Players with Formula T1

I'm planning to buy a Thrustmaster Formula T1 joy but I wonder if I'll still drive so fast ???!!!! Can you tell me about your experience ?? Are you faster or slower with this wheels ? Thanks.

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>Subject: Players with Formula T1 >Date: 20 Dec 1994 20:30:56 GMT >I'm planning to buy a Thrustmaster Formula T1 joy but I wonder if I'll >still drive so fast ???!!!! >Can you tell me about your experience ?? >Are you faster or slower with this wheels ? >Thanks.

-------- It took me almost 2 weeks to transition from a soft joystick to a wheel. The problem was over controlling; I had a habit of throwing the joystick into the turn and holding it cranked over, essentially steering with the gas pedal. One day tooling around a road course, I just let go of all my expectations and "learned" behavior. I started caressing the wheel, rolling gently into corners, etc. The car immediately stopped pushing through the apex to the exit; it rode around like it was on rails. Be gentle with it, and it'll pay dividends. I had expectations of dropping times by huge percentage points when I first bought the T1. I did eventually, but it was a long, long road to get here. Be warned, I dropped more initially than I eventaully gained. Mike.

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>>Subject: Players with Formula T1 >>Date: 20 Dec 1994 20:30:56 GMT >>I'm planning to buy a Thrustmaster Formula T1 joy but I wonder if I'll >>still drive so fast ???!!!! >>Can you tell me about your experience ?? >>Are you faster or slower with this wheels ? >>Thanks. >-------- >It took me almost 2 weeks to transition from a soft joystick to a wheel. The >problem was over controlling; I had a habit of throwing the joystick into the >turn and holding it cranked over, essentially steering with the gas pedal. One >day tooling around a road course, I just let go of all my expectations and >"learned" behavior. I started caressing the wheel, rolling gently into >corners, etc. The car immediately stopped pushing through the apex to the >exit; it rode around like it was on rails. >Be gentle with it, and it'll pay dividends. I had expectations of dropping >times by huge percentage points when I first bought the T1. I did eventually, >but it was a long, long road to get here. Be warned, I dropped more initially >than I eventaully gained.

I didn't use a joystick very long, so maybe I had fewer bad habits to unlearn, but my experience was that I immediately went a fair amount faster on the ovals, simply for better control. At Michigan I went from 225 to 233 (it sounds funny to talk about 233 as fast at Michigan now) in a matter of minutes. On the other hand, the road tracks *still* require knowing the course. I thought my problem was control of the input device, and I was all over the courses and into walls a lot at Long Beach and Laguna Seca. But when I got the weheel I was STILL into the walls all the time! I just didn't know the courses well enough. (I'm *still* into the walls on osome of the tracks!) -- Brian Wong Product Marketing Engineering 415-336-0082 Palo Alto, CA 94303

Is there anyway to move the brake pedal over one spot to the far slot on the left? My feet are too big to place them both on the gas and the brake pedals. Thanks, Beau

It is possible, but I found I got enough room by just taking the roller off of the brake and put it on the other side of the "thingie" -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

>Is there anyway to move the brake pedal over one spot to the far slot on the >left? My feet are too big to place them both on the gas and the brake >pedals. >Thanks, >Beau I did exactly that, not because my feet are that big but because I prefer to brake with my left foot ...that's the way Karts drive anyway ..and thats the style I like to practice. First you open up the pedal box. You'll see that each pedal is screwed in by four screws and there is a potentiometer connected to each with a couple of wires: one going to the power potentiomenter (gas) and the other going straight to the external wire. Simply unscrew the left pedal and move it to the third slot. If you encounter the problem of short wires inside as I did, then you have to do some wire soldering just to get enough length to reach the third slot. If you prefer, you may want to move the small brake wheel (thats what you step on) to the opposite side. Let me know if you ve any questions. ======================================================================== Mohamad Shaheen The best thrill in racing is to rocket Plasma Engineering down the straightaway, break at the last University of Illinois moment, down shift and dive for the apex. ========================================================================

The ACP from Simulation Systems is set up with left foot braking. Jack : >Is there anyway to move the brake pedal over one spot to the far slot on the : >left? My feet are too big to place them both on the gas and the brake : >pedals. : >Thanks, : >Beau : : I did exactly that, not because my feet are that big but because I prefer : to brake with my left foot ...that's the way Karts drive anyway ..and : thats the style I like to practice. : First you open up the pedal box. You'll see that each pedal is screwed : in by four screws and there is a potentiometer connected to each with : a couple of wires: one going to the power potentiomenter (gas) and the : other going straight to the external wire. Simply unscrew the left : pedal and move it to the third slot. : If you encounter the problem of short wires inside as I : did, then you have to do some wire soldering just to get enough length : to reach the third slot. If you prefer, you may want to move the : small brake wheel (thats what you step on) to the opposite side. : Let me know if you ve any questions. : ======================================================================== : Mohamad Shaheen The best thrill in racing is to rocket : Plasma Engineering down the straightaway, break at the last : University of Illinois moment, down shift and dive for the apex. : ======================================================================== -- (Moderators for "rec.autos.sport.info") Homepage http://freenet3.scri.fsu.edu:81/users/indy500/index.html