Automobilista 2 Custom Force Feedback - Overview & Recommendations

Hi! Could you share your ingame settings/wheel base settings please?

Edit:found them in the file, though your settings are turned up way to high, the wheel is very strong and I feel like I could break my wrist playing with those

 

@Danielkart. Thank you for the V500 and work you've done.

 

Hi @Danielkart ,
I am running a Fanatec DD1, and have used your file #8 (16 to 18Nm)

Im pretty inexperienced with tweaking FFB.
It feels very good, however just a question. Is there a reason why FEI is set relatively low (20%-30%)?
Is it not better to turn this up to gain more ffb detail?

Thanks!
Paul

 

Good morning!
Before Simucube 2 I had a dd1. There are many reasons why (FEI) was set so low for me on a dd1 in combination with (Int). There were also countless discussions about it that didn't achieve much in the end. Take your preferred settings from the base if you don't have a good feeling about it, if the feeling is good then there is no reason to change it

 

What is FEI?

 

An amplifier for the FFB in the Fanatec software. Nothing to do with your Simagic Denis

 

Okay, thank you

 

My first go on dd didn't go well, got through eau rouge and disconnected.
Back to simhouse and it was connecting/disconnecting constantly.
The usb was super loose, turned out the centre piece had snapped off!
The place I bought it said to contact moza then the alarm bells started.
The supplier should replace the faulty goods, and not get the customer to try and sort it.
I'm too old for all this email back and forth ping pong nonsense.
Not happy.
Might just replace the port myself.
Sorry for the rant, just had to get it off my chest.
Edit: They're sending me a new pcb. Happy day.

 

Hey buddy!
Oh no, I'm sorry for you that you're having trouble with your dd. I hope Moza will react quickly and show goodwill. It's really annoying, and your frustration is understandable. I hope you come back soon

 

I don't usually venture outside of my AC bubble/community, however I felt it necessary to create an account and say thanks to @Danielkart for the v500 FFB, it's magnificent!

I'll add a direct link to your files, and upload them to the mods section of our discord for easy access.

Great work, and sincerely appreciate!

 

Assuming you bought it online in the UK you can just send it back for a refund for any reason (including no reason) for 14 days. (If they didn't tell you this then you can send it back any time in the next 12 months - or 14 days from whenever they do tell you whichever is the sooner)

If you fix it yourself and something else breaks then you're on your own. If it were a decade old fair enough but not for something that you've just bought.

 

I'm really enjoying the V500, thank you @Danielkart, I was using a much older file from you (V80), the best thing about that which I very much miss in the V500 is the feel of running over the kerbs. In V80 the steering would wobble and I'd get feedback, but I seem to miss that in V500 or for me I'd like to feel them more.

I'm using a CSL DD 8nm with the exact recommended settings in-game and Fanatec software.

Looking through the feedback files I saw in V80 under 'Road features settings':

texture_scale 0.6)
(micro_bumps_scale 0.300)
(micro_bumps_smooth 0.008)
(kerbs_surface_scale 10.0)
(kerbs_surface_smooth 0.03)
(kerb_bump_scale 0.25)
(large_track_bump_scale 1.6)
(large_offroad_bump_scale 2.1)

And in V500:

(texture_scale 0.5)
(micro_bumps_scale 0.375)
(micro_bumps_smooth 0.008)
(kerbs_surface_scale 8.5)
(kerbs_surface_smooth 0.03)
(kerb_bump_scale 0.25)
(large_track_bump_scale 1.4)
(large_offroad_bump_scale 3.3)

I'm not at my wheel now and wont be for a few days, so I thought I'd ask so when I'm home I can try, if I change the V500 to the V80 for the Road features settings would I feel the kerbs more or is it way more complicated than that (I presume it is)?

Again thanks for the V500 file.

 

Good morning!
These are customs and everything is allowed to find your personal sweet spot. These changes to the road features will not cause any problems with the rest of the file. You can swap it out or adjust any value of it to your taste. These are simple changes to suit personal taste. So don't worry, you won't have any other disadvantages

 

This didn't fix my issue unfortunately. Is it a setup issue within the thrustmaster software or something?

 

Hello Divit!
Yes, I suspect a problem with the Thrustmaster software. Or try to recalibrate everything or check or change the hardware connections. There's something wrong with your base here. Or even a reinstall of the game? The files will become lighter as the file number increases - this is a physical given. I'm sorry that I can't help you

 

Hey Daniel,
the fact that the FFB goes lighter as the file number increases helped a lot for me to find the file that suits my taste the best. I'm a long time fan of your work but previously I've always downloaded the file which is recommended for my Thrustmaster T300. I've always ended up lowering gain in AMS2 to 50% or even lower. This time I chose a file one step above the recommended one and the FFB is crazy good now! Thank you for your work, AMS2 is truly a different sim with your custom files (for the better)!

 

No, it's very different for me.
I always test with Default and Default+ first after every Reiza update. This way I can feel what has changed and then select the cars.
Then I can react to my customs with the selected cars. But never mod vehicles, only original Reiza cars. And always without TC and without ABS because that way I get more feedback

 

They're sending me a new pcb, hopefully soon as I'm missing all the
new goodness.

 

Yes, the recommended file can be good. But it can also be a file above or a file below. It always depends on how the base processes it and outputs the dynamic range. And finally, personal taste

 

@Danielkart Only had a brief time with V500 last night, but so far feels good as always. Just a quick question - not sure if its a quick answer - but are saying its better to use a different file rather than adjusting gain in game? I've gone with 62% as recommended in your files, and have my base output at 11Nm, but if I'm finding FFB too strong is there much difference between moving to the next file up (12-13Nm) as opposed to knocking the gain back to 60% ?