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Hi,
I just picked up GT4 a few days ago. Had the previous GT's going back to
GT2 on the PS1. Never really got deeply into the "accurately simulated
racing" until now. Preference had been arcadey racing, the last game being
"Burnout 3" on the XBox. Having a great time with GT4 now though. Decided
early that I would actually play GT through this time around and not simply
just Gameshark it completely ten minutes after bringing it home. I even
started completetly from scratch with GT4, electing to not even transfer my
old GT3 licenses and 100,000 credits.
Completed the A and B licenses (PITA!), but not the IA and IB's yet. Won
enough "Beginner" and "American" races to be able to put together a Dodge
Viper with all the trimmings. First 250+ MPH-capable car that I actually
ever "earned". Going back and reading the "physics sections" of the manuals
in GT2 and GT3 helped tremendously to start actually learning the "art of
cornering". Actually staying on the road now while cornering, well 90
percent of the time anyway. :^)
Still only about 15 percent of the way through, regardless of the many hours
put into GT4. This game is freaking enormous! Anticipating it taking
months to actually open everything up!
Now that the races are getting much harder, thinking its time to go with a
wheel and pedals; Logitech's Driving Force Pro, naturally. Had a
wheel/pedals in the past, but it was just some cheap BS that never got much
use. Roadstar something-or-other. I ended up just giving the thing to my
sister's little brother. The Logitech Driving Force Pro looks like a sure
bet though. Anyway, this leads to the following question:
On what type of objects/surfaces are you mounting your wheel to? One of the
main problems (other than it being a piece of garbage) with the old wheel
was that I never could find an optimum way to place/mount the thing. I'm
pretty heavily into flight simulation and have desktop space setup for such
(keyboard to the side, CH Yoke mounted directly in front, flight stick and
throttle quadrant off to other side for fighters, two monitors, TrackIR2,
PDA being used a a "MFD" to give GPS/WX display, looking next to pick up a
small LCD for piping an FMC through it, ect).
For flight simming, sitting upright in a chair feels natural -- but for
racing, I think I would prefer to be somewhat reclined. I could never find
a way to do such with the old wheel. Tried just about everything. Sitting
in a recliner with a "TV Tray" going across your lap was about the best
could come up with. It was too flimsy though. Mounting the wheel to the
edge of a coffee table kept it stable, but it felt unatural sitting on a
coach (or even floor). I saw that Logitech makes a "lap mount" for the
Driving Force Pro wheel, but majority of reviewers say its practically
worthless.
Anyway, just looking for open suggestions on what others may be doing to be
able to use these wheels/pedals, but from a semi-reclined position. I know
there are a half of dozen "special recliners" made specifically for race
simulators, but they also require a bank robbery to purchase. Plus, I don't
think my GF would be too keen with something like that sitting in the living
room. :^)
I'm using the PS2 with an HDTV and DD/DTS receiver -- so would love to put
enough "realism" element into it. BTW: The intro the GT4 completetly kicks
ass! Its obviously pre-rendered, but can't help wondering if thats what
real-time gameplay will look like (or even better than) on the PS3!
Cheers,
-Eric
Hi,
I just picked up GT4 a few days ago. Had the previous GT's going back to
GT2 on the PS1. Never really got deeply into the "accurately simulated
racing" until now. Preference had been arcadey racing, the last game being
"Burnout 3" on the XBox. Having a great time with GT4 now though. Decided
early that I would actually play GT through this time around and not simply
just Gameshark it completely ten minutes after bringing it home. I even
started completetly from scratch with GT4, electing to not even transfer my
old GT3 licenses and 100,000 credits.
Completed the A and B licenses (PITA!), but not the IA and IB's yet. Won
enough "Beginner" and "American" races to be able to put together a Dodge
Viper with all the trimmings. First 250+ MPH-capable car that I actually
ever "earned". Going back and reading the "physics sections" of the manuals
in GT2 and GT3 helped tremendously to start actually learning the "art of
cornering". Actually staying on the road now while cornering, well 90
percent of the time anyway. :^)
Still only about 15 percent of the way through, regardless of the many hours
put into GT4. This game is freaking enormous! Anticipating it taking
months to actually open everything up!
Now that the races are getting much harder, thinking its time to go with a
wheel and pedals; Logitech's Driving Force Pro, naturally. Had a
wheel/pedals in the past, but it was just some cheap BS that never got much
use. Roadstar something-or-other. I ended up just giving the thing to my
sister's little brother. The Logitech Driving Force Pro looks like a sure
bet though. Anyway, this leads to the following question:
On what type of objects/surfaces are you mounting your wheel to? One of the
main problems (other than it being a piece of garbage) with the old wheel
was that I never could find an optimum way to place/mount the thing. I'm
pretty heavily into flight simulation and have desktop space setup for such
(keyboard to the side, CH Yoke mounted directly in front, flight stick and
throttle quadrant off to other side for fighters, two monitors, TrackIR2,
PDA being used a a "MFD" to give GPS/WX display, looking next to pick up a
small LCD for piping an FMC through it, ect).
For flight simming, sitting upright in a chair feels natural -- but for
racing, I think I would prefer to be somewhat reclined. I could never find
a way to do such with the old wheel. Tried just about everything. Sitting
in a recliner with a "TV Tray" going across your lap was about the best
could come up with. It was too flimsy though. Mounting the wheel to the
edge of a coffee table kept it stable, but it felt unatural sitting on a
coach (or even floor). I saw that Logitech makes a "lap mount" for the
Driving Force Pro wheel, but majority of reviewers say its practically
worthless.
Anyway, just looking for open suggestions on what others may be doing to be
able to use these wheels/pedals, but from a semi-reclined position. I know
there are a half of dozen "special recliners" made specifically for race
simulators, but they also require a bank robbery to purchase. Plus, I don't
think my GF would be too keen with something like that sitting in the living
room. :^)
I'm using the PS2 with an HDTV and DD/DTS receiver -- so would love to put
enough "realism" element into it. BTW: The intro the GT4 completetly kicks
ass! Its obviously pre-rendered, but can't help wondering if thats what
real-time gameplay will look like (or even better than) on the PS3!
Cheers,
-Eric
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