TrackMania steering issue

paradigm

paradigm

paradigm

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Seems my computer has developed a hatred towards TrackMania. I fired up TrackMania Nations this morning, had a quick blast on an online server, and then messed up so hit "reset", back to the start I go; 3... 2... 1... GO!

Go indeed, except now my car automatically shoves on full right steering lock. I can stop this by tapping either left or right as soon as it starts to turn on its own, but it is becoming an annoying flaw (also means that I cannot set off perfectly straight, which is a requirement for some courses).

So I do what any sane person would try with a USB keyboard; remove it, and plug it back in. This resulted in the same issue. OK, i'll try using a different USB port; same again!

So I uninstall the game, and reinstall it. Gah the problem is STILL HERE! Rather phased by this, I assume my keyboard has issues, so go back to my (100% working tested ok) logitech PS/2 keyboard, reboot, and the problem remains!

Out of interest, I fire up TMSunrise Extreme! Its now happening in TMSunrise too.

As a last resort, I have done a system restore to a known working point, and the problem still remains.

Help! Any suggestions?

EDIT: Not doing anything similar in Quake4, CoD2, NFS:Carbon etc etc
 
You wouldn't happen to have a joypad would you, or some sort of controller? You might have the right button on the pad/wheel pushed down which does it even if you haven't configured the game to use it. It does the same of me on San Andreas if my wheel is off centre.
 
paradigm said:
Seems my computer has developed a hatred towards TrackMania. I fired up TrackMania Nations this morning, had a quick blast on an online server, and then messed up so hit "reset", back to the start I go; 3... 2... 1... GO!

Go indeed, except now my car automatically shoves on full right steering lock.
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MAte, I have once or twice had this problem before and so has someone I know.

The very VERY odd thing being that the two of us only ever get it when we ruun through a particular net connection (the local cyber cafe). It runs fine on the exact same computers at home though, so I honestly have no idea.

Bue you'er not alone, only thing i could think of is, for some reason, network settings or something. Which shouldn't do that obviously.
 
Well Trackmania nations seems to use all of my joypads/joysticks/wheels so if any of them are facing/turned it makes my trackmania turn too (I use the keyboard to play).
 
chrismox said:
Happened to me on Trackmania Sunrise - if you tap left or right before the green light, it'll start in a straight line - a fault easily rectified.
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Except you have to do that EXACTLY on the "go" sound, otherwise you dont head off straight. This then translates to you a) not setting off as fast as you could, and b) you not always setting off dead straight.

Both of which are very annoying, especially when your online on nations and trying your damndest to beat someone with a lower rank than yourself (and there aren't many of those people left now!).

I have both a gamepad and a wheel, but neither are plugged in :confused:
 
happens to me too with my saitek controller. Just got an xb360 controller but not tried it... actually I don't remember if it even happens since I got this comp.

Tapping both left and right at any time before the green light works for me. and it just becomes a habit.. I even do it in other games sometimes without thinking about it. Other than that I don't know of any fix. There's a checkbox in TMS for 'alternate' control method - or something like that. Didn't fix it for me but you never know
 
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