rec.autos.simulators

by **Joe Murp** » Fri, 22 Sep 1995 04:00:00

Need for Speed does not support more than one joystick, so if you try to
use your wheel and peddles they will not work. It says it supports the
Thrustmaster Wheel on the box, which it does, but it DOES NOT support the
peddles. Amazing.

I rigged up a cable which sends the X AXIS of joytsick 2 (peddles) to Y
AXIS of joystick 1. I should not have had to do that. But it does work
with my thrustmaster wheel.

I like the game, it is tremendous fun and you can make the graphics to
your liking but the fact that they don't support peddles is ridiculous.
They obviously put alot of hard work and thought into the game - I just
don't see how they could***up the joystick support. The joystick
control with the wheel is excellent however, just no peddle support.

Joe

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by **Michael Langsto** » Fri, 22 Sep 1995 04:00:00

>Need for Speed does not support more than one joystick, so if you try
to
>use your wheel and peddles they will not work. It says it supports the
>Thrustmaster Wheel on the box, which it does, but it DOES NOT support
the
>peddles. Amazing.

>I rigged up a cable which sends the X AXIS of joytsick 2 (peddles) to
Y
>AXIS of joystick 1. I should not have had to do that. But it does work
>with my thrustmaster wheel.

>I like the game, it is tremendous fun and you can make the graphics to
>your liking but the fact that they don't support peddles is
ridiculous.
>They obviously put alot of hard work and thought into the game - I
just
>don't see how they could***up the joystick support. The joystick
>control with the wheel is excellent however, just no peddle

Thrustmaster has an adapter for the T-1. The adapter plugs
into your game port and the T-1 plugs into it.
I believed it cost around $2.50 from thrustmaster.
It sat in my parts drawer until I bought NFS and I needed it
it works fine.

by **Ron W. Au** » Fri, 22 Sep 1995 04:00:00

My T1 came with a small adapter that allows the peddles to be the other
axis on joystick 1 and that worked just fine with the 3+ MB demo.

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by **RID..** » Sat, 23 Sep 1995 04:00:00

Quoting rauld from a message in rec.autos.simulators
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ra>My T1 came with a small adapter that allows the peddles to be the other
ra>axis on joystick 1 and that worked just fine with the 3+ MB demo.

Mine came with the adapter too, and works fine with the released version as
well. I'm not sure I'll be keeping NFS tho...I dunno nice graphics and all,
but it lacks a lot of "depth" (IMHO) Just too "arcadish".

Andy

by **Rich Perki** » Sat, 23 Sep 1995 04:00:00

>Need for Speed does not support more than one joystick, so if you try to
>use your wheel and peddles they will not work. It says it supports the
>Thrustmaster Wheel on the box, which it does, but it DOES NOT support the
>peddles. Amazing.

>I rigged up a cable which sends the X AXIS of joytsick 2 (peddles) to Y
>AXIS of joystick 1. I should not have had to do that. But it does work
>with my thrustmaster wheel.

>I like the game, it is tremendous fun and you can make the graphics to
>your liking but the fact that they don't support peddles is ridiculous.
>They obviously put alot of hard work and thought into the game - I just
>don't see how they could***up the joystick support. The joystick
>control with the wheel is excellent however, just no peddle support.

>Joe

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The Thrustmaster T1 does work with NFS if you use the adapter plug that comes
with the T1. NFS only accepts one joystick input so the adapter maps the
second joysick input to the first joystick axis (or something like that).
Anyway it worked for me on the NFS demo so I assume the boxed version would
act the same.

by **Joe Murp** » Sat, 23 Sep 1995 04:00:00

> The Thrustmaster T1 does work with NFS if you use the adapter plug that comes
> with the T1. NFS only accepts one joystick input so the adapter maps the
> second joysick input to the first joystick axis (or something like that).
> Anyway it worked for me on the NFS demo so I assume the boxed version would
> act the same.

As I said in my previous post I made one of those - unfortunatly my
Thrustmaster combo was an early model that did not come with that adaptor.
I did not know it existed. Typical Thrustmaster to include that adaptor -
great company.

Joe

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by **Jon Hiro** » Tue, 26 Sep 1995 04:00:00

> > The Thrustmaster T1 does work with NFS if you use the adapter plug
that comes
> > with the T1. NFS only accepts one joystick input so the adapter maps the
> > second joysick input to the first joystick axis (or something like that).
> > Anyway it worked for me on the NFS demo so I assume the boxed version would
> > act the same.

> As I said in my previous post I made one of those - unfortunatly my
> Thrustmaster combo was an early model that did not come with that adaptor.
> I did not know it existed. Typical Thrustmaster to include that adaptor -
> great company.

I have an early T1, too. And I just called the company and they said
they'll send me the adaptor for no charge. With a service like that
they'll keep their customers for life. :)

by **Michael Langsto** » Fri, 29 Sep 1995 04:00:00

They surprise you with their cooperation and customer service.
As of now, they're the only one I'll deal with.