What I find amazing is that we are still having to swap FFB settings in this latest SIMBIN title.
You'd have thought they would've sorted the FFB now so it performs out of the box without tweaking. They've been doing it long enough. Also even more annoying for people who have no experience with this FFB engine is that they do not explain at all what the menu options actually do, let alone the other settings in the .rcs file.
I know myself but for someone just playing a SIMBIN game for the first time they would think......"why does the FFB suck so bad?". It doesn't. SIMBIN just don't set it right.
*sigh* Anyway after tweaking the FFB it is now very, very detailed and pleasing to me and I am actually really surprised at how good this sim feels.
Here's my settings for anyone interested..the important bits in bold...copy paste the lines or just the values into your .rcs file.
I use a G25 with a 300mm Sparco rim. Lower strength a bit for normal size wheel maybe
FFB steer force average weight="0.4"...............Lower values give a much smoother FFB feeling but can introduce latency and lowers overall force. No latency with this value but I believe this setting is FPS dependant.
FFB steer force exponent="0.95"................Tightens up the feeling around centre with lower values but removes detail in forces. Previously set to 0.75 in older SIMBIN games. For me I don't get a loose feeling in centre so I leave it high. Default was 0.99.
FFB steer force grip weight="0.25"...............25% of forces are grip........75% mass transfer.
FFB steer force grip factor="1.0"..................100% front wheels. No rearwheel grip info is sent to the wheel. You feel it through mass transfer.
FFB steer update thresh="0.0"...................If you have no FPS issues 0 is best.
FFB steer friction coefficient="-0.1"...................I always understood this should be a negative value and half of the FFB steer damper coefficient="0.2".
If you want to learn more about these settings please read Jul's FFB guide available here......
http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=29484
Also I tried to add the damper settings in the control panel as suggested by someone but they add nothing to the FFB that isn't there already imo. This FFB works the same way basically as it has done in all previous SIMBIN sims and I have always had damper at 0%.