Well folks, I finally got a chance to play with a momo that a friend
has recently purchased. Firstly, I'd like to mention that he had been
playing F12001 with FF reversed! I can't believe he didn't notice how
ridiculous it felt. My LWFF worked fine with the default positive
value, so I'd never come across the problem before. I didn't even know
the slider went to negative... Momo owners beware!
Pedals
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The first thing I noticed was the pivoting heads. This is a definite
improvement over the LWFF. There's also a little bit more tension in
the pedals which makes quite a difference and stops ankle fatigue
considerably. The accelerator feels 'right' but the brake could use a
lot more resistance as with the LWFF (squash ball still needed). The
length of pedal-travel felt much the same as the LWFF - maybe an extra
mm or 2.
LWFF - 6/10
MOMO - 8/10
Wheel
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Now to the "hand-stitched" leather wheel. For me, this conjured
images of nice soft plush leather. Not the case - this leather feels
more like rock-hard, rough plastic. The other noticeable thing is
that the wheel is not really shaped to fit your hands like the
wonderfully molded rubber on the LWFF. Aside from that, it has 6 face
buttons which do come in quite handy.
LWFF - 9/10
MOMO - 7/10
Shifters
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Not much to say - they work well enough. They're not quite as
"clacky" or precise as the LWFF ones but they do feel tougher and
could handle a little abuse. Their position seems OK and I didn't
have any problems changing gears.
LWFF - 9/10
MOMO - 8/10
Force Feedback
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One thing I was keen to see in the momo was the gearing system for FF
as opposed to the cable system in the LWFF. First impressions weren't
good - the momo was noisy and made a kind of 'grating' sound. This
sound also translated to the feel of the wheel itself. In actual
driving, it wasn't as bad as I expected, but this wheel certainly
couldn't be considered the epitome of smoothness. The FF is very
strong and I had to turn it down to 1/4 in Rally Trophy 1.01. In
F12001, I had it set to (-!) 20% (I have it set to 80% on my LWFF). I
found that I was able to drive precisely in F12001 and although the
'grating' was still there, it wasn't a big distraction. In Rally
Trophy and Rally Masters, the less subtle wrestling with the wheel did
make those gears scream a little, but then again the LWFF isn't
exactly silent when you reef it around.
LWFF - 9/10
MOMO - 7/10
Summary
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I guess, for me at least, the MOMO pedals with the LWFF wheel would be
the perfect combination...
Cheers
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Damien Smith
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ICQ: 77028579
F12001 rank: +24.828
I love MOMOs 270 degrees wheel rotation. =)
It makes really easy and enjoyable to handle stock cars!
Y.Minami
