I just finished replacing my SoundBlaster live value with a monster mx300.
Went into N3, set reflections to all and tried to play game. Everything
fired up, sound was great, but stepped on gas and nothing ...Dohhh forget to
calibrate my T2 after changing cards.
So I went to control panel, game controller(Win95), and calibrated the
wheel. The system saw it was there, and I thought "its all good". Also went
into Thrustmaster propanel and ran their calibration procedure ...again
fine. Fired up N3, went to options and calibrated there also ....looked ok.
Went to the track, rolled down pit road ....all seemed fine. Through T1 and
T2, all okay. Bout half way down the backstretch, it felt like when you hit
a patch of ice .... into 3 okay middle of track. Just before got through T4
car dives low to apron. Hmmmm
I continue round the track, experiencing what seems to be "slipping" of the
car to the left. Get in some traffic and its seems worse (could be my
imagination). So I figure I will recalibrate in the game. Did ....ran laps
and no help.
Thought it may have something to do with the reflections being on, so I turn
them off, run some laps, and it seems a bit better but still not good enough
for multiplayer close quarters racing. Never saw this problem prior to
making the sound card switch.
I am running a Celeron 400, 64mb ram, RivaTNT Blaster w/16mb.
My questions are:
1. Since I am using the game port on the sound card, could that be the
problem. I think I have an old Thrustmaster game card laying around from N2
days. Could the port be bad.
2. What are the symptoms of failing pots in a wheel. This wheel is at
least 4 years old ...and have only had to replace the accelerator pedal
spring. Could pots work fine one day, and be this poor the next.
3. Those of you using the mx300, have you noticed a difference in steering
when the reflections are turned on. What do most of you have them set at.
4. Is anyone using the Thrustmaster digital wheel. I saw one at Sams Club
for $69 that had a $20 rebate ....Is it a deal at $50.
Anyone having any suggestions, I would very much appreciate hearing from
you.
Thank you
Make sure you have the updated drivers from Diamond's web site. You
also may want to uninstal Nascar 3 and then reinstall it after a
reboot. Make sure to remove your T2 from the game controllers menu,
and then reinstall it after rebooting. You could also experiment with
the Direct X or generic controllers. One thing I generally do is to
reinstall a game after adding a new *** device, like a sound card
or new graphics card. Not necessary, but found it can keep hardware
conflicts down.
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>I just finished replacing my SoundBlaster live value with a monster mx300. >Went into N3, set reflections to all and tried to play game. Everything >fired up, sound was great, but stepped on gas and nothing ...Dohhh forget to >calibrate my T2 after changing cards. >My questions are: >1. Since I am using the game port on the sound card, could that be the >problem. I think I have an old Thrustmaster game card laying around from N2 >days. Could the port be bad. >2. What are the symptoms of failing pots in a wheel. This wheel is at >least 4 years old ...and have only had to replace the accelerator pedal >spring. Could pots work fine one day, and be this poor the next. >3. Those of you using the mx300, have you noticed a difference in steering >when the reflections are turned on. What do most of you have them set at. >4. Is anyone using the Thrustmaster digital wheel. I saw one at Sams Club >for $69 that had a $20 rebate ....Is it a deal at $50. >Anyone having any suggestions, I would very much appreciate hearing from >you. >Thank youI have the same problem with my Thrustmaster Sprint connected to a sblive...
On Thrustmaster`s homepage, the problem (known as "drifting") was :New
powerful soundcards that delivers low voltage to the gameport.
Rolf
