Best Joystick for F1GP

Dear all, I am looking for the best joystick for F1GP. Ideally, I want one that is like, put forward on the joystick lightly and it will give gentel acceleration. turn wheel a bit, get a little turn. I.E I dont want one that is either straight or full lock steering if you know what I mean. THanks Craig

>Dear all, > I am looking for the best joystick for F1GP. >Ideally, I want one that is like, put forward on the joystick lightly >and it will give gentel acceleration. turn wheel a bit, get a little turn. They are *ALL* like that. Every joystick operates by turning a potentiometer through a fully analog scale. The scale is usually calibrated by the software itself (IndyCar in my case). If you are using a joystick, you will not have this problem. I have found that the big difference between joysticks is their feel, and also in a few cases their accuracy. There is a wide range indeed among joysticks in these categories. Basically the cheap ones, well, you get what you pay for. I know folks whoare successfully using the Gravis Pro Analog, I have a Wingman Extreme, various models of the Thrustmaster Flight Control systems, and the CH Pro series controls. IndyCar and F1GP seem to be readily controllable with joysticks. I don't know of too many folks who race NASCAR with a 'stick and think it's sufficient. -- Brian Wong Product Marketing Engineering

>> I am looking for the best joystick for F1GP. >>Ideally, I want one that is like, put forward on the joystick lightly >>and it will give gentel acceleration. turn wheel a bit, get a little turn. >They are *ALL* like that. Every joystick operates by turning a >potentiometer through a fully analog scale. The scale is usually >calibrated by the software itself (IndyCar in my case). On the PC they are, but maybe "cslapp" has an Amiga, where they are usually digital. If so, try asking the amigaf1gp mailing list; to subscribe, send a mail message with no subject and a mesage body of: subscribe amigaf1gp <your email address> Chisa -- Gizmo -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Launchpad is an experimental internet BBS. The views of its users do not necessarily represent those of UNC-Chapel Hill, OIT, or the SysOps. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

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>>Dear all, >> I am looking for the best joystick for F1GP. >>Ideally, I want one that is like, put forward on the joystick lightly >>and it will give gentel acceleration. turn wheel a bit, get a little turn. >They are *ALL* like that. Every joystick operates by turning a >potentiometer through a fully analog scale. The scale is usually >calibrated by the software itself (IndyCar in my case). >>I.E I dont want one that is either straight or full lock steering >>if you know what I mean. >If you are using a joystick, you will not have this problem. I have >found that the big difference between joysticks is their feel, and >also in a few cases their accuracy. There is a wide range indeed >among joysticks in these categories. Basically the cheap ones, >well, you get what you pay for. I know folks whoare successfully >using the Gravis Pro Analog, I have a Wingman Extreme, various >models of the Thrustmaster Flight Control systems, and the CH Pro >series controls. >IndyCar and F1GP seem to be readily controllable with joysticks. >I don't know of too many folks who race NASCAR with a 'stick and >think it's sufficient.

Yea, I would prefer a 'wheel' type joystick that will 'clamp' onto the desk so as it wont slip around. Also, I am not sure, but I understand you get better control over the keyboard i.e when using the keyboard, the car tends to follow a 'line' all the time by this I mean, you take a corner as slow as you want, and yet still you cannot keep it hugging the curb all the way around. I am hope the joystick will allow 'power slides' around corners :) if this is the case, please let me know Thanks Craig >-- >Brian Wong Product Marketing Engineering

> Ideally, I want one that is like, put forward on the joystick lightly > and it will give gentel acceleration. turn wheel a bit, get a little > turn. I.E I dont want one that is either straight or full lock steering > if you know what I mean. I know what you mean. You're saying that you want an ANALOG joystick, not a DIGITAL one. An analog joystick is a joystick that can measure how far you extend the stick in any direction. A digital counterpart only measures whether you push in a direction or not, and you're almost as well off with a keyboard. Virtually all sticks for PC use (all of them) are analog. Just go out and get a good one then. I personally recommend the CH-Flightstick. It really rules, without having way too many buttons. Best regards, _/_/_/ _/_/_/ Christian Jahnsen, _/ _/ Technical University of Denmark, _/ _/ Lyngby, Denmark. _/ _/ _/ http://lorenz.gbar.dtu.dk:8080/~gc937079/

All together now: "You can never have too many buttons!" Seriously, I too like the CH sticks; they seem precise and smooth. The Gravis Analog Pro is also a nice stick, and the Phoenix is okay (but there really are far, far too many buttons! 24!) I also hear good things about the CH Virtual Pilot with F1GP/WC. On the Amiga, I don't know whether analog sticks work well with the game or not. Any Amiga-dudes out there know? Chisa -- Gizmo -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Launchpad is an experimental internet BBS. The views of its users do not necessarily represent those of UNC-Chapel Hill, OIT, or the SysOps. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --