For some reason I cannot get my racing sims to work using the brake and gas
with my Formula T2. The steering wheel works fine but there is no response
from the brake and gas!!! When I calibrate the wheel while having it
connected to my MonsterSound gameport, the brake and gas work and calibrate
fine along with the steering wheel but when I go to play racing sims, the
gas and brake do not respond.
I also have installed a Thrustmaster ACM gamecard. When I plug the steering
wheel into the ACM the status within my joystick port icon says that it is
"unplugged" or "not connected". If I remove my T2 and then plug my
FlightStick Pro it says the status is "OK" even though it is not a steering
wheel. I can calibrate and use the Flightstick with my ACM without a
problem. Howcome I cannot get my T2 to work correctly??? I would seem that
this problem showed up some time after I installed DirectX 5. I also
installed that Thrustmaster joystick control program but that reacts the
same way as the DirectX 5 joystick panel does.
Another thing that has been confusing me is when I switch back to using the
ACM card, I have to select the device driver. In the window it shows the
MonsterSound Gameport and the other option is Standard Gameport. Is this
correct??? Should it say something about the Thrustmaster gameport?
To sum up, My steering wheel works fine but my brake and gas do not respond
when playing sims. However, they do respond when I am in the calibrating
session and plugged into the MonsterSound game port. Only when I have the
T2 connected to my MonsterSound gameport does the status on the T2 appear
"OK" If I connect it to my ACM it says "unplugged" and I cannot calibrate
it. I am having this problem with all my racing sims. ICR2, Nascar2 and
GP2, along with the CPR demo.
PLEASE HELP!!! I want to be able to use my brake and gas with the CPR demo.
System specs:
DirectX 5 installed
SuperMicro P5 STE 512 cache
MonsterSound
AWE 32 non PnP joystick port disabled.
Monster 3d
Sierra Screaming 3d
64 MB of EDO
etc....
I use a T2 with CART PR and it works great. Getting it setup was kind of
tricky. We put specific steps for the T2 & several other wheels in the CART
PR README.TXT. Try following those steps.
Also, I saw another posting about the Thrustmaster NASCAR Pro wheel/pedals.
I have one of these as well & it too works great with CART PR (again, see
instructions in the readme for configuring it - you have to do some pertty
non-obvious stuff).
Good luck!
Eric.
