Wheel help Needed !

Hey RAS experts ! I have had a Thrustmaster (aka TM) sprint wheel for about 6 months and It constantly needs re-calibrating in N3 and both steering and gas will spike real easy. Therefore,last week, I called three mail order houses (and three local stores) and it was back-ordered at all of the places I called. I went on a business trip Friday and dropped in on the CompUSA in Oklahoma City, They did not have any sprint wheels but they had a "CompUSA" brand wheel with Paddles (paddles are required) for only $ 29.00 called a "Formula Racing Wheel" Therefore I bought it to use until I can find a TM Sprint wheel. Anyway, the instructions say to set it up in the Win98 control panel as a "TM Formula T1/T2 with Adapter".It doesn't have any thing to hold it down except its weight (its heavier than a Sprint/GP1" wheel ! ) and 4 suction cups. It stays pretty steady but I wanted to know how do you guys that have a TN T1 and T2 clamp it to the computer stand ????? I thought about drilling two holes in it and putting BIG two wall anchors/bolts in it to hold but I wanted to check with those Sim racers still using a TM T1/T2 !!! Please email me if anyone has any suggestions to hold it down !!!!! THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tim A. Deatherage "Admitted Sim ***"

On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 02:12:20 -0500, "Tim A. Deatherage"

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>Hey RAS experts ! >I have had a Thrustmaster (aka TM) sprint wheel for about 6 months and It >constantly needs re-calibrating in N3 and both steering and gas will spike >real easy. Therefore,last week, I called three mail order houses (and three >local stores) and it was back-ordered at all of the places I called. >I went on a business trip Friday and dropped in on the CompUSA in Oklahoma >City, They did not have any sprint wheels but they had a "CompUSA" brand >wheel with Paddles (paddles are required) for only $ 29.00 called a "Formula >Racing Wheel" Therefore I bought it to use until I can find a TM Sprint >wheel. Anyway, the instructions say to set it up in the Win98 control panel >as a "TM Formula T1/T2 with Adapter".It doesn't have any thing to hold it >down except its weight (its heavier than a Sprint/GP1" wheel ! ) and 4 >suction cups. >It stays pretty steady but I wanted to know how do you guys that have a TN >T1 and T2 clamp it to the computer stand ????? I thought about drilling two >holes in it and putting BIG two wall anchors/bolts in it to hold >but I wanted to check with those Sim racers still using a TM T1/T2 !!! >Please email me if anyone has any suggestions to hold it down !!!!!

Duct tape?? :) The T2 has clamps and suction cups to hold it down. The T1 had velcro strips >THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >Tim A. Deatherage >"Admitted Sim ***" Skotty Flynn webmaster - http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com "skotty" on TEN and WON