I've been practicing at the Glen tonight and have come across a problem
I've never encountered before. I can't quite decide whether it's a
hardware problem, or something programmed into GPL.
In short, I find that after a few laps of practice, my brake pedal fails
-- completely. If I Shift-R, the brake functionality immediately
returns -- until it again fails within a lap or two. If I escape and
return to the pits, the brake functionality is back again, but then
fails after a few laps again. This happens without warning, and
happens at any braking point on the track. I'm practicing with the No
Damage setting, so even if this brake failure is built into GPL,
shouldn't it be disabled in that mode?
It doesn't _appear_ to happen on any other track, or with any other sim
(although I haven't had a chance to test all of my sims extensively).
After failure, a quick check in Control Panel and within the GPL
controller screen indicates no problem with the brake pedal. Is there
some glitch with the Glen? Am I overcooking the brakes?
I'm using standard TSW pedals in split-axis mode, using the higher-grade
TSW pots.
Any help/thoughts would be appreciated?
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Bert
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Bert
I have done literally thousands of laps at Watkins Glen in GPL and have
never experienced this.
-Tony-
BRH wrote:
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> I've been practicing at the Glen tonight and have come across a problem > I've never encountered before. I can't quite decide whether it's a > hardware problem, or something programmed into GPL. > > In short, I find that after a few laps of practice, my brake pedal fails > -- completely. If I Shift-R, the brake functionality immediately > returns -- until it again fails within a lap or two. If I escape and > return to the pits, the brake functionality is back again, but then > fails after a few laps again. This happens without warning, and > happens at any braking point on the track. I'm practicing with the No > Damage setting, so even if this brake failure is built into GPL, > shouldn't it be disabled in that mode? > > It doesn't _appear_ to happen on any other track, or with any other sim > (although I haven't had a chance to test all of my sims extensively). > After failure, a quick check in Control Panel and within the GPL > controller screen indicates no problem with the brake pedal. Is there > some glitch with the Glen? Am I overcooking the brakes? > > I'm using standard TSW pedals in split-axis mode, using the higher-grade > TSW pots. > > Any help/thoughts would be appreciated? > > -- > Bert > > -- > BertIn article <[email hidden]>, BRH <[email hidden]> writes
I've got some vague recollection of something similar happening to me in
the controller department using a joystick. Can't quite recall what it
was exactly, though do recall shift-r or restarting from the pits seemed
to reset it. Oh, now I remember, without warning the whole steering
would go completely wonky as if I no longer had control. The car would
go into an acceleration frenzy, veer off the road and no amount of use
of the brake would make any kind of difference - instant wreck.
Unfortunately I don't recall the fix, though I'm pretty sure that this
only happened with one particular joystick and I've got through a few
believe me.
Have you tried recalibration from within GPL, making sure that when
doing so to be extra smooth so as not to produce any possible spikes
that may give unusual readings that GPL can't cope with. Only thing
that I can suggest, apart from trying a different controller that is.
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Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington)
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>I've been practicing at the Glen tonight and have come across a problem >I've never encountered before. I can't quite decide whether it's a >hardware problem, or something programmed into GPL. > >In short, I find that after a few laps of practice, my brake pedal fails >-- completely. If I Shift-R, the brake functionality immediately >returns -- until it again fails within a lap or two. If I escape and >return to the pits, the brake functionality is back again, but then >fails after a few laps again. This happens without warning, and >happens at any braking point on the track. I'm practicing with the No >Damage setting, so even if this brake failure is built into GPL, >shouldn't it be disabled in that mode? > >It doesn't _appear_ to happen on any other track, or with any other sim >(although I haven't had a chance to test all of my sims extensively). >After failure, a quick check in Control Panel and within the GPL >controller screen indicates no problem with the brake pedal. Is there >some glitch with the Glen? Am I overcooking the brakes? > >I'm using standard TSW pedals in split-axis mode, using the higher-grade >TSW pots. > >Any help/thoughts would be appreciated? >Thanks for the suggestions. Before trying them, I decided to remove the
piece of wood which I keep between the wall and pedals to keep them from
sliding, and tried a few laps. Ran about 10 laps and had absolutely no
brake problems. That indicated to me that perhaps there was a hardware
problem with the pedals.
Sure enough. Upon closer inspection, I find that the aforementioned piece of
wood had rubbed against the wire coming from the wheel into the pedals, and
wore away the wire insulation. I suppose that I could just wrap a piece of
electrician's tape around that spot to and see if that solves the problem
(and stop uisng that piece of wood, of course), but does anyone know of
another better solution? Can this wire be totally replaced? (I believe that
it's just fed through the opening to the brake pedal pot.) If so, can I get
a replacement locally, or would I have to contact TSW? Perhaps it's some
sort of standard cable. This would be for the original TSW (not TSW2)
pedals.
Thanks.
Peter Ives wrote:
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Bert
