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>I just got this wheel and I'm having trouble with CPR and MTM2. I had MTM2
>before I got the wheel and it ran flawlessly on my system (PII - 300 64meg
>ram 12mb SB Voodo2 - Win98 - 300mb permanent swap file). Now that I
>installed this wheel both of these sims run like crap. I get frames rates
>bouncing from 60+ to 4 all the time. I even turned off the FF and still get
>the problem. The wheel works great in GPL and NFSIII, so I don't know what
>to try. I upgraded Directx to 6 and got the d3d drivers from 3dfx, but this
>doesn't help. I tired switching from 3dfx to d3d in MTM2 and that didn't
>help either. Anyone else have this problem or know what the heck is going
>on?

>Thanks in advance for any help or sympathy.

>I just got this wheel and I'm having trouble with CPR and MTM2. I had MTM2
>before I got the wheel and it ran flawlessly on my system (PII - 300 64meg
>ram 12mb SB Voodo2 - Win98 - 300mb permanent swap file). Now that I
>installed this wheel both of these sims run like crap. I get frames rates
>bouncing from 60+ to 4 all the time. I even turned off the FF and still get
>the problem. The wheel works great in GPL and NFSIII, so I don't know what
>to try. I upgraded Directx to 6 and got the d3d drivers from 3dfx, but this
>doesn't help. I tired switching from 3dfx to d3d in MTM2 and that didn't
>help either. Anyone else have this problem or know what the heck is going
>on?

>Thanks in advance for any help or sympathy.

>OK.. found something really strange. If I hold down a keyboard key.. such as
>the spacebar.. the game runs normally.  If I stop pressing a key it jumps
>all over the place again. I have reinstalled everything, defragged and even
>reinstalled the keyboard drivers to no avail. Anyone have any suggestions?

>>I just got this wheel and I'm having trouble with CPR and MTM2. I had MTM2
>>before I got the wheel and it ran flawlessly on my system (PII - 300 64meg
>>ram 12mb SB Voodo2 - Win98 - 300mb permanent swap file). Now that I
>>installed this wheel both of these sims run like crap. I get frames rates
>>bouncing from 60+ to 4 all the time. I even turned off the FF and still get
>>the problem. The wheel works great in GPL and NFSIII, so I don't know what
>>to try. I upgraded Directx to 6 and got the d3d drivers from 3dfx, but this
>>doesn't help. I tired switching from 3dfx to d3d in MTM2 and that didn't
>>help either. Anyone else have this problem or know what the heck is going
>>on?

>>Thanks in advance for any help or sympathy.

>Where did you guys get this wheel and what are your impressions of it?
>I was told that this wasn't going to be released until November.

>>OK.. found something really strange. If I hold down a keyboard key.. such
as
>>the spacebar.. the game runs normally.  If I stop pressing a key it jumps
>>all over the place again. I have reinstalled everything, defragged and
even
>>reinstalled the keyboard drivers to no avail. Anyone have any suggestions?

>>>I just got this wheel and I'm having trouble with CPR and MTM2. I had
MTM2
>>>before I got the wheel and it ran flawlessly on my system (PII - 300
64meg
>>>ram 12mb SB Voodo2 - Win98 - 300mb permanent swap file). Now that I
>>>installed this wheel both of these sims run like crap. I get frames rates
>>>bouncing from 60+ to 4 all the time. I even turned off the FF and still
get
>>>the problem. The wheel works great in GPL and NFSIII, so I don't know
what
>>>to try. I upgraded Directx to 6 and got the d3d drivers from 3dfx, but
this
>>>doesn't help. I tired switching from 3dfx to d3d in MTM2 and that didn't
>>>help either. Anyone else have this problem or know what the heck is going
>>>on?

>>>Thanks in advance for any help or sympathy.

>I know this doesn't help, but I have the the MS wheel and MTM2 and have not
>had a problem. Now combining the wheel with N2 on the other hand...