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F1RS steering problems

10 posts by 7 people · 22 Apr 1998 - 02 May 1998

Joe McGinn 22 Apr 1998#406076
Decised to get F1 RS. Is the steering supposed to be so twitchy/uncontrollable at high speeds? (Using a T2 wheel.) Seems oK at low speeds, but at high speeds the wheel seems to acquire a large dead zone, outside of which the steering is very twitchy and tends to lurch the car suddenly. Joe
% Decised to get F1 RS. Is the steering supposed to be so % twitchy/uncontrollable at high speeds? (Using a T2 wheel.) Seems oK at % low speeds, but at high speeds the wheel seems to acquire a large dead % zone, outside of which the steering is very twitchy and tends to lurch % the car suddenly. Patch it to level 1.08 (somewhere in in the patch progression there was a fix for the steering). Also get Thrustmaster's ProPanel applet and use it to calibrate your wheel in Win95 ftp://208.129.210.78/pub/library/calibration/propanelv11.exe -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Joe McGinn 23 Apr 1998#406229
Thanks Michael, done both of those (the 1.08 patch did seem to improve it somewhat). Maybe I just need more practice. BTW, when does the next F1 season start? I've never been a big fan, but now that I can drive the courses in such a realistic renditin I think I'd like to watch some races. Joe
Hi Joe: The next race, 4th this season, is on April 27th. San Marino. If you want to know what the drivers are doing, uh, if you want to THINK you know what the drivers are doing, start practicing now. I do think driving a race, I like full length races, is a good study of a track. I wish the TV coverage included more time with in-car shots. Larry
Joe McGinn 23 Apr 1998#406231
> The next race, 4th this season, is on April 27th. San Marino. > If you want to know what the drivers are doing, uh, if you want >to THINK you know what the drivers are doing, start practicing now. I don't think I'll get that far - I'll settle for being familiar with the track! ;-) Joe
> BTW, when does the next >F1 season start? I've never been a big fan, but now that I can drive >the courses in such a realistic renditin I think I'd like to watch >some races. It's already going, three races in. First two with Hakkinen-Coultard 1-2 for McLaren. Last race was Schumacher-Hakkinen. Next race is Imola this Sunday.
Leo Landman 26 Apr 1998#406595
This is because Windows creates a 5% neutral zone around the center of your steering. This is way too much. You can decrease this by downloading dxdzfix.exe (from many sites) which will change your Windows' dinput.dll and allow you to set the neutral zone to zero. This brings back the GP2 steering feel. It completely transforms driving in F1RS! Good luck, Leo Landman
Leo Landman 29 Apr 1998#406888
I located it by typing DXDZFIX in the search window of Yahoo. Dozens of download sites will show up.
> I looked extensively for dxdzfix.exe without success. Anyone know where this > can be obtained? I mailed to that www.f1rasingsim.com guy that he's missing it and you can probably get it already from there. If not, just look trough the F1RS sites, I found it on a foreign site. Can't remember the URL.

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