Using a joystick now in N4 and I wonder if a wheel is really going to
help lower my lap times at all. Anyone notice a decent jump in their
racing times by switching input devices?
Destroy wrote:
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> Using a joystick now in N4 and I wonder if a wheel is really going to
> help lower my lap times at all. Anyone notice a decent jump in their
> racing times by switching input devices?
All depends on your preferences, I believe that some of the fastest
people in most driving sims use a Joystick, possibly in combination with
pedals, it's all about personal preferences and how immersed you want to
be in the experience
I could never go back to running with a Joystick now, but I don't like
these FF wheels much either
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I think braking and acceleration is much more precise using pedals, than
joystic or keyboard buttons. That's a much bigger issue on road courses
than ovals, of course. You can probably turn out lap times just as fast
with a joystic on the ovals.
BUT...the wheel/pedals just feels more like driving, better lap times or
not. I could personally not go back to joystick driving after using a
wheel. My 2 cents.
In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...
> Using a joystick now in N4 and I wonder if a wheel is really going to
> help lower my lap times at all. Anyone notice a decent jump in their
> racing times by switching input devices?
>
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You may be slower while you adjust to the wheel, but shortly after I am
sure you will find Faster and more consistent laps.
--
Kevin Anderson
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"Destroy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
> Using a joystick now in N4 and I wonder if a wheel is really going to
> help lower my lap times at all. Anyone notice a decent jump in their
> racing times by switching input devices?
>
I'm a longtime flight simmer with joystick, throttle and pedals and did a
lot of racing with the joystick, which was great. Good thing about a
joystick - you can go from full left to full right very quickly. The main
reason I ended up getting a wheel was because my arm/hand got tired because
I couldn't really rest it on the joystick. With a wheel you can race all
day, and it offers a little more precision (not as much as I thought it
would though). It's taken me about a week of solid racing and tweaking to
get good with it.
Hope this helps,
-Travis
"Gerry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 15:43:57 GMT, Howard Roark wrote: > > >I think braking and acceleration is much more precise using pedals, than > >joystic or keyboard buttons. That's a much bigger issue on road courses > >than ovals, of course. You can probably turn out lap times just as fast > >with a joystic on the ovals. > > > >BUT...the wheel/pedals just feels more like driving, better lap times or > >not. I could personally not go back to joystick driving after using a > >wheel. My 2 cents. > > I agree. As somewhat of a racing newbie, the "realism" of a wheel, > pedals and shifter has got me back into re-installing GPL and my other > racing sims. I'm enjoying them much more so now. Shifting up and > down the gears in GPL is just too awesome. Heck, I may even actually > race online once I improve. > > -Gerry > > >In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > > > >> Using a joystick now in N4 and I wonder if a wheel is really going to > >> help lower my lap times at all. Anyone notice a decent jump in their > >> racing times by switching input devices? > >> > >> >A lot of folks out there have some smoking times with joysticks. I prefer
the wheel primarily because it makes the driving experience more real for
me.
Well, I'm probably one of the oddball cases, but my best lap speed at
Michigan was just above 171 with my T2 wheel, but when I plugged in my MS
Sidewinder FF joystick (for some other games I have), my best lap was
179+. Go figure!
Destroy wrote:
> Using a joystick now in N4 and I wonder if a wheel is really going to
> help lower my lap times at all. Anyone notice a decent jump in their
> racing times by switching input devices?
I've just the opposite experience. I use a joystick, without pedals, for
GPL because that's what I had available when I started. Eventually, I
bought a wheel, but I'm still about 2 sec slower with it, mostly because I
haven't adjusted to using the pedals. When N4 came out I started out using
the joystick, but when I tried the wheel my average times at Michigan
dropped about 0.5s. I think the benefit comes primarily from having
dual-axis pedals; with the joystick, I can't use the brake and throttle at
the same time.
"DJ Speedy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Well, I'm probably one of the oddball cases, but my best lap speed at > Michigan was just above 171 with my T2 wheel, but when I plugged in my MS > Sidewinder FF joystick (for some other games I have), my best lap was > 179+. Go figure! > > Destroy wrote: > > > Using a joystick now in N4 and I wonder if a wheel is really going to > > help lower my lap times at all. Anyone notice a decent jump in their > > racing times by switching input devices? >Well i play F1RS and i played for an year with the joystick, an with
exercise (i don't play very much), i could get good laps times but when i
buy the wheel _the same day_ i could get laps 2 or 3 secs faster, and more,
now with the wheel i can control the skids before i spin at the first error.
Other important think, i desactivate now, with pedals, the ABS and traction
control, and (with F1RS) I can get more effective (but difficults an
dangerous ) breaks an acelerations. With joy that was impossible to control.
This is my experience with F1RS but every game use the controls in
differents ways, and (I think) in a Nascar game is not so important the
perfect control of accelerator and breaks.
Destroy <[email hidden]> wrote in message [email hidden]...
> Using a joystick now in N4 and I wonder if a wheel is really going to
> help lower my lap times at all. Anyone notice a decent jump in their
> racing times by switching input devices?
>
