Hey SRXtreme,
I have a well worn Act labs setup with modified performance pedals and the "notchiness" can easily be dealth with by adjusting the force feedback setup in the game / act labs driver setup.
Until you step-up to the TSW wheel (I also think it's a really good price/value) just try to fiddle with the settings and you should be fine.
As far as spinning out, practice with any wheel is the best investment / remedy..
From following guys that are really fast I can definitely tell you that my wheel is not my limiting factor. My lines and timing for brake / turn / accel are!
Some guys get near world records with the keyboard and a joystick.
Just my 2 cents..
I have a well worn Act labs setup with modified performance pedals and the "notchiness" can easily be dealth with by adjusting the force feedback setup in the game / act labs driver setup.
Until you step-up to the TSW wheel (I also think it's a really good price/value) just try to fiddle with the settings and you should be fine.
As far as spinning out, practice with any wheel is the best investment / remedy..
From following guys that are really fast I can definitely tell you that my wheel is not my limiting factor. My lines and timing for brake / turn / accel are!
Some guys get near world records with the keyboard and a joystick.
Just my 2 cents..
NVidia 81.87 NIGHT & DAY (A bit Long)
I had problem with slow FPS / Crashing when I re-started playing this game about 2 mos ago and I did the following:
1) New Nvidia Driver 81.84
2) New Sound Driver Latest Soundblaster
3) Re-Flash the Mother Board
4) Defrag
5) Adjust Nvidia Settings
6) Remove un-needed background processes
7) New Direct X (9C I beleive)
8) Disable Norton / Microsoft Spy Remove
It was a little better and still crashed on occasion. I removed a the Audio HQ toolbar and that did the trick for the crashes. As for the FPS I was still @ 8-12 FPS @ the beggining of an online race and never better than about 28 FPS when racing online..
I was thinking about buying a new video card when I saw this post. I went to NVidia and got the 81.87 driver and went from always getting passed on the first corner with my choppy hard to control 8-9 FPS to a "So long sucker" smooth & controllable 22-25 FPS. For the rest of the race when the traffic clears up a bit it now runs between 52 and 60 FPS!.
In conjunction with the the 4XS Antialiasing setting on the card I've got eye candy I never knew I had
. It's like a different game! Within 30 minutes of playing online I was a good .5 sec faster around Blackwood (FOX) than I ever was before
My PC has : Pentium IV 2.20 GHZ 512MB Ram, NVidia GEForce Ti 4600 128 MB, slow 60Hz LCD Flatscreen, Sound Blaster Audigy 1st Generation
1) New Nvidia Driver 81.84
2) New Sound Driver Latest Soundblaster
3) Re-Flash the Mother Board
4) Defrag
5) Adjust Nvidia Settings
6) Remove un-needed background processes
7) New Direct X (9C I beleive)
8) Disable Norton / Microsoft Spy Remove
It was a little better and still crashed on occasion. I removed a the Audio HQ toolbar and that did the trick for the crashes. As for the FPS I was still @ 8-12 FPS @ the beggining of an online race and never better than about 28 FPS when racing online..
I was thinking about buying a new video card when I saw this post. I went to NVidia and got the 81.87 driver and went from always getting passed on the first corner with my choppy hard to control 8-9 FPS to a "So long sucker" smooth & controllable 22-25 FPS. For the rest of the race when the traffic clears up a bit it now runs between 52 and 60 FPS!.
In conjunction with the the 4XS Antialiasing setting on the card I've got eye candy I never knew I had
. It's like a different game! Within 30 minutes of playing online I was a good .5 sec faster around Blackwood (FOX) than I ever was before My PC has : Pentium IV 2.20 GHZ 512MB Ram, NVidia GEForce Ti 4600 128 MB, slow 60Hz LCD Flatscreen, Sound Blaster Audigy 1st Generation
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