rec.autos.simulators

> Good luck.  It is so difficult to get a wheel set-up and adjusted properly
> in this title without any special requests.

> By the way, if you don't like the larger travel of the wheel, the MOMO
> probably wasn't a good choice.

> Marc.

> > How can I adjust the wheel settings (MOMO) in F1 2001, so the wheel has
a
> > shorter 'travel' from left to right? The 270 degrees are a bit too much
> for
> > me, in this game anyway, so I'd like to trim something of the left and
> right
> > side. But on the dead zone menu for the wheel axis, there don't seem to
be
> > any left/right-t*** sliders. You can only adjust the dead zone in
the
> > middle, unless I'm overlooking something? I've seen this feature in most
> > other driving games. Or is there another kind of setting that I need to
> > adjust, like steering lock, or differential lock (what is that anyway?),
> or
> > wheel sensitivity maybe?

> > It feels ok overall, but in some really tight curves I wish I wouldn't
> have
> > to turn the wheel so far to achieve full left or right. Or it's like I'd
> > expect the car to make tighter turns, when I'm practically steering all
> the
> > way to the right or left. It's hard to explain...

> > Ice D

> It's not that I don't like the 270 degrees at all, but I seem to be
> struggling with it in F1 2001. It just doesn't feel right in a F1 car, to
> have to turn you wheel so far. It's like your arms get in each other's way
> or something. But that's probably just me...

> Ice D

> > Good luck.  It is so difficult to get a wheel set-up and adjusted
properly
> > in this title without any special requests.

> > By the way, if you don't like the larger travel of the wheel, the MOMO
> > probably wasn't a good choice.

> > Marc.

> > > How can I adjust the wheel settings (MOMO) in F1 2001, so the wheel
has
> a
> > > shorter 'travel' from left to right? The 270 degrees are a bit too
much
> > for
> > > me, in this game anyway, so I'd like to trim something of the left and
> > right
> > > side. But on the dead zone menu for the wheel axis, there don't seem
to
> be
> > > any left/right-t*** sliders. You can only adjust the dead zone in
> the
> > > middle, unless I'm overlooking something? I've seen this feature in
most
> > > other driving games. Or is there another kind of setting that I need
to
> > > adjust, like steering lock, or differential lock (what is that
anyway?),
> > or
> > > wheel sensitivity maybe?

> > > It feels ok overall, but in some really tight curves I wish I wouldn't
> > have
> > > to turn the wheel so far to achieve full left or right. Or it's like
I'd
> > > expect the car to make tighter turns, when I'm practically steering
all
> > the
> > > way to the right or left. It's hard to explain...

> > > Ice D

> You can either increase the  X axis sensitivity in the controller menu,
> or increase the steering lock angle in the vehicle setup screens.  But
> since you said that it is only on tight curves that you have a problem,
> what you might want to do is use more speed sensitivity.  Speed
> sensitivity reduces the steering sensitivity at high speeds, the higher
> you have it set, the more it reduces it.  I think the default was 50%.
> Try increasing it until the steering feels too slow at high speeds, and
> then increasing the x axis sensitivity until the high speed steering
> feels right again.  You should then find that it takes much less
> steering angle to get through the tighter turns.

> > You can either increase the  X axis sensitivity in the controller
menu,
> > or increase the steering lock angle in the vehicle setup screens.
But
> > since you said that it is only on tight curves that you have a
problem,
> > what you might want to do is use more speed sensitivity.  Speed
> > sensitivity reduces the steering sensitivity at high speeds, the
higher
> > you have it set, the more it reduces it.  I think the default was
50%.
> > Try increasing it until the steering feels too slow at high speeds,
and
> > then increasing the x axis sensitivity until the high speed steering
> > feels right again.  You should then find that it takes much less
> > steering angle to get through the tighter turns.

> Hey, this makes a lot of sense! I had something like this vaguely in
my
> mind, but now I have a clear picture.

> > Another possibility though is that you just have too much understeer
in
> > your vehicle setup.  Too much understeer in the suspension will
cause
> > you to need to use an excessive amount of steering angle to get
through
> > a turn at the limit.  This will appear primarily at low speeds,
since at
> > high speeds the handling is more a function of the wing settings.
The
> > default setups have pretty heavy understeer in order to make it
easier
> > to drive.  You might want to try increasing the size of the rear
> > anti-roll bar to see if that helps.  If you then find it too loose
at
> > high speeds, you can either increase the rear wing angle or decrease
the
> > front wing angle to make up for it.

> I tend to stay away from these kind of settings, out of fear (and
probably
> laziness). I always feel like you when change one thing, you have to
change
> a whole bunch of other stuff as well, to compensate. But maybe that's
just
> cause most of the time I don't know what the hell I'm doing :) Anyway,
your
> post makes a lot of sense, I will be experimenting with it.

> Cheers,

> Ice D