Personally I thought the manual explained these options quite well?
However here is a quick run through them....
Steering help should only be used if you have a digital control device,
eg:- keyboard or digital joystick.
This option forces the car to turn at certain parts of the tracks, eg:-
the corners, and gives the driver less control over the cars steering.
You are restricted as to the *line* you can use with steering help on.
This also reduces steering sensitivity to make the car easier to steer.
If you have an analogue device, eg:- analogue joystick or wheel and
pedals, you should have steering help off. This gives you much more
control over the cars and increases the cars steering sensitivity,
enabling you to turn in early or cut across corners or take virtually any
*line* you like while driving.
Low sensitivity zones controls how sensitive your control device is, eg:-
only really applies to analogue control devices. setting to 0 gives the
control device the same sensitivity no matter how much you move the
device.
Setting to 100 gives a progressive response from when you start moving
the device from the centre to the end of its movement. Setting to
anything in between gives the control device progressive response until
it reaches that level that has been set, then constant sensitivity from
then on.
Maximum lock sets the maximum lock of the steering device used, eg:-
joystick or wheel.
setting a high lock results in very sensitive steering, a low lock
results in less sensitive steering, but may result in you not being able
to negotiate tight corners? A good compromise is to set a medium lock,
and adjust the low sensitivity zones and reduce with car speed option to
suit.
Analogue refers to devices that use input = output (also known as
progressive), eg:- turn a steering wheel 20% of its available movement
and you will turn only 20% of the available lock, or gradually push down
on a throttle pedal, and the car will gradually increase in speed.
Switched refers to digital devices, eg:- keyboard or digital joystick.
These devices can only be either on or off, there is nothing *in between*
like an analogue device?
So if you push a digital joystick forward to accelerate the car will
accelerate at full speed, even if you only push the joystick a small
amount. If you press a keyboard button to turn, the car will turn with
full lock.
Generally the top drivers will use analogue devices, as these give
greater *control* and *feel* to the game/simulation, due to the
progressive response of the device.
Also generally, because of the enhanced control of using an analogue
device, these will generally give you faster times.
But some of the top drivers do also use digital devices, and achieve some
very fast times, ultimately it is down to personal preference. As always
if you are trying to decide which to use? try both and see which you
prefer?
d:~))
**Peter**
