As there are many (me included) with the problem that separate wheel and pedals are causing problems, I wanted to post a temporarily fix that worked for me.
So my problem was that the input of my separate USB pedals were not saving. They worked fine in the demo. So i just tried copying my demo settings in my full game with the config file. And voila it worked.
Guide:
1.Setup your settings in the demo
2. Find your demo settings file. ( Should be …/User/Appdata/Local/Packages/Microsoft.Forzahorizon4demoblabla/SystemAppdata/wgs/‘number combination’/‘another number combo’/
- finding the 2nd folder with the combination can be tricky. Tip: Sort by Date. As you just changed the settings it should be the newest folder.
- there should be a file called container.5 and another file. Open that file with notepad.
- Copy your wheel settings or just everything
- Find your full game settings file ( Should be …/User/Appdata/Local/Packages/SunriseBaseGame/SystemAppdata/wgs/‘number combination’/‘another number combo’/
- same as above. To find the right folder change your control settings and sort by date.
- there should be a file called container.5 and another file. Open that file with notepad.
- Overwrite everything.
- Done. Your wheel settings in the full game should be the same now.
I hope it works.