PS4 Assetto Corsa contributed to the failure of my T300 conical brake mod

Please do not take this the wrong way. I do not blame Assetto Corsa for the failure of my brake mod, but I do feel it contributed. This isn't a huge deal. I'll order the part from Thrustmaster and be on my way. When you use something a lot, it's bound to wear out, but AC's lack of calibration settings accelerated this failure. I'm providing this feedback, because I want the AC developers to be aware that while it may have been well-intended, the lack of advanced calibration settings does have a very real, negative impact on some of their users.

In order to best take advantage of the brake mod that comes in the T3-PA pedals, you have to adjust the cone so that it very nearly touches the brake pedal when at rest. This significantly shortens the travel of the brake pedal. Assetto Corsa does not seem to like this.

In the absence of any brake pedal calibration settings in the game, I have to stomp my pedal (pretty hard) repeatedly (three times) to get AC to go to full travel. The result is that AC requires quite a bit more brake pressure than other sim titles I play. This morning, my conical brake mod broke at the base, where the bend for the mounting tab starts.

 

I need to do this on PC aswell where we have calibration settings so its not because they are missing you need to do that.

 

I see it as Kofotsjanne does.

Take a look at this, shouldn't break, and improves the brake massively.

http://www.basherboards.com/T500RS-BMK

 

When you've started loading Assetto (or any game) After the wheel self calibrates , hold down the break and accelerator to maximum for about 2 seconds. This should calibrate the pedals.

 

i also use the conical brake mod, just take the mod out and press the brake pedal a bit further than it would travel if the mod was in, then put the brake mod back in! that seems to work for me. you can also try screwing the rubber part further back and pressing brake pedal firmly then screw the rubber part back to wear you had it originally.

 

I have the same problem on ps4... I hope fonally they add a Wheel/pedal calibration settings with the incoming patch finally...because its a bit strange a SIM RACE game without this features!

 

Jon legg got it right m8

 

yes there are many ways M8!!!!!

 

Yes there is but which is best.!!!!!

 

good question,

 

Put the conecle mod where u want it hold your brake for a few seconds and bobs your uncle

 

on PC when i had g27 pedals i had to do that every single time, its a hardware/firmware lack of internal memory issue.
With my fanatec csp v3 directly plugged into a usb i never had this problem again, aleluia. ;-)

 

I do it every time out of habit. I once accidentally lent on the accelerator pedal lightly while GT6 was loading and calibrating. I had about 10% of the throttle!

 

Thanks everyone for the replies. I'm familiar with the calibration procedure, but the specific issue that caused me to create this thread is that I have to press the pedal very hard in order to get full pedal travel, regardless of calibration procedure. I'm not really looking for solutions, as I am able to calibrate my pedals.

Again, I'm not blaming Assetto Corsa, I'm simply looking to provide useful feedback to the developers. The issue may be entirely Thrustmaster's responsibility; I don't know. I'm just putting the info out there in a way that makes it clear what's happening.

I made a short video showing specifically what I'm talking about.

 

you need to calibrate the pedals when the wheel initially calibrates its self as the game starts. when you do this with the mod installed the reduced throw limit is then used by the wheel as the 100% value. This calibration is for the wheel its self and nothing to do with the game (I mean sim).

 

This is mostly correct, but based on additional testing, it's not entirely accurate. The key is that the brake pedal must pass 50% travel in order to calibrate, regardless of how many times you press it, or how long you hold it. For example:

Depress 3 times at 33% = AC will not reflect 100%
Depress 3 times at 50% = AC will reflect this amount of travel as 100%

I did similar testing in pCARS, and it looks like the same 50% travel requirement is present, so it would appear to be entirely within TM's court.