rec.autos.simulators

>> Frankly, gated shifting doesn't make a lot of sense these days unless you
>> are running Nascar racing games.  No one else uses them in real life for
>> the most part.

>> The Sequential mode of the shifter is hosed because they used analog pots
>> instead of buttons for engagement, and they are not alignable.  I've gone
>> through two shifters for the same reason.  Pushing forward to go up a
>> gear takes 3 times the travel as pulling back to downshift a gear, and in
>> a lot of cases the pull back doesn't 'satisfy' the pot reading algorythm,
>> I miss the downshift, and off into the tire wall I go.  It's especially
>> bad for corners that require several fast downshifts at once, like a
>> hairpin at the end of a long straight.

>> We need a utility to calibrate the shifter.  It only needs one button
>> that says:

>> "THE DAMNED SHIFTER IS IN THE CENTER POSITION.  CENTER THE DAMNED POTS
>> NOW!"

> Holy crap, stop shouting. Maybe then you could hear the CLICK that's
> coming from the shifter while shifting. It's buttons, nothing but buttons.
> And they are working great here. How did you setup the G25 in rF without
> noticing the actions named "Joy1 B9" etc.??

> l8er
> ronny

>> "THE DAMNED SHIFTER IS IN THE CENTER POSITION.  CENTER THE DAMNED POTS
>> NOW!"

> It feels like buttons. No ambiguity on mine.

>> Really, is that too much to ask for :)

> Maybe open up the unit and see what's interfering. Do you have the mode
> switch turned the full half turn ccw?

> I'm starting to see the picture. Does *anything* work?

>>The labeling of 5.0 as Vista compatible was totally bogus.  If you got
>>them
>>to work (including the profiling software), it was a genuine miricle.

> I don't use the profile software, but the wheel has been working
> flawlessly since I installed the driver.

> Cheers,
> Rod.

>> Frankly, gated shifting doesn't make a lot of sense these days unless you
>> are running Nascar racing games.  No one else uses them in real life for
>> the most part.

>> The Sequential mode of the shifter is hosed because they used analog pots
>> instead of buttons for engagement, and they are not alignable.  I've gone
>> through two shifters for the same reason.  Pushing forward to go up a
>> gear takes 3 times the travel as pulling back to downshift a gear, and in
>> a lot of cases the pull back doesn't 'satisfy' the pot reading algorythm,
>> I miss the downshift, and off into the tire wall I go.  It's especially
>> bad for corners that require several fast downshifts at once, like a
>> hairpin at the end of a long straight.

>> We need a utility to calibrate the shifter.  It only needs one button
>> that says:

>> "THE DAMNED SHIFTER IS IN THE CENTER POSITION.  CENTER THE DAMNED POTS
>> NOW!"

> Holy crap, stop shouting. Maybe then you could hear the CLICK that's
> coming from the shifter while shifting. It's buttons, nothing but buttons.
> And they are working great here. How did you setup the G25 in rF without
> noticing the actions named "Joy1 B9" etc.??

> l8er
> ronny

>>> If they would ever give us a centering utility for the POTS in the
>>> shifter, it could be made useful.

>>> Frankly, gated shifting doesn't make a lot of sense these days unless
>>> you are running Nascar racing games.  No one else uses them in real life
>>> for the most part.

>>> The Sequential mode of the shifter is hosed because they used analog
>>> pots instead of buttons for engagement, and they are not alignable.
>>> I've gone through two shifters for the same reason.  Pushing forward to
>>> go up a gear takes 3 times the travel as pulling back to downshift a
>>> gear, and in a lot of cases the pull back doesn't 'satisfy' the pot
>>> reading algorythm, I miss the downshift, and off into the tire wall I
>>> go.  It's especially bad for corners that require several fast
>>> downshifts at once, like a hairpin at the end of a long straight.

>>> We need a utility to calibrate the shifter.  It only needs one button
>>> that says:

>>> "THE DAMNED SHIFTER IS IN THE CENTER POSITION.  CENTER THE DAMNED POTS
>>> NOW!"

>> Holy crap, stop shouting. Maybe then you could hear the CLICK that's
>> coming from the shifter while shifting. It's buttons, nothing but
>> buttons.
>> And they are working great here. How did you setup the G25 in rF without
>> noticing the actions named "Joy1 B9" etc.??

>> l8er
>> ronny

> Larry has a track record for buying Logitech wheels and then doing nothing
> but moan about them.

> The drivers didn't even work for me.  Kept being recognized as a DFP,  and
> was unuseable.

> -Larry

>>>The labeling of 5.0 as Vista compatible was totally bogus.  If you got
>>>them
>>>to work (including the profiling software), it was a genuine miricle.

>> I don't use the profile software, but the wheel has been working
>> flawlessly since I installed the driver.

>> Cheers,
>> Rod.

> -Larry

>> Why is the profiler only important for 'some' user. I've never used it,
>> so what am I missing?