Re: Actlabs Force RS: first impression

Tim, I use the ACT-LABS RS and RS Shifter as my primary wheel. I have a Celeron 450 and can maintain 36fps with a Voodoo3 card and 128mb of SDRAM. You shouldn't see that kind of framerate drop due to FF effects. I am also using the USB connection. The pedals are 'notchy' but they do smooth out as you use them. Also someone, please forgive me for forgetting his name, has an excellent article(s) on slightly modifying and/or lubricating the ACT-LABs pedal units. I haven't performed any of them, but the instructions are well done and seem easy to do. You may want to check them out if he sees this and posts the link. As far as FF effects, the RS wheel has one of the strongest and best effects of any of the FF wheels on the market, so you probably need to mess with your settings in the .ini file until you get them set to your preferences. Also make sure you have the wheel FF settings in the properties set up correctly. GPL FF effects are some of the best out there and the ACT-LAB wheel works extremely well with it. $270 for an Act-Labs RS wheel? I hope that isn't US Dollars as I believe you can get the RS and RS shifter combo for like $189 at the AL website. Im at work and don't have my GPL FF settings available, but Im sure some racers can post their settings for you. Good luck! Scott PA-Scott PowerSims.com -- Scott B. Husted ICQ# 4395450

I ordered my Actlabs Friday and I already got it today. So the service is good. But why is the feedback so shaky? It's not feeling natural to me. It doesn't give a fluid feedback and the subtile forces are hardly felt. The pedals are way to insensitive. You can't modulate the throttle or brake. They are not smooth, it's like they're grinding somewhere. And that's not the worts part. Why does my framerate in gpl drop from a rock solid 36fps in the middle of a race with my home made wheel to 24fps in practice with the Actlabs???? (I didn't even dare to start a race yet.) Come on! Is this normal for FF? I have a Celeron 550 with a TNT2. The wheel is connected via the USB port. HELP!! I find 36fps way more important than FF. My previous wheels where a T2 (totally worn out) and my home made cockpit, there was always something that broke down but the steering was great and the pedals where made of wood but where feeling great. You had to put weight on the brake pedal and the throttle was looong and very sensitive. I don't know what Actlabs mean with 'everything else is just a toy'. Is the rest so bad? If I can make an entire cockpit for less than 150$, why can't big manufacturers make realistic feeling wheels for 270$?? I hope these are just my first impressions and I'll grow into it. Please help me out of my trouble!

Scott B. Husted <[email hidden]> schreef in berichtnieuws [email hidden]... > Tim, > > I use the ACT-LABS RS and RS Shifter as my primary wheel. I have aCeleron 450 > and can maintain 36fps with a Voodoo3 card and 128mb of SDRAM. Youshouldn't > see that kind of framerate drop due to FF effects. I am also using theUSB > connection. Well It does, so... :( Would using my serial port help? > > The pedals are 'notchy' but they do smooth out as you use them. Alsosomeone, > please forgive me for forgetting his name, has an excellent article(s) on > slightly modifying and/or lubricating the ACT-LABs pedal units. I haven't > performed any of them, but the instructions are well done and seem easy todo. > You may want to check them out if he sees this and posts the link. >I know, it's GTX slotcar. www.slottweak.com I'm planning on modifying them. > As far as FF effects, the RS wheel has one of the strongest and besteffects of > any of the FF wheels on the market, so you probably need to mess with your > settings in the .ini file until you get them set to your preferences.Also make > sure you have the wheel FF settings in the properties set up correctly.GPL FF > effects are some of the best out there and the ACT-LAB wheel worksextremely > well with it. > > $270 for an Act-Labs RS wheel? I hope that isn't US Dollars as I believeyou > can get the RS and RS shifter combo for like $189 at the AL website. > You're right: 189$ is the price on the site but ad another 40$ for shipping and 40.25$ taxes. I live in Belgium and it has been shipped from Germany, only a few 100 km away.Long live the european union! > Im at work and don't have my GPL FF settings available, but Im sure someracers

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> can post their settings for you. > > Good luck! > > Scott > PA-Scott > PowerSims.com > > > -- > Scott B. Husted > ICQ# 4395450 > >

Frame rate problem solved! I changed my core.ini, but in core.ini.sample my mirror refresh rates are still the original ones. I got the original core.ini back and added the FF lines. Tim Vanhee <[email hidden]> schreef in berichtnieuws p_cU4.44559$z%[email hidden]...

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> > Scott B. Husted <[email hidden]> schreef in berichtnieuws > [email hidden]... > > Tim, > > > > I use the ACT-LABS RS and RS Shifter as my primary wheel. I have a > Celeron 450 > > and can maintain 36fps with a Voodoo3 card and 128mb of SDRAM. You > shouldn't > > see that kind of framerate drop due to FF effects. I am also using the > USB > > connection. > > Well It does, so... :( Would using my serial port help? > > > > > The pedals are 'notchy' but they do smooth out as you use them. Also > someone, > > please forgive me for forgetting his name, has an excellent article(s)

on > > slightly modifying and/or lubricating the ACT-LABs pedal units. Ihaven't > > performed any of them, but the instructions are well done and seem easyto

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> do. > > You may want to check them out if he sees this and posts the link. > > > I know, it's GTX slotcar. www.slottweak.com > I'm planning on modifying them. > > > As far as FF effects, the RS wheel has one of the strongest and best > effects of > > any of the FF wheels on the market, so you probably need to mess with

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> > settings in the .ini file until you get them set to your preferences. > Also make > > sure you have the wheel FF settings in the properties set up correctly. > GPL FF > > effects are some of the best out there and the ACT-LAB wheel works > extremely > > well with it. > > > > $270 for an Act-Labs RS wheel? I hope that isn't US Dollars as I

believe > you > > can get the RS and RS shifter combo for like $189 at the AL website. > > > > You're right: 189$ is the price on the site but ad another 40$ forshipping

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> and 40.25$ taxes. > I live in Belgium and it has been shipped from Germany, only a few 100 km > away.Long live the european union! > > > Im at work and don't have my GPL FF settings available, but Im sure some > racers > > can post their settings for you. > > > > Good luck! > > > > Scott > > PA-Scott > > PowerSims.com > > > > > > -- > > Scott B. Husted > > ICQ# 4395450 > > > > > >

Hey, its worth a shot! <VBG> ;) -- Scott B. Husted ICQ #4395450 Editor in Chief PowerSims.com GTX_SlotCar <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qmqU4.10168$[email hidden]... > Scott, I'm not a sensitive guy, but ouch ;-) If I send you a set of > modified pedals, do you think you'd remember me? > > -- > > Slot > www.slottweak.com > Tweaks & Reviews > > > "Scott B. Husted" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Tim, > > > > I use the ACT-LABS RS and RS Shifter as my primary wheel. I have a > Celeron 450 > > and can maintain 36fps with a Voodoo3 card and 128mb of SDRAM. You > shouldn't > > see that kind of framerate drop due to FF effects. I am also using the > USB > > connection. > > > > The pedals are 'notchy' but they do smooth out as you use them. Also > someone, > > please forgive me for forgetting his name, has an excellent article(s) on > > slightly modifying and/or lubricating the ACT-LABs pedal units. I haven't > > performed any of them, but the instructions are well done and seem easy to > do. > > You may want to check them out if he sees this and posts the link. > > > > As far as FF effects, the RS wheel has one of the strongest and best > effects of > > any of the FF wheels on the market, so you probably need to mess with your > > settings in the .ini file until you get them set to your preferences. > Also make > > sure you have the wheel FF settings in the properties set up correctly. > GPL FF > > effects are some of the best out there and the ACT-LAB wheel works > extremely > > well with it. > > > > $270 for an Act-Labs RS wheel? I hope that isn't US Dollars as I believe > you > > can get the RS and RS shifter combo for like $189 at the AL website. > > > > Im at work and don't have my GPL FF settings available, but Im sure some > racers > > can post their settings for you. > > > > Good luck! > > > > Scott > > PA-Scott > > PowerSims.com > > > > > > -- > > Scott B. Husted > > ICQ# 4395450 > > > > > > >

Scott, I'm not a sensitive guy, but ouch ;-) If I send you a set of modified pedals, do you think you'd remember me? -- Slot www.slottweak.com Tweaks & Reviews "Scott B. Husted" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Tim, > > I use the ACT-LABS RS and RS Shifter as my primary wheel. I have a Celeron 450 > and can maintain 36fps with a Voodoo3 card and 128mb of SDRAM. You shouldn't > see that kind of framerate drop due to FF effects. I am also using the USB > connection. > > The pedals are 'notchy' but they do smooth out as you use them. Also someone, > please forgive me for forgetting his name, has an excellent article(s) on > slightly modifying and/or lubricating the ACT-LABs pedal units. I haven't > performed any of them, but the instructions are well done and seem easy to do. > You may want to check them out if he sees this and posts the link. > > As far as FF effects, the RS wheel has one of the strongest and best effects of > any of the FF wheels on the market, so you probably need to mess with your > settings in the .ini file until you get them set to your preferences. Also make > sure you have the wheel FF settings in the properties set up correctly. GPL FF > effects are some of the best out there and the ACT-LAB wheel works extremely > well with it. > > $270 for an Act-Labs RS wheel? I hope that isn't US Dollars as I believe you > can get the RS and RS shifter combo for like $189 at the AL website. > > Im at work and don't have my GPL FF settings available, but Im sure some racers > can post their settings for you. > > Good luck! > > Scott > PA-Scott > PowerSims.com > > > -- > Scott B. Husted > ICQ# 4395450 > >