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Colin McRae: is it my steering wheel or is it realism?

2 posts by 2 people · 14 Nov 1998 - 15 Nov 1998

Hi. Finally got the CMR demo running! Got a question though: I got a Thrustmaster GP wheel. It looks as if the car doesn't always respond directly to my movements. And sometimes a little move makes a the car move more than I thought it would. It feels as if my wheel isn't functioning well. But it does work well in other games! Does CMR have a very sensitive wheel setting or is this realism? I can imagine it has something to do with all the bumps on the road: when your in the air (even for a short time) turning the wheel won't have effect. But when you do touch the ground again it certainly will. I have to say after a while it looks rather realistic (compared to other racing games where you always drive a nice smooth line...). Does anybody else have the same experience? Is this realism or is my steering wheel getting old? Jeroen
B 15 Nov 1998#434500
I have a GP1 wheel and the release version of CMR. I have found no problem with the sensitivity except if I change the setting in the car setup menu. If I set it to be high it is very twitchy on the GP1 but on medium it's ok. Also as the travel on the GP1 is, I think 180 degrees, instead of 270 for the TM2 (due to the paddles being hard to use if the wheel is turned too far) the GP1 IS more sensitive to these things. On Sat, 14 Nov 1998 20:02:34 +0100, "Jeroen van Engelenhoven"
Quoted text (18 lines)>Hi. >Finally got the CMR demo running! Got a question though: I got a >Thrustmaster GP wheel. It looks as if the car doesn't always respond >directly to my movements. And sometimes a little move makes a the car move >more than I thought it would. It feels as if my wheel isn't functioning >well. But it does work well in other games! Does CMR have a very sensitive >wheel setting or is this realism? I can imagine it has something to do with >all the bumps on the road: when your in the air (even for a short time) >turning the wheel won't have effect. But when you do touch the ground again >it certainly will. I have to say after a while it looks rather realistic >(compared to other racing games where you always drive a nice smooth >line...). >Does anybody else have the same experience? Is this realism or is my >steering wheel getting old? >Jeroen

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