steering smoothing in GPL?

HI All Is there any way to make steering in GPL little "smoother"? I mean i have little worn steering potentiometer in my wheel and now steering jumps little randomly when driving. GPL is only game which have this problem, CMR2 for example works still fine. I have Win98 and Thrustmaster sprint wheel, not using TM's drivers but instead just normal 4 axes, 4 button joystick. TM's drivers do not allow separate gas/brake so that reason not using those drivers. -- Tuomas Paasiala | Multitasking in Windows? | Save bandwidth, no | - Use UAE | longer signatures Helsinki FINLAND | Remove _NO-SPAM_ for reply | than four lines ! -95

HI All Is there any way to make steering in GPL little "smoother"? I mean i have little worn steering potentiometer in my wheel and now steering jumps little randomly when driving. GPL is only game which have this problem, CMR2 for example works still fine. I have Win98 and Thrustmaster sprint wheel, not using TM's drivers but instead just normal 4 axes, 4 button joystick. TM's drivers do not allow separate gas/brake so that reason not using those drivers. -- Tuomas Paasiala | Multitasking in Windows? | Save bandwidth, no | - Use UAE | longer signatures Helsinki FINLAND | Remove _NO-SPAM_ for reply | than four lines ! -95

hehe.. I may be wrong but I'd imagine that that's one thing that separates a Sim from a Game. A game will help you with everything including steering, where as a Sim you don't have that help. Also, there is no such thing as "a little worn". A pot is either good or bad. I wonder how right or wrong I am(?) Tuomas Paasiala wrote in message ...

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>HI All > >Is there any way to make steering in GPL little "smoother"? I mean >i have little worn steering potentiometer in my wheel and >now steering jumps little randomly when driving. GPL is only >game which have this problem, CMR2 for example works still fine. >I have Win98 and Thrustmaster sprint wheel, not using TM's >drivers but instead just normal 4 axes, 4 button joystick. >TM's drivers do not allow separate gas/brake so that reason >not using those drivers. > >-- >Tuomas Paasiala | Multitasking in Windows? | Save bandwidth, no > | - Use UAE | longer signatures >Helsinki FINLAND | Remove _NO-SPAM_ for reply | than four lines ! -95

The pot may not be worn, but can be plain dirty. There are cleaning liquids for pots available, using those might help. -Gregor Michael Barlow wrote:

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> > hehe.. I may be wrong but I'd imagine that that's one thing that > separates a Sim from a Game. A game will help you with everything including > steering, where as a Sim you don't have that help. Also, there is no such > thing as "a little worn". A pot is either good or bad. > > I wonder how right or wrong I am(?) > > Tuomas Paasiala wrote in message ... > >HI All > > > >Is there any way to make steering in GPL little "smoother"? I mean > >i have little worn steering potentiometer in my wheel and > >now steering jumps little randomly when driving. GPL is only > >game which have this problem, CMR2 for example works still fine. > >I have Win98 and Thrustmaster sprint wheel, not using TM's > >drivers but instead just normal 4 axes, 4 button joystick. > >TM's drivers do not allow separate gas/brake so that reason > >not using those drivers. > > > >-- > >Tuomas Paasiala | Multitasking in Windows? | Save bandwidth, no > > | - Use UAE | longer signatures > >Helsinki FINLAND | Remove _NO-SPAM_ for reply | than four lines ! -95

Tuomas, you can try to "hide" it a little with the Steering Linearity slider. But you can better clean the pot. > Michael Barlow wrote: > hehe.. I may be wrong but I'd imagine that that's one thing that > separates a Sim from a Game. A game will help you with everythingincluding > steering, where as a Sim you don't have that help. Michael, you are right. GPL is the best SIM. Rob.

Get some WD40 or tv tuner cleaner and spray it inside the pot. With the cheaper pots you have to do this often, like every couple weeks. I have seen some sealed pots that lack the slot that allows you to spray inside them, but these also seem to be of higher quality and don't need cleaning. rms [email hidden]

DONT USE WD40 ON POTS!! Roger Squires <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9b4r6s$30n8$[email hidden]...

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> Get some WD40 or tv tuner cleaner and spray it inside the pot. With the > cheaper pots you have to do this often, like every couple weeks. I have > seen some sealed pots that lack the slot that allows you to spray inside > them, but these also seem to be of higher quality and don't need cleaning. > > rms > [email hidden] > > >

Actually, Nascar Heat has a nice little software gizmo for smoothing and super-sampling to calm down jittery controllers. Don't know about other mfgr's, but Logitech's older wheels had a similar analog to digital converter built onboard to do the same thing. I rather like the idea of the tweakable setup in NH, myself, as the Logitech's response always felt a bit dead, if accurate. SB "Michael Barlow" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:E0jB6.35135$[email hidden]... > hehe.. I may be wrong but I'd imagine that that's one thing that > separates a Sim from a Game. A game will help you with everythingincluding

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> steering, where as a Sim you don't have that help. Also, there is no such > thing as "a little worn". A pot is either good or bad. > > I wonder how right or wrong I am(?) > > > > Tuomas Paasiala wrote in message ... > >HI All > > > >Is there any way to make steering in GPL little "smoother"? I mean > >i have little worn steering potentiometer in my wheel and > >now steering jumps little randomly when driving. GPL is only > >game which have this problem, CMR2 for example works still fine. > >I have Win98 and Thrustmaster sprint wheel, not using TM's > >drivers but instead just normal 4 axes, 4 button joystick. > >TM's drivers do not allow separate gas/brake so that reason > >not using those drivers. > > > >-- > >Tuomas Paasiala | Multitasking in Windows? | Save bandwidth, no > > | - Use UAE | longer signatures > >Helsinki FINLAND | Remove _NO-SPAM_ for reply | than four lines ! -95 > >

> DONT USE WD40 ON POTS!! heehee I've had store clerks scream that too. I suppose some wheels' plastic is attacked by wd40, but not my trusty T2. rms [email hidden]

Tuner cleaner from Radio Shack I find the best for me, a cleaning will last quite some time. -- Don Burnette D Burnette in N4 Some people do nothing wrong. The problem is, they do nothing. And THAT is wrong. "Roger Squires" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9b4r6s$30n8$[email hidden]... > Get some WD40 or tv tuner cleaner and spray it inside the pot. With the > cheaper pots you have to do this often, like every couple weeks. I have > seen some sealed pots that lack the slot that allows you to spray inside > them, but these also seem to be of higher quality and don't need cleaning. > > rms > [email hidden] > > >

The problem is wd40 can build up , like grime, and attract dust and dirt. Tuner cleaner gets the job down and basically evaporates. -- Don Burnette D Burnette in N4 Some people do nothing wrong. The problem is, they do nothing. And THAT is wrong. "Roger Squires" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9b58tg$2lmq$[email hidden]... > > DONT USE WD40 ON POTS!! > > heehee I've had store clerks scream that too. I suppose some wheels' > plastic is attacked by wd40, but not my trusty T2. > > rms > [email hidden] > > >