Kev Barnes
Kev Barnes
Kev Barnes
There was a thread on this a week or so ago on this newsgroup, you may want
to try a google group search for GPL FF or something for plenty of tips.
Basically there are three settings. Latency, Steering Force and Damping.
Latency is probably the most important one. Set it to zero & load gpl. Drive
down the Monza straight (slowly) weaving from side to side. You'll notice
some delay between you turning the wheel and the force. Close gpl & open
your core.ini (make sure it's not still called core.ini.sample) and change
the latency to, say 0.2.
Go back to Monza & see how it feels. The force ideally should arrive at the
same time as your input, or very slightly after, but not before. It takes a
long time, but it's worth getting right.
The Steering Force is an odd one, because you are setting the MAXIMUM force,
so a higher number will give a lower force strength, but it's exponential,
so you probably won't feel any difference above about 400. between 100-300
is what most use.
If you have a 'light' Steering Force (say 300) you probably don't need much
damping, so set this to say 10.
If you prefer a 'heavy' force (say 100) you will probably want the damping
higher, say around 65.
The Readme11.txt has loads of advice too. It's in your gpl folder.
Malc.
In core.ini set:
force_feedback_damping = 60
force_feedback_latency = 0.0030 (or whatever you think works)
max_steering_torque = 325
It's a good racing setup. You'll feel the wheels loading, but you won't get
thrown if you ride the curbs, etc.
If you want more ideas, go here:
http://www.slottweak.com/gamesettings.htm
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Which wheel is it that you have. Is it the older Ferrari wheel is it the new
"Thrustmaster F1 Force Feedback" which is a replica of Michael Schumacher's
Ferrari wheel. The latter was only released around October last year whereas
the former has been around for a couple of years. I only ask because a few
weeks ago I bought one of the new replica ones and had no end of trouble
getting it set up with GPL, to the point that I took it back to the shop and
exchanged it for a Logitech MOMO wheel. I don't know whether it was a fault
with my wheel or if I just wasn't doing it right but I couldn't get it to
work right.
However, due to help from some very nice people in this newsgroup, found out
that in trying to find the right settings for the GPL core.ini file, I was
making to large a change each time and so not finding the correct setting.
If I had figgured this out while I still had the Ferrari wheel I may still
have it now.
If you read the thread titled "GPL + Force Feedback" which was originated by
me there is more explanation there.
Regards
Russell
