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Old August 31st 11, 11:30 PM posted to rec.autos.simulators
Mario Petrinovic
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Pat Dotson:
> What can I say, there is something wrong here. I definitely KNOW
> what clipping is, and definitely feel it, there is no doubt about it.


What is it that you feel that you are calling clipping? Please
describe it?

Clipping is actually a lack of feel. If the wheel is clipping, there
will be extended periods of time where the wheel is doing nothing but
applying a constant force in one directly. You will feel nothing but
this constant force. So, if there is some other "spikyness" that you
are feeling, that is not clipping.
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I believe that this is more complicated than this. Ken will
understand.
First people misunderstand what FORCE FEEDBACK is. Force feedback
isn't a force that is applied from wheel onto your hands. People understand
word "force" very well, the problem is that they don't understand word
"feedback" at all. The "force" is FEED by the work of your arms. If you
resist wheel, force will grow larger. I only wanted to make this clearer.
Clipping isn't just a constant force.
First, clipping is the uttermost force, it is the strongest force
you will feel, you cannot miss it at all, you don't need delicate tools to
feel it, it will be so strong, that you will feel it in your bones.
Then, look above what I wrote regarding "feedback". You resist wheel
force, and wheel force grow stronger. But then it stops to grow, and your
arms win. This is clipping in force feedback.
I feel it exactly like somebody is hammering with a hammer inside
wheel. I feel it only on bamps (sometimes in other, NON-DRIVING situations).
Which is logical, bamps are by far the strongest things you will feel on
your wheel. So, I hit a bamp, I feel like somebody has hit wheel with a
hammer.

Mario

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