f1rs: yet more questions

Hello all, I realize f1rs has had a lot said about it already, but I still have more questions. After not figuring out the french demo about a month ago and quickly tossing it, I got the english demo tonight (the 11 separate files are torturous). I was almost surprised to have no problems getting the thing to run, because of all that's been said about it and because of my 'homebuilt' cyrix system (not that it has problems with other programs). Anyway, my questions are: 1) what's up with the throttle? I turned 'sensitivity' up to 100% and hit f7 for manual transmission, yet from a standing start I slam the throttle and cannot 'peel out' at all. I feel like I'm not really in control. 2) There's a giant 'dead center' in my steering control using the joystick. I don't see this in any other games, but only the last 20% or so of throw to each end (right/left) actually controls the steering. Hence I have poor right/left control and it just doesn't feel right. Thanks for any help, Rob.

I haven't really taken much notice to the steering, but the wheel spin or lack of it is due to the demo having the easy options turned on. The game is much better and harder to control.

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> Hello all, > I realize f1rs has had a lot said about it already, but I still have more > questions. > After not figuring out the french demo about a month ago and quickly tossing > it, > I got the english demo tonight (the 11 separate files are torturous). > I was almost surprised to have no problems getting the thing to run, because > of all > that's been said about it and because of my 'homebuilt' cyrix system (not > that it > has problems with other programs). > Anyway, my questions are: > 1) what's up with the throttle? I turned 'sensitivity' up to 100% and hit > f7 for manual > transmission, yet from a standing start I slam the throttle and cannot 'peel > out' at all. > I feel like I'm not really in control. > 2) There's a giant 'dead center' in my steering control using the joystick. > I don't see this in any other > games, but only the last 20% or so of throw to each end (right/left) > actually controls the > steering. Hence I have poor right/left control and it just doesn't feel > right. > Thanks for any help, > Rob.

-- Thank You Marc Johnson Outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. Inside a dog, it is too dark to read -Mark Twain

I appreciate the reply. From what I gather, the game really is better. Judging by the demos alone, I would have liked precision racing better than f1rs. But All the things said on this ng have given me reason to believe differently. rob. >I haven't really taken much notice to the steering, but the wheel spin or lack >of it is due to the demo having the easy options turned on. The game is much

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>better and harder to control. >> Hello all, >> I realize f1rs has had a lot said about it already, but I still have more >> questions. >> After not figuring out the french demo about a month ago and quickly

tossing >> it, >> I got the english demo tonight (the 11 separate files are torturous). >> I was almost surprised to have no problems getting the thing to run, because

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>> of all >> that's been said about it and because of my 'homebuilt' cyrix system (not >> that it >> has problems with other programs). >> Anyway, my questions are: >> 1) what's up with the throttle? I turned 'sensitivity' up to 100% and

hit >> f7 for manual >> transmission, yet from a standing start I slam the throttle and cannot 'peel >> out' at all. >> I feel like I'm not really in control. >> 2) There's a giant 'dead center' in my steering control using the joystick.

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>> I don't see this in any other >> games, but only the last 20% or so of throw to each end (right/left) >> actually controls the >> steering. Hence I have poor right/left control and it just doesn't feel >> right. >> Thanks for any help, >> Rob. >-- >Thank You >Marc Johnson >Outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. Inside a dog, it is too

dark >to read -Mark Twain

Just got the demo downloaded and installed, fairly impressed so far, little dissappointed in the sound though. I have noticed I have to set my controls for my T2 every time I launch the demo, does the full version have the ability to save your controls so you don't have to do this each time? -- Don Burnette I-65 Racing Dburn on Ten AOLL Iroc Series Administrator

Yes this was my problem with the demo also. The good news is that id does save the settings.

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> Just got the demo downloaded and installed, fairly impressed so far, little > dissappointed in the sound though. I have noticed I have to set my controls > for my T2 every time I launch the demo, does the full version have the > ability to save your controls so you don't have to do this each time? > -- > Don Burnette > I-65 Racing > Dburn on Ten > AOLL Iroc Series Administrator > > I appreciate the reply. From what I gather, the game really is better. > > Judging by the demos alone, I would have liked precision racing better > than > > f1rs. But All the things said on this ng have given me reason to believe > > differently.

-- Thank You Marc Johnson Outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. Inside a dog, it is too dark to read -Mark Twain

I too have downloaded the English demo, and was somewhat disappointed with the "realism" ie unable to wheel-spin or lock-up. I asked in this newsgroup a few weeks ago whether this was normal, and was assured that in the full version, it is easier to wheel-spin/lock-up than GP2. I think that the demo only allows you to play in "easy" rather than "realistic" mode in the main menu - you will notice that you can't click the realistic option. In my opinion, its crazy that the demo for a simulation, only gives you an arcade type mode - how are you meant to determine if it is a good sim?

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> Hello all, > I realize f1rs has had a lot said about it already, but I still have more > questions. > After not figuring out the french demo about a month ago and quickly tossing > it, > I got the english demo tonight (the 11 separate files are torturous). > I was almost surprised to have no problems getting the thing to run, because > of all > that's been said about it and because of my 'homebuilt' cyrix system (not > that it > has problems with other programs). > Anyway, my questions are: > 1) what's up with the throttle? I turned 'sensitivity' up to 100% and hit > f7 for manual > transmission, yet from a standing start I slam the throttle and cannot 'peel > out' at all. > I feel like I'm not really in control. > 2) There's a giant 'dead center' in my steering control using the joystick.

I had the same problem with my Destiny wheel when set on Jstick Change the setting s to T2 with adaptor, no dead zone anymore :) Rob

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>2) There's a giant 'dead center' in my steering control using the joystick. >I don't see this in any other >games, but only the last 20% or so of throw to each end (right/left) >actually controls the >steering. Hence I have poor right/left control and it just doesn't feel >right. >Thanks for any help, >Rob.

This has probably been mentioned several times before but are you using the DirectX5 joystick applet? And have you configured the wheel as a custom joystick with the racing wheel checkbox enabled? If its a T1 or T2, there is a Thrustmaster utility to configure the wheel. Also, there is a patch for DINPUT that allows adjusting the deadzone. (I think I saw it on www.f1racingsim.com). Just as a reference point, my TSW wheel had very tight control in Win95 but had a large deadzone in NT4 until I installed the NT4DX5 patch which made it similar to Win95's feel. Hope this helps. DS