I haven't bothered testing it on the last few patches (or indeed played the game at all), so I thought I'd check in to see if anything's changed on the 1.12 patch, so I can hopefully start playing a game I paid £60 for!
Unfortunately on my very first attempt (starting one race, quitting, then starting another in quick succession) FFB once again stopped working. However, one of the workarounds I tried before with no luck (sort of similar to some of the those suggested above) was to unplug the wheel's USB cable from my PC and then re-insert it, causing the wheel to reset (re-calibrate?) and spin back into action. On the 1.12 patch this all of a sudden appears to work and FFB returns.
So there has to be something going on where the game loses contact with the wheel.
@EA_Groguet: Is there any way for a reset to be done in game so I don't have to keep unplugging the USB cable every time FFB disappears?
@EA_Groguet: I just had FFB completely drop out a few times in a row. Luckily the work around of unplugging the USB cable and plugging it back in again overcame the issue.
But I noticed that if I actually finish the race, then go back to the main menu to start a new one, FFB seems to work. But if I quit early to start a new race, it will be disappear (and I need to do the workaround I mentioned above). Obviously there's no way to "finish" Time Trial so it appears that quitting Time Trial and starting a race causes FFB to stop working.
This issue is still present for Logitech G29 wheels in the latest 1.15 patch.
Will this ever be addressed or even acknowledged?
Just to reiterate the problem I'm experiencing, on my Logitech G29 the Force Feedback, and occasionally certain buttons, will stop working if I quit a race early to start another. But if I complete a race, advance back to the main menu, then start another race (or Time Trial session), they don't stop working. So something happens in the process of quitting back to the main menu that doesn't when advancing back to the main menu following a completed race.
