@Jooishjedi Good morning friend!,
Well...
Firstly, it is rather early but i have to be up for the days activities, but i thought i'd share my results as promised.
The suggestions you made have appeared to have solved the issues i was having 😉.
I read the manual last night and immediately had to re-route and disassemble parts of my rig to sort the cables as you and the manual mentioned.
I think i've got away (dare i say it) with the RJ12 cable; I'd plugged it in the 'Handbrake' port strangely, which obviously wasn't the right port to begin with (which could also explain why i haven't done any damage to the pedal mainboard)...anyway, i placed the cables in the correct port/s and reassembled the rig.
So, i uninstalled the 439 drivers and did a restart and cleanup.
I then installed the 440 Driver version - I did this as i mentioned last night to you, the latest beta driver was removed to prevent any issues for users; i assume they (Fanatec) will just release 443 soon with the corrected issues.
Anyway, i installed the 440 driver, made sure about the correct cables i the right places once again (NO USB from pedals specifically), and then re-calibrated my settings and wheel settings in the game.
With your advice and setting things up correctly, F1 22 is now functioning as it should be! YAY!
I did some testing in time trial and the wheel/pedals are performing just as they were in F1 2021...i am so happy i can't begin to tell you...a huge sigh of relief PHEWWW!.
I want to just say a huge HUGE thank you for your assistance and advice, if it wasn't for your help i definitely would've struggled more...thanks a million!.