GTA3 and LWFF

I know others have noticed this, but has anyone got a fix/workaround? My LWFF feels as if it has an enormous deadzone - it's +/- 60 degrees or so before I get any change in the direction of the wheels. To compound the problem, the sensitivity beyond this point is extremely high. I gave up driving with the wheel after spending an hour bouncing from one side of the road to the other... This game is crying out to be driven with a wheel in-car, and controlled with mouse/keyboard on foot. Whatever possessed Rockstar to think that wheel owners would be happy to shell out 30 notes in order to drive with keys??! I'll stop there before I get into full rant mode, (Italian Job, anyone?), but would greatly appreciate help from anyone who can. Cheers, Rick. PS - Tried making a profile for the game and adjusting sensitivity etc - didn't seem to make a difference.

this game wasnt intended to be used with a wheel "Rick Catton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:acoi1t$ltp$[email hidden]... > I know others have noticed this, but has anyone got a fix/workaround? > > My LWFF feels as if it has an enormous deadzone - it's +/- 60 degrees orso > before I get any change in the direction of the wheels. To compound the > problem, the sensitivity beyond this point is extremely high. I gave up > driving with the wheel after spending an hour bouncing from one side ofthe > road to the other... > > This game is crying out to be driven with a wheel in-car, and controlled > with mouse/keyboard on foot. Whatever possessed Rockstar to think thatwheel

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> owners would be happy to shell out 30 notes in order to drive with keys??! > > I'll stop there before I get into full rant mode, (Italian Job, anyone?), > but would greatly appreciate help from anyone who can. > > Cheers, > > Rick. > > PS - Tried making a profile for the game and adjusting sensitivity etc - > didn't seem to make a difference. > > >

On Sat, 25 May 2002 14:08:18 -0400, "drink" <[email hidden]> wrote: >this game wasnt intended to be used with a wheel I couldn't get my wheel working in GTA3, but to be honest I didn't try very hard, this game should be played with a gamepad or keyboard indeed. Andre

I have the PS2 version. I really cant see how a wheel would be useful in this game. When I play I'm at least out of the car half the time, gunning people down ;) BTW, GTA: Vice City was just announced yesterday for the PS2, due sometime in October :D Brian "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Sat, 25 May 2002 14:08:18 -0400, "drink" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >this game wasnt intended to be used with a wheel > > I couldn't get my wheel working in GTA3, but to be honest I didn't try > very hard, this game should be played with a gamepad or keyboard > indeed. > > Andre

Not using a wheel at all seems to be the best fix I've found. I agree, it would be really great if there was more robust wheel support, and the game was a little more sim-like in it's driving mode. It is a big pain to switch back and forth when you get in/out of a vehicle, though, and if you spend some time getting used to keys/gamepad, you really stop missing your wheel, the rest of the game completely compensates. Gerald "Rick Catton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<acoi1t$ltp$[email hidden]>...

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> I know others have noticed this, but has anyone got a fix/workaround? > > My LWFF feels as if it has an enormous deadzone - it's +/- 60 degrees or so > before I get any change in the direction of the wheels. To compound the > problem, the sensitivity beyond this point is extremely high. I gave up > driving with the wheel after spending an hour bouncing from one side of the > road to the other... > > This game is crying out to be driven with a wheel in-car, and controlled > with mouse/keyboard on foot. Whatever possessed Rockstar to think that wheel > owners would be happy to shell out 30 notes in order to drive with keys??! > > I'll stop there before I get into full rant mode, (Italian Job, anyone?), > but would greatly appreciate help from anyone who can. > > Cheers, > > Rick. > > PS - Tried making a profile for the game and adjusting sensitivity etc - > didn't seem to make a difference.