RT demo & Thrustmaster FF issues

I've got the Rally Trophy demo installed and it runs great, for a while... I can get in 1 run, sometimes 10 runs, but eventually when I back off the gas the throttle control just sort of stops (like a throttle cable break on a real car). I can restart the stage and maybe get 2000 rpm in 1st but that's it (the steering also goes super sensitive). Restarting the game, rebooting, recalibrating the wheel doesn't help. I've got a Thrustmaster Ferrari FF wheel, I was running the 2.0.16 drivers, I upgraded to 3.08 but it made no difference and I lost the separate axis feature for the pedals, so I removed them and went to the 2.1.11 wheel drivers (still no difference). I installed DX8.0 it made no difference. I'm running Win98SE Any ideas? Anybody got this wheel with the final release of RT yet?

You can get split-axis with the 3.08 drivers by creating a Thrustmapper profile and choosing the 2nd tab. Now select split-axis. My problem with the 3.08 drivers was that the TMFF disappeared from Gaming Options when I added my Act-Labs shifter. Maybe a reinstall of WinME will fix it, but I don't want to do that just yet. Jason. Art McEwen wrote:

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> > I've got a Thrustmaster Ferrari FF wheel, I was running the 2.0.16 drivers, > I upgraded to 3.08 but it made no difference and I lost the separate axis > feature for the pedals, so I removed them and went to the 2.1.11 wheel > drivers (still no difference). > > I installed DX8.0 it made no difference. I'm running Win98SE > > Any ideas? > > Anybody got this wheel with the final release of RT yet?

-- Jason Monds http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (GPL) http://www.scprc.com - Stock Car Division of the PRC. (N4, Fun Run Sims) (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

But I don't want Thrustmapper at all, I just want the updated drivers that are included in them! Do you mean creating a profile within thrustmapper or a device profile like XP(?) does? Remeber I'm running Win98. I had a hell of a time when I installed it at all, it added another joystick device to my PC instead of updating the drivers for the existing one. When I removed it, windows Plug & Pray kept "discovering" new hardware and adding the 3.08 drivers even though I had the same hardware as before I installed. "Jason Monds" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> You can get split-axis with the 3.08 drivers by creating a Thrustmapper > profile and choosing the 2nd tab. Now select split-axis. > > My problem with the 3.08 drivers was that the TMFF disappeared from > Gaming Options when I added my Act-Labs shifter. Maybe a reinstall of > WinME will fix it, but I don't want to do that just yet. > > Jason. > > Art McEwen wrote: > > > > I've got a Thrustmaster Ferrari FF wheel, I was running the 2.0.16

drivers, > > I upgraded to 3.08 but it made no difference and I lost the separateaxis

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> > feature for the pedals, so I removed them and went to the 2.1.11 wheel > > drivers (still no difference). > > > > I installed DX8.0 it made no difference. I'm running Win98SE > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Anybody got this wheel with the final release of RT yet? > > -- > Jason Monds > http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (GPL) > http://www.scprc.com - Stock Car Division of the PRC. (N4, Fun Run Sims) > (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

Art McEwen wrote: > > But I don't want Thrustmapper at all, I just want the updated drivers that > are included in them! If you create a "general" setup using Thrustmapper and choose split-axis, it seems to remember it. You don't need to have Thrustmapper running to get split-axis, but need to configure the controller at least once. Please beware that this was done with limited testing because I quickly moved back to the 2.0.16 drivers. > Do you mean creating a profile within thrustmapper or > a device profile like XP(?) does? Remeber I'm running Win98. Yes you have to create a profile within Thrustmapper to get split-axis working with the 3.08 drivers. I'm on WinME so it should be the same as Win98. I don't remember how to get TMapper started, but just choose the 2nd tab and you'll see the split/combined option. > I had a hell of a time when I installed it at all, it added another joystick > device to my PC instead of updating the drivers for the existing one. When > I removed it, windows Plug & Pray kept "discovering" new hardware and adding > the 3.08 drivers even though I had the same hardware as before I installed. And you say you want these new drivers? ;) When I used the 3.08 drivers, turning the wheel on/off when in the Gaming Options screen would keep adding the wheel to id#2 then #3, 4, 5, 6. I was thinking a reinstall might have helped clear it up, but you're having similar problems. I'd recommend staying with the older drivers for now and hope the RT problem is just in the demo. I'll be getting the full version when it comes out so I can get the guinea pig :) Jason.

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> "Jason Monds" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > You can get split-axis with the 3.08 drivers by creating a Thrustmapper > > profile and choosing the 2nd tab. Now select split-axis. > > > > My problem with the 3.08 drivers was that the TMFF disappeared from > > Gaming Options when I added my Act-Labs shifter. Maybe a reinstall of > > WinME will fix it, but I don't want to do that just yet. > > > > Jason. > > > > Art McEwen wrote: > > > > > > I've got a Thrustmaster Ferrari FF wheel, I was running the 2.0.16 > drivers, > > > I upgraded to 3.08 but it made no difference and I lost the separate > axis > > > feature for the pedals, so I removed them and went to the 2.1.11 wheel > > > drivers (still no difference). > > > > > > I installed DX8.0 it made no difference. I'm running Win98SE > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > Anybody got this wheel with the final release of RT yet? > >

-- Jason Monds http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (GPL) http://www.scprc.com - Stock Car Division of the PRC. (N4, Fun Run Sims) (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

> And you say you want these new drivers? ;) Only if I have to ;) I had problems with the 2.1.11 drivers when they came out so I'm running 2.0.16 which work fine in GPL or N3 but I have to re-calibrate every boot (minor pain). > > When I used the 3.08 drivers, turning the wheel on/off when in the > Gaming Options screen would keep adding the wheel to id#2 then #3, 4, 5, > 6. I was thinking a reinstall might have helped clear it up, but you're > having similar problems. I can't remember what screen I was on at the time, but even after I deleted 3.08 and thrustmapper next time I turned on the PC it discovered my controller so I had 2 sets with 2.1.11 drivers (of course all the games looked for the original) > > I'd recommend staying with the older drivers for now and hope the RT > problem is just in the demo. I'll be getting the full version when it > comes out so I can get the guinea pig :) >I'll be waiting for your post ;)