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ElShotte
Demo licensed
In the GTI on Blackwood, I start weavin back and forth in my chair and blowing at my monitor, sometimes I light up a cig, take a sip of whatever, I must tell you, if my glass is behind my monitor and I reach over, sometimes I spin out with the XRT Turbo... gas pressed, as Im leaning over I move the mouse and start drifting to later on, loose control, do a 180, wave to the guy passing me, meanwhile switch to R and twist the wheel, switch back to first and chase that f**ker hoping he will crash on the next turn.
ElShotte
Demo licensed
Quote from sgt.flippy :Where can I get one of those LCD's for 100$?

Ya can't, I was talking about the Driving Wheel, LCD's now I gotta say are pretty cheap, you can get a decent 19" for ~$300, anyway, I got my friend to try LFS, he says its good, but quite a few things are missing, the sense of speed he says is poor, and so are the sounds. And I believe he knows, he's a race car driver.
ElShotte
Demo licensed
Sawyer, think of it this way, you turn it 30 degrees on a wheel does 200, its like turning it 135 on a wheel that does 900 degrees man.
ElShotte
Demo licensed
Yeah,

But if the price tags on this start at $94 and the MOMO's end at $95, Id rather get this. You never know, maybe S3 will be super realistic with kick ass graphics... next thing I need is a 30" widescreen LCD and Im off...
ElShotte
Demo licensed
Well right, don't really care about that, lets put it this way, when driving in 1st person mode, I want my wheel turning exactly like the one in the car, and blocking exactly at the same time the guy's in the car does... or is that just removing dead zones?

Also, voila, took me some time, but most if it was just getting the idea:

www.bestofthebestsports.com/shot/shotte1.jpg
www.bestofthebestsports.com/shot/shotte2.jpg

Qoute from Logitech Website:

Sony and Logitech changed that when Gran Turismo 4 and the Logitech Driving Force Pro were born: both products were the first to offer in-game and hardware-based 900° turning radius support. After the resounding success and critical acclaim of both Gran Turismo 4 and the Driving Force Pro, other game publishers began creating titles for the PlayStation with 900° turning radius support. The rest—at least for the PlayStation gaming community—is history.

End Qoute.

Which means, that the wheel itself will actually turn 900°, however, the game itself must support it, now the question is, whether LFS would support a 900° radius. Has anyone tested this?
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ElShotte
Demo licensed
Damn, sorry for double post, speaking of wheels, which is THE best one to get? Logitech Driving Force Pro for the PS2 has a 900 degree turn, which is like in a real car, does that work with PC also?
ElShotte
Demo licensed
I will get a wheel, as soon as I move back to the city, now Im with my parents here in Pennsylvania, Im orignally from New York City, and before that, Poland. Just helping them renovate their newly bought house, I don't even have that much time to sit on the computer, just at nights. Not too late either cause we wake up at 8.

cu.
ElShotte
Demo licensed
Cool, will try, also will try Joystick Left and Right, and Throttle... Fire button clutch, and since I got 4 buttons up top, Up Gear Up, Down Gear Down and left and right for looking, thanks for the tip, making my own skin now , I am a graphic designer after all.

Ohh and, is there any way to pick your set up? I am used to seeing the tip of the hood of the car when driving... so I can tail someone and know when I am actually going to rearend him.

EDIT: Okay, Ive tried my original setup (yes its possible Ive just realised after a long sitdown) and I tried your suggestion, none were working for me. Steering with the Joystick itself is bloody weird, also, if I use the throttle control thing where up is gas and down is break, it's very hard for me to do that braking technique, the ABS imitation thing, and the truth is, that slows you down about 60% then just holding down brake, the best setup for me now is the mouse and keyboard, allthough I can't use the gas to it's full potential, I will live... when I was switching my controls around to use the joystick, you would've thought I've never played this game.
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Joystick and Mouse Control?
ElShotte
Demo licensed
Hello guys,

I am fairly new to LFS, I tried it a while back... hated it. Now, I downloaded the S version demo a week ago, started the Training, got pissed, deleted it. Couple days ago, I downloaded the newest version (U) and am enjoying it, very cool game. I have no wheel and pedals, now, I loose time on the turns because I cannot apply the proper throttle with the XRT Turbo, If I try anything fancy Ill spin out and start muttering. However, as in a real RWD car, when your wheel is barely twisted you can apply throttle without spinning out, although gotta be careful. Anyway, I got an idea, I love driving with the mouse (now that I have gotten used to it), and realized I have throttle control on my logitech joystick, and was thinking of this setup;

(5 button Microsoft Mouse)

Left Mouse: Gear Down
Right Mouse: Gear Up
Side Button Big: Clutch
Mouse Axis: Steer
Joystick Throttle: Acceleration/Braking
Joystick Button: Handbrake

However, jumped into the options, and apparently, I can only use a KB/Mouse or Wheel/Joystick config... anyway to mixmatch the two so I can achieve the above? Also, any way to lower the mouse sensitivity? I find myself steering out of a corner catching a light drift and countersteering too bloody hard and start drifting and sooner or later if I have not regained control of the car I end up doing a 180 to reverse and J-Turn...

Also, I find it quite enjoyable to do 360's, 180's to reverse and J-Turn out or 180 Boomerangs... anyone else? Not alot of the games actually let you do this, and if they do, it's too bloody simple... I like the method of Handbrake, twist wheel, switch to reverse, reverse the wheel, hit the gas, straighten wheel hit drive...


Ohh and, how come whenever I hotlap or play a singleplayer game the replay is not recorded? Is this a restriction within the demo?
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