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> I don't have a dead zone problem, but the above settings with my Ferrari
FF
> wheel give me stable steering.

> David G Fisher

> > I was out at Best Buy today picking up a Logitech Wingman Force wheel
for
> my
> > niece's birthday, and picked up a copy of F12001.
> > First off , installation gave me woes - I first tried to install off my
> > Plextor cd burner drive, installation appeared to go fine but when I
tried
> > to launch the game I got an error message, that " scsi host adapter"
could
> > not be found, and my computer would lock up requiring a reboot. So, I
> > uninstalled it and re-installed it in my other plain vanilla cd rom
drive,
> > and it worked fine. I assume this has something to do with the copy
> > protection ?
> > I have been running Germany in testing mode, and cannot seem to get the
> > steering very smooth, especially at higher speeds. It seems to be real
> > twitch around center, like there is  a deadzone and when I get past that
> the
> > car jerks in whatever direction I am turning in. I have played both with
> the
> > speed sensitivity setting and the wheel lock. I am using a stock TSW2 (
> > single axis). Any advice on smoothing the steering out would be
> appreciated.

> > Thanks,

> > Don Burnette

> Remember that, regardless of where you set the deadzone, DirectX sets an
> automatic one of 5%.  Download DXDeadzone or DXTweak and use one of those
to
> set that 5% to 0% or whatever.  This made a *world* of difference to my
own
> ability to place the car accurately in F1 2001.

> See http://www.sportplanet.com/hg/forums/ (EA Sports F1 forum) and do a
> search on "deadzone" to see all the others who had this problem and fixed
> it.

> best,
> David K

> > I was out at Best Buy today picking up a Logitech Wingman Force wheel
for
> my
> > niece's birthday, and picked up a copy of F12001.
> > First off , installation gave me woes - I first tried to install off my
> > Plextor cd burner drive, installation appeared to go fine but when I
tried
> > to launch the game I got an error message, that " scsi host adapter"
could
> > not be found, and my computer would lock up requiring a reboot. So, I
> > uninstalled it and re-installed it in my other plain vanilla cd rom
drive,
> > and it worked fine. I assume this has something to do with the copy
> > protection ?
> > I have been running Germany in testing mode, and cannot seem to get the
> > steering very smooth, especially at higher speeds. It seems to be real
> > twitch around center, like there is  a deadzone and when I get past that
> the
> > car jerks in whatever direction I am turning in. I have played both with
> the
> > speed sensitivity setting and the wheel lock. I am using a stock TSW2 (
> > single axis). Any advice on smoothing the steering out would be
> appreciated.

> > Thanks,

> > Don Burnette

>I don't have a dead zone problem, but the above settings with my Ferrari FF
>wheel give me stable steering.

>David G Fisher

> >Set your x axis sensitivity to 10% or less. Set the speed sensitivity to
75%
> >or higher (to start with and then work your way down if needed). I sent
you
> >a Hockenheim setup for the Ferrari.

> >I don't have a dead zone problem, but the above settings with my Ferrari
FF
> >wheel give me stable steering.

> >David G Fisher

> Which website has a lot of setups - BHM?  Also, are the setups wildly
different
> between FF and non-FF wheels?

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> >In F1RC and F12001, I love Ian Bell's setups. He sets up a car very
similiar
> >to the way I do, only he's better at it. All I have to do is tweak them a
> >little to fit me. You can get some of them at Relay.
> >http://f12001.relaygames.com/

> Uh oh...I'm NO good at tweaking setups...  But thanks for the link.

> >> In F1RC and F12001, I love Ian Bell's setups. He sets up a car very
> >similiar
> >> to the way I do, only he's better at it. All I have to do is tweak them
a
> >> little to fit me. You can get some of them at Relay.
> >> http://f12001.relaygames.com/

>  I've tried to get some F1-2001 setups at the above link (I see the
> setups for almost all circuits). There's a check-box for each setup,
> but I can't figure out how to download the files.

>  There's a small, blue icon (looks like a floppy disk) in the
> upper-right corner of each page. After selecting the setups I want,
> clicking on that icon, nothing happens.

>  I used IE-5.5sp2 to try and get them. Did I miss something obvious,
> or perhaps I have an incorrect IE/5 setting? That blue-icon worked on
> other pages (for DL'ing the editor, tracks, etc.).

>  Thanks, Matt

> p.s. I'd just make my own setups, but the dang interface is rough to
> work with.

> >> In F1RC and F12001, I love Ian Bell's setups. He sets up a car very
> >similiar
> >> to the way I do, only he's better at it. All I have to do is tweak them
a
> >> little to fit me. You can get some of them at Relay.
> >> http://f12001.relaygames.com/

>  I've tried to get some F1-2001 setups at the above link (I see the
> setups for almost all circuits). There's a check-box for each setup,
> but I can't figure out how to download the files.

>  There's a small, blue icon (looks like a floppy disk) in the
> upper-right corner of each page. After selecting the setups I want,
> clicking on that icon, nothing happens.

>  I used IE-5.5sp2 to try and get them. Did I miss something obvious,
> or perhaps I have an incorrect IE/5 setting? That blue-icon worked on
> other pages (for DL'ing the editor, tracks, etc.).

>  Thanks, Matt

> p.s. I'd just make my own setups, but the dang interface is rough to
> work with.