Red Momo --> cheap G25 = unexpected laptime improvement

You might also want to read up on the whole steering ratio thing:

http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=336105

What are you running the wheel at?

I have mine set up to full and just adjust the steering lock in the garage.


"Andrew MacPherson" > wrote in message
...
>I cracked this week and bought a G25 for 99 of our UK pounds (coming to a
>devalued
> currency shop near you any day now!) I'd been waiting for the 27 to be
> reviewed,
> but this price was far too good to miss. It's 50ukp less than I paid for
> the Momo
> about, er... seven years ago? Something like that anyway.
>
> The G25 landed on my desk yesterday and although I'm having some difficult
> adjusting, I'm also getting some faster laptimes in my 'benchmark'
> combination of
> iRacing Solstice <fx:spit!> at Lime Rock.
>
> I was horribly slow there before, and had no fun at all driving the
> Solstice. But
> with the G25 something really strange happened. My previous best laptime
> was
> something like 1:05.5, but in races and normal practice I was lucky to see
> 1:06
> consistently, and it was never any fun to drive that slowly compared to
> the average
> iRacer.
>
> The G25, however, changed the experience completely. More so than I'd ever
> expected.
> All of a sudden I can catch oversteer more regularly, and... well, I was
> just
> enjoying the whole experience of pushing harder! It was really rather
> startling,
> especially in a car I've grown to loathe. In my last practise session I
> drove five
> laps in a row under 1:05, with a cluster of laps at 1.046. Not alien
> territory, but
> certainly competitive if I can keep that up.
>
> In a recent Opinion Nation http://radio.psrtv.com/ they had a discussion
> about
> pointlessly chasing 'perfect' hardware. I generally agreed with their line
> that
> it's usually a waste of money. Unless you have a serious problem the most
> important
> factor is always the driver.
>
> But while that may still be true, it appears that my Red Momo's pedals and
> wheel --
> while working perfectly as far as I could tell -- were further from ideal
> than I
> realised. The stiffer pedals certainly make a difference to my braking
> (sometimes
> in a bad way at the moment!) but it's the steering which is definitely
> helping most.
> By calibrating to use most of the wheel's range I can catch and control
> situations
> which were completely beyond my abilities before with the Red Momo.
>
> It's come as a bit of a shock that I might soon be able to drag myself up
> the bell
> curve of ability from slower than continental drift towards competitively
> sluggish.
>
> Whether that will actually happen after this burst of enthusiasm remains
> to be seen.
> But for the time being it's fun trying and has almost certainly persuaded
> me to
> take another chunk of subscription out at iRacing. The driving experience
> with a
> G25 is just so satisfying. I may even <fx:music from Psycho> join some
> Solstice
> races.
>
> Andrew McP
>

dfg.myass@aol (David Fisher's Left Testicle) wrote:

> http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=336105

Interesting thread, thanks.

> I have mine set up to full and just adjust the steering lock
> in the garage.

Yes, so far I've been too busy getting to grips to research the various options for
tweaking the configuration. I suppose I should take advantage of the maturity of
the G25 and its knowledgebase before I get too used to the default options.

Andrew McP

"Andrew MacPherson" > wrote in message
...
>I cracked this week and bought a G25 for 99 of our UK pounds (coming to a
>devalued
> currency shop near you any day now!) I'd been waiting for the 27 to be
> reviewed,
> but this price was far too good to miss. It's 50ukp less than I paid for
> the Momo
> about, er... seven years ago? Something like that anyway.
>
> The G25 landed on my desk yesterday and although I'm having some difficult
> adjusting, I'm also getting some faster laptimes in my 'benchmark'
> combination of
> iRacing Solstice <fx:spit!> at Lime Rock.
>
> I was horribly slow there before, and had no fun at all driving the
> Solstice. But
> with the G25 something really strange happened. My previous best laptime
> was
> something like 1:05.5, but in races and normal practice I was lucky to see
> 1:06
> consistently, and it was never any fun to drive that slowly compared to
> the average
> iRacer.
>
> The G25, however, changed the experience completely. More so than I'd ever
> expected.
> All of a sudden I can catch oversteer more regularly, and... well, I was
> just
> enjoying the whole experience of pushing harder! It was really rather
> startling,
> especially in a car I've grown to loathe. In my last practise session I
> drove five
> laps in a row under 1:05, with a cluster of laps at 1.046. Not alien
> territory, but
> certainly competitive if I can keep that up.
>
> In a recent Opinion Nation http://radio.psrtv.com/ they had a discussion
> about
> pointlessly chasing 'perfect' hardware. I generally agreed with their line
> that
> it's usually a waste of money. Unless you have a serious problem the most
> important
> factor is always the driver.
>
> But while that may still be true, it appears that my Red Momo's pedals and
> wheel --
> while working perfectly as far as I could tell -- were further from ideal
> than I
> realised. The stiffer pedals certainly make a difference to my braking
> (sometimes
> in a bad way at the moment!) but it's the steering which is definitely
> helping most.
> By calibrating to use most of the wheel's range I can catch and control
> situations
> which were completely beyond my abilities before with the Red Momo.
>
> It's come as a bit of a shock that I might soon be able to drag myself up
> the bell
> curve of ability from slower than continental drift towards competitively
> sluggish.
>
> Whether that will actually happen after this burst of enthusiasm remains
> to be seen.
> But for the time being it's fun trying and has almost certainly persuaded
> me to
> take another chunk of subscription out at iRacing. The driving experience
> with a
> G25 is just so satisfying. I may even <fx:music from Psycho> join some
> Solstice
> races.
>
> Andrew McP
>
Wot?? Wot?? What's this about cheap G25s? - I haven't seen any.
Where are they, please??!

Lol

(Lol) wrote:

> Where are they, please??!

It was a weekend offer at Play.com a while back now. Their normal price is £200
which is ****-taking territory. :-)

Now I've got the G25 though I'd certainly pay the £140 or so you can find them for.
It's worth it for the pedals and extra wheel range.

Andrew McP

"Andrew MacPherson" > wrote in message
...
> (Lol) wrote:
>
>> Where are they, please??!
>
> It was a weekend offer at Play.com a while back now. Their normal price is
> £200
> which is ****-taking territory. :-)
>
> Now I've got the G25 though I'd certainly pay the £140 or so you can find
> them for.
> It's worth it for the pedals and extra wheel range.
>
> Andrew McP

Thanks - ordered from Dabs @ £140

Lol

In article >, Lol
> writes
>
>"Andrew MacPherson" > wrote in message
...
>> (Lol) wrote:
>>
>>> Where are they, please??!
>>
>> It was a weekend offer at Play.com a while back now. Their normal price is
>> £200
>> which is ****-taking territory. :-)
>>
>> Now I've got the G25 though I'd certainly pay the £140 or so you can find
>> them for.
>> It's worth it for the pedals and extra wheel range.
>>
>> Andrew McP
>
>Thanks - ordered from Dabs @ £140
>
For anyone still after a G25, back at £99 at Play.com, this weekend
only, using voucher code LOGG25
--
Sean Black