Hardware / Wheels

Saitek R4

discussed in 417 posts, 1998-2007 · overall tone mixed

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Fixing steering jitter ('the shakes') in GPL 1999-02-20 · 38 posts
A user with a Saitek R4 wheel surveyed others about steering-arm jitter in GPL with linear wheel settings. Reports pointed to noisy sound-card game ports and worn potentiometers, with dedicated PDPI L4 cards, Diamond MX300 sound cards, USB or force-feedback wheels, and new pots cited as fixes.
Guillemot Ferrari force feedback wheel problems 2000-01-21 · 35 posts
Marc Collins described weak force feedback and oscillation on his Guillemot Ferrari wheel in GPL. PDPI's Shumi criticised current wheels and talked up PDPI's forthcoming wheel, which drew a rebuke for knocking competitors. Mats Lofkvist found that setting the driver's spring gain to 0% greatly increased GPL's force feedback, an apparent driver bug that cured Collins's problems.
Microsoft and Saitek force feedback wheel comparisons 1998-10-19 · 31 posts
A user asked for force-feedback wheel reviews. The Microsoft wheel drew mixed reports on its light sliding pedals, though gas and brake could be split in software, while the Saitek R4 was widely criticised for build quality. Saitek's Mark Starrett answered questions about DOS support and assembly and defended the product against complaints.

Each post that discussed it was rated from −2 (very negative) to +2 (very positive).

Year	Posts	Positive	Negative	Tone
1998	74	26	17	mixed (+0.12)
1999	206	59	68	mixed (-0.07)
2000	66	19	14	mixed (+0.06)
2001	31	9	9	mixed (+0.03)
2002	17	5	4	mixed (+0.12)
2003	6	1	2	mixed (-0.17)
2004	7	1	1	mixed (+0.14)
2005	3	0	1	negative (-0.33)
2006	5	0	0	mixed (+0.00)
2007	2	0	1	negative (-0.50)