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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 > |
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Red Momo --> cheap G25 = unexpected laptime improvement
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 |
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Red Momo --> cheap G25 = unexpected laptime improvement
"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 |
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Red Momo --> cheap G25 = unexpected laptime improvement
"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 |
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Red Momo --> cheap G25 = unexpected laptime improvement
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 |
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