> Funny this should come up. I haven't run Viper in awhile, not since
> upgrading to Windows Me and I'm having exactly the same problem. I
calibrate
> the Thrustmaster wheel via the control panel and within Viper and the
> shifting seems to work just fine. I begin a race and before the light goes
> green I can up and down shift. But once the light is green I can't up or
> down shift. I can use auto shifting. The braking does not seem to be
> affected.
> Any help or thoughts would be appreciated.
> Phil
> > >You can play Viper Racing on the W95 system with the Sprint wheel.
> > Right, which has a PCChips mainboard, and had a Voodoo2 installed before
I
> > moved it to the DFI computer. (PCChips computer is for our entire
family
> > and son's games, DFI is a backup computer for racing games).
> > >You can play other games on the W98 system with the ANKO wheel. Is
> > >the Sprint wheel gameport, serial, or USB? You could have a flaky
> > >gameport that messes up the Sprint.
> > I've put up the Sprint wheel, but it was gameport, having to go through
a
> > Thrustmaster ACM game card after DirectX7 install messed up its
> calibration
> > going through the SoundBlaster Live Value card. What is weird to me is
> that
> > I just put up the Sprint and installed the ANKO wheel last week, and the
> > symptoms were the same with both controllers. It makes me wonder if
there
> > is a stray file or a Windows setting that is causing the problem, or if
> > Viper Racing just doesn't like the DFI mainboard.
> > >Have you patched Viper Racing to 1.1?
> > Yes - symptoms are exactly the same before and after the patch
> > >Does the wheel seem to behave correctly on the options menu?
> > Yes it does - that's also why this problem is so wierd - it just "loses
> the
> > manual shift buttons" right at the green light. Then I put Viper Racing
> > into automatic shifting mode to get through a lap and noticed that the
> > steering was wierd and the lag in the accelerator.
> > I also tried the latest 3dfx Voodoo2 drivers with no success
> > >With Viper Racing the controller is erratic on my 350 MHZ AMD system
with
> > >Windows98. The manual shift buttons work on the starting line, but as
> the
> > >green light hits, they stop working. The steering is erratic, and
there
> is
> > >a delay in the accelerator pedal.
> > >I've run this game on my other (similarly spec'd) computer under
> Windows95
> > >and know how its supposed to work. I thought that the problem was my
> > NASCAR
> > >Sprint Wheel, but the same syptoms occur with my new ANCO Force
Feedback
> > USB
> > >Wheel, which I've tested successfully with my other favorite games
(GPL,
> > >CART, GP2 w/ patch for USB, NASCAR3, SCGT, etc.)
> > >My system includes:
> > >AMD 350 MHZ
> > >DFI mainboard
> > >SIS 6236 video card with Voodoo2
> > >64 MEG RAM
> > >ANKO AVB Force Feedback Wheel.
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