ACT LABS Force RS USB Q's

I just picked up my first FF wheel and I'm getting the hang of it in GPL. You guys were right. They did a great job on the FF in that sim. I can't say I'm real crazy about the pedals of the RS though. They are a little sticky and rub where they pass through the case. I tried to put a little lube on it and it didn't help much. Anybody have any other suggestions? The way it is right now there is no way to be precise with pedal movement and in this sim that's not a good thing. Also, for you guys that have had a Force for a while, have you done any tweaking on the force settings that worked out well? Thanks!

I read somewhere on here that after a week or so of use that problem goes away. I am trying to decide which wheel to purchase this weekend and I'm leaning towards the ACT Labs device. I've read that a lot of the people are not happy with the pedals on the Logitech wheel, complaining of them being to sensitive. And on the other side of the coin I've read that the paddles on the ACT wheel are pretty much useless. But ACT is coming out with a new shifter soon so that's not a big concern. Keep us posted (pun intended) of how it turns out. Sondog

If you have an older wheel with pedals you like more, you can have both wheels turned on in Windows (notice all those extra slots for other game controllers?) Put the FF wheel in the first slot and the old gameport wheel/pedals in the other. GPL will notice all the different axes connected to the game (there is a "next page" button on the calibration dialog). You can then use your older pedals along with the FF wheel. That is what I'm doing. As far as whether the RS pedals smooth out after a week, I don't think so. I've been using the RS pedals for TOCA 2 almost constantly (since it doesn' see all those axes) and they still bind up, but then I haven't taken any measures yet to fix the problem (vaseline, oil or whatever) Randy

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>I read somewhere on here that after a week or so of use that problem goes >away. I am trying to decide which wheel to purchase this weekend and I'm >leaning towards the ACT Labs device. I've read that a lot of the people are >not happy with the pedals on the Logitech wheel, complaining of them being >to sensitive. And on the other side of the coin I've read that the paddles >on the ACT wheel are pretty much useless. But ACT is coming out with a new >shifter soon so that's not a big concern. Keep us posted (pun intended) of >how it turns out. >Sondog >> I just picked up my first FF wheel and I'm getting the hang of it in >> GPL. You guys were right. They did a great job on the FF in that >> sim. I can't say I'm real crazy about the pedals of the RS though. >> They are a little sticky and rub where they pass through the case. I >> tried to put a little lube on it and it didn't help much. Anybody >> have any other suggestions? The way it is right now there is no way >> to be precise with pedal movement and in this sim that's not a good >> thing. >> Also, for you guys that have had a Force for a while, have you done >> any tweaking on the force settings that worked out well? >> Thanks!

Randy Magruder http://members.home.com/rmagruder

>I read somewhere on here that after a week or so of use that problem goes >away. I am trying to decide which wheel to purchase this weekend and I'm >leaning towards the ACT Labs device. I've read that a lot of the people are >not happy with the pedals on the Logitech wheel, complaining of them being >to sensitive. And on the other side of the coin I've read that the paddles I find the Logitech pedals to be very precise in GPL. You can feather the gas or brake. No problem. -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com >on the ACT wheel are pretty much useless. But ACT is coming out with a new >shifter soon so that's not a big concern. Keep us posted (pun intended) of >how it turns out. >Sondog >> I just picked up my first FF wheel and I'm getting the hang of it in >> GPL. You guys were right. They did a great job on the FF in that >> sim. I can't say I'm real crazy about the pedals of the RS though. >> They are a little sticky and rub where they pass through the case. I >> tried to put a little lube on it and it didn't help much. Anybody >> have any other suggestions? The way it is right now there is no way >> to be precise with pedal movement and in this sim that's not a good >> thing. >> Also, for you guys that have had a Force for a while, have you done >> any tweaking on the force settings that worked out well? >> Thanks!

> As far as whether the RS > pedals smooth out after a week, I don't think so. I've been using the > RS pedals for TOCA 2 almost constantly (since it doesn' see all those > axes) and they still bind up, but then I haven't taken any measures > yet to fix the problem (vaseline, oil or whatever) The only thing that ever helped very much for me was to open up the wheels, and loosen the nuts and bolts that hold the sliding assembly together. Even with that, they are still not perfect. I find them to be fine in any sim other than GPL because of the sensitivity it requires. -- Pat Dotson

Pat, So you tried lubricating the pedal assembly and that didn't stop them from binding up? Randy

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>> As far as whether the RS >> pedals smooth out after a week, I don't think so. I've been using the >> RS pedals for TOCA 2 almost constantly (since it doesn' see all those >> axes) and they still bind up, but then I haven't taken any measures >> yet to fix the problem (vaseline, oil or whatever) >The only thing that ever helped very much for me was >to open up the wheels, and loosen the nuts and bolts >that hold the sliding assembly together. Even with >that, they are still not perfect. I find them to be >fine in any sim other than GPL because of the >sensitivity it requires.

Randy Magruder http://members.home.com/rmagruder

Hi gary..yeah those pedals are toss! I took the wiring harness off the pedals and soldered the damn thing to my thrusty pedals...now i've got good split axis pedals! If i could do it you can too!...jv

>I find the Logitech pedals to be very precise in GPL. You can >feather the gas or brake. No problem. The Logitech pedals are bad. I've an Hyperstimulator, and the Logitech FF wheel. You just can't compare the pedals. For example, people, when driving in an Hyper for the first time, always believe the brakepedal is stuck. And that's correct, the travel is 15mm at most. You've to press real hard to make it move. With the Logitech however, you can't feel how much you pressed the pedal. You've to brake on clues provided by the ga..err sim, not on the feedback provided by the pedals. Ok, I know in the end you know how much you should press the pedal to archieve the right result, but that will, unlike the Hyper, vary from game to game.... Remco

Thanks for the suggestions guys! Yes, I was thinking about taking my Thrustmaster pedals and hooking them up to it. First I'm going to pop the RS ones apart and see if I can smooth them out a little. Other than this problem the wheel rocks. Gary Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.