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I swear this sim came with 2 manuals, dog must have eaten one?  I have a T2
pedal/wheel combo.  What exactly does the steering linearity do?  It's in
the middle right now, should it be changed with this wheel.  Also, do most
of you have a dead spot set, or should it be kept as low as possible?

J.  Janasov

Linearity is used to adjust responsiveness of the wheel. When set fully to
the right there is wide arc of travel from centre before steering comes
responsive. Call it a non- responsive zone if you will. This setting is
typically used by joystickers. Set further to the left and the car becomes
progresively more responsive to wheel inputs closer to centre position. A
wild beast lives at the extreme left position. The general concensus is that
you should set the slider as far to the left as you can comfortably handle
if using a wheel.

NB. Linearity should not be confused with steering ratio, found in the
garage.

MS

It came with a game manual, and a book called '4-Wheel Drift', which gives tips
and techniques on driving, I believe.  I'm at work now, so I can't grab the
book...

Eldred
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Howdy ho, J.,

For all the good the manuals did, my dog might have WRITTEN the darn things...
8>) ... Anyways, the T2 wheel is acceptable ... barely. But get rid of those
lumpen pedals in favor of CH Products Pedals [not Pro Pedals] ... these are
switchable from single-axis [for flight sims & some simpler driving games] to
dual-axis [what you want for GPL, separate gas and brake] ... the Pro Pedals
are more expensive and more fragile.

Download and learn to use a program called CTFJ3 [center the f****** joystick]
... it's available from several of the Flight Sim Enthusiast websites ... with
CTFJ3 you can adjust the dead zone and the resolution of response for up to 6
axes ... MUCH better than the centering routines provided by Windows.

I find a dead zone of "zero" on the steering axis is a little too hard to drive
in a straight line ... Experiment!

Yr friend in the aether,
smogbike