I use the following windows controller settings: 100% FF, 0% damping force, "5" for drift mode and no centering spring.
In LFS I usually run 30% FF. Sometimes I run it higher - 50-100%, but then it's a lot of work to keep it pointed where to want to go.
In LFS I usually run 30% FF. Sometimes I run it higher - 50-100%, but then it's a lot of work to keep it pointed where to want to go.
More than 7 days.... Fingers crossed you get a reply on Monday.
Yeah that's a bit rough man, how many weeks has it been so far?
I haven't seen the colour packs, but I did get an email from Fanatec offering a discount on the pedals - I didn't buy the pedals since I have my own DIY set. The email also mention something about the colour packs.... meh I can't see with my feet anyway.
My new wheel arrived and is working fine, but there is still a small amount of play in the main shaft. I hope it doesn't get worse...
brt900, I hope you get your new wheel soon. I didn't mind the long wait as I had other things to do anyway, but if your iracing $$ is going down the tube, that's got to be frustrating.
brt900, I hope you get your new wheel soon. I didn't mind the long wait as I had other things to do anyway, but if your iracing $$ is going down the tube, that's got to be frustrating.
In the long term spending time with your kids (they grow up so fast and you never get that time back) and maintaining a healthy lifestyle is far, far more important than working overtime with the patch.
Props to Scawen for telling it like it is.
Props to Scawen for telling it like it is.
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Yeah my GT3 RS's alacantra leather has taken 5 months of abuse without a hint of wear. 
IMHO it feels SO much nicer than regular leather that I had on my Momo Force (Red logi wheel).
Also FWIW the paddles on the Fanatec are so/so. The Logitec is ahead of the game on that one.
IMHO it feels SO much nicer than regular leather that I had on my Momo Force (Red logi wheel).
Also FWIW the paddles on the Fanatec are so/so. The Logitec is ahead of the game on that one.
The clamp is pretty iffy. I just cut out a bit of ply, bolted the wheel to the ply then used C clamps to clamp the ply to the desk.
Not the prettiest solution but it's a lot better than using the wheel's clamp.
Not the prettiest solution but it's a lot better than using the wheel's clamp.
Well I got an email from Fanatec today saying my replacement wheel has shipped.
So by the time I get the new wheel it'll be about 5 weeks from my initial contact with them.
Good luck with your wheel BRT...
So by the time I get the new wheel it'll be about 5 weeks from my initial contact with them.
Good luck with your wheel BRT...
Thanks, that's good to hear. I'm looking forward to a new wheel without the play.
Nice to hear that they took care of you!
Did any of those wheels have play in the main shaft?
Did any of those wheels have play in the main shaft?
Good lord man, what happened?
Sorry, I don't know anything about their shifters.
Don't hold your breath. It took over a week before I heard back from Fanatec when I first emailed, and then another week for every subsequent email.
I didn't buy the pedals as I have my own DIY set.
I didn't buy the pedals as I have my own DIY set.
IIRC it's 2 years on the wheel. I don't know if the warranty period resets when you receive a new wheel.
Good luck with the wheel if you buy one. Despite all the issues I've had with mine I *love* the wheel. Light years ahead of both my Red Momo and DFP.
8.8.8. was displayed on the wheels display, where else?
Basically I was using the wheel in LFS (what else :razz
and the wheel went limp (lost all FF) during a race.When I rebooted the wheel just displayed 8.8.8. and LFS wouldn't even load. When I unplugged the wheel LFS worked fine...
Sucks to hear that the third batch is still having issues. I really hope my replacement wheel has no play in the shaft.
I don't know how common it is, but obviously it's a known fault otherwise Fanatec would want the wheel back to see what went wrong.
Support is too slow imho, but the wheel is so good that I'm willing to overlook it.
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Just a follow up post since my wheel died :thumbsdow
It started displaying 8.8.8. and there was no FF. The play in the main shaft was getting slowly worse as well, so I knew I was going to have to deal with Fanatec's support sooner or later.
After some very slow communication they agreeded to ship me a new wheel. But they are out of stock until March.
On the positive side I didn't have to send in my old wheel. A video of the problem sufficed.
It started displaying 8.8.8. and there was no FF. The play in the main shaft was getting slowly worse as well, so I knew I was going to have to deal with Fanatec's support sooner or later.
After some very slow communication they agreeded to ship me a new wheel. But they are out of stock until March.
On the positive side I didn't have to send in my old wheel. A video of the problem sufficed.
I've got a GT3 and it still has cogging. It's ranges from 'you don't notice it' to annoying depending on the car and track.
GTR cars on long sweeping corners are the worst for cogging.
I assumed you meant Frex when you typed Fanatec... While I don't own a Frex, I read over at RSC that the Frex does suffer from cogging. Also from the DIY section of RSC I've noted that finding a motor that doesn't suffer from cogging is very difficult. Last time I checked people were experimenting with Pancake motor which IIRC claim to virtual elimate cogging
How did you mod you Logitec gears?
Are you saying there is no cogging at all? That would be great, even the Frex FF wheel isn't perfectly smooth and suffers from cogging.
Cogging BTW comes from the FF motor, not the gears.
What refresh rates were you using? 120Hz (60 per eye) is the minimum. I've tried to get away with 100hz, but my eye end up blood shot.
I've been using 3D glasses for racing since 02' or 03'. IMO there is nothing gimmicky about it. Set up correctly it's just like looking out a window with everything outside that window rendered in life sized 3D. It's unbelievably good.
It's kind of bewildering that it's not a lot more common. In the past it required a $$ monitor, but now that you can get a 22" 120hz LCD for under $300 US it's a lot more reasonable.
Also here in the USA you can pick up a used 20" CRT flat screens with 120hz refresh rates for $10-40 on Craig's List. No one wants these huge dinosaurs on their desk anymore but they're a great way to get into 3D on the cheap.
It's kind of bewildering that it's not a lot more common. In the past it required a $$ monitor, but now that you can get a 22" 120hz LCD for under $300 US it's a lot more reasonable.
Also here in the USA you can pick up a used 20" CRT flat screens with 120hz refresh rates for $10-40 on Craig's List. No one wants these huge dinosaurs on their desk anymore but they're a great way to get into 3D on the cheap.
While I don't want to bump this thread up I need to set the record straight. The incident didn't occur on [AA] Formula BMW, but rather most likey on a NLR server.
I just wanted to make sure that [AA] Formula BMW's name is not in any way tarnished.
I just wanted to make sure that [AA] Formula BMW's name is not in any way tarnished.
Thanks for the support Franky! I'm happy that you actually took the time to read my posts and determined it was not your typical case of who was right or wrong in a crash situation.
As we now know it was a case of mistaken identity/human error.
I'm sure most of us would be very concerned to be accused of being a wrecker within the first 10 seconds of spectating. My first 10 seconds of LFS that day in fact.
For all I knew someone had hacked my LFS account or there was a bug in LFS.
BTW my PC is old so I don't save MPR's, but thanks for the suggestion
As we now know it was a case of mistaken identity/human error.
I'm sure most of us would be very concerned to be accused of being a wrecker within the first 10 seconds of spectating. My first 10 seconds of LFS that day in fact.
For all I knew someone had hacked my LFS account or there was a bug in LFS.
BTW my PC is old so I don't save MPR's, but thanks for the suggestion
Thanks for the link to the AA website.
As for the rest of your post we'll have to agree to disagree.
[GT]Skunk used very poor judgment voting to ban someone based on the fact that they had a similar user name to a wrecker. That IMHO is totally BS and they guy needs to learn how admin if he is to be given any kind of powers from AA.
I've invited him to this thread three times now and he is obviously too embarrassed to show up. Honestly had he not been such a condescending
individual about the whole thing he never would have drawn such attention.
FWIW I think AA servers are great and appreciate all the effort from their end. It was (IMO) just poor judgment on GT's part but I'm not one to hold a grudge. In fact I only started this thread to hear his side of the story.
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