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I tried what someone on the Forza 2 forums had posted as his settings but I thought it made it shit, so I've gone back to the defaults which work just fine for me :)).
 
I got a wheel a few days ago from a guy on eBay, managed to get it for a few quid under £40. I'm actually really impressed, after I'd bought it I went to bed thinking "it's bound to be shit isn't it" but I'm finding I actually have more control over the cars, which was never the way for me before with wheels and games (compared to using the pad).

It all depends on the game though... Dirt 2 is utter balls with it, impossible to do anything but slide. NFS Shift is, shockingly, really good, but it's spoilt by how easy it is to spin out when you so much as lean on one arse cheek to fart. If they ever "fix" that it'll be fantastic (I've tried the different calibrations, doesn't fix it for me).

Race Pro and Forza 2 are my joint-favourites so far - Race Pro is a bit sterile, the graphics aren't pretty and the CPU isn't too challenging but you feel completely in control. Forza 2 is good as well and the CPU is a bit better, it's just a bit repetitive (I like the contracts idea in Race Pro, adds something Forza doesn't have).

Still to try GRID & PGR4 but my knees are in agony at the moment!
 
Chris Davies said:
It all depends on the game though... Dirt 2 is utter balls with it, impossible to do anything but slide. NFS Shift is, shockingly, really good, but it's spoilt by how easy it is to spin out when you so much as lean on one arse cheek to fart. If they ever "fix" that it'll be fantastic (I've tried the different calibrations, doesn't fix it for me).
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dirt 2 balls???

you need to spend a bit more time with it mate. it's a million times better with the wheel than with the pad. just give it some more time, and i'm sure you will agree...

i've tweaked my settings to 65% steering saturation, and try setting linearity to minus 5 for a few races. if you don't like that, try setting it to plus 5 for a few races...

also, get yourself one of those playseats that me and Tim7 have just bought. then you can fart away to your hearts' content and you'll never miss a beat using the wheel!!
 
I'd love to get one of those seats, but honestly I cant be pulling 250 quid out of my pocket especially since I have a shit load of games to buy in the coming months eg. FIFA 10, MW2, Left 4 Dead 2 and etc. And I don't even think they ship to Asia.
 
What are the numbers when you look at someones profile? Seems to be from 1-5 maybe? Just above where it says the rep, gamerscore and zone.
 
Chris Davies said:
I got a wheel a few days ago from a guy on eBay, managed to get it for a few quid under £40. I'm actually really impressed, after I'd bought it I went to bed thinking "it's bound to be shit isn't it" but I'm finding I actually have more control over the cars, which was never the way for me before with wheels and games (compared to using the pad).

It all depends on the game though... Dirt 2 is utter balls with it, impossible to do anything but slide. NFS Shift is, shockingly, really good, but it's spoilt by how easy it is to spin out when you so much as lean on one arse cheek to fart. If they ever "fix" that it'll be fantastic (I've tried the different calibrations, doesn't fix it for me).

Race Pro and Forza 2 are my joint-favourites so far - Race Pro is a bit sterile, the graphics aren't pretty and the CPU isn't too challenging but you feel completely in control. Forza 2 is good as well and the CPU is a bit better, it's just a bit repetitive (I like the contracts idea in Race Pro, adds something Forza doesn't have).

Still to try GRID & PGR4 but my knees are in agony at the moment!
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Chris, Midnight Club LA is pretty damn good with the wheel. Only trouble is there's not enough buttons to map all the controls to.
 
Chris Davies said:
I got a wheel a few days ago from a guy on eBay, managed to get it for a few quid under £40. I'm actually really impressed, after I'd bought it I went to bed thinking "it's bound to be shit isn't it" but I'm finding I actually have more control over the cars, which was never the way for me before with wheels and games (compared to using the pad).

It all depends on the game though... Dirt 2 is utter balls with it, impossible to do anything but slide. NFS Shift is, shockingly, really good, but it's spoilt by how easy it is to spin out when you so much as lean on one arse cheek to fart. If they ever "fix" that it'll be fantastic (I've tried the different calibrations, doesn't fix it for me).

Race Pro and Forza 2 are my joint-favourites so far - Race Pro is a bit sterile, the graphics aren't pretty and the CPU isn't too challenging but you feel completely in control. Forza 2 is good as well and the CPU is a bit better, it's just a bit repetitive (I like the contracts idea in Race Pro, adds something Forza doesn't have).

Still to try GRID & PGR4 but my knees are in agony at the moment!
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Did you get the official MS wheel?

GRID and PGR are very good with the wheel IMO, played many hours on the PS3 with GRID and a wheel.

You tried the Forza3 demo with it yet?
 
Need a bit of help - but I think the answer is 'no' :LOL:

I've swapped my PS3 and 360 round - PS3 now in the lounge as the missus is into music games and we can play them more comfortably in their and I think I will get more use out of the 360 here in my office.

But, I've only got a PC monitor in here - no HDMI input, only DVI. It was ok for the PS3 (using HDMI->DVI cable) as I could plug in the component as well as HDMI and run that through a seperate speaker system.

On the 360 (Elite), you cannot plug both in at the same time though - and the monitor doesnt accept component - so I have no way that I can see of getting any sound out to the speaker system.

Any other thoughts? I did want a flat screen TV for the wall, so that should solve it - but need it sorted for FIFA tonight! :)
 
You need the HDMI audio adapter that you'll probably have if your 360 came with an HDMI cable. See this. It plugs in to the usual AV out on the console and gives you phono/optical outs.
 
When you got your Elite Paul, there should of been a dongle in the box that allows you to run sound from the normal AV out and have HDMI cable plugged in. I have the dongle running sound to my stereo from the LR cables and the Optical cable is running into my Turtle Beach Ear Forces.
 
Aha! Genius :) Got the adapter - need to find an audio cable now. Maybe ASDA sell them? I'm heading off shortly...

Thanks guys!
 
Mart said:
Yeah, double team. :COOL:
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Holio said:
The Staff FTW.
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Get a room.

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Was playing FIFA 10 last night and the graphics went a bit funny (the pitch was all grainy green and brown). So I switched my xbox off to reboot and low and behold I got the 3 red lights. I left it for about 20 minutes and tried again, and to my joy I thought it was working again. The sound came on, all the green lights came on...but there was no picture on the TV!!!!!

Now i've tried again this morning and still getting no joy. I have since tried again and now I'm back to the 3 red lights.

Any suggestions for a fix? Will the towel trick work?

EDIT: Now it's back working again but no picture from TV :(
 
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Placebo, you know a good guide for cracking open the HDD case and replacing the HDD with a larger one?
 
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