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From: pjgtech@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Peter Gagg")
Subject: Re: GPL:  Help Needed With Wheel Shake
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 16:56:05 GMT
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In article <37113ec1.1705910@news.enteract.com>, tjc@enteract.com (Tom 
& Jiawei) wrote:

> Please help if you know what is wrong with my GPL set up.  I have a
> PowerSpec with the 400 mhz Celeron running a 16 meg VooDoo Banshee
> graphics card.  The following problem happens when I play GPL.  As
> soon as I fire up the game and am in the practice session I see the
> drivers hands shaking slightly back and forth.  It increases as I
> increase the amount of linearity of the controller.   This driver 
> hand
> shake causes driving to be very difficult as I like driving with a
> very linear setup.  There, the shake is highest.  Some have related
> this to me as a heat problem but it happens just as soon as I turn 
> on
> my PC.  There isnt time for heat build up there.  Also, I use an 
> Ultra
> PC racer as a controller.  Today I tried using a friends controller
> and the same thing happens.  One thing I noticed is that the shaking
> stops when there is no controller attached.  It returns the second
> that a controller is plugged in.  
> 
> Is this a bad sound card?  The PC has a ESS 1869 sound chip.  
> 
> How can I stop this problem?  It has really destroyed the fun of 
> this
> game.  This PC is only a few months old!

This is almost certainly due to a dodgy gameport. Not sure about your 
sound chip? but you really want either a PCI soundcard (and thus a PCI 
gameport) or a dedicated PCI gameport (eg: Thrustmaster)

8-)

*Peter*   #:-)
