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Iracing Force Feedback Test Program

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Aliensimracer provides useful tips and guides for iRacing drivers wanting to up their game with tools and legal hacks that simply improve the driving experience on the most popular organised virtual racing community. He says in the intro: “If you’re fed up of not being able to feel the car oversteer in iRacing, then you need this. Aug 12, 2016 Basically, I run the WheelCheck linear force test as per usual, but using 5,000ms intervals instead of 300ms, and with the digital scales effectively blocking the movement of the wheel entirely, so all that happens is a weight is applied to the scales.

In this video I am going to walk through the steps I use to get the most out of my force feedback wheel in iRacing.Force Feedback (FFB) Settings explained:Mi. The concept of the Sim Pure Pace MasterClass is simple; we provide you with a step-by-step course on the core fundamentals of racecraft, and then get on the track with a group of students, me (Scott Mansell) and my coaches and to practice and critique your race craft. 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.

Wow, I'm really impressed -- reported the bug last night and this morning it was fixed AND released!

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Contact: support@fs-force.com

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Support Topics :

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= Darp notes examples. line can be customized to point to any folder that is convenient for you.

[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.

Download : ForceTest.exe (108 KB)

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Update 2017-01-02: I’m now updating FFB information over on my Secrets of iRacing post.

Update 2015-02-26: I’ve been changing up my FFB settings in iRacing lately after realizing that linear ffb resulted in such low force strengths (to avoid clipping) that I wasn’t really feeling the road anymore. The ffb changes were just too subtle. So, because I have a low-end wheel, a G27, I’m now using non-linear ffb and doing the usual binary-search to find the optimal force strength to avoid clipping. I’m doing this only because of my relatively low-end, entry-level G27. I expect the recommended usage for higher strength wheels (T500s/T300s, Fanatec ClubSports, Accuforce Pro, etc.) should still use linear ffb.

Update 2015-02-26 – 2: For the record, a binary search is one where you take your current value, determine whether it’s too little or too much, and then double it (when too little) or halve it (when too much), and repeat that process at each new level to dial in on your optimal value. For example, for iRacing force strengths I might start out at 32, decide that’s too much and go to 16 (half of 32), decide that’s too little and go to 24 (16 + 8 which is half of 16), decide that’s too much and go to 20 (24 – 4 which is half of 8), decide that’s too little and go to 22 (20 + 2 which is half of 4), decide that’s too little and go to 23 (22 + 1 which is half of 2), decide that’s too much and go to 22.5 (22 – 0.5 which is half of 1). This is a real example I just did in iRacing a few minutes ago on the Mazda MX-5.

Update 2015-02-26 – 3: Nvidia users should check out these threads: iRacing graphic optimizations for NVIDIA users, Guide: nVidia iRacing Antialiasing (AA) Settings, NVIDIA SLI Compatibility results. The second guide about AA gives some good settings for Nvidia Inspector (I use in-game 4x AA with Nvidia Inspector AA – Mode “Enhance” and AA – Setting “8xS [Combined: 1×2 SS + 4 MS]”. Read the thread for what they mean). The third thread is about SLI and getting rid of microstuttering (I use Nvidia Inspector “SLI Compatibility Bits” = “0x00402015” per the thread). It’s not perfect but it’s better than in-game AA and should give higher performance.

I’m a big fan of iRacing sim racing and I frequent their forums quite a bit. I’ve seen a number of posts, over time, on the iRacing forums about people asking for the right force feedback settings for their wheels. As it turns out, this info in its complete form is harder to come by then you might think so I’ve decided to post everything I know and have implemented for my Logitech G27 for force feedback in iRacing…

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