> buttons to look around...
Assigning "left (head)" and "right (head)" to buttons 1 and 3 does what I want, great, thanks.
I had thought those referred to adjusting the head (seat) position.
> look around in TDU and other games when I'm not using TrackIR.
Maybe one day I'll get one of those. :-)
> linearity...
The dialog suggests that linearity can only be changed for wheels.
I'll try it anyway.
> Use your driver software to configure the deadzone.
I use the default driver installed by Windows, not a product-specific driver, as the latter in my experience causes more problems than it solves.
And as far as I remember, it does not offer deadzone configuration anyway, just button-binding.
My impression is that the deadzone is implemented by TDU, not the driver.
Other games have no deadzone, and still other games offer deadzone and linearity config of their own.
I have used the stick in about ten driving games, only a few of which have the dreaded non-negotiable deadzone.
> Needless to say, Joysticks are not designed for driving games.
> You are much better off getting a gamepad ...
Now we are entering the realm of opinion. I have a PS2-style game pad,
but in most games, it just doesn't "fit with me", controlwise.
> a steering wheel
...would be ideal, of course.
Way back, I had one, but it did not work well (Thrustmaster F1, IIRC).
> I would still recommend a keyboard for driving games before a joystick.
Yuck, how can you say that? ;-) To me it's about continuous (as opposed to discrete, stepped) and concurrent (as in multiple at the same time) control, which a keyboard simply can not offer.
For some games, the joystick is quite obviously deprecated by the developers, otherwise they would have implemented better support. The worst in this regard is FUEL, which I actually use the keyboard for, even though it often beeps because I'm pressing too many keys at once, in its opinion. :-)
Another example is Trackmania Sunrise, where I had the impression that keyboard control gives the players a wider range of parameters, resulting in higher curve speed.
Am I right to assume that there is no easy way of directly editing the config file?
Again, thanks for the help.