Another Fanatec wheel arrives!

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jasonb1985
I've felt my G27 do the same thing, but not quite as bad. Maybe it doesn't happen on the G25 because of the bigger dead or "undead" zone.
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That is why i would like PD really support fanatec rather than fanatec emulation G25 as wheels are not quite the same.
 
Addy711
The Fanatec PWTS doesn't work quite right with GTP:5. At high speeds on straightaways the wheel wants to whip back and forth, you have to make a conscious effort to stabilize it. The explanation I heard is that the software expects there to be a dead zone, which there is not.

The only way do dial it out is to turn down the FFB so it's not really a fix, it's present till the FFB is off. Hopefully GT5 will fully support the wheel. Be nice if Fanatec could provide a flash update where you could toggle and tune a dead zone.
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That's exactly what I've been talking about. It's much worse with shift. If GT5 does the same thing, then I'll probably be selling my Fanatec wheel for a G25 or 27. Fanatec really needs to add some kind of update to the wheel to fix this problem. It makes the games unplayable for me, especially shift, and I was loving that game until I got the turbo s wheel.

Hopefully once Fanatec gets all their wheels out and gets some time to deal with this problem they will. It has really ruined what would be a great wheel for me. If it's like this with GT5 I really don't know what I'll do. I almost couldn't even sell it because I would feel responsible for pawning my problem off on someone else.
 
bevo you should contact fanatec about this problem and they might fix it. (game developers would be a good alternative but without a wheel to test it is likely to useless)
 
Raitziger
bevo you should contact fanatec about this problem and they might fix it. (game developers would be a good alternative but without a wheel to test it is likely to useless)
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I have when I was a tester for the wheel, and they said to turn down the FF. You have to turn it clear off to get it to stop, and that is not acceptable. Hopefully they will add a deadzone feature or something for games that need it. I'm sure they will come up with something, because if they don't and GT5 does the same thing, then they will have many upset customers, and it would be really hard for them to sell any future wheels.
 
bevo
I have when I was a tester for the wheel, and they said to turn down the FF. You have to turn it clear off to get it to stop, and that is not acceptable. Hopefully they will add a deadzone feature or something for games that need it. I'm sure they will come up with something, because if they don't and GT5 does the same thing, then they will have many upset customers, and it would be really hard for them to sell any future wheels.
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Like I said earlier, my G27 will do the same thing occasionally. It's not as bad as my Fanatec Turbo was, but it will still do it sometimes. That makes it seem like it's more of a problem with the game than with the wheels themselves.

I think PD needs to either add a deadzone adjustment to GT5 so we can dial it in ourselves or have a .5 or 1 degree (or whatever stops this from happening) deadzone built into the game itself. a Very small deadzone is more realistic anyway. I have never driven a car that didn't have at least a very tiny amount of play in the steering.

In NFS Shift my G27 seems to oscillate back and forth a small amount but not as sharply as it sometimes does in GT5P. When I add a 1% deadzone in the options this goes away, but it leaves me with what I feel is to big of a deadzone. No matter what I do in Shift the game just doesn't feel right with the G27. It feels like there is no weight at all in the wheel and it feels very loose and twitchy, this is with the FFB set to 8 out of 10. I remember Shift feeling a lot better with the Fanatec, and I think this was due to the Fanatec wheel being much slower and heavier feeling.
 
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I didn't have problems with either game using the G25. Both games played just like they should have. I guess that maybe that's because that was the wheel of choice while making the games. Hopefully future games will cater to these new wheels.
 
I had this problem also with Prologue. On some straightaways such as the run up to 130R and the main straight at Suzuka. And it always seemed to happen in the same spots, right at the breaking/turn-in point :banghead: There were several occasions when it happened in races and caused me to spin out.

On the other hand, I never had this problem with the GT3RS on the PC.
It worked flawlessly for the most part in all the PC games I tried it on.
However, I decided to sell the GT3RS/Clubsport package on eBay last week.

I am now using a G27 and I haven't had those problems. I didn't have them with my G25 either. If anyone is interested in unloading their GT3RS/Clubsports, I managed to get $288 + $12 shipping for mine 👍 That would more than pay for a G25 or G27. I also ordered a used DFGT off eBay for $59 + free shipping and should have it Monday. I did this so I can use paddle shifters in GT5P for racing and time trials. I don't like having to take my hand of the G27 wheel all the time to shift gears, plus, I don't want to put too mutch wear and tear on the shifter unit.

I think if I ever try a Fanatec wheel again, it will be the budget Carrera wheel that was supposed to have launched sometime this year for +/- $129.
At that pricepoint, it might be worth a try if they ever decide to release it.

Until then, it's Logitech for me from now on :cheers: No offense to Fanatec, because they do make it clear that the GT3RS is mainly a PC wheel.
 
jasonb1985
Like I said earlier, my G27 will do the same thing occasionally. It's not as bad as my Fanatec Turbo was,
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I get the same thing with my DFP, so when it happened with my Fanatec it was no surprise although it was a lot stronger, it must be more of an issue with the game than the wheel as I turn down the ffb to 33% on the PWTS and it's fine, the wheel still wobbles left and right on the straights but then in my experience of having driven a few real race cars at Brands Hatch, Thruxton and Kentucky Speedway, when you're at speed on a straight the wheel wobbles IRL too.
 
jonboy1066
I get the same thing with my DFP, so when it happened with my Fanatec it was no surprise although it was a lot stronger, it must be more of an issue with the game than the wheel as I turn down the ffb to 33% on the PWTS and it's fine
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Fanatec should report the issue to PD and send sample wheels with the note. It would be a dissaster if fanatec wheels(at least turbo s) would not work 100% with greatest PS3 racing title.

So fanatec people if you are listening, are you going to send turbo s to Polyphony Digital or have you already?
 
To Thomas/Fanatec: Recently my GT3RS has been giving me more and more problems playing with GT5P, which is where I spend 99% of my time with the wheel. In the past few days the wheel has been shutting off many times throughout my racing and time trialing which has been extremely frustrating for a number of reasons.

Today I must have had to unplug the wheel at least 15-20 times when it randomly decided to quit responding and lost FFB. I also had to unplug/replug the throttle cable back into the port roughly 20 times to get the throttle to reset, so that it wasn't sticking 5-10%. The worst part is that this stuff is so intermittent. I mean I can do 5 races without any issues, and then the next 5 races the wheel will all of a sudden stop responding each race which drives me absolutely insane. And then if it does work for a few races the throttle sticking shows up out of nowhere which is also very annoying...as it hurts my performances and I really don't understand why it randomly does this. I've also been having issues with the brake sticking as well, which didn't show up until recently.

Anyways, what is going here? I might just end up buying a G27 if I have to send the GT3RS back to you for repair...but then again, I REALLY like how the paddle shifters are compatible with the GT3RS in GT5P 👍 So I'm a bit up in the air if I really want to get a G27. So, do you have any suggestions of how to fix my issues? BTW, my wheel was in the first shipment of GT3RS wheels.
 
Get a G27. I had nothing but problems with my Fanatec. In the end I sent it back and got a G27. So far I am much happier with the G27 even though the paddles don't work in GT5p. In my opinion, Fanatec needs to spend less money on Porsche licensing and more money making more reliable wheels. I mean how many people really based their decision to get a Fanatec because it's a Porsche replica wheel?
 
@timeattack07gt
The early wheels had several issues which are fixed now. Your wheel seems to have an issue with the cooling of the motor driver IC. Perhaps it will not happen if you turn the FF down. We can send you a replacement wheel if you contact our customer support.

@burner
it is very likely that the GT3RS also gets native support of future PS3 titles.
 
Fanatec...
@timeattack07gt
The early wheels had several issues which are fixed now. Your wheel seems to have an issue with the cooling of the motor driver IC. Perhaps it will not happen if you turn the FF down. We can send you a replacement wheel if you contact our customer support.
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I appreciate the quick response :) That's strange because I've recently turned the FFB down to the lowest setting in game, and once I did that it seemed like it has been shutting off more and more of late. My current settings in game are at the lowest setting (1 out of 10) but I still run at 5/5 strength on the wheel.

I'll probably end up contacting your customer support to try and receive a replacement wheel. It's unfortunate that your company looses profit having to replace wheels :( But I'm really left with no options especially as it has really gone down hill of late.

Anyways, thanks again for the support 👍
 
that fact was said in fanatec blog in a reply to comments. It is very clear that fanatec would like keep their promise about free game for preorder people but they can not get their hands on the game. If MS wanted them to have forza 3 in webshop it would be there as fanatec requested.
 
I am certain that Fanatec do what they can :)

I do follow the blog like a hawk but missed that comment. So Fanatec offered to pay the same as other resellers do for Forza 3 copies but MS said no or demanded some minimum amount of copies or what? Was it a blank no or couldn´t they agree on terms?
 
Ship looks like it's arriving in Germany today... though who knows if those of us in the second European shipment will end up getting our wheels before xmas. =/
 
Ha... you learn something new every day. The Emma Mærsk (the ship carrying the wheels to Europe at the mo) is the biggest container ship in the world.

Funky.

(NOW GIMME MY WHEEL DAMNIT!)
 
Did you get a tracking number?

I got the shipping confirmation but no tracking number. I suspect it would save a lof of time on the support side if they did ship tracking number :)
 

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