@ obsolum, thx for the help

I have now got the steering lock set to 25deg, but still cant set up the G25? I had a look in windows/ cp/ game controllers/ options/ & cant find anything to do with 900degs?

Also where is a good server to race Historix? any leagues/champs running.

i bought rFactor cause it develops itself through the community, Race07 cause of the fun you can have there racing side by side.

LFS just stands still, for many months now, so why not play something else which is going forward ?

Edit: bold addition that the LFS Fanboy`s understand it too

Quote from Memph1s :

i bought rFactor cause it develops itself

Must be a very intelligent game then.

Quote from anttt69 :

I had a look in windows/ cp/ game controllers/ options/ & cant find anything to do with 900degs?

Windows/Control Panel/Game Controllers/Properties/Settings is where all the settings are.

in settings all i have is 'reset' & 'calibrate'?

also why is it such a nightmare just to join a server. since getting this game i have not manged to join a single populated server?

Quote from anttt69 :

in settings all i have is 'reset' & 'calibrate'?

also why is it such a nightmare just to join a server. since getting this game i have not manged to join a single populated server?

Because you have to have the same mods installed, which is the major downfall of rFactor imo. Pick up racing is not as easy as LFS.

Quote from Mackie The Staggie :

Because you have to have the same mods installed, which is the major downfall of rFactor imo. Pick up racing is not as easy as LFS.

Who wants to race with the standard rFactor cars? Not me thats for sure, and I hazard a guess to say more than 70% of the community don't either.

Quote from BlueFlame :

Who wants to race with the standard rFactor cars? Not me thats for sure, and I hazard a guess to say more than 70% of the community don't either.

You're right, the default rF cars are crap, but the fact remains that pickup racing in rFactor is almost non-existant, except maybe if you're running a very popular mod. I love the HistorX mod but there's virtually no online racing to be found outside of organized leagues/events, and that's a damn shame.

Those who can't access RSC for some reason here are the 'tips' i came up with:

Work in progress 'tips' file to get more out of rFactor.
June 23

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Cut The Crap Settings
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These things reduce the bloat if you don't find these things neccesary:
- You can delete all movies from the MovieFiles and UIdata\movies directory
- You can delete all the sounds in the UIdata\UISounds directory
- You can delete all music files in the Music directory

Less input latency:
- Set ''frames rendered ahead'' to 1 for Nvidia 8x00 and 9x00, and to 0 for other nVidia cards (RivaTuner vsync options)
- Set ''flip que size'' to 0 for Ati cards to achieve the same
- don't use vsync
- set a 'max framerate' provided your system never drops below this, see below in the notepad section


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"realism" settings in game:
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- tripple check all the driving aids are off (perhaps not assign steering help to the 'near escape' F1 key..)
- tripple check speed sensitive steering (0%)
- linear (50%) sensitivities
- 0% deadzones
- 0% exaggerate yaw and head movement

Force Feedback:
- If a mod doesn't come with clear RealFeel settings, its not worth playing! (imo..)
- G25 owners can probably lower the realfeel smoothing level to 0 or 1 and use these defaults:
[General]
RealFeelIsOn=True
ConsoleEnabled=False
ConsoleRepeatDelay=0.100000
SpeechEnabled=True
KeyRepeatDelay=0.100000
SteerForceInputMax=11500.000000
MinSpeed=4.000000
DefaultMaxForceAtSteeringRack=2000.000000
DefaultSteeringDamper=11500.000000
DefaultSmoothingLevel=0
LogEnabled=False

- In Game, set effects to -100% for logitech wheels
- set effects to 'low' (no canned effects) and zero damping just in case..
- Set your logitech software to ZERO for damping, spring and center spring.
- Set your logitech software to ~ 102% forces for a slightly more responsive center



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"realism" settings for Notepad:
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Values below are "realistic" and essential! (imo..)

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PLR
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Quick Chat #12="The Answer is 42" // ok this is just nonsense :-)

[ DRIVING AIDS ]
Steering Help="0"
Throttle Control="0"
Brake Help="0"
Antilock Brakes="0"
Spin Recovery="0"
Invulnerability="0"
Autopit="0"
Opposite Lock="0"
Stability Control="0"
Auto Clutch="0"
Auto Lift="0"
Auto Blip="0"
Shift Mode="0"
Repeat Shifts="0" // if your shifter 'bounces' (shifts twice very quickly) try 1 or 2


[ Mechanical Failures ]
QUICK Failure Rate="1" // non time scaled
MULTI Failure Rate="1"

[ Sound Options ]
Speed Of Sound="340.00000" // normal is 300 but the real speed of sound is 340! more accurate dopler effect.


[ Graphic Options ]
Rearview="1" // center and side mirrors
Virtual Rearview In Cockpit="1" // if you can't see, "1" gives you 3 virtual mirrors, for safe online driving..

Cockpit Vibration Mult1="0.06" // I dislike vibrations. Each mod / car has its own vibration magnitude
Cockpit Vibration Freq1="15" // which gets multiplied by these numbers on the left. Lower numbers means
Cockpit Vibration Mult2="0.03" // less view vibrations. Zero means no view shake at all. The values on the left
Cockpit Vibration Freq2="10" // are a big reduction of the default values but feel free to zero em all.

Exaggerate Yaw="0" // Very annoying and 'weird' when not zero even though it 'tries' to help. Zero this biatch! :-)

Head Physics="0" // Stops even more annoying head movements
Head Rotation="0" // and some more just in case.

Glance Rate="33" // Quicker glancing time is money at 200mph!
Glance Angle="1.2" // Makes the look left/right buttons look 90 degrees for a better look besides you


Max Framerate="0" // Helps if your system is always 120+fps to set this to 120 for more smoothness less notchyness in fps.

Depends heavily on the system. Will improve consistency in fps and input delays.


[ Game Options ]
Measurement Units="0" // 0 = metric, 1 = english/imperial)
Speed Units="1" // 0 = MPH, 1 = KPH
Damper Units="1" // 1 turns car setup damper values into actual damping rates, not just 'setting 1..10'




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Controller.ini
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Steer Ratio Speed="0" // When zero, there is no extra sharp steering at low speeds.
Speed Sensitive Steering="0" // When 0, steering is just as sensitive at 1km/h as 300km/h as it should be!
Gear Select Button Hold="1" // Set to 1 when you have a H shifter (and the mod supports 'no delay' shifts)
Steering Wheel Range="900" // set to your actual wheel rotation so the graphics match your actual wheel


Axis [00, 00] Dead Zone="0" // make sure all deadzones are zero, perhaps except brake pedal if your pot is bad
Axis [00, 00] Sensitivity="0.5" // make sure all sensitivities are 0.5 (aka 50% aka fully linear)

I think this thread should be renamed to either rFactor discussions or to keep in pare with the rest of the threads: the official rFactor discussions thread

Quote from BlueFlame :

Who wants to race with the standard rFactor cars? Not me thats for sure, and I hazard a guess to say more than 70% of the community don't either.

missed my point a bit, it's not that easy to find the correct mods to race online, and all in all it becomes a bit messy.

rFactor however works well in leagues, but pick up racing then good luck.