How Long to get used to a Wheel???

[F1]

Hey there I recently got a T500 RS at christmas there and i just can't get used to it! I only have access to it at weekends and i don't have a proper place to secure it. I was just wondering if anyone had any tips about getting faster!

Cheers!

 

[Delta795]

You will need to secure it for stability otherwise you probably will never get better. Just search on homemade racing rigs, I made mine for less than $50US in about 2 hours.

As for the time to get better, it took me 1-2 weeks before I was running the same times as I did with DS3 and eventually better. Practice Practice Practice

 

[CloneHead]

I think it took me a week or so - but the feeling you get from using a wheel simply can't be beat.

My tips for getting faster:
1. Set a decent laptime with your controller.
2. Save the replay.
3. Find your wheel and secure it.
4. Load the replay, and use it as ghost car.

If you can't secure the wheel, then I don't think you will ever be able to get good laptimes with it.

 

[Tvensky]

I got used to my G27 in 5 minutes, since I have real car, I was used to steering wheel long time ago.. if you dont have drivers license you might use to it after a year or more. If you practise a lot you might learn it faster.

the best way to learn is to start with slower cars, and then more slow cars, after that more slow cars.. some FF, when you can get constant lap times you could try slow FR cars. If you want to understand why you spin out, try and tune some FR cars and learn very primitive drifts (top gear test track is perfect). The best way to learn is to understand what your car is doing, mechanics etc.

PS. your wheel must be well secured, if wheel is wobbly you will never drive properly. I build good setup for about 25$. Using wood and stuff.

 

[daan]

If you can't secure the wheel, then I don't think you will ever be able to get good laptimes with it.

PS. your wheel must be well secured, if wheel is wobbly you will never drive properly.

Anything else in this thread is irrelevant until you've done this...

 

[F1]

As you are aware the T500 comes with a clamp to secure it but because of space restraints i cannot use the clamp i generally just rest the wheel on a temporary fixture.
I would like to thank everyone for the help! If anyone has any tips for clamping the wheel to something which doesn't take up much space.
Cheers

 

[NikoBellic]

put it on a desk and pratice.

 

[bdubclub]

The way I found to improve the most with a wheel is to race some karts. You have to be smooth wig the karts, small inputs and easy on the brakes. This helped me tremendously and would recommend it to any new wheel users. For a set up I put mine on a small side table, not the most stable set up but it doesn't move around with normal driving.

 

[thechosenwonton]

As everyone has said - you must find a way to secure the wheel; don't even bother using it until that's done. I built my cockpit from PVC and MDF in a few hours, and it's very sturdy. Any movement to the wheel will screw you up.

That being said, once you've accomplished that, drive a low powered fwd car on comfort softs and race yourself - start slow and build pace, don't just try and set a pole lap the first time around. Pay attention to your lines, and use the feedback the wheel is giving you. Look where you want to end up, not where you are headed (best advice for racing, period, really).

Once you've mastered that, move up to a rwd car, I'd suggest something like the FT86, or S2000 (s2000 is quite fun to drive on comfort soft/sport hard) - when you have that down, move up to bigger, faster cars, and stickier tires. If you can set consistent laps around the Nordschliefe in a 500hp car on sport hards, then you'll know you've got the hang of it completely, and can fine tune on getting your lines and braking points better.

 

[byegad]

I clamp my DFGT to a bed tray with only the nearer pair of feet locked down. A cushion rolled up under it rests on my thighs and the feet are down the inside of the arms of my Lazyboy Armchair. It's perfectly stable and took me about 20hrs of driving to get faster than I had been on DS3. I was at level34A or so when I bought the wheel.

 

[DA__dogg]

It probably took me a month to get used to the DFGT. I have it clamped down on an old desk and I use an office chair to sit on. Quite comfortable really. Not sure why it took me that long to get used to a wheel but it did. However, the enjoyment I get out of driving with a wheel in this game is immeasurable. 👍

 

[Morgoth_666]

You can run just fine with a wheel that isn't perfectly secured. After my old wheel with it's annoying but functional lap attachment died, I used my new one for a month or three just attached to a board that was about as wide as me(I'd recommend wider), to sit it properly on my lap until I built up a crappy homemade table for it. It was far from ideal but you could make it work without too much problem.

It's still best to get it properly secured. Honestly even my little table isn't quite stable enough, but if I made it any heavier/tied down it would impair switching between the PS3 & PC. But you can certainly run decently and have fun as long as you have something to keep it balanced with. It's not an all-or-nothing situation.

But if you're just holding it in your lap by itself you might as well attempt telekinetic control.

I don't know about the T500's mounts, but I'd imagine a small portable folding table would be good enough to get started with any wheel, though some are easier to fit to than others.

 

[BNGTracer]

Congrats on the purchase ScotishGT5,
I unfortunately am going to tell you the T500 unsecured will be almost impossible to master without a secure mounting for it. A lap table is not an option due to the incredibly strong FFB of this wheel.
Even setting it to 1 it's stronger than most other wheels out. I highly recommend getting a table or desk to mount it on both using the clamp supplied and hard mounting.
Once you have it mounted on something solid then as said before in your thread start with a low powered FF car and work up from there as you get more confident.
Good luck and enjoy your T500 👍

Ben.

 

[1241Penguin]

Echoing everyone else: Practice. I took me several weeks to get used to it, and then about a month to be as good as I was on the DS3. It takes time, I even thought about getting rid of my wheel at some points!

Also, was I the only one who thought that OP was saying that they had to keep their wheel at a place where somebody might steal it? Hence it's "not secure?"

 

[Morgoth_666]

Congrats on the purchase ScotishGT5,
I unfortunately am going to tell you the T500 unsecured will be almost impossible to master without a secure mounting for it. A lap table is not an option due to the incredibly strong FFB of this wheel.
Even setting it to 1 it's stronger than most other wheels out. I highly recommend getting a table or desk to mount it on both using the clamp supplied and hard mounting.
Once you have it mounted on something solid then as said before in your thread start with a low powered FF car and work up from there as you get more confident.
Good luck and enjoy your T500 👍

Ben.

Interesting. I did try to hint that I was not familiar with that specific wheel. All are similar in ways. but each different wheel is quite different.

Even on a table, with the game FFB on 1, my Fanatec was difficult for my inexperienced friend to come to terms with until I turned the FFB on the wheel itself down to 10-20%. FFB is a lot to get used to, indeed.

 

[byegad]

I started with the FFB on 1 for my DFGT, I gradually worked it up to 5 or so which feels like a fastish car I used to own. I could set it higher, but really don't need to for full sensitivity.

 

[F1]

Congrats on the purchase ScotishGT5,
I unfortunately am going to tell you the T500 unsecured will be almost impossible to master without a secure mounting for it. A lap table is not an option due to the incredibly strong FFB of this wheel.
Even setting it to 1 it's stronger than most other wheels out. I highly recommend getting a table or desk to mount it on both using the clamp supplied and hard mounting.
Once you have it mounted on something solid then as said before in your thread start with a low powered FF car and work up from there as you get more confident.
Good luck and enjoy your T500 👍

Ben.

Thanks! I'll give it a try!

Echoing everyone else: Practice. I took me several weeks to get used to it, and then about a month to be as good as I was on the DS3. It takes time, I even thought about getting rid of my wheel at some points!

Also, was I the only one who thought that OP was saying that they had to keep their wheel at a place where somebody might steal it? Hence it's "not secure?"

Thanks! No it is not going to be stolen if I were to move it! I can only use it at weekends though since I don't have time to set it up during the week and sometimes can't even get access to it! (may sound confusing and yes it is!)

Interesting. I did try to hint that I was not familiar with that specific wheel. All are similar in ways. but each different wheel is quite different.

Even on a table, with the game FFB on 1, my Fanatec was difficult for my inexperienced friend to come to terms with until I turned the FFB on the wheel itself down to 10-20%. FFB is a lot to get used to, indeed.

Thanks!

I started with the FFB on 1 for my DFGT, I gradually worked it up to 5 or so which feels like a fastish car I used to own. I could set it higher, but really don't need to for full sensitivity.

Cheers!