rec.autos.simulators

I'm considering buying a GP1, with a view to using it on Network Q RAC
Rally.

Does anyone have any good or bad stories to share about the two working
together.

Ta,

        Nige

BUT... I think Network Q RAC Rally sucks. The steering is strange.
The car wont slide naturally. :(

Try Screamer 2.

--
         Harri Vuorinen

        Surfers Paradise               I'd slip into a coma."
   http://www.vsonic.fi/~harrijv/              - Garfield -

I've also used the GP1 successfully with F1GP2 and it's a whole new
experience.  The hand operated gas/brake levers are perfect for
"feathering" the throttle or lightly touching the brake (as a side
note, I'm massively impressed by you guys who can play GP2 with keys -
even with an analogue stick I locked up at every corner!)

Screamer ( 1 & 2) and Sega Rally are both better with the GP1,
although SR tends to suffer from a bit of calibration drift - maybe I
need a dedicated gamecard - and both Screamers seem occasionally to
refuse to recognise the wheel.  Perseverance nearly always pays off.

I noticed a *huge* difference using the GP1 with Fatal Racing (US
Whiplash).  I'd *never* completed the corkscrew in track 8(?) using
keys/stick.  I'd just fall off half way round.  First attempt with GP1
- 2 laps completed first go, no problem!  OK, so I fell off on lap 3,
but I'm crap, and this game is way too difficult anyway.

The GP1 works on the X axes of sticks A & B, but a converter is
supllied so that it'll calibrate on stick A's X & Y axes.  This means
a certain amount of messing about plugging & unplugging the wheel (and
rebooting - grrr....) but it's worth it.  The instructions include
Win95 setup - easy enough, and some common game configs - the F1GP2
instructions didn't work for me, but with a little tinkering I was
soon up and running.

Hmmm.  I just realised you only asked about Rally.  O well, if you're
going to buy it, you should be pleased to know it's pretty versatile:)

Paul.