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- Baltimore212
is there a noticeable lag on pedals for gt5? im using pedals from the driving force gt, but if i just blip the hrottle in 1st gear in an frs, it doesnt move. Is that normal?
Throttle lag
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- I__like_oranges
I'm on a DFGT and have never experienced this.
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- Baltimore212
i was in manual, but it was the auto clutch manual since i dont have a clutch pedal. and thanks for the answers, i might try this out in auto to see if it still happens 
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- Baltimore212
it wasnt extremely noticeable, but it happened in all cars. I thought it was normal, but then i realized that in a real car there is a much smaller delay between application and acceleration. and the real car was a prius.
- 409
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- LERK84
Is this not just that your pedals are not Calibrated as until you fully press each pedal they are not calibrated properly, The FFB calibrates the wheel but you must calibrate the pedals though the wheel manufacturers never seem to tell anyone. If its not a calibration issue or the GT5 auto clutch (You will know if its auto clutch by the colour of your current gear number White = Clutch dis-engaged car in gear, Grey = Clutch engaged also the GT5 clutch isnt just on/off there is a bite point so this might be what your feeling/seeing), or maybe it could be a loose Pot, I use a G27 & the loosely mounted Pots can cause a blipping/spiking of the pedal function.
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- HugoStiglitz_420 and GTP_HugoStiglitz
The only lag I get that I notice is on the brake pedal and it is literally only on the very first time I press it after firing up my PS3/GT5 for the first time.
If I don't touch the brakes before starting a race, it'll be super delayed and I'll miss my brake points because the brake hasn't calibrated itself yet. Rarely happens though because I rarely forget.
I assume the same thing happens with the gas pedal too but it only happens on the first time you press it.
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- Baltimore212
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- Johnnypenso
Would be easier if you provided video. I had/have a DFGT and it developed a problem with the potentiometers, the little electronic doodads that tranmit the motion of the pedal to the game, inside the DFGT. In my case, they were coming on even when the pedal wasn't being touched, especially the brakes. It might also be a potentiometer issue for you in reverse, meaning they don't come on accurately when pressed, maybe with a little delay or lag.
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- mistersafeway
I've done that too, Lock2Lock, I got bored one day and discovered that my X2010/X2011 (can't remember which) would accelerate slowly by itself if I did it right. I enjoyed myself way too much... 
It happens to me all the time.
It happens to me all the time.
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- Johnnypenso
I've done that too, Lock2Lock, I got bored one day and discovered that my X2010/X2011 (can't remember which) would accelerate slowly by itself if I did it right. I enjoyed myself way too much...
It happens to me all the time.
I ended up taking mine apart and scraping some plastic to get them to seat right again...it worked...then I went and got a G27
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- Baltimore212
sorry, i forgot to add the fact that the throttle indicator isn't lagged, its just the fact that the car will take a second to kind of start the wheels (at around 3000 rpm). Its kind of like the "launch control" ideas, (you can find these all over the internet) where you start at a certain rpm so you dont have to wait for the wheels to start.
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- 409
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- LERK84
You calibrate the pedals by pressing them fully each time you turn the wheel on, Like how the FFB turns the wheel from left lock to right & back to centre, your just letting the game/wheel know where the end point of each pedal.
But I think what you are experiencing is just the GT5 auto clutch. You will know if its this if your gear number is grey then turns white as the power turns the wheel's. Grey = Clutch on & White = Clutch fully off.
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- Baltimore212
ok ill try to check if its this later today. Thanks
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- Max_Venturi33
You need to clean the potentiometers that control the accelerator
and while your in there clean the clutch and brake ones also.
Buy some electrical contact cleaner at radio shack, disassemble the
pedal base and spray it liberally into the pots to clean em up :-)
I just had 2 do mine for the second time last night
( i've had the G27 for a year and 3 months)
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- Baltimore212
thx for the info, but the car moved normally when the shift number lighted up (from gray to white).
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- Bluntified
This isn't his/her issue. Besides, contact cleaner is only a temporary fix, especially if you had to do it twice in a year. You need to replace them! I've replaced mine once in nearly 4 years.
- 409
- Rochdale
- LERK84
Its just the games Auto clutch that you are feeling then.
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