Thrustmaster Nascar ProDigital 2 3-axis w/GPL or Racer on XP??

I'm trying to get my new Thurstmaster Nascar Pro Digital 2 (USB) wheel to work in split axis mode with GPL. I'm running on XP using the unsupported GPL D3D driver. I've downloaded the 4.0.2 version of Thrustmapper. When I select the GPL split-axis profile in Thrustmapper, GPL sees the wheel buttons but none of the axes. Also, I can't get it to work at all with Racer (using the 3-axis config file that comes with the default download). Has anyone gotten this to work with a similar configuration? Thanks for any help. Ed

"Ed Dennison" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I'm trying to get my new Thurstmaster Nascar Pro Digital 2 (USB) wheel > to work in split axis mode with GPL. > > I'm running on XP using the unsupported GPL D3D driver. I've > downloaded the 4.0.2 version of Thrustmapper. > > When I select the GPL split-axis profile in Thrustmapper, GPL sees the > wheel buttons but none of the axes. > > Also, I can't get it to work at all with Racer (using the 3-axis > config file that comes with the default download). > > Has anyone gotten this to work with a similar configuration? > > Thanks for any help. > > Ed

Ed, Good luck. I owned the same wheel. I still have it, in fact, but don't use it. I had the damndest time trying to get split axis to work, or any kind of axis for that matter. I finally gave up on the wheel and Thrustmaster, whose drivers are awful and whose support is abominable. Sorry I can't help; but do yourself a favor and get a Logitech Wheel. I have the LWFF (USB) and it works perfectly. The drivers for the wheel are nice, also. Alanb

"Alan Bernardo" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:xJDdb.451454$Oz4.258349@rwcrnsc54:

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> > "Ed Dennison" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... >> I'm trying to get my new Thurstmaster Nascar Pro Digital 2 (USB) >> wheel to work in split axis mode with GPL. >> >> I'm running on XP using the unsupported GPL D3D driver. I've >> downloaded the 4.0.2 version of Thrustmapper. >> >> When I select the GPL split-axis profile in Thrustmapper, GPL sees >> the wheel buttons but none of the axes. >> >> Also, I can't get it to work at all with Racer (using the 3-axis >> config file that comes with the default download). >> >> Has anyone gotten this to work with a similar configuration? >> >> Thanks for any help. >> >> Ed > > Ed, > > Good luck. I owned the same wheel. I still have it, in fact, but > don't use it. I had the damndest time trying to get split axis to > work, or any kind of axis for that matter. > > I finally gave up on the wheel and Thrustmaster, whose drivers are > awful and whose support is abominable. > > Sorry I can't help; but do yourself a favor and get a Logitech Wheel. > I have the LWFF (USB) and it works perfectly. The drivers for the > wheel are nice, also. > > Alanb > >

I've broken two Logi wheels..one LWFF by trying to 'Fix' it and make it better...don't ask me to help build a house...and the 2nd was a very nice Momo that started making terrible grinding noises. So now I'm back on the old NPD2 Thrustmaster and it works just fine in split axis(no FF of course) :( And this is with Win98se not XP. With the TM profiler, make sure you load up the GPL 3 axis preset. You should be able to test it in windows and in the profiler. THen in GPL make sure you choose the DIRECTX controller box, not the Papyrus Alternate/generic method. Finally make sure you are seeing all your axis in GPL, there might be an arrow at the bottom of the calibration screen. Good Luck dave henrie

Well, all I have is an old T2 wheel, but I suggest you make a custom joystick configuration with 3 axes and see if it will recognize the different axes that way. Maybe that approach won't work with usb devices, I dunno. rms