Hi,
Just downloaded the demo of Colin McRae Rally 3 today. I have a microsoft
force feedback steering wheel. As soon as a stage is uploaded the central
tension of the steering wheel disappears. That is to say if I turn left,
for example, the steering wheel does not spring back to its central position
of its own accord. This makes the car rather difficult to steer.
Is there anything I can do about this problem? I've tried installing it to
windows XP and windows 2000, but the problem is there on both. I was going
to buy the real game, but if this problem is still there on the real game I
won't bother.
Any help much appreciated.
On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 21:25:47 +0100, "Interesting Ian"
<[email hidden]> wrote:
Download the patch for the demo. It updates the controls to that of
the retail game, which do work.
Andrew.
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>Just downloaded the demo of Colin McRae Rally 3 today. I have a microsoft >force feedback steering wheel. As soon as a stage is uploaded the central >tension of the steering wheel disappears. That is to say if I turn left, >for example, the steering wheel does not spring back to its central position >of its own accord. This makes the car rather difficult to steer. > >Is there anything I can do about this problem?
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> On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 21:25:47 +0100, "Interesting Ian"
> <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
> >Just downloaded the demo of Colin McRae Rally 3 today. I have amicrosoft
> >force feedback steering wheel. As soon as a stage is uploaded thecentral
> >tension of the steering wheel disappears. That is to say if I turn left,
> >for example, the steering wheel does not spring back to its centralposition
No I did that. You've given me a thought though. Maybe it will work if I
don't apply the patch . . hmmm
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> >of its own accord. This makes the car rather difficult to steer. > > > >Is there anything I can do about this problem? > > Download the patch for the demo. It updates the controls to that of > the retail game, which do work. > > Andrew.
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left,
Nah, doesn't work without the patch either. Oh well, forget that game! :@
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> > <aep@nospam writeme.com> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 21:25:47 +0100, "Interesting Ian" > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >Just downloaded the demo of Colin McRae Rally 3 today. I have a > microsoft > > >force feedback steering wheel. As soon as a stage is uploaded the > central > > >tension of the steering wheel disappears. That is to say if I turnQuoted text (14 lines)
> > >for example, the steering wheel does not spring back to its central > position > > >of its own accord. This makes the car rather difficult to steer. > > > > > >Is there anything I can do about this problem? > > > > Download the patch for the demo. It updates the controls to that of > > the retail game, which do work. > > > > Andrew. > > No I did that. You've given me a thought though. Maybe it will work if I > don't apply the patch . . hmmm >"Interesting Ian" wrote...
> Hi,
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Silly question, maybe, but do you actually have FFB turned on in the
game? -The CMR3 demo defaults to "off" on my computer.
Jan.
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Yes I have it turned on. Sent an e-mail to codemasters to see if they can
suggest anything.
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> "Interesting Ian" wrote... > > Hi, > > <snip> > > Silly question, maybe, but do you actually have FFB turned on in the > game? -The CMR3 demo defaults to "off" on my computer. > > Jan. > =--- >Interesting Ian wrote:
I thought it was supposed to turn the centering off, in real cars the
steering doesn't just spring back to centre unless they are moving.
I haven't tried CMR3 so I don't know for sure that's what you're referring
to.
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> "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote in > message news:EMIMa.3807$[email hidden]... >> "Interesting Ian" wrote... >>> Hi, >>> <snip> >> >> Silly question, maybe, but do you actually have FFB turned on in the >> game? -The CMR3 demo defaults to "off" on my computer. >> >> Jan. >> =--- >> > > Yes I have it turned on. Sent an e-mail to codemasters to see if > they can suggest anything.
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Well, it was ok in CMR2 and all other racing games. It's too difficult to
steer otherwise because obviously I don't know in what position the steering
wheel should be in to drive straight.
Surely it can't supposed to be like that??? :-O
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> Interesting Ian wrote: > > "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote in > > message news:EMIMa.3807$[email hidden]... > >> "Interesting Ian" wrote... > >>> Hi, > >>> <snip> > >> > >> Silly question, maybe, but do you actually have FFB turned on in the > >> game? -The CMR3 demo defaults to "off" on my computer. > >> > >> Jan. > >> =--- > >> > > > > Yes I have it turned on. Sent an e-mail to codemasters to see if > > they can suggest anything. > > I thought it was supposed to turn the centering off, in real cars the > steering doesn't just spring back to centre unless they are moving. > I haven't tried CMR3 so I don't know for sure that's what you're referring > to. >Interesting Ian wrote:
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> Well, it was ok in CMR2 and all other racing games. It's too
> difficult to steer otherwise because obviously I don't know in what
> position the steering wheel should be in to drive straight.
>
> Surely it can't supposed to be like that??? :-O
Do you drive any other sims ?
Personally, I hate automatically centering steering wheels. All the sims I
drive center the steering based on what the car is doing, which suits me
just fine :)
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