middle of a race N4. Works great for about 15-18 laps then just goes
limp. Please help
P4 1.5
PC800 348 ram
P4 1.5
PC800 348 ram
I used to have this problem. What are your overall force effects set at?
If they're substantially over 100%, the motor can overheat. I was told this
a while ago by a Logitech rep at www.wingmanteam.com - good resource, BTW...
| I am having problems with my wheel just loosing all force during the
| middle of a race N4. Works great for about 15-18 laps then just goes
| limp. Please help
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> | middle of a race N4. Works great for about 15-18 laps then just goes
> | limp. Please help
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> P4 1.5
> PC800 348 ram
I probably have the overall force set well above 100%.
But I can run a 50% race in Nascar Heat without losing FF
(never tried longer). I'll try lowering the overall
setting next time I play N4.
Doug Appleyard
(e-mail address expires 12/01/01)
I'm not sure it's overheating - I have N4 and the same wheel as you, and no
probs (overall force = 90%), but if it is (are you living in a hot area?),
here's a few thoughts.
- if the motor is overheating and you didn't by accident stop the airflow in
and out of the wheel, you might consider requesting a new one under warranty
conditions. Overheating shouldn't occur while racing on ovals, as this
doesn't seem to put such a high load on the motor
- AFAI understand, the higher you set the overall power, the coarser the
steps from one FF level to the next will be. I.e., with a level of 90%
overall, you'll have smoother FF than with a setting of 150%. Note that you
can also affect the FF in N4. All three parameters affect the motor load. I
think with a high latency setting, you'll get more motor action than with a
low setting. The same applies to the Dampening. The force setting of course
also determines how high the generated forces are and hence strain the
motor.
- I've noticed that different setups in N4 can create much different
steering forces. I haven't really looked into this yet, but could imagine
that caster is one of the values affecting this, and probably the weight
distribution.
- if you're referring to ovals mainly, as you know many of the basic setups
come with a pull to the left. That pull allows us to steer left less
severely all the time, as it gives the car a certain bias. If you were to
create setups that don't have that pull, or setups that in some other way
create more resistance to turning left than other drivers' setups do, your
LWFF's motor may indeed run hotter than their's.
I hope some of this helped, but if it doesn't, I wouldn't rule out Windows
or the Logi drivers somehow losing connection to the motor controller, the
controller maybe being defective and hence susceptible to heat, or simply a
solder point or cable being affected by the heat changes?
Achim
I have a TSW which is great but I feel the ff in N4 is done quite well
(better than gpl IMO) and love to use it. I wish there was a fix for this
problem in the long races.
Dave C
> I'm not sure it's overheating - I have N4 and the same wheel as you, and
no
> probs (overall force = 90%), but if it is (are you living in a hot area?),
> here's a few thoughts.
> - if the motor is overheating and you didn't by accident stop the airflow
in
> and out of the wheel, you might consider requesting a new one under
warranty
> conditions. Overheating shouldn't occur while racing on ovals, as this
> doesn't seem to put such a high load on the motor
> - AFAI understand, the higher you set the overall power, the coarser the
> steps from one FF level to the next will be. I.e., with a level of 90%
> overall, you'll have smoother FF than with a setting of 150%. Note that
you
> can also affect the FF in N4. All three parameters affect the motor load.
I
> think with a high latency setting, you'll get more motor action than with
a
> low setting. The same applies to the Dampening. The force setting of
course
> also determines how high the generated forces are and hence strain the
> motor.
> - I've noticed that different setups in N4 can create much different
> steering forces. I haven't really looked into this yet, but could imagine
> that caster is one of the values affecting this, and probably the weight
> distribution.
> - if you're referring to ovals mainly, as you know many of the basic
setups
> come with a pull to the left. That pull allows us to steer left less
> severely all the time, as it gives the car a certain bias. If you were to
> create setups that don't have that pull, or setups that in some other way
> create more resistance to turning left than other drivers' setups do, your
> LWFF's motor may indeed run hotter than their's.
> I hope some of this helped, but if it doesn't, I wouldn't rule out Windows
> or the Logi drivers somehow losing connection to the motor controller, the
> controller maybe being defective and hence susceptible to heat, or simply
a
> solder point or cable being affected by the heat changes?
> Achim
> > I am having problems with my wheel just loosing all force during the
> > middle of a race N4. Works great for about 15-18 laps then just goes
> > limp. Please help
> > P4 1.5
> > PC800 348 ram