Hi,
I've been using a LWFF (USB) for about seven months without any
problems.
But while running a race on Fontana in GPL the other day all FF
suddenly went away while cornering. The wheel still worked, but all FF
effects were gone.
I restarted the computer and tried Fontana again and after a couple of
laps the same problem arose. After yet another attempt at Fontana with
the same problem I switched to Snetterton. No problem at all on this or
other road circuits.
The way I drive at Fontana means that I hardly move the wheel at all in
the corners, I keep it at the same position almost all through the
corners.
So I'm beginning to think the reason for my problem can be:
1. The wheel has some mechanism which shuts the motor off if it has
been applying force for a while and the wheel doesn't move at all.
(happens in long constant radius corners like Fontana).
2. Overheating problem which causes the LWFF motor auto shutdown.
I'm using relatively high forces for the wheel (Eric Cote's settings
slightly modified).
Any ideas? Am I alone with this problem?
Cheers,
/Martin
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I also have experienced this at Loudon.I use extremely high
steering forces and also thought this is the reason.
On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 07:23:00 GMT, Martin Granberg
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>Hi, >I've been using a LWFF (USB) for about seven months without any >problems. >But while running a race on Fontana in GPL the other day all FF >suddenly went away while cornering. The wheel still worked, but all FF >effects were gone. >I restarted the computer and tried Fontana again and after a couple of >laps the same problem arose. After yet another attempt at Fontana with >the same problem I switched to Snetterton. No problem at all on this or >other road circuits. >The way I drive at Fontana means that I hardly move the wheel at all in >the corners, I keep it at the same position almost all through the >corners. >So I'm beginning to think the reason for my problem can be: >1. The wheel has some mechanism which shuts the motor off if it has >been applying force for a while and the wheel doesn't move at all. >(happens in long constant radius corners like Fontana). >2. Overheating problem which causes the LWFF motor auto shutdown. >I'm using relatively high forces for the wheel (Eric Cote's settings >slightly modified). >Any ideas? Am I alone with this problem? >Cheers, >/Martin >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ >Before you buy.Do you use the newer LWFF with the increased voltage?
The newer one came with the SGCT game.
Andre
On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 07:23:00 GMT, Martin Granberg
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>Hi, >I've been using a LWFF (USB) for about seven months without any >problems. >But while running a race on Fontana in GPL the other day all FF >suddenly went away while cornering. The wheel still worked, but all FF >effects were gone. >I restarted the computer and tried Fontana again and after a couple of >laps the same problem arose. After yet another attempt at Fontana with >the same problem I switched to Snetterton. No problem at all on this or >other road circuits. >The way I drive at Fontana means that I hardly move the wheel at all in >the corners, I keep it at the same position almost all through the >corners. >So I'm beginning to think the reason for my problem can be: >1. The wheel has some mechanism which shuts the motor off if it has >been applying force for a while and the wheel doesn't move at all. >(happens in long constant radius corners like Fontana). >2. Overheating problem which causes the LWFF motor auto shutdown. >I'm using relatively high forces for the wheel (Eric Cote's settings >slightly modified). >Any ideas? Am I alone with this problem? >Cheers, >/Martin >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ >Before you buy.> Do you use the newer LWFF with the increased voltage?
> The newer one came with the SGCT game.
Yes, I have the new one (stiffer pedals etc). Had the old one before I
got this.
Cheers,
/Martin
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> I also have experienced this at Loudon.I use extremely high
> steering forces and also thought this is the reason.
Yes, it sounds like a logical reason. Have you tried lowering the
forces and see if it goes away?
I'll try lowering it a bit, but I like the high forces so I can't go
too low. Guess I'll have to stay away from the ovals instead...
BTW, I found some other guys having the same problem over at the
Wingmanteam's discussion board:
http://www.wingmanteam.com/discus/messages/3/13.html?952658962
There's no fix or comment from the Wingman guys though.
Cheers,
/Martin
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