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Old June 9th 12, 03:34 PM posted to rec.autos.simulators
Mario Petrinovic
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Default Screen height and FFB

Well, once I've said screen height to FFB acts like going up or down
with Center of Gravity. Well, this isn't so. Now I have r.Seat, and with it
I have really good FFB feel. I previously had like three other combinations,
and r.Seat gives me the best FFB feel. r.Seat is really solid, and probably
this is what helps. Anyway, with wrong screen height FFB just loses the
precision, and that's the whole filosofy.

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Old June 15th 12, 08:10 AM posted to rec.autos.simulators
Mario Petrinovic
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Default Screen height and FFB

Mario Petrinovic:
Well, once I've said screen height to FFB acts like going up or down
with Center of Gravity. Well, this isn't so. Now I have r.Seat, and with it
I have really good FFB feel. I previously had like three other combinations,
and r.Seat gives me the best FFB feel. r.Seat is really solid, and probably
this is what helps. Anyway, with wrong screen height FFB just loses the
precision, and that's the whole filosofy.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

New development.
I figured out what is the Centering Spring for. It is for what the
name suggests, to center forces. And it works. I still didn't try all the
options, but at my system it works at 108%. So, now my FFB settings are
118/100/100/108.
Also, I was wrong about cockpitLookDeadZone. I thought that the
ballanced setting is 0.5. It isn't. Actually, iRacing had put it at 0.05,
and my ballanced setting is somewhere around 0.08.
So, we have four things to adjsut regarding FFB:
- FOV
- screen height
- Centering Spring
- cockpitLookDeadZone
Each of these brings its own inballance, so it may be confusing at
the beginning, but step by step, and you can do it.

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Old June 23rd 12, 03:18 PM posted to rec.autos.simulators
Mario Petrinovic
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Default Screen height and FFB

Mario Petrinovic:
Mario Petrinovic:
Well, once I've said screen height to FFB acts like going up or down
with Center of Gravity. Well, this isn't so. Now I have r.Seat, and with it
I have really good FFB feel. I previously had like three other combinations,
and r.Seat gives me the best FFB feel. r.Seat is really solid, and probably
this is what helps. Anyway, with wrong screen height FFB just loses the
precision, and that's the whole filosofy.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

New development.
I figured out what is the Centering Spring for. It is for what the
name suggests, to center forces. And it works. I still didn't try all the
options, but at my system it works at 108%. So, now my FFB settings are
118/100/100/108.
Also, I was wrong about cockpitLookDeadZone. I thought that the
ballanced setting is 0.5. It isn't. Actually, iRacing had put it at 0.05,
and my ballanced setting is somewhere around 0.08.
So, we have four things to adjsut regarding FFB:
- FOV
- screen height
- Centering Spring
- cockpitLookDeadZone
Each of these brings its own inballance, so it may be confusing at
the beginning, but step by step, and you can do it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Of, this for Centerinmg Spring is wrong. I had too big
cockpitLookDeadZone (0.5 at the time), so bigger Centering Spring (108%)
helped to calm down the slack caused by having too big cockpitLookDeadZone.
Now I determined my cockpitLookDeadZone as 0.044 (which is pretty close to
iRacing's default 0.05), and now Centering Spring at 100% works ok.
I started to test different Damper/Spring settings. I just started,
but it looks like here is "the key". It could be that it should be (both at
the same value) at 139%, but I have to test more.
Oh yes, it looks having wheel set at the very center of the screen
(meaning center left/right-wise) is important. Now I have it better set than
I had it before, so this could be the reason why I feel FFB better now. So,
precise perspective is very important, both, screen height, FOV, but also to
have screen centered in a left/right direction is very important.

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Old June 25th 12, 12:42 AM posted to rec.autos.simulators
Mario Petrinovic
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Default Screen height and FFB

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Mario Petrinovic:
Mario Petrinovic:
Well, once I've said screen height to FFB acts like going up or down
with Center of Gravity. Well, this isn't so. Now I have r.Seat, and with it
I have really good FFB feel. I previously had like three other combinations,
and r.Seat gives me the best FFB feel. r.Seat is really solid, and probably
this is what helps. Anyway, with wrong screen height FFB just loses the
precision, and that's the whole filosofy.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

New development.
I figured out what is the Centering Spring for. It is for what the
name suggests, to center forces. And it works. I still didn't try all the
options, but at my system it works at 108%. So, now my FFB settings are
118/100/100/108.
Also, I was wrong about cockpitLookDeadZone. I thought that the
ballanced setting is 0.5. It isn't. Actually, iRacing had put it at 0.05,
and my ballanced setting is somewhere around 0.08.
So, we have four things to adjsut regarding FFB:
- FOV
- screen height
- Centering Spring
- cockpitLookDeadZone
Each of these brings its own inballance, so it may be confusing at
the beginning, but step by step, and you can do it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Of, this for Centerinmg Spring is wrong. I had too big
cockpitLookDeadZone (0.5 at the time), so bigger Centering Spring (108%)
helped to calm down the slack caused by having too big cockpitLookDeadZone.
Now I determined my cockpitLookDeadZone as 0.044 (which is pretty close to
iRacing's default 0.05), and now Centering Spring at 100% works ok.
I started to test different Damper/Spring settings. I just started,
but it looks like here is "the key". It could be that it should be (both at
the same value) at 139%, but I have to test more.
Oh yes, it looks having wheel set at the very center of the screen
(meaning center left/right-wise) is important. Now I have it better set than
I had it before, so this could be the reason why I feel FFB better now. So,
precise perspective is very important, both, screen height, FOV, but also to
have screen centered in a left/right direction is very important.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ok, I will split Damper and Spring (up untill now I kept them at the
same value). Now they work alright even if they are at different value,
probably because cockpitLookDeadZone is set correctly.
It turned out that Spring is what calms down the slack, and it looks
like it is the Spring that has to be at 139% (or somewhere around that
number).

 




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