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I have force feedback problem with karts: if I slam the brake so that wheels lock I don’t feel force feedback (G27). Shouldn’t I feel scrubbing of the locked tyres? Doesn’t matter if I set FX to 0% or 100%...
Any ideas or is it normal behaviour?

 

Would very much like to know as well!

 

Weird, maybe I should delete my user file from 'my documents' (again), see what gives. It felt nice don't get me wrong but it's the little physics nuances I feel with ACC that seem to be lacking. The 'being on rails feeling' is the most accurate way I can describe it; in ACC I have to watch out with stomping on the brakes at the very last moment, here the car doesn't even twitch when I was expecting a bit of a lockup or a slide. Then the cars in ACC experience understeer if you happen to turn in too late and miss the apex, and they can bite you with oversteer on exit as well at times if you mash the throttle. In AMS2 you just turn in and it bites every time, cornering in general feels like child's play in comparison, you have to be a real cowboy to get yourself into a 'moment'.

 

I agree So used to CC that I can't race without it now. I keep it on even in practice

 

It's weird really. Probably it has something to do with players individual wheel setup or the way sims use different wheels?
I would say exactly the same things of ACC: every time I try and drive it I get a huge amount of FFB and effects just as soon as I turn the wheel off center. Whether I am asking 0.1g or 2g to the car the FFB will not tell me cause the amount of force is almost flat once you leave the center. The only thing you get is that immediate huge increase in FFB followed by a crazy amount of load transfer completely overwhelming the grip effects. No nuances whatsoever, totally uncommunicative especially of the rear. After turning in, in one second or two you find out (just visually) if the car sticks or not.
The other thing I really like in AMS2 and hate in ACC is car setups: here every time you change something even by a reasonably small amount the car reacts, every little change makes a difference and you immediately feel if you are faster. There I had to make notes of the changes I made to remember them because even a 30% change did not change the car behavior or the lap time. It seems every different car has a mind of its own and you can't change it: it's all about how you cope and drive it.
Like I said, maybe it's a case of every sim using hardware differently and requiring very different hardware settings to give proper feelings? Hard to say

 

That sounds a bit like you are running too much gain and it starts clipping (heavy wheel). Then again it's a podium so dunno

 

rFactor2 needs more Damping in FFB to tame those jolts. Of course, the json file can be tweaked provided one knows where to make changes. rF2 offers more than one method of applying ffb-effects; Damping or Friction methodology may be used but, I'm not sure that helps mainstream wheels. I have used both methods with mostly similar results.

Common consumer wheels lack a direct damping setting at the motor (firmware level), so if the FFB output doesn't include some, jolts and oscillation are harder to eliminate / solve.

I know it's common practice to turn off Damping / Spring effects with some wheels but, rF2 does output some forces through the Direct-Input channels that could prove useful. Such effects may only impact parked steering-resistance forces (typically Damping) but, could possibly help to stabilize the steering system to some extent (Spring Effect in rF2).

Game-ffb output may include some Direct-Input effects. RaceRoom is one title that utilizes them more than most.

DD wheels offer direct Damping and Friction applied at the servo-motor so, it's an easy fix.

 

The patch notes say more info is coming soon on custom skins, so I think the patch includes the ability to add in new skins but we'll still need the templates and methodology to follow later.

 

Thank you! That did the trick! My wheel type is Fanatec separated pedals I had it to combined.
Thanks

 

I tinkered with it so many hours... Will give it a try again when I have some time see if anything has changed or I can find something reasonable that before I couldn't

 

McLaren 650 GT3 Please

 

Can you tell me how to best apply dampening in rF2 for me using aCSWv2?

 

I've always used DRI 0 on my wheel even when recommenee -3. I've got smoothing to 4 in rF2 and dampening up to 10 in AMS2 .
Thanks for the link, i'll check it out.

 

Oops it isn't -3 , just 3.

 

IIRC, rF2 uses the Damper method as default but, you can also experiment with the Damper / Spring settings in the Fanatec software to see if it has any affect beyond what the game-ffb Damping offers.

For AMS2 in theory, the in-game damping should do the trick for most wheels. I'm just more picky than most.