New to steering wheels

[rivermandrake]

I'm new to steering wheels and new to this forum, so hello.

I've bought a G25 to play GTP, as I said it's my first wheel. I'm going to buy a wheel stand pro to house it but for now I'm using a table!

I was wondering if you can give me any tips on the transition from pad to wheel?

I've found that with the wheel, on straights cars can 'wiggle' right and left a lot. Is this common? Maybe it is just me being new to wheels!

Any tips you can give woud be great, thanks.

 

[01GTP]

First, Welcome to GTPlanet.

The transition from pad to wheel is best described in this thread (Sixaxis to G25 - 4 Months) from Synwraith.

The cars that wiggle down the straights seem to have settings that make them wiggle.
The Subaru's and Evo's really wiggle quite a bit. Maybe it's some preset toe setting that can't be tuned out.
Some say it's the dead spot in the wheels but I would call it a GT5P glitch, it's not the wheel.

Besides reading Synwraith's insight's, just go out there and practice is all I can give you.

 

[rivermandrake]

Thanks for the welcome! I've been lurking long enough so I thought I should join! Also thanks for the link to that thread, it was a very interesting read.

In regards to the unwanted car movement, I was thinking it could be due to the sensitivity of the wheel. When it vibrates (which can happen on a straight) I wonder if that effects the steering wheel due to how sensitive it is. Hence the slight movements that can sometimes (because I'm still learning!) turn into a zig zag then wall/track/wall/track/grass/wall/crash

I'll try tuning them out though as you mentioned, I hadn't thought of that.

See you about!

Dan

 

[McKiernan]

Hi, welcome to the site, I recently got myself a G25 also, lovin it to bits, it's the mutts nuts. I'm not that new to wheels though as I had a Driving Force Pro, however I hadn't much opportunity to use it till now (good riddance to the ex). i would just echo the comment above & reccomend practice as much as possible. Best of luck.