GTL: Needles on my guages gone

Don't know what happened, but all the needles are kaput...

G. Patricks wrote: > Don't know what happened, but all the needles are kaput... When you say gone, have they disappeared or are they not moving? If the latter try the 4 key which toggles between functioning and non functioning needles. Cheers Tony

Gone! And the readout for the Lap Timer is gone too! Going to try newer NVidea drivers, see what happens..

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>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:39:26 GMT, Tony Rickard <[email hidden]> wrote: >G. Patricks wrote: >> Don't know what happened, but all the needles are kaput... > >When you say gone, have they disappeared or are they not moving? If the >latter try the 4 key which toggles between functioning and non >functioning needles. > >Cheers >Tony

get back in there! it is the 3 or 4 key, some cockpits remove the needle if this key is hit some freeze them. G. Patricks wrote:

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> Gone! And the readout for the Lap Timer is gone too! > > Going to try newer NVidea drivers, see what happens.. > >> On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:39:26 GMT, Tony Rickard >> <[email hidden]> wrote: G. Patricks wrote: >>> Don't know what happened, but all the needles are kaput... >> >> When you say gone, have they disappeared or are they not moving? If >> the >> latter try the 4 key which toggles between functioning and non >> functioning needles. >> >> Cheers >> Tony

The instruments were probably made in China and simply fell apart. Never buy cheap stuff....it's false economy, really. BK "G. Patricks" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Gone! And the readout for the Lap Timer is gone too!

Bruce Kennewell wrote: > The instruments were probably made in China and simply fell apart. > Never buy cheap stuff....it's false economy, really. The gauges from my GTL DVD look like genuine Smiths gauges, made in UK, not cheap clones. Those missing their needles should immediately return their defective DVDs and ask for replacement gauges to the manufacturer (be aware that warranty does not apply to damage caused by accident, abuse, misuse, misapplication - so if you crashed the car, you are on your own). Or press 4. Mr. Sylvestre

G. Patricks wrote: > Gone! And the readout for the Lap Timer is gone too! > > Going to try newer NVidea drivers, see what happens.. There is an issue where 16bit colour stops the LCD, but you have probably tried this. 32bit is fine. Shouldn't affect the needles though so sounds a bit more involved! Tony

Thanks, that was it! Why in the world would I want the ability to turn off the guages and timer? Thanks again, back to work on the RSR! GP

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>On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:02:48 GMT, "Sting32" <[email hidden]> wrote: >get back in there! > > it is the 3 or 4 key, some cockpits remove the needle if this key is hit >some freeze them. > >G. Patricks wrote: >> Gone! And the readout for the Lap Timer is gone too! >> >> Going to try newer NVidea drivers, see what happens.. >> >>> On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:39:26 GMT, Tony Rickard >>> <[email hidden]> wrote: G. Patricks wrote: >>>> Don't know what happened, but all the needles are kaput... >>> >>> When you say gone, have they disappeared or are they not moving? If >>> the >>> latter try the 4 key which toggles between functioning and non >>> functioning needles. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Tony >

G. Patricks <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]: > Thanks, that was it! Why in the world would I want the ability to turn > off the guages and timer? > > Thanks again, back to work on the RSR! > GP > my only GUESS and it's just that, would be for frame-rate considerations. Other than that...it would be like removing the steering wheel or driving behin....naw...lol...I won't go there. ;) Don't know....have fun dave henrie

As I run with full realism and "assume" that redlining the motor for each shift of a race may be detrimental I kind of need to see the tach needle, just like real life... hehehe Thanks GP

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>On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:41:05 -0600, Dave Henrie <[email hidden]> wrote: >G. Patricks <[email hidden]> wrote in >news:[email hidden]: > >> Thanks, that was it! Why in the world would I want the ability to turn >> off the guages and timer? >> >> Thanks again, back to work on the RSR! >> GP >> > > my only GUESS and it's just that, would be for frame-rate >considerations. Other than that...it would be like removing >the steering wheel or driving behin....naw...lol...I >won't go there. ;) > >Don't know....have fun >dave henrie

Real racers dont use Tach's though (lol) the tach is used for pitting and for diagnosis (teltale needles in them for like highest revs)... least of the few (very few, by no means pro or seen on tv) racers I know tell me, that in reality you dont have time to look at the tach, "you use your ears, and your butt." of course once you have a little bit of "used to the car" time. again not many racers I know drive let alone own what, 20 different cars like I have in "my Garage in GTL... so feeling and hearing your way around a track is albiet easier when you only have one car to learn, hehehee. G. Patricks enlightened us with:

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> As I run with full realism and "assume" that redlining the motor for > each shift of a race may be detrimental I kind of need to see the tach > needle, just like real life... hehehe > > Thanks > GP > >> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:41:05 -0600, Dave Henrie >> <[email hidden]> wrote: G. Patricks >> <[email hidden]> wrote in >> news:[email hidden]: >> >>> Thanks, that was it! Why in the world would I want the ability to >>> turn off the guages and timer? >>> >>> Thanks again, back to work on the RSR! >>> GP >>> >> >> my only GUESS and it's just that, would be for frame-rate >> considerations. Other than that...it would be like removing >> the steering wheel or driving behin....naw...lol...I >> won't go there. ;) >> >> Don't know....have fun >> dave henrie