Automobilista 2 Custom Force Feedback - Overview & Recommendations

You gain on me in Turn 1 every lap - I just can't get the car to carry the speed your taking into the corner there, even with a more aggressive car setup. I can consistently gain on your time up to Stirlings and Clearways. You're getting the car rotated through these corners very quickly and leave me behind - it's a super fast lap! Great job!!!

I did get a little bit closer....


@Nolive721 I think you are possibly mistaking the Ultima GTR for the road car edition of the Ultima, which is in the same class as the Camero SS. With those cars, try increasing the negative rear toe to reduce the oversteer and you should find they are much better to drive. I've set a few world record times in that edition of the Ultima (if they still stand).

 

Nice improvement on your lap time. I think I will need to try to improve my WR lap time soon, hopefully during this week, you just gave me some inspiration for that...

 

@Slapshot82 "high end" is a really good job, congratulations! I just want to ask you one thing: is it possible to eliminate the straight effects that the FFB produces? I would like it smoother, is there a parameter to change?
thank you

 

I've not helped with the "high end" file -- all credit goes to @Karsten Hvidberg, @F.Santos @Shadak & @tUMi there (and anyone else I may have missed!). Of course, the "low end" file is absolutely what it is because of them too!

I usually adjust this in-game by reducing the "LFB" setting, but that isn't always the best method. You can also apply smoothing to the harshness of the effects individually by adjusting the (bumps_lfb_harshness) & (details_lfb_harshness) too. The lower the number, the more smoothing is applied -- try dropping it to 0.3 first, and then adjust from there if needed. This will take the edge off of the effect(s) overall, but it's most noticeable to me on the straights.

 

thanks, i will try as you say.

 

If that doesn't work to your liking, if you'll provide some feedback as to exactly what changed and didn't work, I'll see if there is something else we can do.

 

tried to set 0.3 as you said and it looks better, but there are still too many fx, especially when you steer left and right (for example warming the tires) there is a slight clipping, the steering wheel does not feel smooth. the road surface is also very present as fx, I would like to eliminate the too much information that the steering wheel produces.
thank you for your interest.

 

using the silver raw version 6659999 with a DD2 can anybody suggest what setting in the file would tighten up the centre of the wheel .
It doesn't feel solid and on the straights, it feels loose as if it is wandering - if that's the right way of saying it .

 

I have just returned to the default ffb after being on heavy Messing for a few months. Found it was giving me some unusual behaviour such as some kind of slipping on my wheel when I quickly rotated the wheel left and right and some very heavy vibrations when braking hard in some cars.
I would imagine I could have dialled it out with some changes to the file but I would not have known where to start.
The default seems to have improved to what it used to be.

 

I find the default-ffb improved now when combined with reduced filtering in the wheel driver. I think Reiza have found a very good overall profile to suit a wide range of players and hardware.

 

Sorry to ask but where are the latest custom files And settings please?

 

Should be in posts 2 and 3, depending on which custom file you want (while instructions in 1, I believe).

 

I would suggest going even lower with the harshness settings to smooth out the road FX effects.Try going as low as 0.0 or 0.1 to see if that helps. If not, is it possible that your FEI setting is too high on your wheel's driver?

As for the wheel clipping and smoothness issues, can you elaborate a bit more there? Is it due to the wheel wanting to center too strongly, too much wheel resistance, etc.?

Yep, in the file there is a (strengthen_low) setting. Increase the value to tighten up the wheel center.

 

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yes, there is still too much force when the wheel is in the center, for the rest I found the DDwheel with an excellent value of 0.1.

 

I've tested v6.6.5.9.9.9.9 (a.k.a. "the pinnacle") yesterday for the very first time, and i had a strange effect on my DD2.

First i started a Test day session with the Ginetta G55. FFB was set to "default", just to feel the difference. Then i switched to custom FFB (file for DDWheelBases) and the FFB became really heavy. It was so strong that i had to lower the FFB strength on my DD2 from 50% to about 35%.

After that i was going for a Time trial session with the same car & track. And all of the sudden the FFB was really light. All the heavyness i had before was gone. So i increased the FFB strength on my steering wheel back to 50% and all was fine. Also after switching back to Test day session the FFB was fine.
It was just the first run, where the FFB was that heavy. Couldn't reproduce it. Pretty weird.

 

We were working on a PC2 version of a custom file and made it (IMO) extremely good, i think there were some bugs or inconsistencies in AMS2 version and not sure if Karsten ported the "fixes" over tbh.

Personally I will wait some more time before getting into AMS2 again as it needs a bit more polish and a focused content instead of 1 or 2 cars per class in 24 classes, months maybe a year or so.

 

Have had the same thing. Just restart the game with custom picked and it will work properly. At least that's all I did.

 

Which setting in the file adjusts the damped feel? On my DD1, I usually run little to no damping for all sims (I like the quick smooth steering feel). I'm generally like this file, but it feels to me like there is damping being applied (it may be called something else but that's the sensation I'm feeling). It's like there is some drag in the wheel when I'm turning it and I'd like it to turn a bit easier. I tried all three of the files and actually prefer the low-end and high-end options over the DD option on my DD1.

Thanks for the help and for your work on this! I've been tearing my hair out with AMS2 as I simply cannot get the FFB setup to where I even want to play the game. This file is a step in the right direction for me!

 

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