New G27 Steering owner and...

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I know, practice makes perfect... but geez, I can't keep the car straight on some tracks and I'm using stock cars, like the 97 Civic Type R, Camara SS 2010 with their default tires.

It seems that I'm constantly fighting the wheel to stay straight. At some points, I feel like someone is annoying me by turning the wheel away from where I want to go. I've put simulation on, no power steering or whatever the name of the option is and I kept the feedback at 5. Should I lower the feedback so I can enjoy the wheel or something or put steering assist on ?

Another thing that doesn't help, I don't have the "perfect" setting for the wheel and gearbox, they are clipped on some little wood stools, meaning that I cannot really turn like I should but I should at least be able to keep the car straight on the SS7 track with a Camara SS, but the wheel keeps moving like it's posessed.

Also got my birthday ticket today, Fairlady 78. Too bad I'm not born in the 90's... oh well !
 
daan
This is a GT5 specific enquiry so it is in the right place.
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Agreed, which is why I didn't report it. I just figured the guys in the SIM department, many of whom play GT5, could offer some more in-depth insight. No more, no less :D
 
Thanks I guess !

I copied and pasted my message over there, in the "sim" department, so I hope it won't be seen as "spamming".
 
Ben78
Thanks I guess !

I copied and pasted my message over there, in the "sim" department, so I hope it won't be seen as "spamming".
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No not at all. My apologies, I wasn't trying to step on any toes. I just figured the guys who specialize in using wheels would be a better resource for your question. 👍
 
If you don't have a stable enough platform, then yes FFB is going to give you fits. You'll have to turn it down to a point where you're not fighting the wheel AND trying to keep whatever it's mounted to stable.

Pictures?
 
parabulla
If you don't have a stable enough platform, then yes FFB is going to give you fits. You'll have to turn it down to a point where you're not fighting the wheel AND trying to keep whatever it's mounted to stable.

Pictures?
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Pictures ? Hahaha ! Never ! I'd be too ashamed ! It's for a couple of days, I just moved here and my computer desk (which weighs around 10 000 000 lbs, is coming real soon, so I'll have something stable.)

But I'll lower the FFB (is that how you say that, the feedback...) to 3, or even 2 or 1.

Thanks guys !
 
Nothing to be ashamed of sir, you should see some of the setups... some guys even use old school ironing boards!!
 
Ben78
Pictures ? Hahaha ! Never ! I'd be too ashamed ! It's for a couple of days, I just moved here and my computer desk (which weighs around 10 000 000 lbs, is coming real soon, so I'll have something stable.)

But I'll lower the FFB (is that how you say that, the feedback...) to 3, or even 2 or 1.

Thanks guys !
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10,000,000 lbs? How on earth will you be able to move it around?:dopey:
 
Whatever you use make it wider and heavier at the base for stability ( even if you get a piece of board and screw it from underneath up into the stools legs) and if the seat can sit on part of the board to act as weight. Experiment and look at other setups.👍
 
parabulla
If you don't have a stable enough platform, then yes FFB is going to give you fits. You'll have to turn it down to a point where you're not fighting the wheel AND trying to keep whatever it's mounted to stable.

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What he said above!!!! If it's not stable solid mount the floppy mount will transmit into FFB chasing because the flop transmits into wheel movement and you'll get jerk jerk jerk jerk. Another tip. Plug your wheel into the PS3 and into the wall before turning on the ps3. seems to calibrate better.

I run it on the same settings as the op mentioned but with a FFB of 9 mounted to a real stable sim chassis.
 
I know the sensation you are talking about. When I first hooked up my dfgt I thought the wheel was broken. I couldn't keep the car straight because the wheel seemed to want to rock back and forth on it's own. The only advice I can give is to hold firmly onto the wheel, and remember you tell the wheel where to go, not the other way around. After a few hours of playing you'll forget you ever had this problem.

Also, you definitely want a firm place to mount the wheel, but it sounds like you're on top of that one.
 

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