Potentiometers; Is this normal?

I received two replacement pots for my T2 from Thrustmaster (thanks!), because my steering had a glitch where it would suddenly go full right for an instant when near the center. The first replacement pot had the same problem, except many times worse. I took it out and put in the other one and now everything is fine. Any ideas as to why a new pot could have this problem? Are they not QC'd? BTW, does anyone know the exact specs for the T2 pots? I was thinking of buying some really high quality pots and installing them. I mean, how much could they cost? 5$ each? Clark

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> I received two replacement pots for my T2 from Thrustmaster (thanks!), because > my steering had a glitch where it would suddenly go full right for an instant > when near the center. The first replacement pot had the same problem, except > many times worse. I took it out and put in the other one and now everything > is fine. Any ideas as to why a new pot could have this problem? Are they not > QC'd? > BTW, does anyone know the exact specs for the T2 pots? I was thinking of > buying some really high quality pots and installing them. I mean, how much > could they cost? 5$ each? > Clark

I was having the same problem. It was only noticable when you were calibrating the wheel. What seemed to solve it for me (which i don't know why, exactly) was tighting the four allen bolts (or whatever you call them) that were behind the wheel. One or two of the nuts had come loose on the inside, and it made the wheel fairly loose. Once i did it... boom. No more problems. ~G

>I received two replacement pots for my T2 from Thrustmaster (thanks!), because >my steering had a glitch where it would suddenly go full right for an instant I've had this problem in the past but cleaning or replacing seems to fix it. There is another problem I'm having though: The input from my joystick controls isn't constant. It resembles a sine wave that rises and falls slightly and evenly. In GP2, it is enough that if I hold the pedal still at mid-throttle, the rpm indicator will rise and fall from below the lowest green light to the red light with a period of about 1 second. The effect is enough to spin you in a turn if you are pushing the edge of traction, thereby making it difficult to predict how the car will react. I've tried changing some bios settings, changing the frequency setting on the gamecard, and even moving the gamecard to a different slot. The problem remains. It is just a generic game card that I got from Electronics Boutique. Would a new one fix the problem? -- Pat Dotson

Does anyone know if there are plans to add commands from a Spotter like during crashes? I heard they were just going to include it with the original game but opted to make it a later package deal to make more $$. I'm sick of having a yellow come out and think it's safe around the track only to find out at 180mph that there are cars in the middle of the track. Thanks. -- ***************************************************************************** Todd's world-home of Bucky the rat, Brewers, Beer, Bucks, and Brats *****************************************************************************

Sort of. The spotter is currently available when racing on the Hawaii network, and will be included in Nascar2. It will not be in a patch for the original game. -- Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/

How do I turn on the spotter in Hawaii? I have not heard it say anything, and there have been wrecks galore!! Robert

>BTW, does anyone know the exact specs for the T2 pots? I was thinking of >buying some really high quality pots and installing them. I mean, how much >could they cost? 5$ each? >Clark My guess on the specs would be +/- 10%. I just bought 3 wirewound precision pots from a Mouser Electronics catalog for $35 a piece. They have a tolerance of +/- 5%. I built a wheel for a friend with pots out of a CH Flightstick, they looked like they were cheaper than the ones that Radio Shack has for $1.50. Kirk IRC: FlyCutter 1996 Suzuki 1400 Intruder "Trudy" 1979 Suzuki GS1000 Weekend Bracket Racer _____________________________________________________________________ "There is no mercy in the Passing Lane, and no place to pull over and park.... Buy the ticket, take the ride. Some will march on a road of bones, and others will be nailed up on telephone poles. That is the way it works." - HST _____________________________________________________________________

Actually, messages like that are done by other drivers. Only the ones with regards to wrecks such as 'Trouble in Turn 3' , 'Big trouble on the Backstretch' , 'A Car Twonked in the Tri-oval' are generated by the server. -- Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/

Ok, yes. Now that you mention it, I do remember seeing text prompts saying things like pass high, car so and so exiting the pits..... I always thought it was the racer typing it. DUH!! Robert

Oh well, I haven't seen those. I usually find the wrecks by running into them. Robert

The version on Hawaii is not the same as Nascar2's. Hawaii uses a text version like 'A car twonked in turn 4' that is written at the top of the screen where the other messages like 'Stay behind Car #' are normally written. I haven't been online in a few months, but back then it was always on. -- Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/

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>How do I turn on the spotter in Hawaii? I have not heard it say anything, >and there have been wrecks galore!! >Robert >> Sort of. The spotter is currently available when racing on the Hawaii >> network, and will be included in Nascar2. It will not be in a patch for >> the original game.

The spotter isn't under your control, it is controlled by the servers. My experience has been that the performance of the spotter has been "spotty" at best. OK, OK... quit throwing that rotten fruit! <g> Dave (davids) Sparks Late Night League http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html

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>> The version on Hawaii is not the same as Nascar2's. Hawaii uses a text >> version like 'A car twonked in turn 4' that is written at the top of the >> screen where the other messages like 'Stay behind Car #' are normally >> written. I haven't been online in a few months, but back then it was >> always on. >Ok, yes. Now that you mention it, I do remember seeing text prompts saying >things like pass high, car so and so exiting the pits..... I always >thought it was the racer typing it. DUH!! >Robert

The messages you described are being sent by the drivers, e.g. "Pass Low", "Car exiting pits". The spotter messages are related to incidents on the track, e.g. "Car spun in Turn 2", "Big trouble in the short chute", etc. The spotter messages have not been very reliable up to this point. Dave (davids) Sparks Late Night League http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html