has recently purchased. Firstly, I'd like to mention that he had been
playing F12001 with FF reversed! I can't believe he didn't notice how
ridiculous it felt. My LWFF worked fine with the default positive
value, so I'd never come across the problem before. I didn't even know
the slider went to negative... Momo owners beware!
Pedals
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The first thing I noticed was the pivoting heads. This is a definite
improvement over the LWFF. There's also a little bit more tension in
the pedals which makes quite a difference and stops ankle fatigue
considerably. The accelerator feels 'right' but the brake could use a
lot more resistance as with the LWFF (squash ball still needed). The
length of pedal-travel felt much the same as the LWFF - maybe an extra
mm or 2.
LWFF - 6/10
MOMO - 8/10
Wheel
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Now to the "hand-stitched" leather wheel. For me, this conjured
images of nice soft plush leather. Not the case - this leather feels
more like rock-hard, rough plastic. The other noticeable thing is
that the wheel is not really shaped to fit your hands like the
wonderfully molded *** on the LWFF. Aside from that, it has 6 face
buttons which do come in quite handy.
LWFF - 9/10
MOMO - 7/10
Shifters
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Not much to say - they work well enough. They're not quite as
"clacky" or precise as the LWFF ones but they do feel tougher and
could handle a little abuse. Their position seems OK and I didn't
have any problems changing gears.
LWFF - 9/10
MOMO - 8/10
Force Feedback
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One thing I was keen to see in the momo was the gearing system for FF
as opposed to the cable system in the LWFF. First impressions weren't
good - the momo was noisy and made a kind of 'grating' sound. This
sound also translated to the feel of the wheel itself. In actual
driving, it wasn't as bad as I expected, but this wheel certainly
couldn't be considered the epitome of smoothness. The FF is very
strong and I had to turn it down to 1/4 in Rally Trophy 1.01. In
F12001, I had it set to (-!) 20% (I have it set to 80% on my LWFF). I
found that I was able to drive precisely in F12001 and although the
'grating' was still there, it wasn't a big distraction. In Rally
Trophy and Rally Masters, the less subtle wrestling with the wheel did
make those gears scream a little, but then again the LWFF isn't
exactly silent when you reef it around.
LWFF - 9/10
MOMO - 7/10
Summary
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I guess, for me at least, the MOMO pedals with the LWFF wheel would be
the perfect combination...
Cheers
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Damien Smith
ICQ: 77028579
F12001 rank: +24.828