GP2 - car control options - help!

hi .. new to GP2 - having just acquired a laptop pentium with CDROM, etc ... however I now learn I seem to be stuck with keyboard only controls. How do PC GP2 users out there use joystick/wheels, etc, if no soundblaster card on PC? With laptop don't see this as an option! Any ideas, folks? Cheers Carl

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> hi .. new to GP2 - having just acquired a laptop pentium with CDROM, etc > ... however I now learn I seem to be stuck with keyboard only controls. > How do PC GP2 users out there use joystick/wheels, etc, if no > soundblaster card on PC? With laptop don't see this as an option! > Any ideas, folks? > Cheers > Carl

There are PCMCIA cards out there with gameports on them - I got one for my laptop, and it works great. Sorry I don't remember where I got it from (I'll see if I can dig it up), but I've also seen ads for a different manufacturer in the back of Mobile Computing magazine. If you need more, let me know. Keith

Apparently the best PC gameport card is the BASICS Gameport. That card will not interfere with a modem card installed beside it and works in both DOS and Win95. However, it will not work in DOS with laptops with architectures that do not free up the 201 address, notably Micron. THM ------------------------------------------- God created whiskey to keep the Irish from ruling the world. Anonymous > > hi .. new to GP2 - having just acquired a laptop pentium with CDROM, etc

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> > ... however I now learn I seem to be stuck with keyboard only controls. > > How do PC GP2 users out there use joystick/wheels, etc, if no > > soundblaster card on PC? With laptop don't see this as an option! > > Any ideas, folks? > > Cheers > > Carl > There are PCMCIA cards out there with gameports on them - I got one for > my laptop, and it works great. Sorry I don't remember where I got it > from (I'll see if I can dig it up), but I've also seen ads for a > different manufacturer in the back of Mobile Computing magazine. If you > need more, let me know. > Keith

If you don't find a solution for this "problem", try to see it as no problem at all. Many, many, many people are enjoying GP2 by driving by keyboard. It's perfectly possible and with fast laps as well! A happy keyboard driver, JOH =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= When everything else failed, we can still become im- mortal by making an enormous blunder.... John Kenneth Galbraith =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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> >hi .. new to GP2 - having just acquired a laptop pentium with CDROM, etc > >... however I now learn I seem to be stuck with keyboard only controls. > >How do PC GP2 users out there use joystick/wheels, etc, if no > >soundblaster card on PC? With laptop don't see this as an option! > >Any ideas, folks? > If you don't find a solution for this "problem", try to see it as no problem at > all. Many, many, many people are enjoying GP2 by driving by keyboard. It's > perfectly possible and with fast laps as well! > A happy keyboard driver,

Yeah, BUT! Its the computer do'in 90% of the driving, not you. If you wanna get real satisfaction from GP2, its better to use a wheel/pedals in ACE mode with all helps OFF. Better to be a tail-end charlie in ACE mode than using HELPS + KBD. Ok, I sympothise if you don't have the dosh for a wheel/pedals! Start saving, or build your own. Its the only way ta go.... Jammer (UK)

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>> >hi .. new to GP2 - having just acquired a laptop pentium with CDROM, etc >> >... however I now learn I seem to be stuck with keyboard only controls. >> >How do PC GP2 users out there use joystick/wheels, etc, if no >> >soundblaster card on PC? With laptop don't see this as an option! >> >Any ideas, folks? >> If you don't find a solution for this "problem", try to see it as no problem at >> all. Many, many, many people are enjoying GP2 by driving by keyboard. It's >> perfectly possible and with fast laps as well! >> A happy keyboard driver, >Yeah, BUT! Its the computer do'in 90% of the driving, not you. If you >wanna get real satisfaction from GP2, its better to use a wheel/pedals >in ACE mode with all helps OFF. Better to be a tail-end charlie in ACE >mode than using HELPS + KBD. Ok, I sympothise if you don't have the >dosh for a wheel/pedals! Start saving, or build your own. >Its the only way ta go....

First of all: if you're _good_, you're just _good_, no matter the control method you use. Try running a race on the limit with keyboard and all off-turnable helps turned off: it takes a lot of time to master that! Try it out and see what you think about your "90% driving by the computer" quote. Driving around at a 'decent' speed is rather easy, I admit. But when you look for the limit, it becomes just as involving as racing with a wheel. Of course it is not as realistic as holding a wheel in your hands, but it is certainly challenging, be it in another way. I never claimed that a steering wheel wouldn't be even *more* fun. It's just that keyboard steering doesn't have to prevent the fun. If he can't find a way to attach a joystick or wheel, that just doesn't mean that he won't enjoy the game. So instead of thinking negative like "oh man, I can't get a joystick or wheel so this game is spoiled... :-( ", start hitting that keyboard, Carl! JOH =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= When everything else failed, we can still become im- mortal by making an enormous blunder.... John Kenneth Galbraith =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Hear Hear that man!!! As someone who owns a G-Force wheel, a thrustmaster T2, and who uses the keyboard, I can say that you can enjoy the program no matter what device you use. And, I am actually quicker with the keys than with the keyboard?(Using only throttle help as an aid!) And if you check out the hotlap and set-up sites for GP2, you will notice that some of the fastest people out there use the keyboard? Whatever your using, enjoy the program, its the BEST. d:~) #:~> **Peter**