Several people have reported problems getting the T2
recognized by Nascar 2 running under win95b. I think I can offer some
help. I was running win95a a week ago with the Extreme Competition
Controller which I re-wired (with the help of the Extreme Competition
Controller manufacturers) to work exactly like the T2. Under win95a,
I could easily run Indycar Racing 2, Nascar 2, Screamer 2, MTM, etc.
But, when I downloaded and installed the updated drivers for the
Sidewinder 3d pro (which I gather are substantially similar to the
win95 joystick drivers), I could no longer configure my Extreme
Competition Controller to work with Screamer 2 although it worked fine
in Win95 with everything else.
Screamer 2 would not allow me to configure the Extreme
Competition Controller because in addition to seeing a J1 X-axis and
J1 Y-axis (thanks to Thrustmaster dongle from my old T1), Screamer 2
also saw a phantom J2 axis (I forget whether it was J2 x or y). I
suspect Nascar 2 may be running into the same problem with your T2s
under win95b.
I solved my problem by cutting pins 11 and 13 out of a cheap
joystick extension cable and plugging that into the loop between the
Thrustmaster dongle and my computer. Note: pins 11 and 13 carry the
J2 axis information. Once I did that, Screamer 2 no longer saw the
phantom 3rd axis and no longer hung during setup. This may not solve
your problems, but hopefully it will get you thinking in the right
direction.
Brent K. Osterstock
