Logitech wheel users at a disadvantage in rally stages?

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Well, I finally finished the time trials.

Contrary to popular opinion, I didn't find the Complex String the hardest - rather, it was the Tahiti Maze - I nearly burst into tears when I snuck under the time.

Watching the demo, I notice that the steering was extremely 'jabby', suggesting that whoever set the goal time was using the D-pad, and able to move from the left-right extremes much more quickly than I could wind the wheel from right to left.

This suggests I might be at a significant disadvantage to a D-pad user.

I'd be interested to hear from other Logitech users - did you find this time trial difficult?

I had no problem with the rally stages, licenses (but I think the times were too easy for the licenses) or indeed the Swiss Alps time trial (but that is a much more flowing course).
 
Heh, I don't know about using the DS2, I'm a dedicated wheel man...

Besides, I had the advantage of "racing" my brother in law on Tahiti Maze (we compared times over the phone), making it less of a solitary experience and more fun. (I "won" by the way, making it first with the ominous time of 1.59.666... 😈 )
But no, I guess it wasn't easy. Those hairpins are hard to get just right, and there are so many of them. Like CS, lots of places to lose time.

My personal Everest -to scale alone- has been Complex String. I found the sun-bleached and wind-tattered remains of Sir Edmund Hillary by the roadside near the hilly bends/ bendy hills...
 
Originally posted by Fiat500
My personal Everest -to scale alone- has been Complex String. I found the sun-bleached and wind-tattered remains of Sir Edmund Hillary by the roadside near the hilly bends/ bendy hills...
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That would have been surprising - not least because he's still alive...
 
On the website www.happypuppy.com, I once read that the game was designed aound the D-pad (Not the anolog Stick??!!) because the software estimates what the person is trying to do. I still use the analog stick, or the Logitech wheel though.

(It was an excerpt from an interview with the designers I believe)
 
That would have been surprising - not least because he's still alive...
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Dammit! Wrong climber! :o I meant Mallory, of course, George Mallory... the air is very thin at that altitude, hallucinations & such, mumble mumble

Anyway: Complex String: Because it's there! ;)
 
I have had a little difficulty in the rallies with the Logitech wheel.......I guess I am still trying to get used to it on there. But the others, I am finding the wheel to be easier than the Dpad.
 
I've watched several of the Time Trial demos to see what they're doing and noticed the sharp turning points as well. I assume they're using the analog stick because my replays appear to be about the same.

I have also noticed that the PS2 will gradually turn the wheel when you slam the stick hard left and right. I think it's trying to help the driver maintain a smooth turn.

Note: EVERY SINGLE BUTTON on the PS2 DualShock2 is 'analog' with over 250 points of pressure (good luck hitting them all). This means the four buttons, the top buttons (L1, R1 ...) AND the D-Pad. Technically you can get the same sensitivity by steering with any two buttons as you do with the analog stick.

I personally haven't beaten either one, but I think the Tahiti Maze is going to be more difficult than the Complex String. Just a hunch (:

A related side note: Has anyone put steering, brake, and gas all on the same analog stick? I wonder how well that would work ... I guess it depends on the degree of presure that the PS2 would concider to be "99% down + 1% left", would it still turn at the smallest radius?

~LoudMusic
 
I used the D-pad and i had no trouble at all with Tahiti Maze.
Passed it the first time i tried :D
Just keep in the right line and it should be easy to steer, cause you slide through the corner.
 

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