Cant use TX racing wheel with New dashboard experience update (Workaround found)

Forza Motorsport Legacy Motorsport
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Since I got the new dashboard experience update I have been unable to use my TX racing wheel for forza 6.
Ive done a bit of searchin here on the forums and also on the general web, but to no avail…

Please if theres anyone out there that knows a workaround or any info at all that might help it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks :slight_smile:

just to clarify. I have the latest firmware update. and I am aware that the wheel doesnt work in the xbox home pages… but it wont work in forza either. I can deal with it not working on the new dash… but in the game?

I cant start the game except with the controller… then once the game is up it ONLY recognizes the controller. Not the wheel… if I unplug the controller the game doesnt recognize any controller. it says to push the xbox guide button for the controller I wish to use. But when i push that button on the wheel it takes me to the dash where I cannot do anything… including go back into the game window.

EDIT: UPDATE:

I have found a workaround that works. so if anyone else has this problem here is how to solve it. If you have a kinect camera, that is.

1.) make sure your wheel is connected
2.) turn off your controller
3.) Verbal command “Xbox go to Forza Motorsport 6”
4.) the game will launch
5.) when prompted press the “A” button on the wheel
6.) next turn on your controller to pick who you are signed in as when prompted
7.) the game will now load and you can play with the wheel

thank goodness… cause a day without forza is like a day without sunshine!

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It’s great until your controller shuts off and you start the next MP race looking to the right locked in reverse :frowning:

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Plug a charger into your pad and it wont go off. Works for me

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Unfortunately my tablet runs Win10 so if I plug it into that it it disassociates from the XB1, which already has all 3 USB ports filled with 800X/TX/1TB external drive where the game lives (720rpm vs 5400). If XB1 will ever treat third party controllers as first class citizens it’ll work - apparently Rock Band peripherals have the same issue.

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Just to add to the work around for the wheel. If you have Kinect, don’t turn on the controller at all. When you get to the screen asking what profile to load, just say Xbox Select and then say which profile you want.

Doing this will give you full access to the game via the wheel and if you need the controller for anything such as typing, you can turn the controller on and off as you need. Also this prevents the screen from dimming and saying the controller turned off.