Game Controllers - making life more difficult?

Hi all, I always had the thinking that a game controller would make playing a game easier than with the keyboard, hence my purchase of the LWFF (since many of you guys use that) 3 days ago. Well, the wheel is nice, the ff is good, looks pretty good, enjoyed playing it, well at lease until it broke down after 3 days of usage. Note i didn't use the word abuse. Anyway back to the main point. I tested it on NFS6: Porsche Unleashed and GP2. Well, ff is great and all but control is really weird. I just couldn't match or beat my best times achieved using the keyboard. Especially so in GP2. Kinda like a nightmare using the wheel in GP2. Couldn't complete a lap with the 'Steering Help' option disabled. And even with the feature enabled, i just couldn't keep within the racing line while turning. Using the keyboard is so much easier! The only good thing is that I can get off the start much better. Someone please tell me all i need is a little getting used to cause I'm beginning to regret getting that $140 purchase! --- Shellfer oh ya, just like to ask something - doesn't GPL support FF? I tried that game but can't seem to feel the force. and of course you can pretty much guess how i fared in that game. How the #$%^ do you guys do it?!!! :)

"Shellfer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I always had the thinking that a game controller would make playing a game > easier than with the keyboard, hence my purchase of the LWFF (since manyof you > guys use that) 3 days ago. Well, the wheel is nice, the ff is good, lookspretty > good, enjoyed playing it, well at lease until it broke down after 3 daysof > usage. Note i didn't use the word abuse. I've had my LWFF for over a year. So far no problems. > Anyway back to the main point. I tested it on NFS6: Porsche Unleashed andGP2. > Well, ff is great and all but control is really weird. I just couldn'tmatch or > beat my best times achieved using the keyboard. Especially so in GP2.Kinda like > a nightmare using the wheel in GP2. Couldn't complete a lap with the'Steering > Help' option disabled. And even with the feature enabled, i just couldn'tkeep > within the racing line while turning. Using the keyboard is so mucheasier! The > only good thing is that I can get off the start much better. There is no way that using the keyboard would get a better lap time than using a wheel. Also GP2 is a DOS game and while it will work you are really doing the wheel a dis-service. Try a good Windows game. > Someone please tell me all i need is a little getting used to cause I'm > beginning to regret getting that $140 purchase! I would suggest completely forgetting about your laptimes with the keyboard and concentrate at the current situation. > --- > Shellfer > > > oh ya, just like to ask something - doesn't GPL support FF? I tried thatgame > but can't seem to feel the force. and of course you can pretty much guesshow i > fared in that game. How the #$%^ do you guys do it?!!! :) Read the readme that comes with the patch. -- [email hidden]

They aren't suppose to break of course. My Logitech has lasted nearly a year now. GP2 and GP3 and pretty much everthing (except maybe GPL) is way harder (at least initially) on a wheel, because the game isn't filtering your input. Driving an F1 car with digital controls would be nearly impossible in reality, so the game basically helps you. So you've never really had to control the car before. On the keys you just hit accelerate and the computer does the rest. In a real F1 if you just floor the throttle you get tons of wheelspin and will probably spin. You've gotta learn to drive the car all over again. The good thing though, is that if you can win races on a wheel without driving aids (including no throttle help) you get more satisfaction from it, and the experience is closer to the real sport. "Shellfer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Hi all, > > I always had the thinking that a game controller would make playing a game > easier than with the keyboard, hence my purchase of the LWFF (since manyof you > guys use that) 3 days ago. Well, the wheel is nice, the ff is good, lookspretty > good, enjoyed playing it, well at lease until it broke down after 3 daysof > usage. Note i didn't use the word abuse. > > Anyway back to the main point. I tested it on NFS6: Porsche Unleashed andGP2. > Well, ff is great and all but control is really weird. I just couldn'tmatch or > beat my best times achieved using the keyboard. Especially so in GP2.Kinda like > a nightmare using the wheel in GP2. Couldn't complete a lap with the'Steering > Help' option disabled. And even with the feature enabled, i just couldn'tkeep > within the racing line while turning. Using the keyboard is so mucheasier! The

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> only good thing is that I can get off the start much better. > > Someone please tell me all i need is a little getting used to cause I'm > beginning to regret getting that $140 purchase! > > > --- > Shellfer > > > oh ya, just like to ask something - doesn't GPL support FF? I tried that

game > but can't seem to feel the force. and of course you can pretty much guesshow i > fared in that game. How the #$%^ do you guys do it?!!! :)

#I would suggest completely forgetting about your laptimes with the #keyboard and concentrate at the current situation. Point taken. Thanks! :) --- Shellfer.

#control the car before. On the keys you just hit accelerate and the #computer does the rest. In a real F1 if you just floor the throttle you get #tons of wheelspin and will probably spin. You've gotta learn to drive the #car all over again. Uh huh. #The good thing though, is that if you can win races on a wheel without #driving aids (including no throttle help) you get more satisfaction from it, #and the experience is closer to the real sport. Yep. Just curious, do you guys use steering help? --- Shellfer.