Control Devices & Wheel Issues

[movo.]

Originally Posted by obsolum

it's the pedal on the left :-p

lmao!!!

[digit]

Igor said in one of his interviews that the clutch on the G25 was supported! It would be silly if it's not since the gear box is.

[supergorkem]

the clutch problem is ok. g25 is working well...gearbox and clutch is realistic

[cVGhost]

Hello,
all the time I played the game without a wheel .. only using keyboard .. now that i got to try it with a wheel, i noticed major performance decrease !! (and by major i mean major ,, it was unplayable at almost any fair looking graphic settings.)

Here is basic info about my rig:

Intel C2D T7500 @2.13GHz
4GB DDR2/667 RAM
nVidia GeForce 8600M GT/512MB
(yes it's a notebook)
Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Wheel: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel

[Rob_G]

Originally Posted by cVGhost

(yes it's a notebook)

I Suspect that is the biggest issue!!!

[novatekk]

Rob_G: Eventhough his notebook isn't the most powerful out there, by looking at the topic title, I think he meant to say that before using the wheel the game ran at least somewhat acceptable.

cVGhost: I think the performance decrease is caused by your steering wheel. The Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel has the exact same issues in many other games. Many people playing Testdrive Unlimited with that particular wheel for example experienced the exact same loss in performance as you describe.

I think the reason for this decrease has to do with the fact that older wheels, like the one you have, use a different (outdated) force feedback technique compared to most recent wheels. If you haven't done this already, you might want to try and disable force feedback alltogether and see if the performance gets better.

[Whiskey]

Originally Posted by novatekk

...older wheels, like the one you have, use a different (outdated) force feedback technique compared to most recent wheels.

I thought it was the Xbox 360 who used different FFB. In PC they use DirectInput, a part of DirectX

(I could be wrong, as I don't know much about this)

[cVGhost]

That sucks .. well I guess that's the price for having an .. idk .. 8 year old steering wheel

btw: the game runs perfecly smooth with medium-to hight settings .. (texture filtering at max, other setting at 3/4, AI traffic at 100%)
but not with the steering wheel it doesn't

I'll try to disable the force feedback . . even tough i think I already did that and it had no effect ..

aren't recent wheels using USB 2.0 ?

[novatekk]

Originally Posted by Whiskey

I thought it was the Xbox 360 who used different FFB. In PC they use DirectInput, a part of DirectX

Well I am not a 100% sure on the Microsoft wheel but I have the old Logitech Formula Force wheel (same era I guess) and here is what a Logitech employee had to say:

Originally Posted by CharlesB

It's a technological issue where the wheel itself, and how it manages force feedback effects, has effectively become so outdated that we made the cut with LGS 5.0

[SkylitTrucker]

i was woundering if the Logitech G27 steering wheel is compatible with Rig N Roll the steering wheel comes with a manual 6 speed gear shift along with a clutch and i thought it would be more realistic to use.
i am sorry if i am posting this in the wrong area, but ive been curious about this for some time now, thank you