F1 2011 Virtual Wheel

[belliash]

Hello everyone!

All the time i have been playing F1 2010 and 2011 on keyboard, as i don't own any gamepad or steering wheel. However today i have came across some funny software and i would like to share this with you

All you need is to have an android based smartphone with accelerometer. If you own one, you need to install DroidPad from Market and install this on your windows pc: http://digitalsquid.co.uk/download/droidpad/DroidPad_setup-1.2.1.exe Before installation you have to disable antivirus, as PPJoy may be found as a trojan - it is not! Even when i was installing drivers from my phone manufacturer i got recommendation to disable antivirus protection as it might interrupt installation. Dont worry about this!

Once you have everything installed (drivers from yours phone manufacture & DroidPad) you can use it as your virtual steering wheel. I used 5 keys layout on my phone screen and set 2 of them to accelerate & brake. Only steering i have set to X axis and i must say its really fun to drive with it.

There is a way to connect phone to pc using wireless lan & usb cable. I found usb connection more responsible, but that might be because i have router behind 2 walls

Anyway... I have spent about 30 minutes on spa in time trial mode to try my skills and i was about 6secs slower than on keyboard so i will need much more practice.. Here is a screenshot...

Good luck!

 

[belliash]

And after a wile my time is more competitive... but just a little more...

 

[belliash]

I have changed few controller settings in game like sensitivity and on montreal i have beaten my keyboard time by 0.093s, and after a few laps again by 0.683...

Then i have tried my skills on albert park, and also beaten keyboard time by 0.456s

Next track was again spa... and this time i lost only 0.483s but i think it might be faster for at least 1s, just need some more practise

Finally i have driven on interlagos and beaten my time by 0.660s