CH janes stick, pro throttle and regular pedals (with a usb mouse) rule
everything else.
> >Dear fellow sim racers,
> >> I myself have Thrustmaster's Nascar Pro.
> >> How about you??
> I have a Gamepad.
> any good wheels/brake/gas for $50?
> The Bad New York Rangers Page
> http://badnyr.homepage.nu
> http://members.aol.com/NYR2119935/index.html
> "Let's just kill everyone and let your Gods sort them out!!!!!!"
> Marilyn Manson
CH Products EXL-500.
This evening, I dragged out the second joystick I ever bought: an old
cheapie CH stubbie stick thing from more than ten years ago. If you've
ever seen them, you might remember. It's a little, beige colored, square
based thing with a stubby little stick. The pots are still smoother than
anything else I've got here -- lots of TM, CH, MS, and one Gravis. The
spring pressure is light, and centering is very positive but not notchy.
I hold the base of the stick lightly with thumb and forefinger. Flipping
lock to lock is a simple matter of a slight nudge with finger or thumb.
Fine control at speed is also effortlessly easy thanks to the light
action and good centering.
The hands down winner: an old CH Mk2 (I think that was its designation)
and CH pedals. I lapped Nurburgring a full 12 laps -- more than 3 hours
-- this evening, and I can still type with both hands. I couldn't do
that before with the UltraRacer-rictus. It's funny how technology came
full circle for me. Newer is definitely not always better. (The GPL
strat guide mentioned the developers' preference for joysticks combined
with pedals, also. It was the right suggestion at the right time. You'll
be happily surprised too, I think, if you try it.)
Michael.
> Dear fellow sim racers,
> I myself have Thrustmaster's Nascar Pro.
> How about you??
> I have a Gamepad.
> any good wheels/brake/gas for $50?
I really like this style of analog input for racing plus like one said it's
a nice tight package no messy pedals. This has to be their best selling
wheel of all time. At least in it's life cycle time frame.
BH
>> >Dear fellow sim racers,
>> >> I myself have Thrustmaster's Nascar Pro.
>> >> How about you??
>> I have a Gamepad.
>> any good wheels/brake/gas for $50?
>> The Bad New York Rangers Page
>> http://badnyr.homepage.nu
>> http://members.aol.com/NYR2119935/index.html
>> "Let's just kill everyone and let your Gods sort them out!!!!!!"
>> Marilyn Manson
I've been using the GP1 for over a year now and still love it. Recently I added
a set of the CH pedals and I've found this setup to be a big improvment,
lowering my laptimes in most sims. The GP1 will be replaced in the Thrustmaster
linup by the Nascar Sprint Wheel. It still includes the levers behind the
wheel, but adds a set of pedals as well. I saw this rig for the first time last
night. The wheel has 4 buttons but the foot pedals seem a bit cheap to me. I
think I'll stick with the GP1 until I can afford the $ 750.00 it will take to
buy the TSW with all the features I want <vbg>.
-don
"To race is to live, everything else is just waiting." - Rudi Caracciola
Also have the Nascar F1 (Nascar Pro) ready and waiting for when a change is
required.
--
Peter Hooper
Hammers Express Racing
Having tons of fun in the world's first F1RS league
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/as/f1rl.htm
>TB
>>Dear fellow sim racers,
>>I myself have Thrustmaster's Nascar Pro.
>>How about you??
> TB
> >Dear fellow sim racers,
> >I myself have Thrustmaster's Nascar Pro.
> >How about you??
*Peter* 8-)
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Cheers!
--
Graeme Nash
You know what to do with "don't_spam_me"...
http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk/
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"My car appeared to disagree with my preference for living"
