Well this one is so obivious this must be some kind of joke, but I'll bite.
Upper right hand corner in the setup screen you'll see Steering Ratio.
Bob
Go into the car setup screen, there is a slider for the steering ratio.
Move this to a higher value to give less turn of the front wheels for a
given steering wheel input.
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> x-no-archive: yes > Help! How do I reduce the steering lock on GPL? > After many years of sim racing, I had a revelation type experience over > steering lock, in Viper Racing. > I found that I was very inconsistent in racing sims, and this frustrated > me. I couldn't understand why, so put it down to the lack of feel. > Then, along came Force Feedback. Whilst this improved the situation, I > was still more inconsistent that I expected to be. > One day, I realised that I was only using a very tiny portion of the > available steering lock on my steering wheel (MSFF), so I adjusted the > steering lock (in Viper Racing) from 20 degrees to 10 degrees... > Suddenly my driving dramatically improved, and I was able to put in lap > after lap, with no problems. I would occasionally have a moment, but > invariably recovered. > Now I've started playing GPL properly, since the 1.2 patch, and have > come across the same problem. So I went to the car setup to reduce my > steering lock, but I can't adjust it! > I've tried playing with the linearity, but I need it to be fully linear, > otherwise I get all confused. I can't believe that so many other things > are adjustable, but steering lock isn't! I _must_ have missed something > - please help. > R.Neil,
Isn't this the other way round: The higher the ratio the more the front wheels
actually turn at a given steering wheel input?
Jan.
> Go into the car setup screen, there is a slider for the steering ratio.
> Move this to a higher value to give less turn of the front wheels for a
> given steering wheel input.
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Nope Neal he's correct. The higher the ratio the slower the wheel will
turn for a given input.
just like in a transmission. 1st gear can be as much as a 4:1 ratio
4th gear is typically 1:1 ratio so the driveshaft is spinning faster at
a given RPM in fourth gear than it will in first.
hope this explaination will clear this up. DBH
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Go into the car setup screen, there is a slider for the steering ratio.
Move this to a higher value to give less turn of the front wheels for a
given steering wheel input.
The slider is a linearity adjustment, not a ratio adj. sorry.
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> x-no-archive: yes > Help! How do I reduce the steering lock on GPL? > After many years of sim racing, I had a revelation type experience over > steering lock, in Viper Racing. > I found that I was very inconsistent in racing sims, and this frustrated > me. I couldn't understand why, so put it down to the lack of feel. > Then, along came Force Feedback. Whilst this improved the situation, I > was still more inconsistent that I expected to be. > One day, I realised that I was only using a very tiny portion of the > available steering lock on my steering wheel (MSFF), so I adjusted the > steering lock (in Viper Racing) from 20 degrees to 10 degrees... > Suddenly my driving dramatically improved, and I was able to put in lap > after lap, with no problems. I would occasionally have a moment, but > invariably recovered. > Now I've started playing GPL properly, since the 1.2 patch, and have > come across the same problem. So I went to the car setup to reduce my > steering lock, but I can't adjust it! > I've tried playing with the linearity, but I need it to be fully linear, > otherwise I get all confused. I can't believe that so many other things > are adjustable, but steering lock isn't! I _must_ have missed something > - please help. > R.Jan; Not as far as I know 20:1 is hardly any turn & 10:1 is alot!
Cheers Thom_j.
> Neil,
> Isn't this the other way round: The higher the ratio the more the front wheels
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> actually turn at a given steering wheel input? > Jan. > > Go into the car setup screen, there is a slider for the steering ratio. > > Move this to a higher value to give less turn of the front wheels for a > > given steering wheel input.But Michael, by default the steering ratio adjust the steering lock.
Since the rtation of your wheel is fixed, raising the steering ratio
will decrease the amount the front wheels move, hence less lock to lock
movement.
The low speed steering ratio boost may effect this, but you can of
course turn this off in the core.ini. It would not effect the steering
ratio or lock past 60 mph in any case.
Kevin Caldwell
Calgary, Canada
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> The steering lock is not adjustable in GPL. :( The only things you can > adjust is the steering ratio (how much turn of the wheel equals how fast > the front wheels turn) and the lineerity (joy stick vrs steering > wheel). > -- > ========================================= > Mike Barlow of Barlow Racing? > ========================================= > http://members.xoom.com/BarlowRacing/ > Racing online with the help of...... > Race Communications Association > Holodyne Engineering > Mystic Music > (have Your !!Name/Address!! placed here)Page 37 of the Racing Companion.
"Steering Ratio: A ratio that represents the number of degrees of
steering wheel movement (the first value) that are required to
achieve one degree of front wheel deflection. Lower numbers give
faster steering response and slightly increased maximum wheel deflection."
--
Don Scurlock
Vancouver,B.C.
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What about the steering ratio option in the set-up screen?
8-)
*Peter* - http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html
