Quote from Skagen :

As long the shaking doesn't upset the car, it's always possible to turn off the wheel and the driver in the game if it is disturbing to watch.

No its not disturbing to watch, I mean, now that I locked the axes it doesnt shake as much, just a little bit when I turn. Whats concerning me is if it have some actual impact on my driving. As if I am in a sharp turn, and I feel that I could probably give it alittlebit more gas because this is going way too slow, if I hit the throttle, I cant turn very good. so I have to hit the throttle, then turn.

This is my first skin ever made, and I didnt put too much effort into it hope you like it:

Last edited by whilly2dope, Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:36. Reason : Added the FXR-skin file

Quote from dadge :

shut off? ingame setting is 0 and windows setting is 0 with 0 centre spring?

Yes.

Anyhow, I realized I had the "lock" off on the axes, so I locked them and now its not AS bad, still some wobbling which I dont know if it really disturbs any of the driving experience. I hope not atleast.

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Quote from Skagen :

I just watched the replay, and from the looks of it, there seems to be some sort of noise on the steering wheel axis signal. The wheel is shaking rather than wiggling. And the shaking seems to increase with higher steering angles.
Im guessing the problem could be within the mechanism that detects the steering angles on the (physical) wheel, and not LFS.

Have you tested the wheel in any other games to see if it is shaking there aswell?

I'll get on and try that right now.

Quote from dadge :

force feedback set too high? could that be the wiggle?

Force feedback is completely shut off

why contact through mail and make everything more complicated?

Quote from Flame CZE :

By the way, be careful on the brakes, do not push them to the max all the time or you will lock the front wheels. And to shift up in the Formula 1 car, you don't have to press the clutch or lift off the throttle.

As for the wiggling, I have no idea. Does it wiggle in-game only or is the actual wheel doing that?

Okok, thanks for the advice! You know it help alot when a person just explains the basics like that, if you wouldnt have told me that I would've kept on assuming its something wrong with my settings. I'll practice more on the breaks! And not having to press the clutch or lift of the throttle, I stopped using the clutch like the first race I did, It just dragged out on the time it took to shift, and if I dont lift off the throttle, it wont shift, and I think I sometimes break it, after awhile with faster cars every gear starts acting like the neutral but pushing the car forward sliiightly.

And about the wiggling, the wheel itself doesnt wiggle, just in-game, and when I look in the controlpanel > gamepads (the drivers) it doesnt wiggle there either.

Ok, Attached a small replay, the slippery etc is pretty much fixed, I made my pedals analog and not digital and its so much better now. Though 1 problem remains which you should be able to see in the replay I attached: The wheel is wiggling, it doesnt wiggle in control panel > gamepads where you config the wheel, but in the game... And it also drag abit to the right. really annoying.

Quote from DEVIL 007 :

Hi,

could you explain more what you think with your wheel flickering. Do you mean you turn with wheel and you dont see response from LFS? If that would be case I would try to recalibrate wheel in LFS and also check you have latest drivers in LFS.

Regarding the spinning of cars. Does it happend also easily with GTI?

ok currently uploading a video, And ok I just did a test drive after doing some changes(complete random though..) in the settings and I can atleast turn kinda decent while giving it gas.

The breaks are like the car doesnt have ABS, maybe they doesnt, maybe I disabled it somewhere or maybe it is because this wheels pedals works as buttons and not axis :/ so its either FULLGAS or no gas resp. FULLBREAKS or no breaks.

I do get responses in the game from the wheel, but it kinda wiggles and it feels like the car is very slippery. You were talking about some "LFS" drivers? could I have some more information on that?

EDIT:I found out that you actually could make the pedals analog, I'll try it out now see if it made any diffrence in the driving experience. But what for the wheel axis, it still is a smallbit to the right, wiggly.

Thanks for you response and not to mention patient on a complete beginner such as myself

Last edited by whilly2dope, Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:15.

Quote from Flame CZE :

Could you post the replay of your driving?

sure give me a sec!

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That I could put my website on the skin ( casualbros.com )

what I need: to know what car you want the skins for ( and possibly send me a file of the car to skin )

And your teamname / logo

And if there is something else you want on there, like other sponsors you have, please send me their logos aswell.

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Example:

Last edited by whilly2dope, Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:25. Reason : I posted a skin I recently threw together

Hi, I could need some advice. Im rather new to LFS.
I got a NEW wheel awhile ago, a Hama Thunder V5, before that I had a very old wheel which was unable to be setup or tweaked to give full throttle or full break, though this new one can but I have stumbled over a small problem. now when I drive my ingame wheel tends to flicker, like my real life wheel doesnt give out a clean signal, when I turn in higher speeds I just go straight forward, like my tires were very bad, and when I break aswell, straight forward, cant turn.also when I give it some gas on lower shifts while turn, I easily spin. Anyone got a solution for this problem? Unless its my actual wheel what should I change in my settings, is there any good "configs" or something similar someone would like to share?

Thank you for reading! -whilly2dope, casualbros.com

Quote from sysoosi :

I understand. I just wanted to make sure you don't underestimate the role of the wheel. I go for enjoyment as well, I'm not that competitive either. I'm fortunate enough to have money to spend on stuff so I usually go for the extra mile .

I see, thats cool. I got my Hama thunder V5, and Im cool with it, it turned out to be above my expectations even. Though the pedals works as buttons, so its just FULL or no gas and FULL or no break. And I feel kinda slippy with it, but that might've been me who fudged around with the ingame settings. Anyone have any good configurations to share or know where I could find some?

Quote from sysoosi :

A good wheel is well worth it in sim use is what E.Reiljans probably meant by the "eww". There's a lot of potential to lose with a bad controller. I have no idea about the actual quality of that Hama wheel (I could speculate though), but I suggest that you get a Driving Force GT eventually. Other than having a toy-ish look and feel, it's an ok wheel with great support and good force feedback.

Also, I think it's cheap to publically look down on demo racers like that. I'm saying this with an S2 licence (so you don't have to check yourself).

Thank you for the comment sysoosi. I'll probably get something better in the future, but as I mentioned, I DONT HAVE THE MONEY. I dont care much if I lose or not, what I want is to drive around(race, not cruise) casually, if I end up on 1st place or last place doesnt matter to me. What he ment with the "eww" was a laugh at me for not getting a more expensive wheel(when I cant), and there is nothing cheap with the follow the old unwritten rule "what comes around, goes around" and hit back, in this case with, paying for a wheel like Driving Force GT but dont have the manners to pay for the actual game.

Quote from E.Reiljans :

Eww.. you rather should have taken Logitech Driving Force GT instead.

Maybe you didnt understand me. I dont have LOADSA MONEY to spend. this Hama thunder V5 is what I could afford which had the things I have to have on my driving wheel: USB port, those ferrari gear shifts behind the wheel, and an attachment better than those completely useless suckers.

EDIT: just realized you are a Demo racer.... that is sorta "Eww" imho.

Hey peeps.
I am .. not new to racing but rather new to LFS and more of the simulation scene. I got myself a driving wheel from a second hand market (Logitech Wingman formula, not the newer GP one but the older which uses gameport(15pin)) and it worked for awhile with my vista and all the 3rd market drivers, but then it all bluescreened.

I decided to get a new one that uses USB, and the one I could afford which looked most promising was the Hama Thunder V5. I know I already ordered it and all but if anyone uses this, did see it or used to used it, please share some of your experience with it and some feedback on it. Also some technical info on it I couldnt find was.. what size is it?

Thanks! whilly2dope -casualbros.com