Control Devices & Wheel Issues

[Dnkiwi]

USA Trucker i very much share the same view as yourself towards this game / simulator and found that my logitech G25 has no fualts with in the game at all and was amazed that RnR even picked up the right settings and i also found that i tweaked a couple of the key bindings a bit just to make it work for me on the wheel and the hassel with the FFB is almost non existant for me but is very much at a normal level compared to other games / Driving Simulators .

if anoyone would like my setup details for the wheel feel free to pm me and i would more than happy to offer my advice on the key bindings .

[USA Trucker]

@Dnkiwi

Thanks, I was beginning to think I was the only one. In addition to your public response, I had 2 PM's that indicated the same as you. I encouraged them to go public, but one said "I don't want to fuel the fire of ignorance". So, I just let it go at that. Yours works, along with my brother, mine, and those two PM's. I'm willing to bet that there are more out there.

[obsolum]

Ah, here we are with the mysterious individuals PM'ing USA_Trucker again Say, are those the same ones who said the gearbox and clutch implementation were very realistic, complete with grinding noises and everything?

[USA Trucker]

Originally Posted by obsolum

Ah, here we are with the mysterious individuals PM'ing USA_Trucker again Say, are those the same ones who said the gearbox and clutch implementation were very realistic, complete with grinding noises and everything?

One of them yes. The other is fairly new to the forum. They're not mysterious. I just don't give names out, unless they wish to. I tried to encourage this (public broadcasting), so that people would know that the G25 does work if tweaked, but that's their choice. I get lots of PM's, but I only mention the G25 because of the controversy surrounding this topic. There is someone else that likes it, and he made a post about it. I believe it's in the G25 thread going back about 6 months or so.

I'm just trying to point out that some of us got it to work correctly. I have not, to date heard any gear-grinding though. Those that do like, please post it publicly like Dnkiwi did, and that other guy. Dnkiwi, is even willing to show everyone how he got it to work by PM. I would also like to see this done publicly too, so that all can benefit from it. Guys, don't PM me about it. Share the knowledge. I respect your privacy, but this should be put out in the forum, and not solely addressed to me.

[obsolum]

I have no doubt whatsoever that the G25 works perfectly with the game. Pook's remarks were about the FFB. And that's always a bit of a grey area; much of it comes down to what you expect and more importantly what you're used to. Being a serious simracer, pook is used to accurately simulated FFB, not canned FFB effects. I seriously doubt RnR actually simulates the forces acting on the wheels of the truck. I don't have the game anymore (got rid of the Russian version) but I'm guessing like 99% of the games out there it probably uses canned effects triggered by certain actions or driving inputs to make you feel stuff. To a novice this will feel pretty good. To an experienced simracer it will feel awful. I guess you could say here that ignorance is, in fact, bliss

[USA Trucker]

@Obsolum,

I guess you'll have to give me an example of what you feel with the FFB. I don't play racing games, but I do play FlightSimX. I know what I'm suppose to feel in that game using the the joystick.

I can only logically assume that the feedback you guys are describing on the steering wheel refers to wheel tension, vibrations, and the jolt you would get going over bumps, curves, etc. If this is correct, then as I previously stated I CAN feel all of these. You don't need to be a computer wizard to know how a car, truck, or motorcycle feels when you drive, or ride them. My steering wheel reacts as if I'm driving a real truck. You don't need to play a racing game to experience this. So, what is everyone talking about. Or am I just simply misunderstanding this whole wheel FFB thing??

[obsolum]

Alright, if you feel all those things and they feel right to you then great! Like I said, I never played the game with the G25 so I have no idea how the FFB is. I was only guessing based on pook's remarks.