Automobilista 2 Custom Force Feedback - Overview & Recommendations

@Danielkart - Thanks for posting V700, another great file. Really like the amount of weight it adds to the steering without causing extreme peaks, curbs feel very alive too. Personally I need to use slew rate limit in True Drive to remove some of the high frequency texture/vibrations but thats only my personal taste.

Looking forward to trying some other cars, only used SC 2024 so far

 

Thanks D. Going to try this very soon. Great Easter present.

 

Thanks for the hard work and dedication you've put into this project.
I've used your CSL DD 8nm custom FFB for some time but have since gotten a Clubsport DD, which is 15nm and also quite a bit more responsive with faster slew rate. Any advice on settings?

 

Don't let this "slew rate" drive you crazy. A lot of this is marketing from the manufacturers and after a certain point you will notice absolutely no difference. I don't know the new settings or options for the new Fanatec bases. Test a lot with your settings on the base and try to get it in line with the file. And most importantly, set it up according to your personal taste

 

Very nice to see you share your file with people I think people with belt driven bases should try it out, it might work fine and they might like it.

 

Anything goes buddy

 

just tried it and it is AMAZING

 

First of all, thank you for your work, as usual. A nice Easter present!

I did not try this on the cars with new tyres (I have not turned a lap with them yet) but as I am in the middle of a GT1 championship, I did test it with my weapon of choice for it, the McLaren F1 GTR. I don't understand why, but this is the first time I did not find an improvement with a new file of yours. On my end, it has a tendence of delivering a flat torque mid corner, which feels like hitting a patch of lower grip on the track, and tends to provoke an unwanted slide in terms of car control. In overall terms, I found it less talkative and responsive about the grip levels and how tyres load and unload on the tarmac, which was puzzling. It could very well be that it's just this car not playing along with the new file, but as I'm on a championship, I have reverted back to your previous V500, which I'm very happy with.

If there is a parameter you think I could tweak on my own that could be interfering on my experience, I'm open to trial it. Please don't take it as a criticism, a dig, or an unreasonable request, it's just me trying to have a better understanding of how these files work!

 

Hey guys just got myself and Simagic Alpha Mini 10nm. What the best custom FFB file for this base please? TIA Pete

 

No problem Gabriel. Personal tastes are completely different and everyone has different ideas and feelings and that's a good thing. I know people who use the V80 or the V70 or V500 or 600. Others use other customs from other modders and are happy with them or they use Reiza's defaults. Listen to your feelings, everyone should do that. There are now so many good customs as an alternative to the defaults that everyone is sure to find their personal favorite

 

I just tested these settings with Porsche 992 GT3-R on Watkins Glen. But for some reason I still have a floating feeling. Especially on the straight, but also in the esses.

Running Simucube 2 Pro with GSI Formula Pro Elite wheel with exactly your settings. Both in-game as in True Drive.

Vehicle FFB is 100%.

How is this possible?

 

Hey RicxxYou were right in your suggestion that this V700 is also suitable for low forces.I tested it and the file works great even with small forces and without creating clipping.The only changes needed must be made in the in-game settings.Gain and (FX) regulate everything.The weaker the base, the higher you have to set the gain and FX according to your personal taste.With this file everything only works with these 2 changes.These are now actually the same recommendations as Reiza makes for the defaults in the in-game settings

Example for a weak base 2-4Nm Gain: 80-90% and (FX) according to personal taste.This means that each base can be customizedThank you Ricxx for your advice, I will also post this addendum in the customs section

 

This is a mod car and I don't care about these cars.They are not original Reiza cars and have completely different physics and FFB from any other simulation.Maybe from PC2 maybe from NFS Shift .I'm sorry, but these cars aren't important to me

 

Uhm. What? They are the official Reiza cars from the Endurance Pack.
The Porsche is part the of GT3 Gen. 2 pack.

 

Sorry had another car in mind. No, I don't notice the cars floating

 

I have a G923 and with the defaults, the wheel always goes left to right around a dead zone in the center. To fix it, I have to use a lot of Low Force Boost but that gives me too much rattling. Maybe that is what you feel?
Can't tell if your driver settings are right, I guess I would go with the defaults, maybe try damper at 100 (not sure about that, but I think that's what my driver is set to but G Hub is hiding it).

I tried a lot of custom files, the best for me is:
rFuktor 5.0.1.4 ATMOS V.1.4 FIX WITH YAW (4xFX.1WHEEL) by Stakanov

It's doing a good job giving just the right amount of force in the center.
You can try that or try my file, I just edited some values to make the wheel work a bit more quiet, so the gears are not knocking and rattling on every curb.
With in game settings 95 / 0 / 0 / 35-50, it feels very dynamic what the front wheels do and every car is controllable. Still not perfect for very few cars, especially for karts, but I can also enjoy road cars or catch a slide in a Caterham like never before, the self aligning just feels close to what my own car feels like. It made me much faster.

Hope this can help you.

Edit: "Enable Centering Spring in Force Feedback Games" sounds wrong to me, so maybe unchecking this is better, you'll never want that. But since you have the strength at 0 it probably makes no difference.

 

Here's my Hybrid V3.1.
I wasn't happy with the slow speed corner strength, so spent far longer than I wanted to trying to balance it all out. The upside to this that is the force while braking is back, and I've further balanced the scrub and tear, which feels great to me but it's still not perfect.

I'll be honest I lost a lot of hours progress one day due to a corrupt file and got sick of it so stopped for a couple of weeks for fear of losing interest in the sim completely.

Really enjoyed finalising (ish) the file today though so I'm happy again.
I know most people have already found their favourite file from the amazing people on this thread but here's one more.
Gain 65
Lfb 0
Fx 25 ish

EDIT: If you find the cars lose grip too soon, change line 285- slide_factor 0.7 to 0.6.

 

Oh wow, that's another good option for me. I like it so far, will spend some more time with it over the weekend

Thank you!

 

@Alegunner68 any recommendations for True Drive / Ingame settings?

 

I haven't, but on my Moza I have most settings low or off.