GP4 Can't get Split Axis to Work!

I borrowed GP4 from a friend to see how shit it is compared to F1 2002 (which I'm really loving at the moment). However I can't even get my Thrustamster Ferrarri FF wheel to work with it. It just won't work with it's plit axis (how crap is that!). Is there a fix for this? It's quite fun as an arcade game with the keyboard but I'd like to see how well it handles with a wheel. So far it seems exactly the same as GP3 (or 2 for that matter!) so I guess it handles just as poorly as GP3. It does look quite nice although I do prefer the look and detail levels of F1 2002. And Geoff needs to be shot for still using his awfull "processor occupancy" way of programing which was bad enough on an Amiga in GP1! Having tried it out I'm very glad I didn't buy it and bought F1 2002 instead. If I had it would have been sent back by now. If you can't get a racing game working with a FF wheel what use is it? Some Call Me Tim

<[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I borrowed GP4 from a friend to see how shit it is compared to F1 2002 > (which I'm really loving at the moment). However I can't even get my > Thrustamster Ferrarri FF wheel to work with it. It just won't work withit's > plit axis (how crap is that!). > > Is there a fix for this? > > It's quite fun as an arcade game with the keyboard but I'd like to see how > well it handles with a wheel. So far it seems exactly the same as GP3 (or2 > for that matter!) so I guess it handles just as poorly as GP3. It doeslook > quite nice although I do prefer the look and detail levels of F1 2002. And > Geoff needs to be shot for still using his awfull "processor occupancy"way

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> of programing which was bad enough on an Amiga in GP1! > > Having tried it out I'm very glad I didn't buy it and bought F1 2002 > instead. If I had it would have been sent back by now. If you can't get a > racing game working with a FF wheel what use is it? > > Some Call Me Tim > >

Took me a while to figure out too! Go to the control settings. You must choose a custom setting first for the controller and then click on the pedals selection on the left. Open up the pull down menu on the right for accelerator and reselect Controller A(Y) (probably already selected - just reselect it). A popup window will appear, move your accelerator and then with the mouse select the axis that moves (RZ for me I think). Repeat for the brake (Z). Then calibrate. I set my sensitivities to 0% for both gas and brake. Setting up the gear shifts works exactly the same way. I also had to disable joystick controlled menus which is tooked away under menu settings somewhere, else the menus flicker like mad. Now I need to tweak my wheel settings as I am finding the car very jumpy around the center. Anyone got any good settings here. Using a momo myself. Don't know what to make of the sim so far. Graphics look great on a XP 2100+ and GeForce 4600 with occupancy at 50% at 1280x1024 and maxed out details except bump mapping. 36fps :-) Something just doesn't feel right, maybe a lack of understeer sometimes. The car seems to turn in too fast. Good luck, Darren

"Darren Duncan" <darren@(nospam)kta.att.ne.jp> wrote > Don't know what to make of the sim so far. That's cause it's not a sim, it's an arcade F1 racer. -- Frode

"Frode" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:nM_W8.4350$[email hidden]... > "Darren Duncan" <darren@(nospam)kta.att.ne.jp> wrote > > Don't know what to make of the sim so far. > > That's cause it's not a sim, it's an arcade F1 racer. > Maybe maybe ...... but still it does some things better than EA's effort. I just think the physics are buggered up. GP3-2000 was better than GP4 in this department. Are the cars turning around their centres? I play and am enjoying both for different reasons. Darren

"Darren Duncan" <darren@(nospam)kta.att.ne.jp> wrote > Maybe maybe ...... but still it does some things better than EA's effort. They're both good, just in different areas. EA's has better physics and depicts the race weekend in a whole lot more detail. Light at the end of the pit straight in practise sessions, proper rev limiter, tons of details like that. GP4 on the other hand has better AI (haven't played it that much yet, so that's second hand info) and is a lot more accessible to people without a wheel. My main beef about GP4 is that it's just a minor graphical update, more arcadey to drive, and shouldn't be nothing but a $15 upgrade to GP3. >I just think the physics are buggered up. Driving on rails, anyone? :) -- Frode