said I was desperate and must have
felt sorry for me :)
First thing you'll notice is that it's rather hefty. Both the wheel
and pedals are solid and feel good. I noticed a slight spike with mine
but it seems to have gone away, maybe the pots just needed running in.
Very comfortable wheel and it's smaller than I expected. I guess I was
expecting something like the size of the wheel in my Monaro :)
It's probably comparable in size to a real F1 wheel.
The G clamp works perfectly and the wheel wont budge from my desk.
The pedals are very nice. They just feel perfect to me.
I cant really say that i've noticed any difference in tension between
brake and accelerator like some other pedals are supposed to do.

I've actually got that util sitting on a CDR disc but you just
reminded me I had it. I was saving it just for this occasion.
I was a bit lost when it came to installation. Only because the
instructions seem to describe something different to the joystick
setup that's in my version of Win95. At first I had the wheel set up
as a standard 2button 2axis joystick. No problems, it works fine like
that. Then I found the "custom" option the instructions were on about.
It tells you to select "racing car controller". I tried that and it
also worked but it was much more sensitive. By this time I'd gotten
used to the way it felt as a "joystick" and I'm still using that at
the moment. F1RS is a blast with this wheel :)
I'm very happy with it but cant compare it to anything else since it's
the first wheel I've owned.
Let me know what you think when you get yours.

Tony

Byron Forbe

F1rs

by Byron Forbe » Sun, 18 Jan 1998 04:00:00


> Sheesh you have no pride whatsoever huh....I mean to come on a World
> Wide Forum and admit that some game is KICKING YOUR ASS severely then to
> BLAME the game...ooooh my thats some balls. I guess you suppose that
> driving an F1 car is easy...eh. And if you cant beat Shuey's record
> around SPA then the game sucks...yup yup that sounds like the criteria
> for a realistic game.

> You know GP2 was a neat game. I bet you werent very good at it either...

> Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand

> >This f1rs game is ***ing HARD even on easy level, it reminds me of indycar
> >racing 1 on the street circuits, I can not do a lap with out going of at
> >least 10 times, it looks the business but unplayable.
> >Long live GP2, f1rs is not fit to wipe it's arse.

   I think you all missed the point. This is another MS employee. Maybe
it's Bill imself, hehehehehehe.
Pete

F1rs

by Pete » Mon, 19 Jan 1998 04:00:00

There's no fooling you  heh.



> > Sheesh you have no pride whatsoever huh....I mean to come on a World
> > Wide Forum and admit that some game is KICKING YOUR ASS severely then
to
> > BLAME the game...ooooh my thats some balls. I guess you suppose that
> > driving an F1 car is easy...eh. And if you cant beat Shuey's record
> > around SPA then the game sucks...yup yup that sounds like the criteria
> > for a realistic game.

> > You know GP2 was a neat game. I bet you werent very good at it
either...

> > Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand

> > >This f1rs game is ***ing HARD even on easy level, it reminds me of
indycar
> > >racing 1 on the street circuits, I can not do a lap with out going of
at
> > >least 10 times, it looks the business but unplayable.
> > >Long live GP2, f1rs is not fit to wipe it's arse.

>    I think you all missed the point. This is another MS employee. Maybe
> it's Bill imself, hehehehehehe.

Rob Berryhi

F1rs

by Rob Berryhi » Thu, 22 Jan 1998 04:00:00


>This f1rs game is ***ing HARD even on easy level, it reminds me of indycar
>racing 1 on the street circuits, I can not do a lap with out going of at
>least 10 times, it looks the business but unplayable.
>Long live GP2, f1rs is not fit to wipe it's arse.

Perhaps you should try Power F1 by Psygnosis since you obviously
appreciate a realistic racing simulation.

Rob
"Dead Meat"

Phil Bowe

F1rs

by Phil Bowe » Thu, 22 Jan 1998 04:00:00

Absolutely right.

You can go to Microsoft's site and download a Game Controller Update that
will be found somewhere lurking around the support files for the Sidewinder
3D Pro Joystick.  After installing it, strange things may happen on your
system, (no kidding) but you will have a completely different Control panel
applet for the Game Controllers instead of Joystick.

Happy Hunting.

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>>I have looked and looked but cannot for the life of me find how to
>>select "race car controller" in Win95.
>>The instructions I got with my wheel (Advantage 1) say's that you get
>>to it via the joystick applet and select "custom" and "special
>>feature". ***ed if I can see them. Could it be that some versions
>>of Win95 dont have that option?

>>Tony

>Could not wait hey :).
>So what's the verdict on the A1. I'm still waiting delivery.

>Do yourself a favor and download the ProPanel utility from
>www.thrustmaster.com you will find it in the support library.
>I'd select one of the Thrustmaster wheels as device 1. Then calibrate.
>You should click on the wheel symbol next to the DEVICE dialog and you
>will see a submenu with some choices. For whatever reason it always
>shows "rudders" checked when I switch to my racing gear. This shows up
>as device unplugged on the main page, and is very misleading. Just
>deselect rudders if it happens to you and all will be well.

>Dave.

Suppresso

F1rs

by Suppresso » Wed, 28 Jan 1998 04:00:00

Hey, I've got some fully weird things happening on my system, and you guessed
it
oh la de dah, i have game controller update.

What can it cause , how why, ????

Any info much appreciated


> Absolutely right.

> You can go to Microsoft's site and download a Game Controller Update that
> will be found somewhere lurking around the support files for the Sidewinder
> 3D Pro Joystick.  After installing it, strange things may happen on your
> system, (no kidding) but you will have a completely different Control panel
> applet for the Game Controllers instead of Joystick.

> Happy Hunting.

> >>I have looked and looked but cannot for the life of me find how to
> >>select "race car controller" in Win95.
> >>The instructions I got with my wheel (Advantage 1) say's that you get
> >>to it via the joystick applet and select "custom" and "special
> >>feature". ***ed if I can see them. Could it be that some versions
> >>of Win95 dont have that option?

>snip


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