Okay everyone, good morning. I've been testing various features of the new update with Gran Turismo 7 and unfortunately, something's not right with the firmware. The force feedback is more or less okay, but something's definitely off. The steering wheel doesn't feel right, and there are also significant differences in the force feedback quality between different games.
The main problem is that, compared to my previous firmware 455, which had very strong and good force feedback in Gran Turismo 7, as well as in Motor Fest and Forza Horizon 5, the latest version now gives the steering wheel a very strange clacking, rattling, thumping, knocking, metallic feeling. You can still perceive the signal very well through this strange clacking; the full force feedback itself feels good, if it weren't for this strange background clacking/knocking. I'm really getting desperate. I've tried everything imaginable over the last few days to isolate and eliminate the knocking, but unfortunately, without success. I'd be very interested if some of the people here in the forum who also use DD+ could tell me how it is for them, because I really have no idea what it is, and honestly, I think I'll go back to firmware version 455 and do without Full Force because, all things considered, this isn't the Full Force we expected after waiting almost two years, and if this is really what it's supposed to be, well, I don't know. Like I said, I hope you can give me some tips or pointers, but this isn't how it's supposed to be.
Another thing I've noticed with the latest firmware is this: in games like Forza Horizon 5 and Motorfest, the force feedback, which was extremely detailed and very realistic under driver version 455, is now practically nonexistent. You feel almost nothing; you don't feel the suspension, the springs, or the tires anymore. There's only weight transfer, and it's all very, very strange. With the old driver 455, you could feel the road effects and the force feedback in general very well and in great detail. Since the update to driver 474, which is included in the latest version 1.2.0.5, absolutely nothing of that remains. It's a completely new game, and as I said, I don't know why. I've tried different firmware versions, including the quick release, but it didn't help. It just feels awful, catastrophic. So, this is all really very strange.
Am I really the only one who notices this? It can't be! I'm genuinely surprised. The steering wheel has a very, very strange feeling – this knocking, this clicking – and it only occurs when you activate full force. Otherwise, the force feedback is more or less good, but as soon as you activate full force, you naturally notice all the added effects. You feel the engine revs, you feel the gear changes, you feel the tires very clearly when they lose traction. So the whole thing works phenomenally well and feels great, and on its own, as a separate signal, it's very good. This signal is essentially added to the old force feedback, which was always very good, and then it's up to us to adjust it to our own needs, to how intense we want the game to be. The problem is simply that if this knocking in the background weren't there, if these signals weren't being processed, if this clicking weren't there, then it would be phenomenal and the best force feedback I've ever experienced. But this damn knocking – I just can't isolate it, I can't filter it out. I've tried everything without success. Is it the same for you? Do you not hear any knocking or clicking?
