Question: ACT Force RS & NFS:PU

Is it me or does it seem like with the wheel/pedal combo that the acceleration on the game seems SLOWER than with a joystick alone? I hope this isn't the case considering I just received my new wheel/pedal set. Thanks mick

Gents... Were these Act Lab problems on the Force Feedback? Or non-force? I was just going to order the non-force feedback set. But I'll wait to see what your answer is. Jim "Pops" Tester http://www.pacifier.com/~jimmy Proud member of Thunderhawks Racing Team http://thunderhawks.homepage.com Flashpoint Racing Series http://flashpoint.homepage.com Nass2000 Racing Series http://www.nasscar.com Novanus <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 21:16:53 -0500, "Joe Lewis" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Yup, I had the same exact problem. The game is pretty fast with ajoystick,

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> >but with the FORCE-RS wheel it was very slow, and totally unplayable. I > >turned most graphics settings off, but that didn't help at all. I had to > >pay $40 to return the wheel & shifter to ACT-LABS for a refund. Big > >mistake, I'll never order anything that heavy through mail order again! > > Ah this bites. I just ordered one myself (my first wheel), for this > game specifically. And I even did research and this wheel was highly > recommended. Oh well > > --- > Novanus

Yup, I had the same exact problem. The game is pretty fast with a joystick, but with the FORCE-RS wheel it was very slow, and totally unplayable. I turned most graphics settings off, but that didn't help at all. I had to pay $40 to return the wheel & shifter to ACT-LABS for a refund. Big mistake, I'll never order anything that heavy through mail order again! They say that it's due to quirks in Win95. But, their web site makes no mention of any difficulties with Win95. You have to find that out AFTER you order their wheel. That's fine if their wheel doesn't work well with Win95, but they should at least come out and say it. I was running it with NASCAR-3. So for now I'm back to using the joystick. Maybe I'll try to find a cheap wheel at a local store that I can return for FREE if it doesn't work! Good luck. <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Is it me or does it seem like with the wheel/pedal combo that the > acceleration on the game seems SLOWER than with a joystick alone? I > hope this isn't the case considering I just received my new > wheel/pedal set. > > Thanks > mick >

On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 21:16:53 -0500, "Joe Lewis" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Yup, I had the same exact problem. The game is pretty fast with a joystick, >but with the FORCE-RS wheel it was very slow, and totally unplayable. I >turned most graphics settings off, but that didn't help at all. I had to >pay $40 to return the wheel & shifter to ACT-LABS for a refund. Big >mistake, I'll never order anything that heavy through mail order again! Ah this bites. I just ordered one myself (my first wheel), for this game specifically. And I even did research and this wheel was highly recommended. Oh well --- Novanus

I'm using the Force RS w/shifter on my C300a@450,Voodoo3 2000,128meg ram,Win95b,DX7a,serial port with no problems.The Act Labs site mentioned the problems with Win 95 and DX7,but DX7a cleared things up.FWIW,I love my Force RS,plus the shifter even in sequential mode is excellent.What are your system spec's? Joe Lewis wrote:

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> Yup, I had the same exact problem. The game is pretty fast with a joystick, > but with the FORCE-RS wheel it was very slow, and totally unplayable. I > turned most graphics settings off, but that didn't help at all. I had to > pay $40 to return the wheel & shifter to ACT-LABS for a refund. Big > mistake, I'll never order anything that heavy through mail order again! > > They say that it's due to quirks in Win95. But, their web site makes no > mention of any difficulties with Win95. You have to find that out AFTER you > order their wheel. That's fine if their wheel doesn't work well with Win95, > but they should at least come out and say it. > > I was running it with NASCAR-3. So for now I'm back to using the joystick. > Maybe I'll try to find a cheap wheel at a local store that I can return for > FREE if it doesn't work! > > Good luck. > > <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > Is it me or does it seem like with the wheel/pedal combo that the > > acceleration on the game seems SLOWER than with a joystick alone? I > > hope this isn't the case considering I just received my new > > wheel/pedal set. > > > > Thanks > > mick > >

On Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:01:07 GMT, Dave K <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I'm using the Force RS w/shifter on my C300a@450,Voodoo3 2000,128meg >ram,Win95b,DX7a,serial port with no problems.The Act Labs site mentioned the >problems with Win 95 and DX7,but DX7a cleared things up.FWIW,I love my Force >RS,plus the shifter even in sequential mode is excellent.What are your system >spec's? > >Joe Lewis wrote: > >> Yup, I had the same exact problem. The game is pretty fast with a joystick, >> but with the FORCE-RS wheel it was very slow, and totally unplayable. I >> turned most graphics settings off, but that didn't help at all. I had to >> pay $40 to return the wheel & shifter to ACT-LABS for a refund. Big >> mistake, I'll never order anything that heavy through mail order again! >> >> They say that it's due to quirks in Win95. But, their web site makes no >> mention of any difficulties with Win95. You have to find that out AFTER you >> order their wheel. That's fine if their wheel doesn't work well with Win95, >> but they should at least come out and say it. >> >> I was running it with NASCAR-3. So for now I'm back to using the joystick. >> Maybe I'll try to find a cheap wheel at a local store that I can return for >> FREE if it doesn't work! >> >> Good luck. >> >> <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... >> > Is it me or does it seem like with the wheel/pedal combo that the >> > acceleration on the game seems SLOWER than with a joystick alone? I >> > hope this isn't the case considering I just received my new >> > wheel/pedal set. >> > >> > Thanks >> > mick >> > > >

I'm using Win98 with DX7.0a and the latest Act Labs drivers. I get great acceleration. Tony Sante www.pcbaseball.com