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Key threads
- IL-2 Sturmovik joke 'hate' post and off-topic chat 2001-12-06 · 111 postsMorgan Boof jokingly 'blamed' Andre Warringa for getting him hooked on the IL-2 Sturmovik flight sim demo. Sim racers discussed IL-2, flight-sim controllers and pedal drivers, and took jabs at Ubisoft over the unreleased F1 Racing Championship patch. The thread wandered into Tolkien, Kubrick, Star Wars and Monty Python, with condolences for a member's bereavement.
- Microsoft and Saitek force feedback wheel comparisons 1998-10-19 · 31 postsA 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.
- Running old racing sims on retro or modern PCs 2008-09-27 · 28 postsLuvrSmel described firing up an old Pentium to play NASCAR Racing, Need for Speed and Network Q RAC Rally. Others recommended DOSBox with D-Fend, VirtualBox, CPU slowdown tools and the GPL 2004 demo fix for running classics on modern machines. The thread ended in an argument about the power use of old versus modern computers.
- Should racers upgrade to Windows 98? 1998-07-08 · 80 postsLarry Lindstrom asked whether Windows 98 was ready for gaming. Replies were mixed: clean installs generally worked and some found it faster, while others reported broken drivers, joystick hat problems, sims such as GPL and ICR2 not running, and a heavier resource load. Many advised staying with Windows 95 OSR2 if it worked.
Busiest threads
- IL-2 Sturmovik joke 'hate' post and off-topic chat (2 posts about it)
- Re: Saitek X36 - spiking problems? (2 posts about it)
- Microsoft and Saitek force feedback wheel comparisons (2 posts about it)
- Running old racing sims on retro or modern PCs (1 posts about it)
- F1 2002 problems!! (1 posts about it)
- A Problem with F1-2002 (1 posts about it)
- Problems with USB Thrustmaster 360 Modena Pro Wheel. (1 posts about it)
- This wheel anygood? (1 posts about it)
- Game controller ID's changing randomly (1 posts about it)
- Problems with GP3 Season 2000 (1 posts about it)
- New machine - N4 won't see MS FF wheel - Help! (1 posts about it)
- Saitek SGE and Win 2K (1 posts about it)
- USB Vs. Game Port Wheel ??? (1 posts about it)
- F1 2000 Championship problem with SW precision wheel - need help (1 posts about it)
- N4 and my LWFF (1 posts about it)
Sentiment by year
Each post that discussed it was rated from −2 (very negative) to +2 (very positive).
| Year | Posts | Positive | Negative | Tone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 6 | 3 | 1 | positive (+0.33) |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 | 0 | mixed (+0.00) |
| 2000 | 6 | 2 | 3 | mixed (-0.17) |
| 2001 | 9 | 1 | 1 | mixed (+0.00) |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 1 | negative (-0.50) |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | mixed (+0.00) |
Who talked about it most
Andrew Dawes · 4 Greg Cisko · 2 wright michael anthon · 2 GaryR · 1 Tim O · 1 Phil Lee · 1 Ronald Stoehr · 1 roy · 1 Tim Miser · 1 TD · 1 Joe L. · 1 GKenney · 1 G-Loc · 1 Hengist · 1 Andrew MacPherson · 1 Ace · 1 Josep Ramon MartÃnez · 1 Fredrik Thörnell · 1 Luis and Maribel Sot · 1 Richard D. Cla · 1
