rec.autos.simulators

Need a little help. I've had N2, ICR2, GP2 up and running for a year or
so on my  machine w/T2 with no problemo.  However tonight, while running
N2, I glanced the wall. From that point, I had a hard pull to the right.
Never happened before like this.  Hmmm. Went to the calibration
screen... center pointer was way off. Recalibrated. Worked fine... cut
down on the apron to go the pits... hard pull back.  Another Hmmm.
Steering pot?  Exit N2, load GP2. First thing: The game didn't remember
my previous control settings/calibrations. Never done that before.
Calibrate... drive the car... everything's fine. Brush the wall... hard
pull. ?????  Is this a DOS problem, or what?  Any input appreciated.
Bummer...

Thanks in advance...

Andre Ming

I had just cleaned it a short while back.  It works FINE until I hit
something (wall, etc)... THEN it loses calibration.  Even if you hit the
"Shift R" keys (in N2) to restart with a non-damaged/new car... it's
still out of calibration. I'm absolutely baffled.  And, as stated, it
does this in my other driving sims also.  Beats me... any other ideas?
Anyone?

Andre

Suppose you take a car out on the track and stop, then while stopped,
imagine yourself about to hit the wall and make the same control gesture
you would normally make in that situation. Does that corrupt your
steering, or do you actually have to tag a wall for the problem to
happen?

If' it happens from the hard control gesture, you may just have a faulty
pot that doesn't center properly... normal smooth driving gestures might
not affect it, but a hard avoidance type gesture might be enough to
throw it off it's center.

Does that make any sense? It's the only thing I can think of at this
point...

Trips