Thanks for the suggestion about win 10 updates Rog, which I was sort of aware of, but I figure that sooner or later one has to install those updates if only to plug the leaky security loopholes that are part of every Microsoft package
. So I see it as only kicking the can down the road??
Not sure if this is the correct place to continue posting this stuff, but all of my changes and trials are being done with the D-type at Dundrod so that there is a consistent baseline to work from. The final plan will be to carry over the successful conclusion ( assuming that there is one
) to all of my other GTL installs when I am happy.
Update......
I have always preferred a very quick steering action and historically I had my G25 rotation parameter set to around 220-250 degrees. Within GTL/CONTROLS I have the DEAD ZONE on the steering set at Zero, but you may have noticed that I was complaining about a non responsive 10 degree area. No matter what I adjusted within the game I found no improvement with that problem, so I looked at the G25 Logitech Profiler options.
In the interests of discovery and science I increased that 220 degrees to a figure which is now around 550 degrees. The results, which actually became apparent in a series of 50 degree incremental steps, was a gradual reduction in the 10 degree dead spot on the wheel in the straight ahead position. I was surprised by this as I had in my mind that a lower rotation figure would mean a more responsive/accurate wheel. but what do I know??
But upon considering the current improved situation, maybe the software is somehow calculating the non responsive area, via the encoder, as a fixed number of pulses divided by the total rotation setting? Therefore, if the default dead area is = 20 pulses the 220 degree setting gives 20/220 as the non responsive zone, whereas the 550 degree setting gives 20/550 which is a much smaller angular dead area?? I maybe totally off track here, but it kinda makes sense in my head and either way things are definitely better in this respect.
I plan to increase the rotation angle further sometime over this weekend and see if things become tighter/more responsive. But I have a UKGPL Sports Car race on Sunday eve and I don't want to risk screwing up my wheel before that event
, so I might postpone any more adjustments.
Now that I have steering that is better ( not yet perfect, but we are going in the right direction!!) I have tried a few more laps and reviewed what still needs to improve for me to be more confident with the D-type. Currently, understeer is my biggest headache and I am trying to decide if it is my expectations of what SHOULD happen and isn't, or am I trying to force this car to perform in a way that it cannot?? I am starting to look at the diff settings as an area to effect some changes. I think that it was Geoff who said the diff settings in GTL are the reverse of those in GPL, it being a difference of locking vs slip angle values??
Only more laps and time will decide on that. Also keeping the vintage tyres "in the temp zone" appears to be a little random atm, with things going cool on the long straights and maybe that is contributing to the lack of grip and understeer at the next corner?? or maybe I am just not going fast enough to keep things warm?
On a banzai lap I can extract some good pace from this Sopwith Camel powered tank, but that is at the expense of valuable vintage rubber
There is a formula to be derived about fuel consumption vs speed vs tyre wear for this endurance event. But we are a long, long way from anything that technical just yet so that can wait until the CONTROLS are sorted completely lol.
