Thrustmaster F1 Ferrari FF Wheel issues

Is anybody having a good time with one of these wheels? The tarmac rumble on it is so heavy that it drowns out the impulses coming from N2k2 about grip levels and so on. The latest profiler software seems to kill FF totally, meaning that you can't use button mapping with split axis unless you sacrifice FF. Also, the centre spot on it is about -20 clicks away from the actual straight setting. ATM, it just feels like a cheap PSX wheel compared to the fine control my old MS Sidewinder FF wheel offers. The difference in quality of FF is just enourmous. Have I got a bad one or is this product a turkey? Gary 'Khrest' Brown #29 God Bless America Car #29 Pepsi Car OVAL Racing UK Technical Services Admin

Turkey "Gary Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Is anybody having a good time with one of these wheels? The tarmac > rumble on it is so heavy that it drowns out the impulses coming from > N2k2 about grip levels and so on. The latest profiler software seems > to kill FF totally, meaning that you can't use button mapping with > split axis unless you sacrifice FF. Also, the centre spot on it is > about -20 clicks away from the actual straight setting. > > ATM, it just feels like a cheap PSX wheel compared to the fine control > my old MS Sidewinder FF wheel offers. The difference in quality of FF > is just enourmous. > > Have I got a bad one or is this product a turkey? > > Gary 'Khrest' Brown > #29 God Bless America Car > #29 Pepsi Car > OVAL Racing UK > Technical Services Admin

On Sun, 01 Dec 2002 22:30:31 +0000, Gary Brown <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Is anybody having a good time with one of these wheels? The tarmac >rumble on it is so heavy that it drowns out the impulses coming from >N2k2 about grip levels and so on. The latest profiler software seems >to kill FF totally, meaning that you can't use button mapping with >split axis unless you sacrifice FF. Also, the centre spot on it is >about -20 clicks away from the actual straight setting. > >ATM, it just feels like a cheap PSX wheel compared to the fine control >my old MS Sidewinder FF wheel offers. The difference in quality of FF >is just enourmous. > >Have I got a bad one or is this product a turkey? > >Gary 'Khrest' Brown >#29 God Bless America Car >#29 Pepsi Car >OVAL Racing UK >Technical Services Admin

Thrustmaster have now confirmed to me via their tech support that F1GP4, Nascar 2002 & Total Immersion Racing all have major issues surrounding FF under WinXP. I expect if I'd named GPL, F12k2 & CM3 they'd have said so for them as well but I have only tried the three listed above. Never mind that my Microsoft Sidewinder works fine on all these games.....And will be working again from tonight. This pile of crap is going back and if that's an example of the approach of their tech support people nowadays then TM are a shadow of the company they used to be. What an utterly negative approach to supporting your product. Gary 'Khrest' Brown #29 God Bless America Car #29 Pepsi Car OVAL Racing UK Technical Services Admin

Funny, mine seems fine. The center is off but that's easily fixed with DXTweak2. Andi. "Gary Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Sun, 01 Dec 2002 22:30:31 +0000, Gary Brown <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Is anybody having a good time with one of these wheels? The tarmac > >rumble on it is so heavy that it drowns out the impulses coming from > >N2k2 about grip levels and so on. The latest profiler software seems > >to kill FF totally, meaning that you can't use button mapping with > >split axis unless you sacrifice FF. Also, the centre spot on it is > >about -20 clicks away from the actual straight setting. > > > >ATM, it just feels like a cheap PSX wheel compared to the fine control > >my old MS Sidewinder FF wheel offers. The difference in quality of FF > >is just enourmous. > > > >Have I got a bad one or is this product a turkey? > > > >Gary 'Khrest' Brown > >#29 God Bless America Car > >#29 Pepsi Car > >OVAL Racing UK > >Technical Services Admin > > > Thrustmaster have now confirmed to me via their tech support that > F1GP4, Nascar 2002 & Total Immersion Racing all have major issues > surrounding FF under WinXP. I expect if I'd named GPL, F12k2 & CM3 > they'd have said so for them as well but I have only tried the three > listed above. > > Never mind that my Microsoft Sidewinder works fine on all these > games.....And will be working again from tonight. > > This pile of crap is going back and if that's an example of the > approach of their tech support people nowadays then TM are a shadow of > the company they used to be. What an utterly negative approach to > supporting your product. > > > Gary 'Khrest' Brown > #29 God Bless America Car > #29 Pepsi Car > OVAL Racing UK > Technical Services Admin