DTR2 Wheel problems...

Just once I would like to buy a sim that loads without a freaking hitch! Just received the new DTR2 for my birthday, loaded it up and went to the options screen to calibrate my wheel and assign the various needs. Of course, everytime I select an option, ie Turn Left - it automatically selects axis 4 <.....for everything I try! Just so goshdarned peeved. It's not like I have some exotic pc, just a Dell P3 600 - 256 ram - Radeon vid card. And the wheel ain't exactly top O' the shelf either. Wingman (non ff) formula (yellow) with the act-labs pedals. I went back out to the control panel and re-calibrated everything from there and still won't allow me to use the wheel. No wonder I keep going back to GPL. Any #$@%#*&% help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Michael

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> Just once I would like to buy a sim that loads without a freaking hitch! Just > received the new DTR2 for my birthday, loaded it up and went to the options > screen to calibrate my wheel and assign the various needs. Of course, > everytime I select an option, ie Turn Left - it automatically selects axis 4 > <.....for everything I try! > > Just so goshdarned peeved. It's not like I have some exotic pc, just a Dell

P3 > 600 - 256 ram - Radeon vid card. And the wheel ain't exactly top O' the shelf > either. Wingman (non ff) formula (yellow) with the act-labs pedals. I went > back out to the control panel and re-calibrated everything from there andstill > won't allow me to use the wheel. > > No wonder I keep going back to GPL. I had to calibrate first - then did assignments. Worked like a charm even on my funky setup. I've got TSW2 pedals wired to my Momo. Pedal travel is only halfway on the Momo calibration screen and backwards (split axis). DTR2 didn't even see my wheel until I went into calibration. Then everything was a breeze. There are only a handful of titles that can do this - at least for me. Hats off to Ratbag. This title is a blast - and quite a surprise for me. - Dave Cook

damn what wheel do you have? I have never even heard of a problem with the controller setup in a DTR game. I'd rank there controller setup second only to Papy. It sounds like to me you have an axis that is "stuck" on. I had a similar problem when I tried to set up a game pad once that had a throttle slider. the slider was to one side so the axis always was grabbed by the game setup. MadDAWG

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Race1530) writes: >Just once I would like to buy a sim that loads without a freaking hitch! >Just >received the new DTR2 for my birthday, loaded it up and went to the options >screen to calibrate my wheel and assign the various needs. Of course, >everytime I select an option, ie Turn Left - it automatically selects axis 4 ><.....for everything I try! Can you calibrate *first*? It sounds like the game is reading an input before you WANT it to, like it's jittering or something... Maybe re-cal in windows, then try the game. Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:+8.03 N2002 Rank:+20.124 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Also, if you have a wheel and a stick hooked up it will look at it as one big controller with 7 or 8 axis. I have to go ahead and move all controllers through thier whole range when I calibrate in a game. This keeps one axis from jumping around (as far as the game sees it) and having itself assigned to just about everything. Rick Miller "Race1530" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Just once I would like to buy a sim that loads without a freaking hitch!Just > received the new DTR2 for my birthday, loaded it up and went to theoptions > screen to calibrate my wheel and assign the various needs. Of course, > everytime I select an option, ie Turn Left - it automatically selects axis4 > <.....for everything I try! > > Just so goshdarned peeved. It's not like I have some exotic pc, just aDell P3 > 600 - 256 ram - Radeon vid card. And the wheel ain't exactly top O' theshelf > either. Wingman (non ff) formula (yellow) with the act-labs pedals. Iwent > back out to the control panel and re-calibrated everything from there andstill

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> won't allow me to use the wheel. > > No wonder I keep going back to GPL. > > Any #$@%#*&% help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Michael

Okay, looks as though the "Axis Four" is jittering in calibration. Can't get it to stop. I have re-calibrated in windows/ control panel / both wheel and act labs pedals, but nothing changes. Any other suggestions? Thanks again, Michael