Paddle Shifter problems with CSR Elite wheel

tomcat66 · Dec 17, 2011

Hi everybody

I did check the forum but could not find an answer to the following question:

I just did receice my Fanatec CSR Elite Wheel (with CSR shifter set and CSR elite pedals). I was upgrading from the Microsoft Speed Wheel (which I just bought to kill the time until my CSR will arrive).

Now I cannot use the Paddle Shifters on the wheel. Maybe I am just making a very stupid mistake. The manual shifter works fine and the clutch too. Where do I have to tell Forza 4 that I want to use the paddle shifters instead of the manual shifter set?

By the way: There is nothing wrong with the paddles itself - they work perfectly with all PS3-games I have test so far.

Fezz_ST · Dec 17, 2011

Disconnect the manual shifter?

tomcat66 · Dec 17, 2011

Thanks for the tip. I have tried that already - doesn't work. :-)

imported_nikos · Dec 17, 2011

did you select in the difficulty setting manual with or without clutch?

R8RUtz · Dec 17, 2011

I have the same issue, anybody know what the issue is? I have tried turning Manuel & Auto transmission on and off, the wheel shows in the controller screen.

Please help

I fallen and I can't get up, okay atleast i can still laugh about it

tomcat66 · Dec 18, 2011

nikos
did you select in the difficulty setting manual with or without clutch?

Selecting "manual with clutch" or "manual without clutch" changes nothing in the use of the Paddle Shifters. The game simply ignores them. Very strange.

I have switched to the sequential shifter now. But that could not be the solution.

ExKuTtEr · Dec 18, 2011

Update the wheel firmware to 715 to fix the problem

R8RUtz · Dec 18, 2011

where do i find the clink to update the shoftware? :boggled:

R8RUtz · Dec 18, 2011

found thde update by googlde csr elite update it worked thanks
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VWMasteR · Dec 18, 2011

http://911wheel.de/?q=node/7467

Whether you are manual with or without clutch the paddles will always change your gears (it just depends on whether you receive damage from your game setting or not). ACL is a feature that will be added as of 715.

tomcat66 · Jan 1, 2012

Just to close my question formally I copy a piece of the message in the 911wheel forum here (posted above by VWMasteR):

"715 will bring several improvements and bugfixes.

* Issue with shifter paddles on Xbox360
* Imporved force feedback effects
* Autoclutch
* Improved damper on PC and PS3. PC needs a driver for further imporvement but this will follow soon."

So it is really a problem of the CSR Elite Wheel (with the firmware 707). They do not support the shifter paddles on the X-BOX. I find this rather strange, as the Fanatec CSR-wheels are supposed to be the "offical Forza 4"-wheels.

In the meantime I have updated to firmware 715 and now all the problems are gone. Thank you all for the help.

VWMasteR · Jan 2, 2012

If you have a CSR-Elite there is a firmware available for download. It uses an upgraded update tool that is supposed to be much easier to use. Keep this in mind that it is a Beta firmware, but there are many using it with great success.

http://911wheel.de/?q=node/7640

It is supposed to address all of the outstanding issues without adding any new ones. I assume this is a Beta as they likely had time to test against current issues but not thoroughly put it through the paces to decide if it introduces any new ones.