Thrustmaster wheel steers backwards in N4; Please help!

I just re-installed N4 along with my Thrustmaster T2 wheel. The controller calibrates fine in Windows 98se, but after an apparantly successful calibration in N4, I find that on the track when I turn the wheel to the left, the car goes right and vice-versa. When I use my joystick, it works fine. It's just the wheel that's backwards. Brake & throttle work ok. I've tried several times including creating a custom controller in Windows. Does anyone have a fix for this? Thanks a lot. Brian

Did you first calibrate in N4 by moving your wheel all the way to the left? dave henrie "Phantom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I just re-installed N4 along with my Thrustmaster T2 wheel.

Yes, Dave, I definately turned the wheel to the left. Tried it several times. Brian "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:dFjj7.19326$[email hidden]...

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> Did you first calibrate in N4 by moving your wheel all the way to the > left? > dave henrie > "Phantom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I just re-installed N4 along with my Thrustmaster T2 wheel. > >

errr...did you try turning it to the right first? Ken Phantom wrote:

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> Yes, Dave, I definately turned the wheel to the left. Tried it several > times. > > Brian > > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:dFjj7.19326$[email hidden]... > > Did you first calibrate in N4 by moving your wheel all the way to the > > left? > > dave henrie > > "Phantom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > I just re-installed N4 along with my Thrustmaster T2 wheel. > > > >

Yup, I tried turning to the right to calibrate also. I guess the pots are probably drifting or spiking and causing an unwanted spike to the right. I thought that in Nascar 3, though, that I noticed that it didn't matter which direction I turned the wheel to select the axis. Oh well, I guess this is an excuse to get a new wheel. Brian "Ken MacKay" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> errr...did you try turning it to the right first? > > Ken > > Phantom wrote: > > > Yes, Dave, I definately turned the wheel to the left. Tried it several > > times. > > > > Brian > > > > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:dFjj7.19326$[email hidden]... > > > Did you first calibrate in N4 by moving your wheel all the way to

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> > > left? > > > dave henrie > > > "Phantom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:[email hidden]... > > > > I just re-installed N4 along with my Thrustmaster T2 wheel. > > > > > > >

Try assigning a control to steering again. It'll ask you to steer left? and that should fix it. If not steer the opposite direction of what it tells you. "Phantom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Yup, I tried turning to the right to calibrate also. I guess the pots are > probably drifting or spiking and causing an unwanted spike to the right. > > I thought that in Nascar 3, though, that I noticed that it didn't matter > which direction I turned the wheel to select the axis. > > Oh well, I guess this is an excuse to get a new wheel. > > Brian >

Phantom wrote... <<I just re-installed N4 along with my Thrustmaster T2 wheel. The controller calibrates fine in Windows 98se, but after an apparantly successful calibration in N4, I find that on the track when I turn the wheel to the left, the car goes right and vice-versa.>> This was exactly the same problem I had, but I use Win2k and have a four year-old Nascar wheel. I did have a T2 before it. This is functionally almost identical. I even had the spike when turning right. I tried everything, even calibrating the steertng backwards. Finally, it just suddenly worked. I don't know what happened. I just started playing and it worked. I did reboot the machine a couple times and calibrate it from the game and Windows a million times, but it just suddently worked. I do still have the spike when turning right, though. Think it's time for a new wheel. Nick

If you're using the Thrustmapper, check that you haven't checked reverse mode on the axis tab Mark. "Phantom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Yes, Dave, I definately turned the wheel to the left. Tried it several > times. > > Brian > > > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:dFjj7.19326$[email hidden]... > > Did you first calibrate in N4 by moving your wheel all the way to the > > left? > > dave henrie > > "Phantom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > I just re-installed N4 along with my Thrustmaster T2 wheel. > > > > > >

On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 00:39:33 -0400, "Phantom" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I just re-installed N4 along with my Thrustmaster T2 wheel. The controller >calibrates fine in Windows 98se, but after an apparantly successful >calibration in N4, I find that on the track when I turn the wheel to the >left, the car goes right and vice-versa. > >When I use my joystick, it works fine. It's just the wheel that's backwards. >Brake & throttle work ok. > >I've tried several times including creating a custom controller in Windows. >Does anyone have a fix for this? Thanks a lot. > >Brian >

Do you experience the same behavior using both the DirectX and Optimized drivers in N4? Regards, Anthony Bulloch

Hi Anthony, Yes, unfortunately I experience the problem when using either option. I have also toggled the "polling" option under Windows. I have a feeling the problem lies with a jittering pot on the wheel. Brian "Anthony Bulloch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 00:39:33 -0400, "Phantom" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I just re-installed N4 along with my Thrustmaster T2 wheel. Thecontroller > >calibrates fine in Windows 98se, but after an apparantly successful > >calibration in N4, I find that on the track when I turn the wheel to the > >left, the car goes right and vice-versa. > > > >When I use my joystick, it works fine. It's just the wheel that'sbackwards. > >Brake & throttle work ok. > > > >I've tried several times including creating a custom controller inWindows.

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> >Does anyone have a fix for this? Thanks a lot. > > > >Brian > > > > Do you experience the same behavior using both the DirectX and > Optimized drivers in N4? > > > Regards, > Anthony Bulloch

you have to move the wheel LEFT first when calibrating in N4...just as it says to do

Yes, I know. We were discussing alternate methods since turning left first causes the wheel to operate backwards. Thanks for the input, though. Brian "Michael Ross" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:yjUk7.33646$[email hidden]... > you have to move the wheel LEFT first when calibrating in N4...just as it > says to do > >