Please help if you know what is wrong with my GPL set up. I have a
PowerSpec with the 400 mhz Celeron running a 16 meg VooDoo Banshee
graphics card. The following problem happens when I play GPL. As
soon as I fire up the game and am in the practice session I see the
drivers hands shaking slightly back and forth. It increases as I
increase the amount of linearity of the controller. This driver hand
shake causes driving to be very difficult as I like driving with a
very linear setup. There, the shake is highest. Some have related
this to me as a heat problem but it happens just as soon as I turn on
my PC. There isnt time for heat build up there. Also, I use an Ultra
PC racer as a controller. Today I tried using a friends controller
and the same thing happens. One thing I noticed is that the shaking
stops when there is no controller attached. It returns the second
that a controller is plugged in.
Is this a bad sound card? The PC has a ESS 1869 sound chip.
How can I stop this problem? It has really destroyed the fun of this
game. This PC is only a few months old!
Please help!
thanks,
tom
I'm not sure if it's the exact problem I had, but my sound card game
port gave me the worst case of joystick drift I've EVER seen. If
that's your problem, a PDPI L4 digital game card will solve the
problem. If you'd like to see my review of the PDPI board, check out
this URL:
http://irlinsider.adnetweb.com/sims/pdpi/
Enjoy!
-- John Bodin
Publisher, The IRL Insider Magazine
http://irlinsider.adnetweb.com/
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>Please help if you know what is wrong with my GPL set up. I have a >PowerSpec with the 400 mhz Celeron running a 16 meg VooDoo Banshee >graphics card. The following problem happens when I play GPL. As >soon as I fire up the game and am in the practice session I see the >drivers hands shaking slightly back and forth. It increases as I >increase the amount of linearity of the controller. This driver hand >shake causes driving to be very difficult as I like driving with a >very linear setup. There, the shake is highest. Some have related >this to me as a heat problem but it happens just as soon as I turn on >my PC. There isnt time for heat build up there. Also, I use an Ultra >PC racer as a controller. Today I tried using a friends controller >and the same thing happens. One thing I noticed is that the shaking >stops when there is no controller attached. It returns the second >that a controller is plugged in. >Is this a bad sound card? The PC has a ESS 1869 sound chip. >How can I stop this problem? It has really destroyed the fun of this >game. This PC is only a few months old! >Please help! >thanks, >tomI used to get that on my T2 but a SBLive! eliminated it. The Quick fix I
used to use was to leave the cover of my T2 permanently unscrewed and heat
the pots with a hairdryer until the shaking stopped. This needed to be done
each time out. I may seem like a pain but it worked.
The HotSeat
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~sf5j-rdyn/
The key to prevent handshaking is to
stop drinking Jack Daniels for 1~2 weeks
and regular sleep........................it works for me.
Seriously the problem is the soundcard
go to control panel, multimedia and some
where in there enable "DMA "
shutdown, power off and restart
you should have steady hands by then.
| I'm not sure if it's the exact problem I had, but my sound card game
| port gave me the worst case of joystick drift I've EVER seen. If
| that's your problem, a PDPI L4 digital game card will solve the
| problem. If you'd like to see my review of the PDPI board, check out
Jiawei)
|
| >Please help if you know what is wrong with my GPL set up. I have a
| >PowerSpec with the 400 mhz Celeron running a 16 meg VooDoo Banshee
| >graphics card. The following problem happens when I play GPL. As
| >soon as I fire up the game and am in the practice session I see the
| >drivers hands shaking slightly back and forth. It increases as I
| >increase the amount of linearity of the controller. This driver hand
| >shake causes driving to be very difficult as I like driving with a
| >very linear setup. There, the shake is highest. Some have related
| >this to me as a heat problem but it happens just as soon as I turn on
| >my PC. There isnt time for heat build up there. Also, I use an Ultra
| >PC racer as a controller. Today I tried using a friends controller
| >and the same thing happens. One thing I noticed is that the shaking
| >stops when there is no controller attached. It returns the second
| >that a controller is plugged in.
| >
| >Is this a bad sound card? The PC has a ESS 1869 sound chip.
| >
| >How can I stop this problem? It has really destroyed the fun of this
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| this URL: | | http://irlinsider.adnetweb.com/sims/pdpi/ | | Enjoy! | | -- John Bodin | Publisher, The IRL Insider Magazine | http://irlinsider.adnetweb.com/ |Quoted text (13 lines)
| >game. This PC is only a few months old! | > | >Please help! | > | >thanks, | > | >tom | > | > | > | |Quoted text (23 lines)
> Please help if you know what is wrong with my GPL set up. I have a > PowerSpec with the 400 mhz Celeron running a 16 meg VooDoo Banshee > graphics card. The following problem happens when I play GPL. As > soon as I fire up the game and am in the practice session I see the > drivers hands shaking slightly back and forth. It increases as I > increase the amount of linearity of the controller. This driver > hand > shake causes driving to be very difficult as I like driving with a > very linear setup. There, the shake is highest. Some have related > this to me as a heat problem but it happens just as soon as I turn > on > my PC. There isnt time for heat build up there. Also, I use an > Ultra > PC racer as a controller. Today I tried using a friends controller > and the same thing happens. One thing I noticed is that the shaking > stops when there is no controller attached. It returns the second > that a controller is plugged in. > Is this a bad sound card? The PC has a ESS 1869 sound chip. > How can I stop this problem? It has really destroyed the fun of > this > game. This PC is only a few months old!It might be your game port but it might also be your controller.....
I had a Saitek R4 wheel and that had the shakes really badly (also yanked
the steering left evrytime I braked)
I exchanged it recently for a ThrustmasterFormula 1 (same as a Nascar Pro) -
end of shakes....
I.
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> Please help if you know what is wrong with my GPL set up. I have a > PowerSpec with the 400 mhz Celeron running a 16 meg VooDoo Banshee > graphics card. The following problem happens when I play GPL. As > soon as I fire up the game and am in the practice session I see the > drivers hands shaking slightly back and forth. It increases as I > increase the amount of linearity of the controller. This driver hand > shake causes driving to be very difficult as I like driving with a > very linear setup. There, the shake is highest. Some have related > this to me as a heat problem but it happens just as soon as I turn on > my PC. There isnt time for heat build up there. Also, I use an Ultra > PC racer as a controller. Today I tried using a friends controller > and the same thing happens. One thing I noticed is that the shaking > stops when there is no controller attached. It returns the second > that a controller is plugged in. > Is this a bad sound card? The PC has a ESS 1869 sound chip. > How can I stop this problem? It has really destroyed the fun of this > game. This PC is only a few months old! > Please help! > thanks, > tomThe PDPI L4 game port is the best thing since
sliced bread. Short of 3d accelerators, I don't
think there has been a bigger advancement in
technology that improves PC simulations. The
PDPI card eliminates all joystick jitter in
Win9X applications.
I originally turned off the wheel and arms in
GPL because of all the joystick jitter. With
the PDPI card, the wheel is perfectly solid,
but I decided I don't like having the wheel
on anyway :)
If you don't have one, *get one*!
--
Pat Dotson
IMPACT Motorsports
http://www.impactmotorsports.com/pd.html
trie in the game controller setup to switch "poll with interrupts" off, if this
doesnt work it might be the soundchip (I had the same problem with a Diamond
sonic impact S70, which was exchanged (by Diamond) to a S90, now everithing is
fine. ) You could also trie a digital Yoystick (microsoft or so) in digital
mode, they dont read the potentiometers analog, but transmit digital data
through the MPU401 (this is the midi Port).
twitchy...i have a wicked 3d 12 mg
turn sounds down to 8 and it smooths out
