Buttkicker question

[Mudkipz]

Okay so far I love the Buttkicker for GT5, but something's not right. Why I don't feel the road a bit "shaky" and then off-road on the dirt, "Super shaky"?

When I tried playing around with the intensity remote, I see the Buttkicker under my playseat shaking violently when my car is at idle or standing still. When I press triangle button and back up my car, it shakes like hell for a second and dies to a steady easy shake as my car takes out, then it's quiet.


Any tips or guides to setting up the Buttkicker setting for GT5?

By the way, I tried Dead Space 2 with the buttkicker while sitting in my playseat and wow! It's shaking a lot even if I put intensity much lower than GT5 gameplay everytime I shoot or a creature roars at me.


How hot can the Buttkicker get before it must be cooled down? I felt it was kida hot to the touch after 15 minutes of playing.


Well thanks and Im loving it!! 👍

 

[the_greeze]

Firstly, how are you supplying audio to the Buttkicker amp? Subwoofer channel (the best method)?

Secondly, I suspect you have it cranked up way to high. It shouldn't be shaking violently if your car is just idling (what view do you use in GT5)? This would explain why it's getting hot!

One other issue is that GT5 doesn't output a huge amount of LFE (at least, not as much as Prologue for example), so that may be the reason that you've turned the amp up so much. To get you started, take your favourite car to the circuit in Rome, switch to either cockpit or bumper cam and turn the Buttkicker right down. Begin driving and incrementally bring the volume of the Buttkicker up until you can feel the difference between the tarmac sections and the cobbled section. The cobbles give some great effects when you drive over them.

Another track to try is the Special Stage (the one at night) as the road has "expansion joints' in one of it's sections. Set up the Buttkicker so you can just feel it as you drive over the joints.

Sorry, I can't remember the exact track names but that should help you get started with the setup. The overall volume of your system will have an effect too, as will the LFE setting on your home-cinema amp (if you have one). Tell me a bit more about your A/V setup and I should be able to help you more.

 

[Scans007]

Gt5 is by far the worst game I own and use the butt kicker with....all my other games feel awesome and care spot on...GT5 feels sloppy. They didn't put sound efforts into it like other games. Battlefield bad company 2 has the best I've felt!

Ditto for the above comments. Keep it at 40, with both buttons in like insidesim racing said!

 

[Tonnie073]

May seem a little bit dumb, but what is a Buttkicker? Some racing chair or something like that

 

[the_greeze]

May seem a little bit dumb, but what is a Buttkicker? Some racing chair or something like that

Have a look here mate, should explain all.

 

[Mudkipz]

Firstly, how are you supplying audio to the Buttkicker amp? Subwoofer channel (the best method)?

Secondly, I suspect you have it cranked up way to high. It shouldn't be shaking violently if your car is just idling (what view do you use in GT5)? This would explain why it's getting hot!

One other issue is that GT5 doesn't output a huge amount of LFE (at least, not as much as Prologue for example), so that may be the reason that you've turned the amp up so much. To get you started, take your favourite car to the circuit in Rome, switch to either cockpit or bumper cam and turn the Buttkicker right down. Begin driving and incrementally bring the volume of the Buttkicker up until you can feel the difference between the tarmac sections and the cobbled section. The cobbles give some great effects when you drive over them.

Another track to try is the Special Stage (the one at night) as the road has "expansion joints' in one of it's sections. Set up the Buttkicker so you can just feel it as you drive over the joints.

Sorry, I can't remember the exact track names but that should help you get started with the setup. The overall volume of your system will have an effect too, as will the LFE setting on your home-cinema amp (if you have one). Tell me a bit more about your A/V setup and I should be able to help you more.

I'm new to this, so please bear with me. What's A/V set up? I just did what the instructions told me to do and I'm not using stereo, so it's connected directly to the TV. If I connect to stereo, what difference will there be?

How much is too much idle (shaking) at sitting still in the car? I feel it shaking the hardest outta all besides the crashes and as I accelerate (take off). I want my car to idle just right and feel the gear shifting and bit of the paved road... or is that too much? I'd like to feel the aggressive dirt road shaking steady under my seat as I go down the straight.

Thank you so much in advance!

 

[the_greeze]

No problem

A/V = Audio Visual. Refers to whatever setup you use for your PS3/TV. You may have your PS3 connected directly to your TV or you may have one of the hundreds of home cinema options like a separate amplifier or surround-sound system.

LFE = Low Frequency Effects. Refers to the bass effects usually fed to your A\V system's subwoofer (if you have one).


Okay, some questions for you:
1. Please clarify how your PS3 is connected to your A/V setup.
2. How is the Buttkicker connected to your A/V setup.
3. Are you using a Buttkicker Gamer 2?
4. Have you tried my suggestions for calibrating as-per my first post?

I'm not sure if you've tried already but here is a link to various threads on GTPlanet regarding settings. Please try to answer those few questions so I can help you further. 👍