Hello,
Just got F1RS, patched to 1.07, and am enjoying it after 5+ years(?)
of GP1 and GP2.
After a few hours practice with F1RS, steering seems to be quite
chore after driving more than a few laps. I use a very light (old
style) CH-FLightstick for driving.
While driving, cars seem to have a side-to-side "sway", and much too
soft to control (reminds me losing control of a Lincoln Town
Car..<g>).
I see 4 settings to deal with this:
Under Config:
1.) Steering sensitivity (0 to 100)
2.) Steering Help (Yes/No)
3.) Steering Lock (Yes/No)
Under Garage Settings:
4.) Steering Lock (defaults seem to be from about 15 to 20 degrees).
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Under config, I have set steering-sensitivity from 0 to 100 degrees,
and it seems to make no "great" difference. Steering-Help (a
driving-aid similar to GP2 I'd guess) is disabled, and will not engage
(to "Yes").
Steering Lock seems to work fine, although I've dropped settings a
bit (e.g., about 11-degrees for Monza).
Been using "default" car settings, but even in Amatuer-mode driving,
the steering is still a bit twitchy and loose.
Question: Is there any way to turn on "Steering-Help"? Is this
setting disabled or something? Perhaps possible to enable it from one
of the config or .ini files, or maybe enabled for driving-wheels only?
(I'm hoping F1RS Steering-Help is the same type setting as is in GP2,
and can be enabled).
(Oh, could there be a file ad-on that helps steering?)
Is it my car setups, or is the steering just hard to adjust? I'm so
used to the very "tight" steering of GP2. F1RS steering feels more
like Indycar-2 (Cart) than GP2. Any suggestions would be MOST helpful.
One other strange thing I see; hitting curbing at slower speeds, the
front suspension travels greatly (looks like 6-10" travel?).
F1 car suspension rarely flexes more than 1", especially at slow
speeds. I'd guess suspension travel (grapical-movement of the front
tires) is more for "show" than realism? If not, that'd explain the
steering control problem. It feels like I'm trying to get a Lincoln
through those chicanes..<g>.
Again, steering control is not -that- bad; it just seems to need a
bit more tight, or less twitchyness (especially the side-to-side car
movement). If I could just try the "Steering-Help" setting, maybe
that'd fix the problem. Or maybe a digital joystick, I dunno.
The only other thing I really miss is engine sound (comparing to
GP2). Very difficult to know what's going on listening to the engine.
Btw, is there any possible way to turn off the other driver's engine
sounds?
Other than that, and the ahhh, "weird-silly-unorganized"
interface<g>, F1RS is a breath of fresh air! =:o
Teehole
p.s. Were any driving aids (traction control/anti-spin, or ABS) used
in the real '96 F1 driving season?