rec.autos.simulators

I'm looking to buy a steering wheel/pedal thingy (is that a technical
term?) for my son for Christmas.  System is:

Gateway 2000 P90 w/150 MHz Overdrive installed
ATI Mach32 graphics card
Ensoniq Soundscape

We both play Nascar/Nascar 2 (when it arrives!) and ICR2.
Any recommendations?  What's the best one out there?

Tim Kitchen

Contact John Pribble of ECCI for lots of interesting details, or the
web on:

John Pribble
Extreme Competition Controls, Inc.
P.O. Box 80231
Minneapolis,  Minnesota, 55408  USA

Web pages at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/extreme

HTH,

Stuart

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Stuart Booth
Somewhere in Oxfordshire, England, UK

I've been using the Thrustmaster T-2 wheel and pedals for a few months now
and truly LOVE it!!  Some folks here will tell you that the T-2 is of
cheaper construction than some other wheel & pedals, but for the money you
can't beat it.  Plus, the T-2 is available in local computer stores!  It
sells for about $120 in southern CA, while the "good" set ups are from $250
and up.  BTW, Nascar 2 is *WAY* better than Nascar 1, but BE SURE TO VISIT
the Sierra site ***BEFORE*** you install N2.  There is a bug during
installation that corrupts several Internet access programs (CompuServe,
Internet Explorer, MSN).  They have a patch at Sierra for this.
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-Paul Eigsti

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      John Hope        |  City and Regional Planning
                       |  Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

To each his own. But I can't fathom why somebody would add pedals to the GP1.
First the cost of both would be greater tha T2 but the hand levers work great
with the GP1 already.

Q.B.M.

Well, I can't speak for anybody else, but in my case I already had the
pedals for use with Air Warrior and other flight sims, so hooking them
up with the GP1 was a no-brainer.  I personally prefer the "feel" of
the pedals to the hand levers on the GP1, but in all honesty, I've
only driven a few laps with it just to try it out, so that's not
really a fair comparison.  But like you said, to each his own :)

David

*** You're only young once, but you can stay immature forever.***

l8er
ronny

Cuz it makes me faster than you!  ; )

Seriously, you might want to give the GP1 a test drive.  I

Dave

Well, for one... there are those of us in wheelchairs that use hand
controls on our real cars, and for that reason... the GP1 is way overdue!
I absolutely love mine... finally I can have partial acceleration and
braking.. no more "all or nothing" with buttons on a joystick or other
controller.  And it does make a difference... I have improved my times at
all the tracks.  A big THANKS to Thrustmaster for the GP1!

~Michael

l8er
ronny

It's simply quicker to respond with the hand contollers. But their both great.

Q.B.M.