The Logitech Driving Force Pro Thread.

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Hi,

I'm thinking of getting one of these, but I still haven't got over being ripped off over the official GT3 wheel, there was a gear shift bug with it where you couldn't change gear during sharp turns.

Are there any such bugs with this new one?
 
Yeah I had the driving force aswell and had to get use to shifting before the turn which I think is what you are suppose to do anyways in real driving. Still annoying sometimes when you can't shift down out of a turn because you were in the wrong gear going in.

Anyways yes the DFP is perfect. NO bugs to speak off, just plain loving it. 👍



TheViper
Hi,

I'm thinking of getting one of these, but I still haven't got over being ripped off over the official GT3 wheel, there was a gear shift bug with it where you couldn't change gear during sharp turns.

Are there any such bugs with this new one?
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CHeers for that newbielives, I will try to pick one up in time for new year.

Yes the gear shift was very annoying, must have lost me at least 1-2secs a lap, I had to use joypad for getting golds on some of the driving tests.
 
Just got my dfp 2 days ago, and in a total of about 4 hours of game play, it has "recentered" itself in the middle of a race (it thought the center was 15 degrees to the left) and then failed to have the Force feedback kick in on one race (tried changing between 60% and 100% modes...nothing). A reset seems to work, but who wants to reset in the middle of a race? These were two different occasions, and I bought it new from amazon...
*Has anyone else actually experienced these types of things?
 
bradymiller
*Has anyone else actually experienced these types of things?
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yes. you probably have the japanese version of the prologue ? there was apparently a glitch in that version which causes problems with the force feedback. i have that disk. if you reset your ps2 your problem is usually solved... i have the new demo, and there doesnt seem to be any problem with that. later-
 
I ran about 20 laps of Apricot Hill last night with the FD3S, getting the feel of the wheel. It's definitely growing on me now, even with the force feedback enabled. I think my biggest mistake was to initially try to learn how to use it with a Miata modded to 360HP. :lol:

One glitch I ran into though: Sometimes it goes into first gear for no apparent reason. i.e. I'm going around a corner in 3rd, and the next thing I know, the car is bouncing off the rev limiter. I look and see that the gear indicator has me in 1st, even though I had only downshifted to 3rd, and didn't even have my hand near the shifter.

I did not see this posted yet, but then again, I may have missed a post or two in this huge thread... ;)
 
yesterdaylight
yes. you probably have the japanese version of the prologue ? there was apparently a glitch in that version which causes problems with the force feedback. i have that disk. if you reset your ps2 your problem is usually solved... i have the new demo, and there doesnt seem to be any problem with that. later-
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Actually no, I'm playing GT3. But I'd lean more toward the problem being with the wheel than with the game, I don't know though.
 
Brady,

I have that very same problem when playing GT3, but have not had it at all with the GT4 games. I think it's just some weirdness with the old game and the new wheel. I have had it happen with about 3 wheels now (after replacing the ones it had happened to).

My opinion - don't sweat it for now. Just do what I do which is pause, unplug the USB wheel, and plug it back in again.
 
I'm sure this has been asked before, but I'm not about to search 28 pages of material for the answer.
Does anyone know offhand the cheapest place (preferably in Canada) to buy the DFP?
 
well phantom, (and everyone else) I'm having a hard time staying cool w/ this wheel. over 3 days and about 6 hours of gameplay it has shut itself down completely/stopped responding (4 times), loaded without the force feedback (1 time) and recalibrated itself mid-race (1 time)...and a partridge in a pear tree.
Called logitech, he said it was "Definitely" a problem with the wheel (and not the game because a ds2 doesn't give the same problems) and I should replace it through amazon, where I got it. aaaaargh. I probably wouldn't mind so much if it didn't all happen mid-race (many spinouts/crashes because of this thing).
that's all...
 
bradymiller
well phantom, (and everyone else) I'm having a hard time staying cool w/ this wheel. over 3 days and about 6 hours of gameplay it has shut itself down completely/stopped responding (4 times), loaded without the force feedback (1 time) and recalibrated itself mid-race (1 time)...and a partridge in a pear tree.
Called logitech, he said it was "Definitely" a problem with the wheel (and not the game because a ds2 doesn't give the same problems) and I should replace it through amazon, where I got it. aaaaargh. I probably wouldn't mind so much if it didn't all happen mid-race (many spinouts/crashes because of this thing).
that's all...
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I had the same problems in GT3 with my DFP, while driving the wheel would go dead. All I had to do was pull the USB connector out of the PS2 and place it back in. Then it worked fine again until it messed up. Now in the GT4 Japan Demo I havent had that problem, even after about 20 hours of playing. It only happened to me in GT3. It worked fine on my PC with Papryus's Nascar 2003.
 
thanks for the info 3rdgenracerx, but I put mine in the mail today to return to amazon.com (I'll be gone on vacation for 2 wks anyway). That's wierd that it only seems to do this w/ gt3 (same thing phantom said). I've heard a bunch of rave reviews about this wheel, so I don't know what to think. I'll post again when I get back from the slopes.
 
Just got my DFP today, and all I can say is WOW. BIG improvement over the last wheel in quality and use. Now I just have to get my driving seat done!
BRAVO LOGITECH!!!
 
newbielives
Sounds defective or there are different versions of GT3.

I am play GT3(Greatest Hits) and have had no problems at all.
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that's the same one I have :( Looks like I'll have time to play more gt3 before gt4 comes out in...march?! (check out the official gt4 site)
 
Brady, if you get the wheel back and it is locking up in GT3, that is normal (mine doesn't recalibrate or load w/o FF though). Just do what others have said and have the regular controller nearby so you can pause the game. unplug and replug the wheel into the playstation and you're set! 3rdgenracerx gave me hope this won't happen anymore in GT4.
 
Using GT3 to rate the new wheels performance, is not a good idea.
The difference between the way GT3 and 4 handles the input for the wheel, are so great that youll not get any favorable comparison.

Best off just saving you DFP for GT4 or one of the demos, and keep it away from GT3 unless you want to feel underwhelmed with your new expensive purchase.
 
hello :)

i read about 6 pages of the thread, but it's really really big and alot of reading :)

i was just wondering if anybody got the stick shifter on the DFP to work with GT3
i didn't see anything in the options menus about it, and it didnt' work when i set the game on manual shifting =(

is it just not compatible, or did i miss something ? :)

thanks
 
It's not a lack of compatability, the first thing I did when I got my DFP was drive a manual car in GT3 to see how the shifter was to drive with and it worked perfect first time. Just try unplugging and then replugging your DFP, that seems to solve most problems.
 
i tried unplugging a few times but didn't fix the problem =(

also tried running the game off the DVD and off my HDD using HDadvance, but neither way worked still.

thanks tho =(


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hmmm i just tried it on my GT4 prologue demo, and the shifter worked
must be something with my GT3. :grumpy:

my gt3 is also the very very first release of the game. pre-ordered before it came out and whatnot. :scared:
 
Lukas
i tried unplugging a few times but didn't fix the problem =(

also tried running the game off the DVD and off my HDD using HDadvance, but neither way worked still.

thanks tho =(


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hmmm i just tried it on my GT4 prologue demo, and the shifter worked
must be something with my GT3. :grumpy:

my gt3 is also the very very first release of the game. pre-ordered before it came out and whatnot. :scared:
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The shifter wont work in GT3, the paddle shifters do work though. You have to go and change the settings in GT3 to get the paddles to shift the car. :( but no sequential shifter for GT3.
 
well thanks :)

i was originally hoping that my wheel wasn't messed up since i just got it today.

now i'll just keep dreaming about the day GT4 comes 👍 👍
 
3rdgenracerX
The shifter wont work in GT3...
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SAY WHAT!
Not sure what version of GT3 you have...but my shifter works quite well thank you!

Are you sure you went into the correct settings? By default UP & Down on the seq. shifter are referenced as R3 (UP) & L3 (Down)....

EDIT: For clarification, before starting any race (Arcade & Sim Mode), go to Options > Wheel 1 > GT Force Key Configuration...Shift up = R3....Shift Down = L3

Save > Exit > Race! :-)
 
Yeah, I had that problem earlier, too, I just had it mapped to the wrong buttons. GT3 is actually weird on the buttons. In TOCA2, I had the shifters set to R1/L1, that's what the game recognized when I pushed/pulled the shifter. So I set it up that way in GT3 (forgot to save my settings last time).. R1/L1. Lo and behold, the damn shifter wouldn't work.. hehe. So I set it back to "Default" and it mapped to R3/L3, and it's shifted just fine. I've decided to use the sequential shifter exclusively rather than the paddles.. seems more "real", ya know?

I had it "blink out" just once so far, where it just stopped working mid-race. I reset, blew off the connectors, etc, and it's been fine ever since. I got it cheap, refurbished, so I wasn't really expecting a no-problems experience. But I've used it for hours and hours and only had that one problem. Otherwise, it's fantastic.

Driving GT3 is like a whole new game now.. hehe. Even in 200 degree mode, the degree of finesse is incredible. I think I'm finally getting the hang of it, since I actually started winning some races with it today.

And did anyone else notice the replays are better? The motion of the car is super-smooth compared to what it was like before, just gliding around the corners. Gone are the days of the DS2 "tap-tap" steering adjustments. :) I bet my tires will last longer like this, too, since the overall steering is so much smoother.

I definitely need a stand of some sort, though. Right now I've got it locked (somewhat precariously) onto my coffee table, but that thing sits so damn low that I've got to drive all hunched over. Anything more than a half hour or so, and my back starts killing me.

I figured out the trick to learning with it, too. Learn to drive with it first. Then learn to race. Take a slow car out there, and putz around the track for a few laps. As you figure out the intricacies, you'll notice your lap times get noticably shorter each time. I wouldn't call myself "good" with it yet (only got it yesterday, after all), but I'm getting there.
 
that worked!!!

i didn't know i was supposed to map them to R3/L3
it didn't make much sense since R3/L3 are little buttons above start/select. it make more sense that R1/L1 were the paddel shifts since there were no buttons with those numbers, and that the sport shift was bascially on it's own and would always work as long as you chose manual

thanks guys :) now i can drive my car again with it's sportshift :D
 
Jedi2016
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Driving GT3 is like a whole new game now.. hehe. Even in 200 degree mode, the degree of finesse is incredible. I think I'm finally getting the hang of it, since I actually started winning some races with it today.

And did anyone else notice the replays are better? The motion of the car is super-smooth compared to what it was like before, just gliding around the corners. Gone are the days of the DS2 "tap-tap" steering adjustments. :) I bet my tires will last longer like this, too, since the overall steering is so much smoother.

I definitely need a stand of some sort, though. Right now I've got it locked (somewhat precariously) onto my coffee table, but that thing sits so damn low that I've got to drive all hunched over. Anything more than a half hour or so, and my back starts killing me.

I figured out the trick to learning with it, too. Learn to drive with it first. Then learn to race. Take a slow car out there, and putz around the track for a few laps. As you figure out the intricacies, you'll notice your lap times get noticably shorter each time. I wouldn't call myself "good" with it yet (only got it yesterday, after all), but I'm getting there.
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I know what you mean. When i race my brother and im using the Driving Force, He smokes his tires much more than i do, even when we are both going at the same speed using the same exact car with sim tires. My turn in is also a bit smoother, and the wheels dont make that weird movement we all know :) I cant wait to try out the Driving force pro tomorrow and retire my old Driving force.
 

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