"Precise torso aiming with the joystick is just impossible right now"

A short time ago, at a computer terminal far, far, away, Edward Thommes wrote:
>time.  Anyway, in the meantime, I've gone back to using the stick for 
>chassis turning; I just couldn't get enough fine control with the rudders 
>(kept flunking the mech handling slalom).  I now control torso turning 
>with the hat on my FLCS, and with the mouse (fine adjustment), the way 
>the joystick and rudder work with the torso (torso position proportional 
>to joystick/rudder position) simply doesn't allow precise aiming.  They 
>should have put in an option to make the rate of change, not the 
>position, depend on the control position, i.e. when you center your 
>controls, the torso stops moving, instead of recentering the way it 
>presently does.  

Yeah, you and me both. I sure hope they come out with a patch that addresses this concern, as precise torso aiming with the joystick is just impossible right now, which is a shame.

I had the same problem with the pedals as you did, but I kept them as torso twist anyway. I can't use them to aim, but I can find about two or three good positions in which I can hold them (most often full-90 twist), and at least have rough control over the torso. Then of course, I have to use the joystick's chassis movement to do the aiming. That's just not the way it should be done, though.

Will Day

(ref: willdayh)