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Thrustmaster F1

3 posts by 3 people · 18 Oct 1998 - 18 Oct 1998

Hi Found of cars and racing simulation, I recently invested in a TM Formula 1 racing wheel. It works nicely and emphasises the sensations by hard driving. Nevertheless, I get surprised as Win 95 does not recognises it as being connected. I moved to Win 98 two weeks ago, and same result. However the wheel is correctly managed by games running in DOS even launched from Win 95/98: Need For Speed, NFS II SE, Europress RAC Rally. Any idea would be welcome. Please contact me through Email. Have fun --------------------- Regards / Salutations Herv NICOLLE
% Hi % Found of cars and racing simulation, I recently invested in a TM Formula 1 % racing wheel. % It works nicely and emphasises the sensations by hard driving. % Nevertheless, I get surprised as Win 95 does not recognises it as being % connected. I moved to Win 98 two weeks ago, and same result. % However the wheel is correctly managed by games running in DOS even launched % from Win 95/98: Need For Speed, NFS II SE, Europress RAC Rally. % Any idea would be welcome. I have seen this happen and don't have a good reason for it. Sometimes I need to unconnect the Wheel and then remove it from the Games Controller. Then I plug in a simple joystick and select it in the Games Controller. Then unplug the joystick and plug the wheel back in and the select in in the Games Controller. Also, it is necessary for the wheel to be the first device listed in the Games Controller (it might even be safer to delete all other devices until you get it recognized. You are selecting the device that matches the way your pedals are set? (Sorry for the blatant question, I am not implying that you are an idiot, but trying to cover the basics...) -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Michael, I think that he is not even getting a chance to select the wheel in the controllers list (it isn't listed in W95/98). I suggested to him to go and get the Pro Panel software from Thrustmaster's website.Once I installed that, all my "controller" problems disappeared...not only for N2 but the other games he listed as well. One neat thing I have found out also is that Pro Panel works great with my first edition ECCI as well. I just select a NASCAR Pro w/combined pedals and it picks it up great. Now I can use my ECCI with Windows 95/98 native arcade racers as well (without messing it up in N2). Sometimes even I can stumble onto something<G>! Jim Grayson
Quoted text (10 lines)>I have seen this happen and don't have a good reason for it. Sometimes >I need to unconnect the Wheel and then remove it from the Games >Controller. Then I plug in a simple joystick and select it in the Games >Controller. Then unplug the joystick and plug the wheel back in and the >select in in the Games Controller. Also, it is necessary for the wheel >to be the first device listed in the Games Controller (it might even be >safer to delete all other devices until you get it recognized. You are >selecting the device that matches the way your pedals are set? (Sorry >for the blatant question, I am not implying that you are an idiot, but >trying to cover the basics...)

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