ActLab ForceRS paddles/rFactor 1150 stability?

So I'm super excited to try the new rFactor and mods, and one of my AL ForceRS paddles breaks! I don't see any spares available through ActLabs - anyone got a source or dead wheel they want to sell? I'd snap up a LogiG25 if they were out. Also - has anyone seen 1150 of rFactor to be *much* less stable than previous versions? I get random CTDs all over the place, even when sitting in the menus. I've tried the obvious stuff (disabled the menu animations and music). I'm still running an un-modded reinstall - I thought it was OK when I let the AI take the F1 BMW around Toban for a few hours, but I still get totally random crashes at other times. No error message, just straight CTD. Thanks for any help, Kendt System specs - Opteron [email hidden](perfectly stable)-2gb RAM-6800Ultra w/91.31 drivers I may crank it down, but it passes every stress-test as configured.

You can use any of the many buttons on the front of the wheel that you like to change gears, of course. I just so happens that I broke one of the paddles on my Act-Labs Force RS and got a replacement set. Contact me at [email hidden] and depending on which one it is, we might be able to work something out. (remove SPAMLESS btw). I'm surprised that they don't offer this as a spare part since it's pretty flimsy and likely to break. Bob Simpson [email hidden] wrote: > So I'm super excited to try the new rFactor and mods, and one of my AL > ForceRS paddles breaks! I don't see any spares available through > ActLabs - anyone got a source or dead wheel they want to sell? I'd > snap up a LogiG25 if they were out. >

Your system looks good enough. I'm not getting any CTDs at all so far, but I've only driven for 0.5 to 1.0 hours - mostly with the 1979 F1 Mod. I reinstalled and I've added back many of the mods and tracks that I had DLed before. I have AMD 3700+, ATI X1900XT, 2GB RAM, Windows XP Home. Bob Simpson [email hidden] wrote:

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> > Also - has anyone seen 1150 of rFactor to be *much* less stable than > previous versions? I get random CTDs all over the place, even when > sitting in the menus. I've tried the obvious stuff (disabled the menu > animations and music). I'm still running an un-modded reinstall - I > thought it was OK when I let the AI take the F1 BMW around Toban for a > few hours, but I still get totally random crashes at other times. No > error message, just straight CTD. > > Thanks for any help, > Kendt > > System specs - Opteron [email hidden](perfectly stable)-2gb RAM-6800Ultra > w/91.31 drivers > I may crank it down, but it passes every stress-test as configured.

Bob Simpson wrote:

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> You can use any of the many buttons on the front of the wheel that you > like to change gears, of course. > > I just so happens that I broke one of the paddles on my Act-Labs Force > RS and got a replacement set. Contact me at > [email hidden] and depending on which one it is, > we might be able to work something out. (remove SPAMLESS btw). I'm > surprised that they don't offer this as a spare part since it's pretty > flimsy and likely to break. > > Bob Simpson >

Thanks - you are a thoroughly helpful bloke ;). I think I'm covered - I found someone with a spare set of paddles. My CTDs turned out to be my BIOS reseting the CPU voltage to default - not enough to crash alot of other things, but rFactor was just taxing enough for me to finally notice. A 1.8Ghz Opteron @ 2.7Ghz needs a little extra juice ;) (only 0.05V actually) Thanks! Kendt