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Wow, I'm really impressed -- reported the bug last night and this morning it was fixed AND released!
If you like a lot of force feedback, or if force feedback is very important to you, you might want to try either the Thrustmaster TX, Thrustmaster T500RS or better still, a Fanatec wheel and pedals setup. There are various opinions about setting up a Logitech G27, G29, or G920 wheel for iRacing. Most of them will work in one way or another. Some cars have significantly heavier and 'faster' force feedback than others (e.g. The Radical SR8) and are therefore more prone to oscillation at speed. For direct drive wheel bases, using higher NDP, NFR, and (to some extent) NIN values will help to reduce this characteristic, or for any wheel base you can enable Speed Sensitive Damping in. The SmoothStep is a sim racing wheel designed to provide the feedback of an expensive direct drive wheel, without the price-tag of some of the other direct drive wheels on the market. It is based on a 14NM Stepper motor and a 20000ppr encoder. This project was inspired by this thread on xsimulator.netHere is a demo of what I have working so far. 'Auto detect the optimal force feedback force level based on your driving. Simply hit the 'auto' button found in the settings tab or F9 black box after driving a few laps to apply the detected force levels.' It's now posted with the release notes (by David T): 'I forgot a release note. I added in code to auto detect the optimal FFB force slider.
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Support Topics :
Force Feedback Joystick
- SimConnect Log File - instructions on how to enable the SimConnect log file
- FS Force Log File - instructions on how to enable the FS Force log file
- Force Feedback Diagnostic Program - a small diagnostic utility to test the force feedback capabilities of your joystick.
SimConnect Log file
If you are experiencing problems using FS Force, you may be asked by technical support to provide a copy of your SimConnect log file to help diagnose the problem. This log file is not produced by default. Follow these steps to configure your system to produce a SimConnect log file.
Create a text file using a simple text editor like Notepad, and name it SimConnect.ini. Place it in the special flight simulator sub-folder beneath your Documents folder. Depending on which flight sim version you are using, this sub-folder will either be called Flight Simulator X Files, Flight Simulator X - Steam Edition Files, Prepar3D v3 Files, or. Flight Sim World. (If you already have a file by that name in the sub-folder, open it in your editor instead of creating a new one).
Edit the file so it contains the text shown below. The file= line can be customized to point to any folder that is convenient for you.
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[SimConnect]
level=verbose
console=0
file=C:simconnect.log
Save the file, and then start FSX. Use a watch or a stop-watch, and count the number of seconds that elapse from the time you start FSX.
Start a flight and do whatever you need to do to reproduce the errors you are experiencing. As soon as the error has occurred, take note of the number of elapsed seconds, and then shut down FSX
Send the resulting SimConnect.log file to the support email address above, along with your report of when the error occurred.
Once the issue has been resolved and you no longer need logging enabled, you can either delete the SimConnect.ini file, or place a semi-colon (;) at the beginning of the file= line to disable logging.
Customer Feedback
Just a quick note of thanks for this amazing little piece of software. The thing works, and how!! I have a MS FF2 that was a spastic, limp, lump of plastic until now. The customer support is incredible - my wife deleted my activation code, and it was re-sent within minutes of my requesting a duplicate. Amazing. Software that works, first time ... good customer support...
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FS Force Log File
FS Force can also be configured to produce it's own log file. Follow these steps :
Locate the file FSForce.cfg. Under WinXP, this file can be found under 'C:Documents & SettingsAll UsersApplication DataFS Force'. Under Vista, it can be found under 'C:ProgramDataFS Force'.
Open this file using any text editor. Under the [General] section add 'Errorlevel=1'. (Setting it to 0 turns logging off.). The log file is saved in the same folder as FSForce.cfg.
Force Feedback Diagnostic Program
This is a small utility program you can download to test the force feedback capabilities of your joystick. If FS Force doesn't seem to be working properly, you can use this utility to test your joystick, which can be helpful in determining if the problem is with FS Force, your system, or your joystick.
How To Enable Force Feedback In Iracing
Download : ForceTest.exe (108 KB)
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