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Overall, I'm impressed with the wheel, the quality of construction, etc.

One question I have though is about the FF effects in Need for Speed:
Porsche Unleashed. I used to play this game with my Logitech Strike Force
3D joystick, and I could feel differences between the pavement and the
dirt, etc. Collisions were also very apparent. With the MOMO, I get the
engine feel, but not a whole lot else. I've tried going into Windows and
setting the FF effects right up to 150%, but other than making the engine
feel more apparent, the other effects seem to be missing. I'm obviously
missing something here. BTW, I'm running WinXP and the latest Logitech
drivers.

Can anyone shed some light on this problem?

Thanks,
J.

Unfortunately, this seems to be a problem with NFS:PU, not with the wheel. I
have the same problem with my Thrustmaster Nascar Pro Force Feedback, and I've
seen other people report this issue as well. It seems to be a problem with
DirectX 8.1 and NFS:PU, from what I understand from a post to the Thrustmaster
forums.
--
Manuel McLure

rms  (played NFS5 every day for a year)
rsquires&flash.net

As I mentioned from my earlier post...I'm new to the whole FF wheel on my
computer. What games would you recommend? I want games that will get my
heart racing and have me want to give up sleep to play 'em.

BTW, my system is an Athlon 1.333 GHz, Geforce 2mx, 512MB DDR memory, on
WinXP.

Thanks,
J.

Excellent post. This is the key to making Porsche Unleashed feel
right. I'm also using the Momo and these are the settings I use.
Try them as a baseline, and see if it improves the feel of the game.

Stick Volume 80 to 85%
Road Effects 25%
Collision         40 to 50%
Engine           5%
Road Grip      80 to 90%

Turning the Road Effects down and the Road Grip up is the key.

Tim

I've changed the settings to what you recommend...WOW! Much better. Thank
you!

J.