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First post, by kolmio

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Some people here praised Logitech Wingman Formula Force GP, so I got one and had Logitech software installed on Windows 98, Celeron 1000 PC.

It was correctly recognized by NFS 3 game. But there's a small lag before wheel turning makes an effect in the game, making it useless there.

Is it normal? If not, what could be the reason?

Windows 95 | Chaintech 486SPM M102.A | AMD-X5-133ADW or Am486DX4-100 | 48MB SIMM FPM | ATI Rage 3D II+DVD | CT4100 | 8GB CF

Windows 98 | Acorp 6BX86 | Pentium III 900, slotket | 512MB PC100 | Radeon 9250 | SoundForte SF16-FMI-03 | 64GB MicroSD

Reply 1 of 8, by revolstar

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Strange, I played NFS3 under Win98 with a cheap Tracer Zonda usb steering wheel a couple of months ago and it worked fine. Are there any sensitivity settings available in the proprietary software? Or maybe a sensitivity dial on the wheel itself?

Win98 rig: Athlon XP 2500+/512MB RAM/Gigabyte GA-7VT600/SB Audigy/GF FX5700/Voodoo2 12MB
WinXP rig: HP RP5800 - Pentium G850/2GB RAM/GF GT530 1GB
Amiga: A600/2MB RAM
PS3: Slim, CFW
PS2: Fat, FMCB
Dreamcast, GDEMU

Reply 2 of 8, by akula65

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Make sure NFS 3 is patched to the latest version.

Reply 3 of 8, by chinny22

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It's not normal, I have the same setup (well technically dad does)

P3 600, Win98 with minimal patches but does have IE6 installed.
Wingman software 4.60
https://archive.org/details/logitech-gaming-software-4.60

Force feedback in NFS3 feels different then NFS4 but neither had lag?

Reply 4 of 8, by kolmio

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chinny22 wrote on 2024-08-30, 01:51:
It's not normal, I have the same setup (well technically dad does) […]
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It's not normal, I have the same setup (well technically dad does)

P3 600, Win98 with minimal patches but does have IE6 installed.
Wingman software 4.60
https://archive.org/details/logitech-gaming-software-4.60

Force feedback in NFS3 feels different then NFS4 but neither had lag?

I forgot to mention mine was USB. Is yours too?

I got another wheel, this time it's for gameport (Saitek R100) and now there's no lag.

Windows 95 | Chaintech 486SPM M102.A | AMD-X5-133ADW or Am486DX4-100 | 48MB SIMM FPM | ATI Rage 3D II+DVD | CT4100 | 8GB CF

Windows 98 | Acorp 6BX86 | Pentium III 900, slotket | 512MB PC100 | Radeon 9250 | SoundForte SF16-FMI-03 | 64GB MicroSD

Reply 5 of 8, by kolmio

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revolstar wrote on 2024-08-29, 19:11:

Strange, I played NFS3 under Win98 with a cheap Tracer Zonda usb steering wheel a couple of months ago and it worked fine. Are there any sensitivity settings available in the proprietary software? Or maybe a sensitivity dial on the wheel itself?

Was it with your Athlon rig?

Windows 95 | Chaintech 486SPM M102.A | AMD-X5-133ADW or Am486DX4-100 | 48MB SIMM FPM | ATI Rage 3D II+DVD | CT4100 | 8GB CF

Windows 98 | Acorp 6BX86 | Pentium III 900, slotket | 512MB PC100 | Radeon 9250 | SoundForte SF16-FMI-03 | 64GB MicroSD

Reply 6 of 8, by revolstar

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kolmio wrote on 2025-12-27, 19:19:
revolstar wrote on 2024-08-29, 19:11:

Strange, I played NFS3 under Win98 with a cheap Tracer Zonda usb steering wheel a couple of months ago and it worked fine. Are there any sensitivity settings available in the proprietary software? Or maybe a sensitivity dial on the wheel itself?

Was it with your Athlon rig?

Indeed it was! Any progress with this?

Win98 rig: Athlon XP 2500+/512MB RAM/Gigabyte GA-7VT600/SB Audigy/GF FX5700/Voodoo2 12MB
WinXP rig: HP RP5800 - Pentium G850/2GB RAM/GF GT530 1GB
Amiga: A600/2MB RAM
PS3: Slim, CFW
PS2: Fat, FMCB
Dreamcast, GDEMU

Reply 7 of 8, by kolmio

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revolstar wrote on 2025-12-29, 18:06:
kolmio wrote on 2025-12-27, 19:19:
revolstar wrote on 2024-08-29, 19:11:

Strange, I played NFS3 under Win98 with a cheap Tracer Zonda usb steering wheel a couple of months ago and it worked fine. Are there any sensitivity settings available in the proprietary software? Or maybe a sensitivity dial on the wheel itself?

Was it with your Athlon rig?

Indeed it was! Any progress with this?

Thanks! So yours is quite powerful. I read somewhere here that USB is CPU consuming. So I got another wheel, this time it's for gameport (Saitek R100) and now there's no lag.

Windows 95 | Chaintech 486SPM M102.A | AMD-X5-133ADW or Am486DX4-100 | 48MB SIMM FPM | ATI Rage 3D II+DVD | CT4100 | 8GB CF

Windows 98 | Acorp 6BX86 | Pentium III 900, slotket | 512MB PC100 | Radeon 9250 | SoundForte SF16-FMI-03 | 64GB MicroSD

Reply 8 of 8, by chinny22

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kolmio wrote on 2025-12-27, 19:18:
chinny22 wrote on 2024-08-30, 01:51:
It's not normal, I have the same setup (well technically dad does) […]
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It's not normal, I have the same setup (well technically dad does)

P3 600, Win98 with minimal patches but does have IE6 installed.
Wingman software 4.60
https://archive.org/details/logitech-gaming-software-4.60

Force feedback in NFS3 feels different then NFS4 but neither had lag?

I forgot to mention mine was USB. Is yours too?

I got another wheel, this time it's for gameport (Saitek R100) and now there's no lag.

Yes USB, I don't think any other options existed? Hows the Saitek compare?

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