#MICROSOFT SIDEWINDER USB OVERDRIVE DRIVERS#
#MICROSOFT SIDEWINDER USB OVERDRIVE UPDATE#
#MICROSOFT SIDEWINDER USB OVERDRIVE DRIVER#
#MICROSOFT SIDEWINDER USB OVERDRIVE UPGRADE#

I'm using Need For Speed Most Wanted as an example but it should work with other games as well, I'm two for two on testing games that require duel axis pedals.ġ0.In the game go to options, controls, then go to keyboard controls, remap the keyboard controls using your steering wheel. The only thing you really need to map are the pedals.ĩ. I went ahead and gave the other eight buttons different assignments too. (This is the important part) When it asks for joystick up press the gas pedal and when it asks for down press the brake. Click on Auto setting wizard, when it asks joystick left obivously turn the wheel left, vice versa for the right. Click on your freshly extracted file, JoyToKey.exeĨ. (it is just an executable file in zip format so create a folder then unzip this file to that folder and your ready to go.) This program will allow you to assign a keyboard function to the y axis up and y axis down on your pedals, therefor separating commands without really separating the axis. Go to this address below and scroll to the bottom of the page and download this nifty little app.

#MICROSOFT SIDEWINDER USB OVERDRIVE DRIVERS#

Once you have the drivers straight move on to step six.Ħ.

#MICROSOFT SIDEWINDER USB OVERDRIVE DRIVER#

Your driver date should be for and the version should be. To find out which driver you have right click on My Computer Icon go to properties, choose the hardware tab then click on device manager, find Human Interface Devices, double click, then right click on sidewinder go to properties then click on Driver tab.

#MICROSOFT SIDEWINDER USB OVERDRIVE UPDATE#

If the original xp drivers aren't automatically loading and your still getting the old 98 drivers, go to the device manager and update the drivers there manually. Reinstall standard XP drivers for Sidewinder (These are the drivers that load by default with xp when you plug the controller in). Unistall windows 98 v4.0 drivers and software for SidewinderĦ. Go to control panel then add and remove programsģ. Unplug all usb game controllers from your machineĢ.

#MICROSOFT SIDEWINDER USB OVERDRIVE UPGRADE#

Skip steps 2 through 5 if you've always been running windows xp (meaning you didn't upgrade from 98 or me)and if you have never installed the v4.0 drivers for windows 98.ġ.

The best part is it's not all that hard to do, well it's kind of a pain, but it definately beats spending another two hundred buck on a new wheel. Here's what i did to make my Sidewinder work with Need For Speed Most Wanted and it also worked with Midtown Madness 2 in windows xp pro. So the pedal always acts like it's pressed half way down. It is possible to set a separate axis with the older v4.0 drivers designed for windows 98, however 'the z rotation' can not be configured properly under Windows XP. Unfortunately those of us who bought the Microsoft Sidewinder are out of luck because Microsoft hardware division no longer exists and they no longer support those products.

In many of the newer games your pedals are required to work on seperate axis, most steering wheel manufactures have kept up with this demand and have compensated and made the proper adjustments in later driver versions. Podaję tu instrukcję po angielsku ściągniętą z netu:įor those of you having brake pedal problems with the Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback steering wheel I found a work around. Jest jeszcze jeden sposób ale mi nie działał za pomocą programu JoyToKey.exe ustawiamy sobie config i wgrywamy jako sterownik. W menu sterownika zaznaczamy seprated (osobne) dla pedałów gazu i hamulca. Sterownik należy instalować v.4.0 zmieniając zgodność pliku setup w katalogu setup na win98 klikamy prawym na pliku setup i wchodzimy do zakładki ze zgodnością gdzie zmieniamy ją. Po długich 1 dniowych bojach z kierownicą Microsoftu sidewinder USB udało mi się uruchomić wszystkie funkcje niezbędne w grach jak osobno działające kierownica i pedały.

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