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by **Gar** » Thu, 12 Oct 1995 04:00:00

You have to use the white adapter that came with your T1. If you didn't
get one call Thrustermaster. They will send you one. Gary

by **David May** » Thu, 12 Oct 1995 04:00:00

If you are handy with making cables, you can make your own adapter.
Buy a male and female DB15 connector, wire all connections straight
accross, 1 to 1, 2 to 2, etc. EXCEPT cross over pins 6 and 11, i.e. 11
on one goes to 6 on the other and vice-versa. Put the cable in-line
between the joystick and the computer. You can actually leave the
cable on for other games, I believe.

I had a heck of a time getting my pedals calibrated right. The
Formula T1 is kind of irregular as far as the pedals. The
potentiometer on the wheel goes from 0 to 200K ohms, but the pedals
are like 80K to 500K (asymmetrical). This confuses the heck out of
the joystick calibrator in NFS. When I press the brake, the
stickshift goes down and then jumps back up to the top if I press it
farther. I discovered that it works ok if I just press each pedal
about half way. It still acts weird though when I floor the brake. I
am disgusted with their calibration routine.

The game is otherwise pretty entertaining. I wish somebody
would tell me how to get the goodies like the Las Vegas track :-)
Has anybody had any luck getting throught to EA's web page,
http://www.ea.com?

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by **James Lumm** » Fri, 13 Oct 1995 04:00:00

: If you are handy with making cables, you can make your own adapter.
: Buy a male and female DB15 connector, wire all connections straight
: accross, 1 to 1, 2 to 2, etc. EXCEPT cross over pins 6 and 11, i.e. 11
: on one goes to 6 on the other and vice-versa. Put the cable in-line
: between the joystick and the computer. You can actually leave the
: cable on for other games, I believe.

: I had a heck of a time getting my pedals calibrated right. The
: Formula T1 is kind of irregular as far as the pedals. The
: potentiometer on the wheel goes from 0 to 200K ohms, but the pedals
: are like 80K to 500K (asymmetrical). This confuses the heck out of
: the joystick calibrator in NFS. When I press the brake, the
: stickshift goes down and then jumps back up to the top if I press it
: farther. I discovered that it works ok if I just press each pedal
: about half way. It still acts weird though when I floor the brake. I
: am disgusted with their calibration routine.

: The game is otherwise pretty entertaining. I wish somebody
: would tell me how to get the goodies like the Las Vegas track :-)
: Has anybody had any luck getting throught to EA's web page,
: http://www.ea.com?

I was using my T1 with the NFS demo on the PC Gamer CDROM and didn't
notice any of these problems. Are you sure you disabled the
auto-shifting (which would downshift when you brake!).

The problem I find is that the steering is non-linear and the wheel
response really sucks! Nascar, Indycar and F1 Grand Prix all have an
option to use a linear steering, and it makes a BIG difference!! Since
I'm only using the demo, it may be an option in the final product. Can
anyone comment?

I used to love Test Drive III, and NFS is even better! I really hope
things can be worked out with NFS to work properly with the wheel.

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by **ronb..** » Sat, 14 Oct 1995 04:00:00

>Does anyone know how to get The Need For Speed to work with the
>T1? When NFS gives me the calibration screen all I can calibrate is the
>left/right movement. I can calibrate the up and down because the T1 doesn't
>have joystick 1 up/down movement. Is there something I have to do to
>get NFS to recognize the T1's pedals (joystick 2 left/right) as the up and
>down? Thanks in advance..
>Kevin
>homepage:
>http://www.cloud9.net/~khuang

Have you tried using the little white adapter plug that comes with the
T1. I had the same problem with Hi-Octane and I used that and it fixed
the problem.

Ron

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