Wheel Calibration

I've just taken the plunge and got a BRD ProV2 wheel and Pro pedals. I've noticed there seems to be a bit of a "dead spot" when the wheel is centred (i.e. the wheel can be moved slightly in either direction before the car reacts). This is most noticeable in F12002 but I can't notice it at all in GPL so I'm wondering if it's calibration in the game rather than something wrong with the wheel. Anyone got any tips for calibration and what all the sensitivity settings mean in F12002 (I HAVE looked in the manual and I HAVE experimented with them but they don't seem to effect anything). Thanks, Dave.

In article <46goa.409$%[email hidden]>, David Walsh <[email hidden]> writes

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>I've just taken the plunge and got a BRD ProV2 wheel and Pro pedals. I've >noticed there seems to be a bit of a "dead spot" when the wheel is centred >(i.e. the wheel can be moved slightly in either direction before the car >reacts). This is most noticeable in F12002 but I can't notice it at all in >GPL so I'm wondering if it's calibration in the game rather than something >wrong with the wheel. Anyone got any tips for calibration and what all the >sensitivity settings mean in F12002 (I HAVE looked in the manual and I >HAVE >experimented with them but they don't seem to effect anything). >

Try and get hold of a program called DXTweak. This hopefully will show you the dead spot on your wheel and allow you to set it to 0. My own wheel, a TM Ferrari wheel, had the top 2 settings that relate to the steering dead spot zone at 5 and so I was able to change those to 0 using this software. -- Peter Ives (AKA Pete Ivington) Remove ALL_STRESS before replying via email If you know what's good for you, don't listen to me :) GPLRank Joystick -50.63 Wheel -21.77

And F12002 is as annoying as hell to set-up for any controller. Look for detailed guides/help here or on fan sites to assist yourself. Marc "Peter Ives" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <46goa.409$%[email hidden]>, David Walsh > <[email hidden]> writes > >I've just taken the plunge and got a BRD ProV2 wheel and Pro pedals.I've > >noticed there seems to be a bit of a "dead spot" when the wheel iscentred > >(i.e. the wheel can be moved slightly in either direction before the car > >reacts). This is most noticeable in F12002 but I can't notice it at allin > >GPL so I'm wondering if it's calibration in the game rather thansomething > >wrong with the wheel. Anyone got any tips for calibration and what allthe

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> >sensitivity settings mean in F12002 (I HAVE looked in the manual and I > >HAVE > >experimented with them but they don't seem to effect anything). > > > > Try and get hold of a program called DXTweak. This hopefully will show > you the dead spot on your wheel and allow you to set it to 0. My own > wheel, a TM Ferrari wheel, had the top 2 settings that relate to the > steering dead spot zone at 5 and so I was able to change those to 0 > using this software. > -- > Peter Ives (AKA Pete Ivington) > Remove ALL_STRESS before replying via email > If you know what's good for you, don't listen to me :) > GPLRank Joystick -50.63 Wheel -21.77

"Marc Collins" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:jmloa.6205$[email hidden]: > And F12002 is as annoying as hell to set-up for any controller. Look > for detailed guides/help here or on fan sites to assist yourself. > > Marc Marc welcome back. There are a whole bunch of threads in ras about setting up controllers for F1 2001 and 2002 and Nascar Thunder. All of them are pretty much the same. Use Google groups to search ras for those titles and controllers and you'll probably find more help than you have time to read. Remember that Windows has a built in deadzone...it doesn't affect(or is it effect? I can never remember which to use...) sims like GPL because I don't think the Papyrus titles use DirectX. Or if they do, they access it differently...Maybe Eric could explain it? anyhow you probably have a windows deadzone and your range might be too big or small to be accurately reported in directx. If you find the info about dxtweek2 pay attention to the response numbers. The magic number to achieve in the value box of dxtweek2 for each axis is 32769. That will give you a fully linear wheel in the EA titles. dave henrie

Thanks all; now sorted after adjusting deadspot figure from 5 to 0. Cheers, Dave. "David Walsh" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:46goa.409$%[email hidden]... > I've just taken the plunge and got a BRD ProV2 wheel and Pro pedals. I've > noticed there seems to be a bit of a "dead spot" when the wheel is centred > (i.e. the wheel can be moved slightly in either direction before the car > reacts). This is most noticeable in F12002 but I can't notice it at allin > GPL so I'm wondering if it's calibration in the game rather than something > wrong with the wheel. Anyone got any tips for calibration and what allthe > sensitivity settings mean in F12002 (I HAVE looked in the manual and IHAVE > experimented with them but they don't seem to effect anything). > > Thanks, > Dave. > >