win7 boots a LOT faster, and surfing the web, i would say about 100% faster. If not more. Its not just because of fresh install on new hdd either. Everything seems faster. (could be hdd :S) Everything does come to a screeching slowdown once a lot of things are happening on my ancient amd 3700, though. overall it's a great o/s and I'm currently using it as main, and havent had to go to xp for 3 days now! Might even consider paying for it once it gets released. 9.3/10

Quote from GabbO :

I had to laugh while reading the thread

Cruise kiddies :rolleyes:

Please don't stereotype cruisers. LC just seems to attract children. Most of the crap in this thread is just dumb. "zomg its fake! i dont want your german LC!!!!11!!eleven~!!!efewfoawnone!"

Quote from Vinnylegends :

They are all usable.
He has also developed LFS software from scratch to work with this wheel.

Wow. I wish he was my slave
How much is this gonna cost ya?

I blame burnouts avatar for distracting the devs. they've been laughing too hard all year to get anything done.

make sure to plug in the POWER cord to a working wall outlet or power strip and on the bottom of the wheel itself. Ther are two parts, the part taht connects to the wheel, which has a brick at the end of it, and the second part that plugs into the brick and into outlet.

Quote from Blackknight555 :

Well i reopened my G25 & had another look.

This time i went straight for the "optical encoder" only to find that its bracket was not screwed down on the motor tight resulting in the encoder being able to move around about 2/3mm in any direction.

Seems to be working fine now,just hoping those motors hold out lol

Included is a couple pics of the encoder/bracket & inside my g25...
For anyone thats interested in using for future reference.

nice one MijnWraak
P.s. i was only havin a dig regarding those magnets m8

Nice! Probably a manufacturing defect, should maybe make a thread about it with pics and all how to fix it Might be useless but hey, it could save someone $300

And I wasn't talking about those black rings I meant the one that the encoder read ^-^
Also, now I remember thats what was wrong with mine too, the screws weren't tight. Temp fix was moving the black ring but then it gave out again and realized was loose. But ye grats, hope motors stay alive! haha

Last edited by MijnWraak, Sat 17 Jan 2009, 04:20.

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

it's only annoying in those Auto-X events

Hmmm

Quote from dougie-lampkin :

Have you tried fiddling with the combined axis setting in the profiler? Maybe it's something to do with that

Hmm weird thing; I changed range to 99% and all seems well. Although lfs restart could have fixed it also.

Quote from Blackknight555 :

Well ive had my logitech G25 for only 4 months & its bitten the bullet....:tombstone
Dont really use it much either(I have a life outside of lfs too!!)

My pedals are still working prefect & so is my shifter,BUT my wheel has decided it dont want to stay centered.I use 720 degrees unless using different cars(e.g.400/540deg)NEVER BEEN AT 900!! no point in lfs......

I start my computer an wheel calibrates fine,but shortly after starting a race(dont matter which car/track) it will shift center & by this i mean the whole 720 deg will go anywhere up to 40 deg in either direction.

I opened it up today,an found that my FFB motors have black smoke soot coming out of the vents.....:wtf2:
The chip board has some soot over the wire connectors as well!

Im the only person to use this wheel as i bought it brand new at A&R computers 4 moths ago.
I used 105% ffb ( NO spring or dampener at 720 deg )

Just dont know what to do(cant get it replaced coz ive takin my pedals out to hang them upside down & my gear stick leather pouch is gone coz it was to short & couldnt get gears with it on.....VOIDED warranty!

That happened to me too - And i never go over 40% ffb ingame!

Anyways, I fixed this by placing a new optical encoder onto the end of the FF motor. Also replaced motors with different ones since they squeeked. Thing is now these are starting to squeek! I thought the g25 would last longer than this. Guess just gonna have to wait till it dies a slow painful death then buy a fanatec.


Also this could fix it: If you see where optical encoder is (end of ff motor with black box) remove the plastic black box thing. Now there will be a circuit board (i'm pretty sure you know what im talking about, just explaining for anyones future reference) and a black ring sticking out. I think if you moved the ring away from the board that it'll read more clearly and won't "skip" readings and un calibrate itself. Hope it helps, but can't guarantee anything


p.s. I also cut a hole in the case so I can easily remove the covering without screwing and unscrewing a bunch of screws + hassle(cut vertically from the circle for steering column, if you know what I mean). I can leave off and place a small fan and it should keep cool. This may help if you get the encoder working.

Last edited by MijnWraak, Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:30.

K so I got win7 installed on new harddrive, and besides a few hiccups everything seems to be running okay. But theres a small bug in lfs that's a large pain in the posterior. Whenever I alt tab, and return, the brake axis on G25 is not recognized at all. In control - axis screen, it does not respond to it moving at all. I have to recalibrate it every time I alt tab to fix it. Anyone know of a workaround or even a cause of this? I'm not sure if this is LFS or the logitech profiler/drivers.

Quote from jbirdaspec :

Nothing wrong with a G25. It's a good set of controls. I would still hold out though. While their is nothing wrong with the G25 it's pedals are dated compared to what Fanatec is pushing to the mainstream market. Logitech will have to follow suit. When they do the G25's pedals will be even more dated.

IMO the pedals are more important then the wheel. This is the first time (it seems) that a mainstream company is going to focus on the pedals more then the norm.

I am sad to see the Clubsports are delayed. Hopefully so they can be all they are promised to be.

jay

I wouldn't say dated. For the money, they're the best you can get. The fanatec ones are JUST the pedals for 200 euros, and are delayed for march, which is why I suggested g25 instead of waiting to spend more money. Who knows, those pedals could suck! Noone has had their hands (er, feet?) on them, so spending a lot more money on one piece of hardware and waiting 4 months just to do so is, imo, not a very safe bet.

Quote from AutoPilot :

Is that LFS Bench site being maintained by someone? It's a bit outdated: no Core I7 and Phenom II. I'd put my entry, but it looks stupid to put Unknown as the model.

a phenom II and i7 for LFS?... you have got to be kidding me.

Quote from moskvich3v1 :

lol patch Y and XRT How do you explain? :bananadea:bananadea:bananadea:wave2:

Fail

Quote from dadge :

same with webcams. same with mics. same with computers in general.
are you starting to see how "special" your post really was?

Well I just figured since MS seems to want to release a new O/S with a new payment plan every other year, that the NEXT o/s after 7 will be a better time to get touch support, since by then most touchscreens will be cheaper and better. A lot of touchscreens now don't even have multiple touch support. I guess better earlier than getting beaten by other companies. Didn't mean to sound so ignorant as I did


Anywho, downloading the beta now. Had to buy a new HDD to install and dual boot it since my current one refuses to partition. Eh I needed to buy a new one anyway, this one is bound to fail soon.

Quote from anttt69 :

Shipping has been changed to 15th March .

Hmm. Better off getting g25 then

2006?...

Quote from LongJohnSilver :

They dont. They are just designing with touch in mind. Previous versions of Windows were designed with touch as an aftertought. Basically it just emulated a mouse. Now it will feature multitouch support allowing for the operating system to sense two inputs at once. Think iPhone.

And they should have kept it that way. Whoever uses a touchscreen for everyday use is retarded.

Can we all stfu and post some wallpapers?

I'm sure mods will look into it.

Meh. Usually if you NEED to have the chat private, you have a private teamspeak channel with the person you need to speak to.


+-0

Quote from chavm481 :

i run at 1280X1024 and i want a card that doesnt need its own power suply.

Cards don't need their own power supply, but your existing one that powers EVERYTHING needs to be sufficient. can you tell me the voltage? That way I can tell you if its sufficient, and If not give you other recommendations. I'm trying to help you.
At that res the 4830 will be more then enough, and I'm certain you'll have more than 60 fps stable in LFS until s3

Quote from jbirdaspec :

If you are thinking about a shifter this is very hard to beat any price. Very tough piece of gear.

http://www.sim-gear.com/794354.html

Ye I can vouch for the SST Lightning; it's a very good shifter
SRT said the act labs felt like a toy compared to SST.

Quote from chavm481 :

so a vid card? whats recmendale for around 100 USD?

100 usd is a good budget. Can get you a solid 4830, the best of the three options you have through my research I had to do since I don't know ATI cards well: the 4830, 3870, and 4670.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16814102803

Or on choices for nvidia, you can get ... well ... just go with the ATI. the 9800 that is beaten by 4830 in most benches is 30 dollars more.

What are specs of your power supply in terms of voltage / +12v rail ?
That card should cover medium high resolutions, but may I ask at which you run at?

@ cobra - come on, just because his flag is USA, doesn't mean he's a native speaker. You can easily infer what that word means by its context.

Can I nominate him for "Most Retarded Forum Member. Ever"?

Quote from kiss me :

knowing it doesnt fix it....
many minor bugs has been fixed... bugs that has come up recently...
knowing there is a bug doesnt fix it...

See quote in sig.

Quote from chavm481 :

im willing to do something easy and not to pricy,and its for lfs only. im not a pc gamer. and i lol al my 7100, but what would simply improve my fps the best? thats what im looking for more detail + frames.

New video card would give you more fps for money than a new cpu.

BTW, which dual core is it? 2ghz doesnt tell us anything about it at all. It could be 1ghz and be very good. Newer intel?