Steering rate changes mid race

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  1. zertsman

    zertsman New Member

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    I've upgraded to a T598 and it is just awesome over my G29. I have a great many hours on this thing and the last 5 days or so some cars/races the steering rate grows. It takes more degrees of turn to navigate. When I switch to a cockpit view, it is definitely different. If it's a practice server, I can head to the garage and come back out and all is corrected. In a race, this isn't possible.

    Where can I look or what to check?

    It did this on the last driver/firmware and the current.. only after alot of racing.
     
  2. Maskerader

    Maskerader Well-Known Member

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    How do you set up your wheel's steering angle? Is it set up automatically every time you change a car or do you do it manually? Or did you set it up once and then just use that angle for all cars? If you do it manually then, when the issue occurs, I would check it in Thrustmaster drivers that the angle is still the same as you set up.
     
  3. Nico Kunze

    Nico Kunze Well-Known Member

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    Ive been having what sounds like the same issue on my g29 for a few months. Mainly dropping in in case anyone knows a solution. In my case it only happens once a day (so presumably once after starting the pc. Exiting and entering the game afterwards doesnt seem to affect things) and luckily only within the first few minutes of driving so as a workaround i just dont jump straight into an online race when i fire things up but do a few minutes of practice/quali first. If after 5-10 minutes the problem hasnt occurred then it wont appear for the rest of the day. In single player simply pressing pause and resume is enough to fix it, in multiplayer coming back to the pits does it.
    In the logitech software (profiler or LGS i dont even know :D) i have the angle at 900 degrees and the game automatically adjusts it to whatever is needed
     
  4. Maskerader

    Maskerader Well-Known Member

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    It's the first time I hear it, and there was nothing like that on Discord either.

    What steering angle do you get when this issue occurs, approximately? Is it 900 degrees or something else?
     
  5. Nico Kunze

    Nico Kunze Well-Known Member

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    Ive never checked explicitly but would assume its the 900 degrees. I certainly have to turn the wheel much further for the same effect on the car which is also visible in the input meter. Say physically i turn the wheel 180 degrees then the input meter will show it being turned only say 120 degrees (with the exact numbers being made up examples)
     
  6. zertsman

    zertsman New Member

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    I check the box to keep the angle to match the car animation or whatever it is.. when the issue happens, mid race, I can switch to cockpit view and see it is obviously changed. If it's practice, I can go back to the garage, come back out and all is well having never looked at any settings. So it is clearly forgetting it and then remembering it.

    If it's a race, you run with it.. adapt and overcome.. but it's very distracting. Throws off concentration and all timings.
     
  7. Maskerader

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    It doesn't affect your real wheel, this option only sets in-car wheel angle animation to match the one that is set on the car setup page.

    I take it as you don't do anything to set up steering angle, am I correct? If yes, then - does the steering angle change automatically when you switch cars? Like if you drive a Tatuus F4 it's 357 degrees but in Porsche Cup 964 it's 900? Also, attach your control profile .rsc file from Documents\My games\SimBin\RaceRoom Racing Experience\UserData\ControlSet because from what I see your wheel shouldn't do it automatically. Unless you added it to steering_wheels.xml manually.

    Is the issue as consistent as Nico describes?
     
  8. zertsman

    zertsman New Member

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    from car to car, yes it seems to change. Seems totally normal. when the change during a race happens, I feel all the other vibrations, road texture all space apart as does the required steering angle if that makes sense.. and it happens in an instant. again, no changes.. just mid race or lap. going to the garage and coming back out, it will be normal.

    If there is something in particular I can monitor, let me know.

    I've resisted going into settings as I do not want to inadvertently store something. is this a good plan?
     
  9. dbond1

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    Steering rotation is set individually for each car in the garage screen. So this is not related to mid-race change, if that's the issue, but it's normal that different cars have different settings by default. You can change it here in setup, it will stick for that car, and that car only.
     
  10. Maskerader

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    "Is the issue as consistent as Nico describes?"
    "Also, attach your control profile .rsc file from Documents\My games\SimBin\RaceRoom Racing Experience\UserData\ControlSet because from what I see your wheel shouldn't do it automatically."

    I doubt it's an issue of settings. There's something wrong going on and it's a completely new bug, so there are no go-to solutions, only guesses and tries for now. There's a possible work-around that will remove this automatic adjustement of steering angle, so maybe the issue won't affect your steering angle anymore. I will need your .rsc file for that.

    Anyway, I think this deserves a look from the devs because two different brands got the same issue. I'll tag someone.
     
  11. Raiman

    Raiman New Member

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    Hi there, friend!
    I had a similar issue — take a look.
    If it's the same for you, I found a solution:

    Search for "Steering" in the settings, and go to the visual steering animation section.
    Make sure to check the box for "automatic animation range".

    The thing is, in RaceRoom the in-car wheel animation doesn't perfectly match the real input — it just shows a visual approximation based on the percentage of your actual steering rotation.
    That’s why you need to enable the option that automatically adjusts the animation, ignoring other manual settings.

    If it still doesn’t work or you can’t find the setting, feel free to mention me and I’ll try to send you a screenshot of where exactly to enable it.
    https://forum.kw-studios.com/index....n-mismatch-in-cockpit-view.20555/#post-255037
     
  12. Maskerader

    Maskerader Well-Known Member

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    It's a different thing. You're talking about in-car wheel animation but the guys are talking about their real wheel.
     
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  13. Maskerader

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    The devs ask for Game_xxx.log files from you guys from sessions when this issue occurs (you can see it by the time and date in the log file name). Log files are here:
    Documents\My games\SimBin\RaceRoom Racing Experience\UserData\Log

    Attach them here.
     
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  14. Nico Kunze

    Nico Kunze Well-Known Member

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    In case there are time stamps in there and its helpful: around 18:47:50 is when the steering angle changed (from the correct 450 to 900 degrees), i then drove like that for about 20 seconds before pressing pause and resume and everything was back to normal
     

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