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Hello together,

I think about buying the MadCatz steering wheel/padels.
From several threads I heard that people use it sucessfully with GP2 und
ICR2.
I wonder if the pedals will work with NFS (not the special edition) as
it seems to be one of the games that expect gas/brake on the y-axis of
joystick 1. As far as I know T2 owners (at least of the older ones) have
an adapter that maps the gas/brake pedals from port2 to port1.

My questions:
How is the MadCatz wired?
Are gas/brake using one axis or do they use two axes, (one for gas, one
for brake)?
Are gas/brake already mapped to port1 or is there an adaptor similar to
the T2's?

Thanks for any information.

Bye,

Michael

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I have a MadCatz and I think it's great for it's prize.  70$ is cheat
for a great wheel of this kind.  It's not the best one on the market but
the quality/prize ratio is wonderful.  With Gp2/Icr2/N1/N2 the
configuration works great. It's a two controller wheel.  The joystick 1
X-axis is for the direction.  The Y-axis is for the gas and brake.  The
joystick 2 is for the 8-way direction switch on the wheel.  The shift
buttons may be actioned from 3 places on the unit.  First from the
shifted on the right of the wheel.  Then on the back of the wheel (F1
type shift but with buttons instead of paddles).  Finally the two upper
buttons on the front of the wheel are also used for shifting.  IMHO
they're all great depending on the game you play.  I don't know if the
MadCatz works for NFS (yep I'm a simulator red-neck, not an arcade
Daytona USA driver !).  But why it would'nt work!  The Mad catz comes in
a 1 port plug.  The pedals are plugged in the wheel unit so there's only
one port for the entire joystick. The gas/brake is only 1 axis, but for
the price it's not the big difference.  Go for it if you're the "I'm
playing for the fun of racing" guy.  I don't think Simracers need the
Momo wheel with carbon pedal and actual CART shifter with 243 buttons
and mounted seat with vents to recreate the air flow at speeds up to 330
km/h. :)   Good race at the Brickyard,

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