rec.autos.simulators

>  Some people have found that uninstalling the demo and reinstalling clears
> up the Thrustmaster problem completely.

> We are investigating the cause on our side.

> Here is an excerpt from the thread "CPR Steering Jittery? ..."

> "Well, I've had trouble with steering problems, both with joysticks
> and a T2 in CPR.  I had trouble keeping it on the track on the
> straights, must less the turns, every little twitch would lead to
> overcorrection.  Well, I've done the reinstall route and *drum roll
> please* it's made all the difference in the world!  "

> Set your controller to Joystick under the options in CPR. Leave your
> w95 control panel set to the Thrustmaster T2..... Adjust the "two
> sliders" Speed/Linear to be about at 50% in the CPR settings also.
> This greatly improves performance with the T2.

> My main problem with the CPR demo is the issue of "Framerate" on my
> 3dfx system. I have found the actual driving model much better than I
> previously experienced by using the above method, however, nothing
> short of turning off about all the graphic extra's is giving me
> anything close to a still broad range of 20-30fps which is not
> acceptable for me.  Good luck!

> Ron L.

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>>  Some people have found that uninstalling the demo and reinstalling clears
>> up the Thrustmaster problem completely.

>> We are investigating the cause on our side.

>> Here is an excerpt from the thread "CPR Steering Jittery? ..."

>> "Well, I've had trouble with steering problems, both with joysticks
>> and a T2 in CPR.  I had trouble keeping it on the track on the
>> straights, must less the turns, every little twitch would lead to
>> overcorrection.  Well, I've done the reinstall route and *drum roll
>> please* it's made all the difference in the world!  "

>Dean,

>I too read these posts and reinstalled. It worked better, but I still
>have a hell of a time just keeping the car on the track. The steering
>input is still very touchy. This is very unrealistic, as the the in car
>camera's show the drivers really cranking the wheel on the real thing
>with very little tire response. The car just sort of flops all around
>the track. I at first thought that this was your attempt to model bumps,
>but the sutuation is luicrous. There is no sense of solidity at all. I
>would like to have a degree of control comparable to that in GP2 with
>traction and steering help on before I commit to buying this product. I
>spent enough frustrating hours on Papyrus Indycar 2 spinning out at
>40mph at mid-ohio and I don't want to repeat the process. I have set the
>contols to "Race Car Contorller" and "Thrustmaster T1-T2 with adapter",
>even though I have a Thrustmaster Grand Prix 1. Could this be an issue?

>Mike