Force feedback explained. Configuration settings for all cars and tips

[TheMarshal]

Thanks for your reply, it helps me understand the FFB a little more.

5) with my wheel i can feel pretty good the lost of grip but only when using the jack spade files with the following settings: 100:50-80:0:20, when i loose traction, the wheel just loose all the FFB.

What wheel are you using? For me the point isnt really if other people experience the same. I can also feel understeer quite well. But rather I wanted to know if the vibration is the actual tire model simulating grip-loss and regaining grip, or that it is some random noise caused by whatever not-real effect.

[OlivierMDVY]

Is there a way to save for each car the FFB settings? Thanks

[poirqc]

Is there a way to save for each car the FFB settings? Thanks

Nope. Not in the FFB menu per se.

But I'll share how I do it. There's 3 things that affect the FFB in a somewhat standard way*:

1. Caster
2. Steering Ratio
3. Camber

I view them that way:

1. RAG/RAB
2. Deadzone removal range
3. Volume(Tire Force)

Lower caster if you're clipping under load in a curve.
Lower steering ratio if you have an FFB deadzone near TDC.
Move camber a bit up or down depending on how much wheel weight you want.

Of course, other garage settings affect the FFB. But personally, I think those 3 have the most direct effect on the FFB, without disturbing the performance of your setup too much. The only one you might not be able to move as much as you want is Camber. Depending on the track, it may be difficult to move them much. At the same time, you don't need to change it much to get the desired FFB effect.

Hope this helps.

[Kuokkanen]

Kart 100CC 2011 has blank fields. Any particular reason for that? What settings should I have for it?

[Paulo Ribeiro]

I gave up. Just stopped playing Pcars2 since last year due the wheel settings.
It's just unplayable for me. Even with JackSpades files. Wheel behaves really bad while turning (slow or fast corners). Can't do 3 laps without spinning the car.
When start to turn wheel for cornering, it seems the response is not enough.
Therefore I turn a bit more the wheel, but then it turns too much.

What is weird, is that it became worst to set and play since day 1.
Mainly playing Assetto and RaceRoom Experience now, where settings with G27 are perfect.
I will beg for a last help tho concerning PCars2 G27 wheel settings (lets forget JSpades files, please),
I believe there is someone out there without it. playing well enough.
So, please, I beg for a last help.

Cheers,
Paulo

[poirqc]

I gave up. Just stopped playing Pcars2 since last year due the wheel settings.
It's just unplayable for me. Even with JackSpades files. Wheel behaves really bad while turning (slow or fast corners). Can't do 3 laps without spinning the car.
When start to turn wheel for cornering, it seems the response is not enough.
Therefore I turn a bit more the wheel, but then it turns too much.

What is weird, is that it became worst to set and play since day 1.
Mainly playing Assetto and RaceRoom Experience now, where settings with G27 are perfect.
I will beg for a last help tho concerning PCars2 G27 wheel settings (lets forget JSpades files, please),
I believe there is someone out there without it. playing well enough.
So, please, I beg for a last help.

Cheers,
Paulo

Look at my post above. It should cover most situations. Set the drivers at 100%, turn the 3 sliders below to 0 % and tick the 'game control the FFB' last checkbox. pCars 2 FFB settings are in my signature.

Most cars will drive well. For those that tend to clip\saturate, lower Caster angle(in the garage) until the wheel is living again.

If you feel the FFB is a little loose, around Top Dead Center, lower Steering Ratio by a click or 2 in the garage. Here, it should be informative quick enough while not too sensitive either.

[Paulo Ribeiro]

Look at my post above. It should cover most situations. Set the drivers at 100%, turn the 3 sliders below to 0 % and tick the 'game control the FFB' last checkbox. pCars 2 FFB settings are in my signature.

Most cars will drive well. For those that tend to clip\saturate, lower Caster angle(in the garage) until the wheel is living again.

If you feel the FFB is a little loose, around Top Dead Center, lower Steering Ratio by a click or 2 in the garage. Here, it should be informative quick enough while not too sensitive either.

Thank you for your quick reply.

You might made me to get back to PCars2. Just made my wheel settings as you have in your signature and it improved a lot! Lowered the steering ratio aswell.

Thank you Sir, for your help.

Cheers,
Paulo

[Alex_76]

Is there any way to get more, or any, feeling from the front of the car under braking and corner entry?

If find that the FFB is very informative of what the rear is doing on corner exit and weight transfer going over crests and dips, but no sense of weight transfer under braking. The steering should tighten as the load transfers to the front wheels, but I feel none of that, it just feels dead under braking.

I have a T300 and have tried every custom config going, I'm currently using the standard custom config (Raw) - Volume 50(or lower if clipping), Tone 75, FX 20 with deadzone removal as per Rantam's custom config. Nothing I've tried seems to give any feeling of weight transfer under braking. Are there any specific custom config settings that could help to get that feeling of the weight transferring to the front wheels?

[ShneebnaMRR108]

Is there any way to get more, or any, feeling from the front of the car under braking and corner entry?

If find that the FFB is very informative of what the rear is doing on corner exit and weight transfer going over crests and dips, but no sense of weight transfer under braking. The steering should tighten as the load transfers to the front wheels, but I feel none of that, it just feels dead under braking.

I have a T300 and have tried every custom config going, I'm currently using the standard custom config (Raw) - Volume 50(or lower if clipping), Tone 75, FX 20 with deadzone removal as per Rantam's custom config. Nothing I've tried seems to give any feeling of weight transfer under braking. Are there any specific custom config settings that could help to get that feeling of the weight transferring to the front wheels?

You can try adjusting the Tone in increments of 10 to the left until you get the feelings you want. And then you may have to re-adjust the other values also. This will change per car and track.

[Maximo_E30]

Hello everybody,

I am having a question concerning the force feedback bars at the BEGINNING of the race:

If I start the race (in this case in Spa) I can observe an odd behaviour of the game with my whee (Fanatec CSL ELITE PS4). If i observe the FFB bars, right after the beginning of the rolling start a star appears besides the FX-number above the clipping bar. The wheel feels totally locked in and strange. The behaviour of the wheel and the star remains until turn 7 and 8 mostly, then it disappears and the wheel feels totally fine. It is as if the FFB-Software is trying to adapt to my driving style. Actually that is pretty annoying, since this behaviour has totally killed a couple of my races.

I hope somebody can help me out on that issue, I can't seem to find anything about it online!

Thank you everybody!

(I'm new to the forum, so in case this topic is well known feel free to send me the link and I won't ask no further :P . Thank you! )