rec.autos.simulators

by **Ian Hil** » Fri, 11 Feb 2000 04:00:00

OK, so I'm taking the Ferrari out for a spin on the ?sterreichring, and I
suddenly realise the reason why I'm having trouble with the handling is that
the car wants to turn left. It feels like I've banged a wall or something.
But I've only just exited the pits, and besides it's a no-damage training
session. I check the setup and it's perfectly symmetrical - in fact it's the
default Ferrari setup (except with lower fuel load). So I go back into the
car, set off from the pits and drive slowly forward with my joystick (yes
yes, I know) centred - and more importantly, the wheel on-screen is also
centred, it's not a calibration problem. But I find myself driving into the
outside pit wall. Then I carry on regardless, just to try and "drive round"
the problem, lose it in a big way in the final corner and find myself in an
endless bouncing rotating accident - just like in GP2 when you try to drive
a modified track that's had the heights messed with. Finally after about 15
seconds the program just quits and I find myself looking at my W98 desktop.
(GPL hadn't crashed on me since I got my Voodoo3 last August).

Anyone with similar experiences?

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by **Stif** » Fri, 11 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Yes, I found the wheel pulling to the left as well. I have not had a desktop
crash however.
Al Stiff

> OK, so I'm taking the Ferrari out for a spin on the ?sterreichring, and I
> suddenly realise the reason why I'm having trouble with the handling is
that
> the car wants to turn left. It feels like I've banged a wall or something.
> But I've only just exited the pits, and besides it's a no-damage training
> session. I check the setup and it's perfectly symmetrical - in fact it's
the
> default Ferrari setup (except with lower fuel load). So I go back into the
> car, set off from the pits and drive slowly forward with my joystick (yes
> yes, I know) centred - and more importantly, the wheel on-screen is also
> centred, it's not a calibration problem. But I find myself driving into
the
> outside pit wall. Then I carry on regardless, just to try and "drive
round"
> the problem, lose it in a big way in the final corner and find myself in
an
> endless bouncing rotating accident - just like in GP2 when you try to
drive
> a modified track that's had the heights messed with. Finally after about
15
> seconds the program just quits and I find myself looking at my W98
desktop.
> (GPL hadn't crashed on me since I got my Voodoo3 last August).

> Anyone with similar experiences?

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by **Tony Lak** » Fri, 11 Feb 2000 04:00:00

I thought GPL would only allow me cars with shitty engines for a while.
Turned out the wheel needed a squirt of wd40 on the dashpots. Couldn't find
any so I improvised.
Seriously, I'll bet it's a problem that a recommended cleanout of your wheel
would fix. Made a huge difference with me. I'm too slow to compare before
after times; but I was faster...
Tony

> OK, so I'm taking the Ferrari out for a spin on the ?sterreichring, and I
> suddenly realise the reason why I'm having trouble with the handling is
that
> the car wants to turn left. It feels like I've banged a wall or something.
> But I've only just exited the pits, and besides it's a no-damage training
> session. I check the setup and it's perfectly symmetrical - in fact it's
the
> default Ferrari setup (except with lower fuel load). So I go back into the
> car, set off from the pits and drive slowly forward with my joystick (yes
> yes, I know) centred - and more importantly, the wheel on-screen is also
> centred, it's not a calibration problem. But I find myself driving into
the
> outside pit wall. Then I carry on regardless, just to try and "drive
round"
> the problem, lose it in a big way in the final corner and find myself in
an
> endless bouncing rotating accident - just like in GP2 when you try to
drive
> a modified track that's had the heights messed with. Finally after about
15
> seconds the program just quits and I find myself looking at my W98
desktop.
> (GPL hadn't crashed on me since I got my Voodoo3 last August).

> Anyone with similar experiences?

> --

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by **Werner Hube** » Fri, 11 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Turning to the left (never to the right) happened to me a few times, but exiting and
restarting the game always helped. I never had an hard crash, except when I was
experimenting with different Voodoo2 drivers.

Werner

Ian Hill schrieb:

> OK, so I'm taking the Ferrari out for a spin on the ?sterreichring, and I
> suddenly realise the reason why I'm having trouble with the handling is that
> the car wants to turn left. It feels like I've banged a wall or something.
> But I've only just exited the pits, and besides it's a no-damage training
> session. I check the setup and it's perfectly symmetrical - in fact it's the
> default Ferrari setup (except with lower fuel load). So I go back into the
> car, set off from the pits and drive slowly forward with my joystick (yes
> yes, I know) centred - and more importantly, the wheel on-screen is also
> centred, it's not a calibration problem. But I find myself driving into the
> outside pit wall. Then I carry on regardless, just to try and "drive round"
> the problem, lose it in a big way in the final corner and find myself in an
> endless bouncing rotating accident - just like in GP2 when you try to drive
> a modified track that's had the heights messed with. Finally after about 15
> seconds the program just quits and I find myself looking at my W98 desktop.
> (GPL hadn't crashed on me since I got my Voodoo3 last August).

> Anyone with similar experiences?

> --

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by **Bruce Kennewel** » Sat, 12 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Yep.
First thing I always do is back out of the game and re-start it.

This usually happens (with my experience) after changing from one car to
another but using the same driver.

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Bruce Kennewell,
Canberra, Australia.
---------------------------

> OK, so I'm taking the Ferrari out for a spin on the ?sterreichring, and I
> suddenly realise the reason why I'm having trouble with the handling is
that
> the car wants to turn left. It feels like I've banged a wall or something.
> But I've only just exited the pits, and besides it's a no-damage training
> session. I check the setup and it's perfectly symmetrical - in fact it's
the
> default Ferrari setup (except with lower fuel load). So I go back into the
> car, set off from the pits and drive slowly forward with my joystick (yes
> yes, I know) centred - and more importantly, the wheel on-screen is also
> centred, it's not a calibration problem. But I find myself driving into
the
> outside pit wall. Then I carry on regardless, just to try and "drive
round"
> the problem, lose it in a big way in the final corner and find myself in
an
> endless bouncing rotating accident - just like in GP2 when you try to
drive
> a modified track that's had the heights messed with. Finally after about
15
> seconds the program just quits and I find myself looking at my W98
desktop.
> (GPL hadn't crashed on me since I got my Voodoo3 last August).

> Anyone with similar experiences?

> --

> http://ianhill.tripod.com
> Please visit www.thehungersite.com today!

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by **The Mighty Puc** » Sat, 12 Feb 2000 04:00:00

I've had this problem a couple of times switching to the Ferrari. I thought
there was something wrong with my LWFF as a reboot didn't fix it. However it
worked fine in RC2K and when I went back to GPL and recalibrated/resetup
and it worked fine. Weird but this happened to me twice. Both times with the
Ferrari. I'm not sure I want to find out if it is a repeatable bug since the
only way I found to fix it was to force GPL to go back to default controller
setup and then resetup my controller.

cph

>OK, so I'm taking the Ferrari out for a spin on the ?sterreichring, and I
>suddenly realise the reason why I'm having trouble with the handling is
that
>the car wants to turn left. It feels like I've banged a wall or something.
>But I've only just exited the pits, and besides it's a no-damage training
>session. I check the setup and it's perfectly symmetrical - in fact it's
the
>default Ferrari setup (except with lower fuel load). So I go back into the
>car, set off from the pits and drive slowly forward with my joystick (yes
>yes, I know) centred - and more importantly, the wheel on-screen is also
>centred, it's not a calibration problem. But I find myself driving into the
>outside pit wall. Then I carry on regardless, just to try and "drive round"
>the problem, lose it in a big way in the final corner and find myself in an
>endless bouncing rotating accident - just like in GP2 when you try to drive
>a modified track that's had the heights messed with. Finally after about 15
>seconds the program just quits and I find myself looking at my W98 desktop.
>(GPL hadn't crashed on me since I got my Voodoo3 last August).

>Anyone with similar experiences?

>--

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by LL » Sat, 12 Feb 2000 04:00:00

I got a similar problem, my car was going right when the sound was increasing from the sound card...crazy at it seems if you have guillemot fortissimo and a thrustmaster wheel it looks like your sound volume is acting on the steering....

Now i got a USB act labs wheel, it goes straight...

by **Casper Gripenbe** » Sat, 12 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Yes, I've had this once. It was hilarious..and wewy wewy weird :)
I even managed to save the replay. It's quite big because of all
the weird stuff going on I suppose. I put it here if anyone's
interested:

http://www.iki.fi/casper/kawabunga.zip (1.2 megs)

Regards,
Casper

by **Peter Hoope** » Sun, 13 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Very strange,
I had this self same problem last night after switching frmo the Brabham to
the Lotus. Exited the pits and had to hold the wheel at 2 o'clock to run
straight. Tried re-calibrating, exiting the session but still no joy. Exited
the game went into the profiler and game controller and everything seemd
fine. Back in the game, still with the Lotus and no problem this time...
don't know why it happened and it has certainly never happened before. Using
a LWFF by the way.

Peter Hooper

> I've had this problem a couple of times switching to the Ferrari. I
thought
> there was something wrong with my LWFF as a reboot didn't fix it. However
it
> worked fine in RC2K and when I went back to GPL and recalibrated/resetup
> and it worked fine. Weird but this happened to me twice. Both times with
the
> Ferrari. I'm not sure I want to find out if it is a repeatable bug since
the
> only way I found to fix it was to force GPL to go back to default
controller
> setup and then resetup my controller.

> cph

> >OK, so I'm taking the Ferrari out for a spin on the ?sterreichring, and I
> >suddenly realise the reason why I'm having trouble with the handling is
> that
> >the car wants to turn left. It feels like I've banged a wall or
something.
> >But I've only just exited the pits, and besides it's a no-damage training
> >session. I check the setup and it's perfectly symmetrical - in fact it's
> the
> >default Ferrari setup (except with lower fuel load). So I go back into
the
> >car, set off from the pits and drive slowly forward with my joystick (yes
> >yes, I know) centred - and more importantly, the wheel on-screen is also
> >centred, it's not a calibration problem. But I find myself driving into
the
> >outside pit wall. Then I carry on regardless, just to try and "drive
round"
> >the problem, lose it in a big way in the final corner and find myself in
an
> >endless bouncing rotating accident - just like in GP2 when you try to
drive
> >a modified track that's had the heights messed with. Finally after about
15
> >seconds the program just quits and I find myself looking at my W98
desktop.
> >(GPL hadn't crashed on me since I got my Voodoo3 last August).

> >Anyone with similar experiences?

> >--

> >http://ianhill.tripod.com
> >Please visit www.thehungersite.com today!

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