Best wheel advice

Hi,
This last few years or so I'd gotten cheesed off with sim racing. I thought
GPL was mint and spent hrs on it.
But when mod after mod appeared on F1RC and I got lost in all the setups.No
matter what I did everybody always seemed to be much faster than me ( okay,
maybe I didn't apply myself to FIRC as much as GPL, but I always felt
everybody was running hacks whilst I ran a stock basic game )

So , I've just decided to turn over a new leaf. I've just bought GTR today
from GAME for £15 quid an I'm ready to get back into it again.

I've noticed F1RST2 has now become FIRST3, so I'll get that running.

So my next problem is my FF steering wheel assy. I'm on my 2nd
Guillemott(Thrustmaster) Ferrari wheel as my 1st one sufferred from perished
wiring in the steering column due to the radial movement. I got my 2nd
Ferrari wheel about 2 yrs ago but that has since gone crazy.....the forces
either don't work or they go mad and shake the wheel to pieces, plus pull
heavily to the left.

So I'm on the lookout for a decent robust FFB wheel, preferably a used one
off Ebay that has a good rating on this NG.

Or alternatively is there any way to make my Ferrari wheel behave like a
bios flash or something ?

Pls help me get back into the saddle
Thx

Tox O'Grady wrote:
> Hi,
> This last few years or so I'd gotten cheesed off with sim racing. I thought
> GPL was mint and spent hrs on it.
> But when mod after mod appeared on F1RC and I got lost in all the setups.No
> matter what I did everybody always seemed to be much faster than me ( okay,
> maybe I didn't apply myself to FIRC as much as GPL, but I always felt
> everybody was running hacks whilst I ran a stock basic game )

Don't forget racing online you are racing against potentially some of
the best racers in the world. Imagine starting to play tennis at your
local club and then entering a Grand Slam Tournament...

To avoid getting disheartened try to find a league around your level or
be prepared to find some similar racers at the middle or back of the
pack in pick up races.

Just like any other sport talent varies and the amount of practice time
varies even more.

>
> So I'm on the lookout for a decent robust FFB wheel, preferably a used one
> off Ebay that has a good rating on this NG.
>
> Or alternatively is there any way to make my Ferrari wheel behave like a
> bios flash or something ?

A Logitech DFPro is an excellent and well built model IMHO

Cheers
Tony

Yes, don't be put off buy the PS2 label, it works well on the PC apparently.

If you really are looking for second hand, any of the Logitech Momo wheels
but they're like the proverbial rocking horse s***.

Andi.


"Tony Rickard" > wrote in message
.uk...
> Tox O'Grady wrote:
>> Hi,
>> This last few years or so I'd gotten cheesed off with sim racing. I
>> thought GPL was mint and spent hrs on it.
>> But when mod after mod appeared on F1RC and I got lost in all the
>> setups.No matter what I did everybody always seemed to be much faster
>> than me ( okay, maybe I didn't apply myself to FIRC as much as GPL, but I
>> always felt everybody was running hacks whilst I ran a stock basic game )
>
> Don't forget racing online you are racing against potentially some of the
> best racers in the world. Imagine starting to play tennis at your local
> club and then entering a Grand Slam Tournament...
>
> To avoid getting disheartened try to find a league around your level or be
> prepared to find some similar racers at the middle or back of the pack in
> pick up races.
>
> Just like any other sport talent varies and the amount of practice time
> varies even more.
>
>>
>> So I'm on the lookout for a decent robust FFB wheel, preferably a used
>> one off Ebay that has a good rating on this NG.
>>
>> Or alternatively is there any way to make my Ferrari wheel behave like a
>> bios flash or something ?
>
> A Logitech DFPro is an excellent and well built model IMHO
>
> Cheers
> Tony

> Yes, don't be put off buy the PS2 label, it works well on the PC
> apparently.
>
> If you really are looking for second hand, any of the Logitech Momo wheels
> but they're like the proverbial rocking horse s***.
>
> Andi.


I don't understand how a PS2 labelled device can work on a PC. Does it have
multi interface cables and different drivers or soemthing ?

"Tox O'Grady" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
>
>> Yes, don't be put off buy the PS2 label, it works well on the PC
>> apparently.
>>
>> If you really are looking for second hand, any of the Logitech Momo
>> wheels but they're like the proverbial rocking horse s***.
>>
>> Andi.
>
>
> I don't understand how a PS2 labelled device can work on a PC. Does it
> have multi interface cables and different drivers or soemthing ?

PS2 uses USB, too.

Logitech Driving force Pro. so you know. I hear it doesnt come out of the
box ready to "PC" bu tyou get drivers that work with some (or is it any)
other LOGI brand wheel, works like a freaking champ (Im going by consensus
of posts).

SOmeone here has one, you might start a thread about it, or my better idea,
GOOGLE.COM search this group about that wheel.
Good drivin to ya...

Tox O'Grady wrote:
>> Yes, don't be put off buy the PS2 label, it works well on the PC
>> apparently.
>>
>> If you really are looking for second hand, any of the Logitech Momo
>> wheels but they're like the proverbial rocking horse s***.
>>
>> Andi.
>
>
> I don't understand how a PS2 labelled device can work on a PC. Does
> it have multi interface cables and different drivers or soemthing ?

Sting32 wrote:
> Logitech Driving force Pro. so you know. I hear it doesnt come out of the
> box ready to "PC" bu tyou get drivers that work with some (or is it any)
> other LOGI brand wheel, works like a freaking champ (Im going by consensus
> of posts).

True. The drivers can be downloaded from he

http://www.wingmanteam.com/latest_so...st_soft_xp.htm

Enables selection of degrees of turn up to 900 degrees with any game by
selecting it in the Wingman utility. LFS S2 (not sure about any others)
enable changes to degrees of turn in its own interface.

Cheers
Tony

"Andi Cole" wrote...
> Yes, don't be put off buy the PS2 label, it works well on
> the PC apparently.
>
> If you really are looking for second hand, any of the Logitech
> Momo wheels but they're like the proverbial rocking horse s***.

The proverbial what? -I can fill in the blanks, but I don't get the
expression. A hipper way of saying the bee's knees?

Jan.
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In article >,
(Jan Verschueren) wrote:

> I can fill in the blanks, but I don't get the
> expression.

Rocking horse = http://www.classicrockinghorses.co.uk/

They don't eat much, so rocking horse sh*t is quite rare :-)

Andrew McP

"Andrew MacPherson" wrote...
>> <snip>
> Rocking horse = http://www.classicrockinghorses.co.uk/
>
> They don't eat much, so rocking horse sh*t is quite rare :-)

Aaaaah.... (light comes on).

I had a mental picture of a rocking horse, but didn't make the link to them
being extremely well house trained. <g>

Thanks Andrew.

Jan.
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