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by **BobM** » Tue, 25 May 1999 04:00:00

Yes, I didn't know how to say it that eloquently. :-)

At the time of the initial drivers, 3.12 I think, this was not a
"feature". On the forums where the then new breed of FF wheels were
being discussed, many users asked for this. 3.20 beta drivers
incorporated this due to the user feedback with the caveat that this may
not be a good thing and to use this checkbox with care, if at all.

I use it in GPL ver. 1.0 because it gives my wheel some center, and I
like that. I fully intend to disable it with ver. 1.1

Please understand, I'm not associated with Logitech. I just wanted to
warn new users of this wheel to be careful of this option. When anyone
sees this checkbox it's only natural to want to use it.

(-: BY the way, do you happen to know when ver. 1.1 will be out? :-)

Bob

by **Greg Cisk** » Tue, 25 May 1999 04:00:00

>On Mon, 24 May 1999 15:16:21 GMT, "Randy Cassidy"

>Isn't the auto-centering (and strength of FF effects) for the MS FF
>Wheel controlled ONLY by the MS software ?

I believe so. And using too high a setting in F1RS with the MS FF
wheel was definitely no good. After a few laps you would loose
all spring and FF tension. I remember I had to lower the overall
spring strength to 25%. Then the FF in F1RS was awesome. You
felt the wheel loosen up as it lost grip every single time. The
Logitech wheel has this effect but not on every corner. It could be
that I have the forces set too high and it is masking the effect.

I would be curious to know that Control Panel settings others
are using with their Logitech FF wheel.

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by **Greg Cisk** » Tue, 25 May 1999 04:00:00

>From what I understand of the Logitech drivers, they automatically
>disable auto centering when the game issues its first force command,

The new 3.2 beta drivers has a check box for Centering in FF games.
And a slider for the centering strength. As far as I can tell the centering
is always ON for non FF games with the new drivers. You should be
able to disable it by moving the slider all the way to the left.

Sounds reasonable.

You need the latest 3.2 beta drivers from www.wingmanteam.com
to get that box.

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by **JimmyJam** » Fri, 28 May 1999 04:00:00

On Mon, 24 May 1999 19:42:31 GMT, "Randy Cassidy"

>From what I understand of the Logitech drivers, they automatically
>disable auto centering when the game issues its first force command,
>under the assumption that this is what the application writer really
>intended, but has probably simply forgotten to do. My guess is that
>the checkbox you refer to simply disables this _automatic_ disabling
>(ahem :-) of the auto centering. We _explicitly_ tell the device to
>disable auto centering.

Ahhhhhhhhh Randy! You mean I'm gonna lose my autocentering
on my Logitech Wingman Formula Force playing GPL when your
new patch comes out? Ahhhhh! It'd be nice if you made it an option
inside the game. Oh well I guess you know best but seems like it'd
sure be nice to have. Seems it would also be more realistic.

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