Control brake pedal

Hi all, I play GPL (and some other sims too mainly N4 and RallyChamp 2000) with a M$ Sidewinder . Like many of you, I suppose, I have to face a problem with my brake pedal. Unlike in real cars, you can brake at the max without any resistance. The best solution I found is the following : I cut a squash ball in 2 equal parts, put one upon the other, and put them under my brake pedal. By this mean, I can much more brake as hard as I wish without too much blocking my wheels. Some of you may have had other ideas. Could you share you some of you brain cells with me?

get the act labs pedal when they are released....and get the act labs shifter NOW.... "lg042-5" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message news: 9hes04$a62$[email hidden]... > Hi all, > I play GPL (and some other sims too mainly N4 and RallyChamp 2000) with a > M$ Sidewinder . > Like many of you, I suppose, I have to face a problem with my brakepedal.

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> Unlike in real cars, you can > brake at the max without any resistance. > The best solution I found is the following : > I cut a squash ball in 2 equal parts, put one upon the other, and put them > under my brake pedal. > By this mean, I can much more brake as hard as I wish without too much > blocking my wheels. > Some of you may have had other ideas. Could you share you some of you

brain > cells with me? > > > >

"lg042-5" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9hes04$a62$[email hidden]... > Hi all, > I play GPL (and some other sims too mainly N4 and RallyChamp 2000) with a > M$ Sidewinder . > Like many of you, I suppose, I have to face a problem with my brakepedal.

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> Unlike in real cars, you can > brake at the max without any resistance. > The best solution I found is the following : > I cut a squash ball in 2 equal parts, put one upon the other, and put them > under my brake pedal. > By this mean, I can much more brake as hard as I wish without too much > blocking my wheels. > Some of you may have had other ideas. Could you share you some of you

brain > cells with me? > I just recently moved to this MS wheel/pedal from the (Analog) TM-Nascar Pro... So, can you tell me more about your squashball fix? did you put the ball inside the cover, or something else? are you able to get full depression assuming you need to? I have been fighting this for a few months, IT IS A REAL PROBLEM. I see someone replied to you with, "get ACT-LABS pedals", um... well, gee would this be a hacked setup? I cant stand anymore Monkeying around to get things to work... I mean if I spend my money I don't want to have to constantly have to perform a bunch of unordinary tasks to make it work in all my games, from nascar down through Viper & Ratbag, through MTM, collection back up to gpl...

Get a Ball Racing Developments peddle system.....they come with an adjustable rubber stop.....you can even set the brake peddle to move just ticks of an inch.......100% braking with no lockup....and perfect (real world) brake feel! Available in overhead mount with clutch peddle (for N4 or other sports car type racing), or underneath mount (pivots) with clutch peddle, coming this Fall! Tom PS: You can also infinitely adjust the peddle spacing from side to side to fit your peddles exactly to your own personal "heel and toe" method/procedure (some drivers like their heel on the brake, toe on the gas....or.....heel on the gas, toe on the brake....or versions in-between).

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>Hi all, >I play GPL (and some other sims too mainly N4 and RallyChamp 2000) with >a >M$ Sidewinder . > Like many of you, I suppose, I have to face a problem with my brake pedal. >Unlike in real cars, you can >brake at the max without any resistance. >The best solution I found is the following : >I cut a squash ball in 2 equal parts, put one upon the other, and put them >under my brake pedal. >By this mean, I can much more brake as hard as I wish without too much >blocking my wheels. >Some of you may have had other ideas. Could you share you some of you >brain >cells with me? >

I have TH Ferrari wheel and pedals (the pivots on these are quite high) so I used tennis balls and put some wood together which butts up against a wall and holds the balls in place - the tennis balls sit behind each one of the 2 pivots. I then attached a couple of hook rings to my pedal casing and 2 hooks to the wooden contraption that I built which then hook onto the hook rings to hold the whole thing steady. Complicated to explain and even moreso to draw using simple text etc so I'm not going to try. Anyway what it all means is that I really get some push back from the tennis balls when I press those pedals, in fact a bit too much, but it'll do for now. Sometimes my chair starts to rock backwards when I'm going for full power or hard on the brakes and I really have to hang onto that wheel. <g> -- Peter Ives Remove ALL_STRESS before replying If you know what's good for you, don't listen to me GPLRank Joystick -50.63 Wheel -17.06

Are able to post a pic or give better details on EXACTLY where under the pedal you placed the balls? This is something I want to try... (since the spring broke..) Book "lg042-5" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9hes04$a62$[email hidden]... > Hi all, > I play GPL (and some other sims too mainly N4 and RallyChamp 2000) with a > M$ Sidewinder . > Like many of you, I suppose, I have to face a problem with my brakepedal.

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> Unlike in real cars, you can > brake at the max without any resistance. > The best solution I found is the following : > I cut a squash ball in 2 equal parts, put one upon the other, and put them > under my brake pedal. > By this mean, I can much more brake as hard as I wish without too much > blocking my wheels. > Some of you may have had other ideas. Could you share you some of you

brain > cells with me? > > > >

"John Book" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3b3be864$[email hidden]... > Are able to post a pic or give better details on EXACTLY where under the > pedal you placed the balls? This is something I want to try... (sincethe > spring broke..) > Book Yes getting a picture would be something I strongly recomend especially if you are unsure where to put the balls before depressing some pedals... dave (yeah I know...) henrie

I use a solid foam rubber ball under my brake pedal (homebuilt). A piece of heavy wire was pushed though the center of the ball and loops made where the wire comes through the ball. Two screws were passed through the loops and secured into the plywood base to hold the ball in place. When the ball is compressed the center of the ball (and loops) move downward, guided by the two screws. The pedal has about an inch of free travel and then comes into contact with the ball which will compress about another 1/2 inch or more (watch that the pedal doesn't bottom out on top the screws). When I calibrate the brake I press a little harder than I normally do while driving; I find this gives a good amount of force near lockup in GPL. My half a**ed attempt to draw it below: Top view **** ** ** * * O * *0 wire loop * * ** ** **** side view **** _ ** ** _ | * * | screw -- * ball *-- loop | * * | | ** ** |___|____ ****______|____base Ken lg042-5 wrote:

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> Hi all, > I play GPL (and some other sims too mainly N4 and RallyChamp 2000) with a > M$ Sidewinder . > Like many of you, I suppose, I have to face a problem with my brake pedal. > Unlike in real cars, you can > brake at the max without any resistance. > The best solution I found is the following : > I cut a squash ball in 2 equal parts, put one upon the other, and put them > under my brake pedal. > By this mean, I can much more brake as hard as I wish without too much > blocking my wheels. > Some of you may have had other ideas. Could you share you some of you brain > cells with me?

Check out the pedals section on in my Logi-corner. Look for "pressure sensitive brake pedal" Works great. JensSchumi On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:08:25 +0200, "lg042-5" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hi all, >I play GPL (and some other sims too mainly N4 and RallyChamp 2000) with a >M$ Sidewinder . > Like many of you, I suppose, I have to face a problem with my brake pedal. >Unlike in real cars, you can >brake at the max without any resistance. >The best solution I found is the following : >I cut a squash ball in 2 equal parts, put one upon the other, and put them >under my brake pedal. >By this mean, I can much more brake as hard as I wish without too much >blocking my wheels. >Some of you may have had other ideas. Could you share you some of you brain >cells with me? > > >

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Tom, any web recources about this? Cya JensSchumi On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 18:07:08 GMT, "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Get a Ball Racing Developments peddle system.....they come with an >adjustable rubber stop.....you can even set the brake peddle to move just <snip> --------------------------------------------- LWFF Ball Bearing conversion at: http://members.nbci.com/JensSchu/ GPLRank: -12 Monsters of GPL: sub 200