McLaren MP4-12C GT3 steering question

[Chris James]

Guys, I've got a Thrustmaster T500 with F1 wheel. I'm extremely excited about this car, but I like to run my sims as close to real as possible, so I'd like to know if any of you know about the steering on the real McLaren. The GT3 version uses a F1 style wheel, right? How many degrees of rotation does the real car have, and how many degrees of steering lock do you think drivers of this car use?

Thanks guys.

 

[Arne Dopudja]

Soft lock doesnt change your ffb and steering feel it just engages a counterforce when the steering lock of a car is reached. Without the soft lock, you can just turn the wheel freely until you hit tge physical hardlock of your hardware.

So, softlock isa welcome change.

 

[Peter Klawitter]

i understand what you mean and have read what the Devs at KS have written and explained about it, and I think it is great to have! soft lock is indeed a welcome change and should positively impact the game, just for me on my testing and my experiencing with it, it felt as if FFB is off/ weird, and vehicles feel like steering boats on the ocean. (just sharing my experience with it)

 

[Arne Dopudja]

Are you using the normal 900+ degrees? I could imagine it interferes if you use lower locks (which shouldnt be used with soft lock since it could override or confuse the ffb).

 

[William Wester]

I have my TX set at 900 degrees in the TM control panel. I've tried AC with/without soft lock - I cannot feel any difference to the FFB. At least with soft lock my TX wheel stops at the car's lock. I wonder what Kunos would say on this, I can't believe their FFB/physics code would be different relevant to whether the steering wheel stops at car lock or not.
But, of course I can only speak for my TX wheel experience.

 

[A.K.Racing]

540 (+/- steering lock depending on your preferences) i suspect, like most GT cars

not at all like example Ferrari 488gt3 480°

 

[A.K.Racing]

For ACC like example ;
Ferrari 480
McLaren 480
BMW 565
Lamborghini 620
Lamborghini ST 620
Honda 620
Lexus 640
Aston Martin 640
Bentley 640
Nissan 640
Mercedes 640
Jaguar 720
Audi 720
R-EX 720
911 GT3 800
911 CUP 800