[SOLVED] T500RS FFB gets stronger after PC restart

My T500RS wheel is permanently connected to my PC. When I first turn the PC on, the FFB from the wheel is really strong - much stronger than normal. Then when I unplug the wheel and plug it back in, the wheel auto-calibrates, and then the FFB is back to its normal strength. Does anybody else have that?

 

How are you measuring the torque values to prove the hypothesis?

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Perhaps profile is not get loaded and it sets at 100%.

 

With my hands. You can feel the difference.

That must be it somehow. Replugging the wheel must force the driver or profile to load.

 

Just in case anyone else has this behaviour - updating the driver and firmware to the latest versions fixed this. Now the wheel calibrates itself when the PC turns on.

 

Hello,
I've got same trouble with my T500RS, I think this could come from a Windows 10 update, as far as I can remenber…
It's a calibration trouble, windows did not do it while starting as it did before.
The only solution so far is to unplug the wheel and plug it back in before playing any game using your Thrustmaster wheel !

 

Or possibly read the whole thread?

 

I get that as well. I made a routine when i first start up my PC , i open TM control panel and slide force up or down, apply then set it back and apply again.
I updated the firmware long time ago but reading this i checked and there's one update from this year. I'll update again but i wanted to ask before doing it, is there any other difference? I quite like how my wheel feels other than that startup bug and i wouldn't like that to change.

 

It looks for me like the updated firmware didn't fix anything for me. Or it could be that a subsequent Windows update broke it again.

I'm just resigned to plugging the wheel in and out every time I turn the PC on.

 

Been doing that since I have that wheel. Mainly because it's annoying that the calibration starts during boot and then stops again just to restart when Windows has loaded.

FFB wheels are always a "suspicion factor" for me - I've had it with several sims that all of a sudden and for no apparent reason the FFB changed, dramatically. It just happened with ACC on 0.1.x and I couldn't track it down. Back in pCars EA stage it would change very often and randomly so.

 

I'm not gonna update then.

I bought USB hub that has switches. I turn them all to off before shutting down and turn them on when PC is done booting up.
PC boots up much quicker than with USB peripherals plugged in and it solves what you describe. I have my wheel, pedals and shifter plugged into it.
I use this HUB from ebay. It works even without external power supply. I waited 3 weeks for it to arrive.
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Wally, you're making me look bad, LOL.
Sorry to hear you're having silly issues like this.

 

Thanks but...urgh...external adapter gear ;-) That's really overkill for such a small problem and doesn't even make it much better. Re-plugging the connector isn't too hard - no big differnce to flipping a switch.

 

Oculus takes 3 USB ports, mouse and keyboard 2 so that's 5. I also use extra mouse and keyboard when i sit in my rig, the pedals, shifter and the wheel. 9 in total and i have 8 on my PC.
With this 5€ 3.0 USB HUB i don't need to crawl under my desk with a flashlight and unplug/plug 3 usb cables all the time. Just flipping accessible switches is much better for me.
If i used only few USB's and my PC was placed so that the back side faces me (with all the cables sticking out and a huge fan blowing at me), i could perhaps agree it is an overkill.

 

Hello,
I've same trouble with my T500RS.
For me its due to Windows 10 lastest update, the 1803 as I can remember. When I start my pc, my wheel is not recognised by Windows 10 and it gets much stronger than normal and this in any simulation game.
The only solution is to plug/unplug your wheel as you already do...

 

I've also had this issue for ages. I usually just unplug the USB cable and then plug it back in.

 

Sounds as though Thrustmaster simply need to fix their device driver.
Has it been reported to them?