Digital Edge F1 SIM Steering Wheel & Pedals - any good?

I'm thing of getting the Digital Edge F1 SIM Steering Wheel & Pedals and I wanted to know if it was worth it. I play these games (PC based) - F1GP2 ICR2 NASCAR2 POD Psygnosis F1 MotoRacer Thanks in advance -- Kulvinder Singh Matharu (note : e-mail header address deliberately mangled)

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>I'm thing of getting the Digital Edge F1 SIM Steering Wheel & >Pedals and I wanted to know if it was worth it. >I play these games (PC based) - >F1GP2 >ICR2 >NASCAR2 >POD >Psygnosis F1 >MotoRacer

Can't comment on the last three, but yes, it is an excellent wheel/pedals for GP2, ICR2 & N2. I have a GP500 which was the hand made forerunner to the mass produced F1 Sim and can thoroughly recommend it for all three of the top sims. By setting the pedals to dual axes operation you can take advantage of GP2's modelling of simultaneous application of brake and accelerator. This allows you to do true left foot braking. Cheers, Richard

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>>I'm thing of getting the Digital Edge F1 SIM Steering Wheel & >>Pedals and I wanted to know if it was worth it. >>I play these games (PC based) - >>F1GP2 >>ICR2 >>NASCAR2 >>POD >>Psygnosis F1 >>MotoRacer >Can't comment on the last three, but yes, it is an excellent wheel/pedals >for GP2, ICR2 & N2. I have a GP500 which was the hand made forerunner to >the mass produced F1 Sim and can thoroughly recommend it for all three of >the top sims. >By setting the pedals to dual axes operation you can take advantage of >GP2's modelling of simultaneous application of brake and accelerator. >This allows you to do true left foot braking. >Cheers, >Richard

Great, just what I wanted to hear! I've just bought a scanner so I'll most likely pick up the steering wheel and pedals next week. Just out of interest, but how easy is it to re-programme the buttons on the steering wheel? Does it use a normal joystick port or does it come with it's adapter and if it does, is it PCI or ISA? (I've noticed that the adverts say Plug 'n' Play). Thanks in advance. -- Kulvinder Singh Matharu (note : e-mail header address deliberately mangled)

>Just out of interest, but how easy is it to re-programme the >buttons on the steering wheel? Does it use a normal joystick port >or does it come with it's adapter and if it does, is it PCI or >ISA? (I've noticed that the adverts say Plug 'n' Play). I've never seen more than pictures of the actual F1 Sim, but with the GP500, it plugs into a standard gameport. The gear shift paddles are buttons 1 & 2 of joystick 1 and the two wheel mounted buttins are 1 & 2 from joystick 2. There's a utility (GP2 Button) available which allows you to map the buttons to keystrokes for GP2 and other games - have a look at Pieter's GP2 site to get GP2 Button. Cheers, Richard

Hi.....I too own an F1 Sim, and it is the ultimate wheel and pedal set-up. Actually, all the F1 Sim's are also still hand made. This unit is all steel construction. Precision made components. Leather bound quick release steering wheel. Fully adjustable pedal rake angle and tension/resistance. Adjustable steering centering. Quick release fixings from the mounting board. (I would recommend buying the quick release desk fixings, eg:- 2 small brass fixings which are flush mounted into your desk, that way you do not need to use the large mounting board). Depends on the software you are using it with? if the software allows the buttons to be used, its as easy as the program allows it to be?(usually pretty easy) It uses one single standard game/joystick port (for both the wheel and pedals), however, you can if you wish, set up the wheel and pedals on separate axis for separate acceleration and braking, but this requires a special lead and another game/joystick port? (you do not really need this feature though. unless you *really* want to drive using left foot braking) BUY ONE TODAY, you will not regret it if you are serious about your racing. d:~)) **Peter**

>It uses one single standard game/joystick port (for both the wheel and >pedals), however, you can if you wish, set up the wheel and pedals on >separate axis for separate acceleration and braking, but this requires a >special lead and another game/joystick port? Doesn't the F1 Sim allow the pedals to be reconfigured simply by setting a switch? Believe me, once you've raced GP2 with dual axes operation, you will never want to go back to single axis throttle/accelerator again ;-) Cheers, Richard

No, its not quite as easy as that? To have the pedals and wheel on separate joystick axis, you need an extra cable, (to convert the wheel adaptor which normally plugs into the pedal unit to a game adaptor), and two game ports, or a device like the "alpha twin" which uses the functions of two game ports from one game port? The wheel connects to the extra cable (which has a game port adaptor at one end), and the pedals remain connected to the original game port. And you need to reset a switch inside the pedal unit. d:~))- **Peter**

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>> Doesn't the F1 Sim allow the pedals to be reconfigured simply by setting >> a switch? >No, its not quite as easy as that? >To have the pedals and wheel on separate joystick axis, you need an extra >cable, (to convert the wheel adaptor which normally plugs into the pedal >unit to a game adaptor), and two game ports, or a device like the "alpha >twin" which uses the functions of two game ports from one game port? >The wheel connects to the extra cable (which has a game port adaptor at >one end), and the pedals remain connected to the original game port. >And you need to reset a switch inside the pedal unit.

Just change the setting of that switch - it will work, believe me <g> Cheers, Richard

Thanks to everyone who helped me out on this. I'll be getting the F1 SIM in a few days. -- Kulvinder Singh Matharu (note : e-mail header address deliberately mangled)