CSW 2.5: Which parameter reduces the steering stiffness?

I posted a similar post in Fanatec forums but it seems i will not get a response there :=(

As i am using Fanatec for the first time, I do not know which parameters exactly change what. I could not find a recent fanalab user manual. I am trying to find my way out with a manual in Fanatec sites. The one i find on a doc sharing site which seems like for the very first version.

So i hope some of you here can help.

Here is my question:

When i use the recommended setting for CSW 2.5 and choose the wheel setting within ACC, the gain and damper settings in ACC set to 100. Although the general FFB feels great, the steering resistance is to high for both MCL v2 and Porsche 911 podium, I found 60-70 gain more comfortable to steer but the overall FFB feel reduces a lot.

According to the older version of Fanalab manual, the DRI; Drift mode should be reducing the steering stiffness but none of the values (-5 to +5) made any change to the steering stiffness.

From the manual...

"The drift mode reduces overall resistance of the wheel and lets you turn the wheel more easily. It almost works like power steering. It reduces the basic dampening of the wheel in the range of -05 to -01 and makes the wheel turn faster in the range of 001 to 005."....


So;

I want to reduce the steering stiffness while keeping other FFBs as high as possible without clipping. Which parameter is the correct one?

 

According to Aris, "dynamic damping" tries to mimic gyroscopic forces from the wheels. So the faster you go, the stiffer the steering gets.

Alternatively, you could play with the caster setting. Different cars have different ranges of caster, and changing that obviously has an effect on the car's handling.

 

Reducing gain and dynamic dampening indeed reduces the stiffness but at the expense of all other FFB. It gets very stiff as soon as i leave the pit lane. I increased the min threshold to 200 kmp to test it and it is stiff even at 100kmps. I do not think, It is directly related to speed sensitive settings or ACC settings. I suspected center spring parameter and disabled it too (it was the main problem in G920) but it did not smoothen the wheel. As far as i understand, i should be able dial down something in fanalab but i have no clue what it is yet.

 

Not sure if this will help but here are my settings: Currently using a P1 wheel

SEN: Aux
FF: 100
SHO: 100
ABS: 96
DRL: -3
FOR: 90
SPR: 80
DPR: 80
BRF: 58
FEI: 70

In game:

Gain:70%
Min Force:0
Dynamic Damping:100%
Road effects: 12%

 

I would think you have to treat Gain and Dynamic Dampening as to different effects.

As have been suggested to you, reduce the Dynamic Dampening, which only adds weight to the wheel, but at the expense of DAMPENING/MASKING track induced effects, but leave gain high enough to have FFB.

 

I dialed exactly same numbers but i had to reduce damping as low as 40%. Still feeling very heavy but drivable. When it was set 100 % it was stiff as hell. I can keep up with my usual times, but after a 20 min race my wrists ache as if i practiced for hours. Either you are one of those "strongest man" competitors or somethings going very wrong with the drivers in my pc. I do not know if g920 lefts something somewhere messing things up. I removed LGHUB, Controls.json, Luts an post filter FFB files from ACC folder before loading Fanatec.

When i check the properties of fanatec In devices and printers menu the box show two CSW 2.5. both are same. Is this normal?

Tomorrow morning, I will try to uninstall all fanatec related stuff, scan registry once more for LGHUB and reinstall.

 

LOL yeah a bit stiff try changing the FOR to 60 or 70; 50 is to low lose to much, and I only see one device under the devices and printers but when you click game controller settings you will see two.

 

I think i solved it I have been using computers more than 35 years now and i still can not get along with windows 10. I removed anything anything related to Fanatec and Logitech (including, gamepads, mouse and keyboards) from the HDD and windows registry. Made additional registry scan for redundant associations (about 281 of them, What is the purpose of program manager if it can not remove these). Then I installed the Fanatec driver and Fanalab back. I had to reduce Damping as low as 30% to be able to hardly drive before. Now with Fanatec recommended settings; i increased it back to 70% (Gain 70% as well). It still feels like there is room for increasing gain.

Thanks for your time. It is once again windows 10 and my silliness of still not uninstalling it and reverting back to 8.

 

I follow his settings

FF - 100 SHo - 100 ABS - 100 Drl - OFF For - 120 SPr - 030 dPr - 020 Brf - 045 FEI - 080
in game
gain 65
dynamic damping 50