Logitech G Pro Racing Wheel

[racinglife85]

Some games will apply a soft lock at the limit of steering and some won’t. Now I’m sat here in an airport away from my setup, I can’t remember if GT7 does! Remember though that the key term is soft lock - even in those games that do set one, you can still steer past it if you try hard enough; there’s no physical block.

Same behaviour applies for G923.

Can you let me know when you can test it? in my case there is no soft lock. i want to understand if it's normal or if it's my base which has some problem

At least with my brand of wheel, it applies soft lock.

what wheel and base do you have?

 

[LOGI_Rich]

There’s a soft lock. Here’s the simple test: stop the car then turn the wheel to the angle specified on the OLED (NOT what you see with the animation in the game - that will usually stop before you reach the actual maximum steering angle). You’ll feel the soft lock.

 

[racinglife85]

There’s a soft lock. Here’s the simple test: stop the car then turn the wheel to the angle specified on the OLED (NOT what you see with the animation in the game - that will usually stop before you reach the actual maximum steering angle). You’ll feel the soft lock.

Do you mean the horizontal bar above the vertical bars which indicates throttle, brake etc? Anyway i don't use the cockpit view in GT7 so i never look at that animation

 

[LOGI_Rich]

I was referring to the cockpit steering animation, but the same applies to that bar with the red dot in it: that gets to the end of the bar way before the actual wheels stop turning. You can check this yourself by switching to exterior view and looking backwards.

 

[racinglife85]

I was referring to the cockpit steering animation, but the same applies to that bar with the red dot in it: that gets to the end of the bar way before the actual wheels stop turning. You can check this yourself by switching to exterior view and looking backwards.

No i meant the OLED on the base. You wrote to look at it and i asked if i have to look at the horizontal white bar placed above the throttle, brakes etc indicators on the OLED screen of the base.

 

[LOGI_Rich]

I meant to note the angle that was set on the OLED. i.e. if it’s set to 900 then you’ll need to turn 450 degrees in either direction; the white bar at the top of the OLED also applies as well though, as when you max that out in either direction then you hit the soft lock.

 

[racinglife85]

I meant to note the angle that was set on the OLED. i.e. if it’s set to 900 then you’ll need to turn 450 degrees in either direction; the white bar at the top of the OLED also applies as well though, as when you max that out in either direction then you hit the soft lock.

I have my base set to 1080 degress, like logitech suggested. But GT7 overwrite that settings anyway so i should experience a different soft lock based on the car i'm using. but i'm not sure that i ever experience this soft lock. i'll do some try asap and i'll let you know. thank you for now

 

[LOGI_Rich]

Yep, you'll feel it at whatever the angle is set to on the base. To be absolutely clear about the soft lock, once you understand how it works then you know there can't be a problem with the base if you have force feedback working. It works by the base setting an opposing spring force at the maximum torque capability of the base - like I said, it is not a physical stop, hence "soft" lock, so it's still possible to steer through it and beyond.

It's also worth noting that if the wheel is already emitting max torque before you hit the soft lock then you will struggle to feel it, because the base has no more torque to give. We get this a lot from people on the G-series wheels, where the basic centre spring when you're not in a game is running at max torque, so they think the soft lock isn't working (it is, they just can't feel it).

 

[racinglife85]

Yep, you'll feel it at whatever the angle is set to on the base. To be absolutely clear about the soft lock, once you understand how it works then you know there can't be a problem with the base if you have force feedback working. It works by the base setting an opposing spring force at the maximum torque capability of the base - like I said, it is not a physical stop, hence "soft" lock, so it's still possible to steer through it and beyond.

It's also worth noting that if the wheel is already emitting max torque before you hit the soft lock then you will struggle to feel it, because the base has no more torque to give. We get this a lot from people on the G-series wheels, where the basic centre spring when you're not in a game is running at max torque, so they think the soft lock isn't working (it is, they just can't feel it).

What do you mean with "when you are not in a game?". Plus, i didn't understood if the soft lock is dictated by the steering angle on the and or by the game. I mean, if I have the steering angle on the base set to 1080 degrees, should I feel the soft lock always at 1080 degrees or should I feel it based on the type of car I'm driving in GT7?