rec.autos.simulators

> Hello fellow racers,
> I am having a small problem with NROS on TEN and was wondering if anyone
> else is experiencing it or if there are any suggestions to help
> eliminate it.  While racing NROS on TEN, my steering gets 'twitchy' and
> sometimes my car is pulled toward the wall for a split second.  This
> decreases my lap times because I usually have to either try to avoid
> hitting the wall or losing control of my car!  It is most noticable on
> longer tracks such as talledega.  I noticed that when I goto the
> joystick calibration that the signals seem to be 'spiking' or getting
> noise from somewhere and this may be what is causing the problem.  When
> I try to run N2 offline (No TEN) in Win95 or DOS it disappears!  Any
> suggestions or insight would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!  Here is my
> computer setup:

>                         Pentium P200MMX w/40MB RAM
>                         Matrox Mystique w/4MB SGRAM
>                         Soundblaster 64 value
>                         BOCA 28.8k modem (no voice)
>                         Logitech Digital Extreme Joystick

> Note that my frame rates are fine and I have all the patches!  It also
> doesn't matter what zone I am racing in.  If I could only figure out why
> my joystick signals are spiking.....The joystick is plugged into the
> joystick port on my Soundblaster 64 and really has been a GREAT joystick
> so far (it's digital), until this happened.  Any suggestions?
>                                         Chris Thomas

> > Hello fellow racers,
> > I am having a small problem with NROS on TEN and was wondering if anyone
> > else is experiencing it or if there are any suggestions to help
> > eliminate it.  While racing NROS on TEN, my steering gets 'twitchy' and
> > sometimes my car is pulled toward the wall for a split second.  This
> > decreases my lap times because I usually have to either try to avoid
> > hitting the wall or losing control of my car!  It is most noticable on
> > longer tracks such as talledega.  I noticed that when I goto the
> > joystick calibration that the signals seem to be 'spiking' or getting
> > noise from somewhere and this may be what is causing the problem.  When
> > I try to run N2 offline (No TEN) in Win95 or DOS it disappears!  Any
> > suggestions or insight would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!  Here is my
> > computer setup:

> >                         Pentium P200MMX w/40MB RAM
> >                         Matrox Mystique w/4MB SGRAM
> >                         Soundblaster 64 value
> >                         BOCA 28.8k modem (no voice)
> >                         Logitech Digital Extreme Joystick

> > Note that my frame rates are fine and I have all the patches!  It also
> > doesn't matter what zone I am racing in.  If I could only figure out why
> > my joystick signals are spiking.....The joystick is plugged into the
> > joystick port on my Soundblaster 64 and really has been a GREAT joystick
> > so far (it's digital), until this happened.  Any suggestions?
> >                                         Chris Thomas

> You know, the kneejerk response would be, "your steering pot is dirty".
> But, I would ask you if it does it either in Win95 offline or in DOS?
> And I'll bet the answer is "No". It happens to me too, and ONLY during
> online sessions, either NROS or during modem play. And it isn't like a
> steering spike, it's more like I'm getting bumped by some invisible
> force, from the right rear, getting me turned to the right, into the
> wall. It's really annoying.

> Patrick.
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> ===--- Patrick O'Neal (PatrickO on TEN/NRO) --===
> ===------- Shamrock Racing Enterprises -------===
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> Patrick,
>         You just described the effect to the tee!  That is exactly what is
> happening to me, only you described it better.  It ONLY happens when
> racing on NROS.  I havent tried plain modem racing.  Never happens when
> I'm offline racing.  Do you have the same soundcard and joystick as I?
> I've heard of problems with using the Soundblaster 64 joystick port and
> online racing.  Any help out there?
>                                         Chris Thomas

>> > sometimes my car is pulled toward the wall for a split second.
>> >                         Pentium P200MMX w/40MB RAM
>> >                         Matrox Mystique w/4MB SGRAM
>> >                         Soundblaster 64 value
>> >                         BOCA 28.8k modem (no voice)
>> >                         Logitech Digital Extreme Joystick

>> It happens to me too, and ONLY during
>> online sessions, either NROS or during modem play. And it isn't like a
>> steering spike, it's more like I'm getting bumped by some invisible
>> force, from the right rear, getting me turned to the right, into the
>> wall. It's really annoying.

>> I'm using a Soundblaster AWE32 but running my joystick through
>>a CH game card 3, not the soundcard. FWIW, I'm running a Pentium 233

>>Also, N2 is fully patched.