GPL works on laptop, controller needed !?

After a year of dry season in GPL and after selling my PC I got a revelation to install "the game" into my work laptop (Compaq Armada M300). For my surprice, the game works reasonably well in this tiny machine!!! I get a sweet fps on software rendering in 640x480 and even get the D3D functioning in 800x600. Keyboard control is a bitch though (finally figured that I have to have NumLk on in order to get things even going) but these small laptops have an USB port nowadays, so even that's not going to be a problem. It never occurred to me how much I missed the sound of the Ferrari before I took a few laps on Watkins Glen.... Now, a question: what to use for controller? I used to play the game with my Logitech FF wheel, but now I would be ready to settle for less. Something small, but analog. Any ideas? It should be small enough to take with me. Is there even a small FF stick around? .harri

Since it's a laptop, it might be a good idea to get an analogue gamepad that you can hold in your hands while playing, and it's more compact than the regular joysticks. I have no idea how controllable GPL would be under such circumstances, though, but probably much more than with a keyboard. -Gregor Harri Vainio wrote:

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> > Now, a question: what to use for controller? I used to play the game with my > Logitech FF wheel, but now I would be ready to settle for less. Something > small, but analog. Any ideas? It should be small enough to take with me. Is > there even a small FF stick around? > > .harri

I too have a laptop with GPL. My laptop is a top of the line dell inspiron 8000. I get 1280x1024 and 30+fps with mirror detailed and sky off. I use a logitech force feedback wheel via usb. works well. wish it had a regular game controller. Does anyone know of an adapter? cheers, christopher Harri Vainio wrote:

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> > After a year of dry season in GPL and after selling my PC I got a revelation > to install "the game" into my work laptop (Compaq Armada M300). For my > surprice, the game works reasonably well in this tiny machine!!! > > I get a sweet fps on software rendering in 640x480 and even get the D3D > functioning in 800x600. Keyboard control is a bitch though (finally figured > that I have to have NumLk on in order to get things even going) but these > small laptops have an USB port nowadays, so even that's not going to be a > problem. > > It never occurred to me how much I missed the sound of the Ferrari before I > took a few laps on Watkins Glen.... > > Now, a question: what to use for controller? I used to play the game with my > Logitech FF wheel, but now I would be ready to settle for less. Something > small, but analog. Any ideas? It should be small enough to take with me. Is > there even a small FF stick around? > > .harri

Hmmm, a small wheel, turned with indexfinger and thumb for you right hand (just a small pot basically) and two butttons for throttle and brake for the other hand (pressure sensitive if possible) it could be really small and enable you to play GPL anywhere! Anybody here handy enough? Sudesh "Christopher Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I too have a laptop with GPL. My laptop is a top of the line dell > inspiron 8000. I get 1280x1024 and 30+fps with mirror detailed and sky > off. I use a logitech force feedback wheel via usb. works well. wish > it had a regular game controller. Does anyone know of an adapter? > > cheers, > > christopher > > Harri Vainio wrote: > > > > After a year of dry season in GPL and after selling my PC I got a

revelation > > to install "the game" into my work laptop (Compaq Armada M300). For my > > surprice, the game works reasonably well in this tiny machine!!! > > > > I get a sweet fps on software rendering in 640x480 and even get the D3D > > functioning in 800x600. Keyboard control is a bitch though (finallyfigured > > that I have to have NumLk on in order to get things even going) butthese > > small laptops have an USB port nowadays, so even that's not going to bea > > problem. > > > > It never occurred to me how much I missed the sound of the Ferraribefore I > > took a few laps on Watkins Glen.... > > > > Now, a question: what to use for controller? I used to play the gamewith my > > Logitech FF wheel, but now I would be ready to settle for less.Something > > small, but analog. Any ideas? It should be small enough to take with me.Is > > there even a small FF stick around? > > > > .harri

Some company use to make a controller just like that . . . who was it? SLG "sudesh" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hmmm, >a small wheel, turned with indexfinger and thumb for you right hand (just a >small pot basically) and two butttons for throttle and brake for the other >hand (pressure sensitive if possible) >it could be really small and enable you to play GPL anywhere! >Anybody here handy enough? > >Sudesh

(All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are due to too many English classes/teachers)

I used to have a very small joystick shaped like a hand granade (now how tacky is that :) but it worked brilliantly!! Seems to me that back in early 90's there was a lot more innovation in this area. In PS there is a controller called NegCon that would do the trick, but again it's for only PS (and it not even supported in GT3...) http://www.vidgames.com/ps/hardware/negcon.html Anything like this for PC around or how about that company making the small wheel... Anyone.... PLEASE?!?!? .harri "Steve Garrotto" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Some company use to make a controller just like that . . . who was it? > > SLG > > > "sudesh" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Hmmm, > >a small wheel, turned with indexfinger and thumb for you right hand (just

a > >small pot basically) and two butttons for throttle and brake for theother

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> >hand (pressure sensitive if possible) > >it could be really small and enable you to play GPL anywhere! > >Anybody here handy enough? > > > >Sudesh > > > (All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new > and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are > due to too many English classes/teachers) > >

Inter Act. I think they have discontinued the item. I have 1 of the little beasts, and it works fairly well.

Same notebook here, same result at mirror/2, driver arms off and 2D-wheels. I use a LWFF too. Compared to my home PC (Cel900 with V3 and SBlive) the sound is awful, the graphics are ok (sometimes a bit stutter on the first lap) and the screen is a bit far away (luckily I bought the 15" version :-) The best of the story: racing against other freaks in my livingroom with a fabulous connection but without expensive online time :-))) JensSchumi On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 15:54:18 GMT, Christopher Brown <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I too have a laptop with GPL. My laptop is a top of the line dell >inspiron 8000. I get 1280x1024 and 30+fps with mirror detailed and sky >off. I use a logitech force feedback wheel via usb. works well. wish >it had a regular game controller. Does anyone know of an adapter? > >cheers, > >christopher

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The guys from Remote control cars have such thingies. Since they all operate with potentiometers it should be not a big deal to wire one to the serial port. (this I state despite my limited electronics knowledge) JensSchumi On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 18:14:11 +0200, "sudesh" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hmmm, >a small wheel, turned with indexfinger and thumb for you right hand (just a >small pot basically) and two butttons for throttle and brake for the other >hand (pressure sensitive if possible) >it could be really small and enable you to play GPL anywhere! >Anybody here handy enough? > >Sudesh

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Any webpage? JensSchumi On 21 Jul 2001 09:48:23 GMT, [email hidden] (HooTnFart) wrote: >Inter Act. I think they have discontinued the item. I have 1 of the little >beasts, and it works fairly well. --------------------------------------------- LWFF Ball Bearing conversion at: http://members.nbci.com/JensSchu/ GPLRank: -13 Monsters of GPL: sub 200