Hi all, the older fanatec wheels seem to-be “working” with the org. fanatec drivers + PC Mode, compared to FH3, as custom setup wheels. Yet after several hours of tinkering with all possible settings i was not able to get a good wheel/tire feeling on straights or corners. The steering regarding tire and road feedback felt just dead, while the vibration/spring/damper seemed to work correctly. Than after a tip from reddit i tried the somewhat obscure/misleading named “PS3 Mode” on PC and magically there was the feedback and tire feeling i was used too in FM2/3.
So here is what you can try to get the PS3 mode working on PC, which basically turns the wheel into a fully compatible Logitech G25, which Win10 will recognize as such and even Logitechs own drivers will work.
uninstall the Fanatec driver and reboot (see below if you want to keep the drivers)
power-on the wheel, while connected via usb and switch to PC mode by pressing back for 1 second
press connect and back, the wheel led should switch to PS3 mode (might be different combo on other wheels, check manual)
check windows “devices and printers” if a G25 is listed/detected
test if you like the FM7 settings, select G25 as wheel
optionally install the G25 logitech driver(you can tinker with FFB settings better and make the tire/surface feeling even stronger)
Alternatively you can try switch the wheel into PS3 mode by directly using the combo after power-on aka skip PC Mode (did lock my wheel in a wrong fixed 90 deg position) or connect the wheel first to a console/laptop/pc that don’t has the fanatec driver installed and after successfully switching to PS3 mode, reconnect to main PC.
As for my none default ingame settings on the 911 Turbo S:
Vibration scale: 50
FFB understeer: 5 or 100
FFB minimum force: 100
Damper scale: 0
Center spring scale: 0
In the logitech driver setting the overall strength set to 120%
On the Wheel (all default/off)
Drift: 2 Note: at 120% logitech setting the wheel feels too heavy, so i use the wheel drift setting to compensate, be aware that center spring is now “bad” aka wobbly if hands of.
Updated values after testing like 100+ setups. The surface feeling is fine now, yet i can’t clearly feel if the wheel looses traction and slides. Its not at what i remember from FM2/3 so if anyone has setup tips i’m open. It seem that center spring and “allow games to modify settings” does nothing in the logitech settings.
[Update2] After countless attempts to somehow fix the wheel wobbling in PS3/G25 mode and the somewhat strange tire feeling, i tried the last thing i had left. I downgraded the firmware from 756 to 681 and this seemed to finally feel like it should or at least what i remember. I can clearly feel if i loose tire traction in corners or lift the gas, while the G25 mode still had stronger FFB, it lacked the detail i get with 681. I now have to test all possible drivers and see if this also makes a difference, since i tried the oldest (144) and noticed the vibration motor on my clubsports are not utilized with this driver version, instead the wheel vibrates.
tl;dr try the old 681 firmware with the 144 drivers and default ingame/wheel settings, it feels way better, more detailed compared to 756 or the PS3/G25 mode
PS: I also get the feeling that sometimes the ingame settings wont change the wheel behavior if you are changing them while in a race, so you may need to quit the race and even reconnect the wheel to ensure setting changes are applied properly.
[Update3] Yes, the driver also makes a difference. FW 681 + 144 drivers is what i liked the most, anything >200 results in worse FFB and detail even on the same firmware so try this setup first!
So your wheel was still recognized without using PS3 mode with a G25 driver? I’m using the 911 Turbo S and the only way for FH3 to see the wheel is by going into PS3 mode. My problem is that the wheel direction was way to sensitive. Barely turning the wheel would equate to a full 90 degree turn.