rec.autos.simulators

> Hey M5Brian (in MO) its HB from BHMS forums, hehe small world...anyway. I
> haven't used FF in some time since getting my Thomas, but with my LWFF I
had
> to basically crank everything way up to get any feedback, then started
> tweaking down from there to find a comfort zone. My personal advice would
be
> to turn on the centering force and run w/o feedback, LOL but I am biased.
> All kidding aside, N4 was never very solid in the FF to me and I would
> simply get it to where you can barely "feel" any extraneous forces, just
so
> you know its there, then crank up the linearity so your sensitivity is
just
> right and you can catch the spin outs before they occur. I think adding
too
> much feedback will having you fighting the car more than you should, so
keep
> it light (lower effects) and sensitive (higher linearity). It may seem
hard
> to drive that way at first, but as you get used to it, you will likely
find
> yourself out cornering more folks than not. We have to remember that these
> cars have pretty strong power steering nowadays.

> Glad to hear you scored a LWMomo! One of my guys (in my league) has one,
> another has one on order. They are apparently nice wheels indeed.

> HB

> > New to FFB w/ my Momo wheel. Can i get some advice on settings for N4.
> > Appreciate it,
> > Brian

>         With FF latency is critical value, IMHO. Force and damping
> you can set however you like the best, but for latency there is only
> one right setting.
>         I set my setting driving GPL. How? Just drive like a madman.
> With wromg setting you will end up out of the road whenever you
> slam on gas. With right setting you will manage to save it and stay
> on the road even when you drive very hard. You can try the same
> technic with N4 but it's easier with GPL.
>         For normal LWFF wheel right setting is 20ms, but every
> model of wheel has diferent setting.
>         It is very inportant to set it just right. If I set my wheel
wrongly
> (19ms or 21ms ) I lose control of my car and therefore am slower.
> Incorect latency satting is probably the reason why old dogs of racing
> , who had good times before FF came, didn't like FF. They noticed
> their times worsen but didn't knew why.
>         Regarding force and damping, I like them been equal (100% in
> N4).

> > New to FFB w/ my Momo wheel. Can i get some advice on settings for N4.
> > Appreciate it,
> > Brian