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Macp0llo's avatar
3 years ago

No Force Feedback once I Alt-Tab out of game on T248 PS/PC wheel after 1.07

Product: F1 23
Platform:PC
Please specify your platform model. PC
Summarize your bug No Force Feedback after I Alt-Tab out of the game on a T248 PS/PC wheel after patch 1.07
What is your 16 digit Report Code? AXAE-BKMS-MXJE-ESTE
Can you please provide the name of your current internet service provider?
Which area is the bug/glitch in? Single Player
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Get a Thrustmaster T248 (PS5/PS4/PC version) Racing Wheel and Alt-Tab out of the game (launched from EA App), you will see that no matter what game mode you are in force feedback is absolutely non-existent once you tab back into the game.
What happens when the bug occurs? Wheel loses all force feedback in any gamemode and also in the main menu there is no resistance when turning the wheel as there usually is - all force feedback is quite literally non-existent, making the game unplayable unless i manually disconnect the wheel, wait a minute, and then reconnect while the game is running - this has to be repeated every time I alt-tab which is extremely frustrating. The ONLY time there seems to be some force feedback after alt-tab is when I am on track but have the game completely paused, meaning the only way I can feel any resistance when turning the wheel is when i'm staring at the pause menu. As soon as I unpause to drive the car the FFB is gone again.
What do you expect to see? I expect to see how it was PRE 1.07. I had absolutely no issues with force feedback after alt-tabbing before the 1.07 update which is incredibly ironic considering the patch was meant to fix this issue (as mentioned in those patch notes) for other players who had clearly run in with this problem, however the patch has done the exact opposite for me and seemed to cause this issue when I had zero experience with it before 1.07. Thought this might have been re-fixed with 1.08 (which is why i'm only just raising this issue now) but no change whatsoever. I just want to be able to play the game without having to disconnect and reconnect my wheel multiple times throughout every play session.

As mentioned above patch 1.07 seems to have broken my FFB when I alt-tab - incredibly annoying since I had no previous issue before the patch and especially considering I am literally forced to alt-tab every single time I play the game due to another issue which heavily caps my frames from my usual above 100fps to around 30fps unless I alt-tab at the beginning of a play session. 

And yes, my T248 wheel has the latest drivers (V2.0) and this problem occurs whether the game is in fullscreen or windowed. I am playing from the EA App.

9 Replies

  • +1, having the same problem on steam, Win 11.

    Wheel: T248 (xbox version)

    Only workaround that works is run Thrustmaster control panel every time after alt tabbing and playing a test force there.

  • The better known, and easier, workaround, is simply to alt-tab out and back in again. This has been reported on here about two dozen times or more in the last 4 weeks.

  • help please no force feed back I need urgent help for a upcoming league race and a borough a wheel to improve times but now  can’t  race with force feedback 😭

  • EA_Groguet's avatar
    EA_Groguet
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 years ago

    Hello everyone,

    This issue is being investigated and our team and our partners are working to determine the cause of it.

    I will keep you updated on any progress regarding this as soon as I have more information.

    -Groguet

  • JanKondler's avatar
    JanKondler
    New Veteran
    2 years ago

    @EA_Groguet wrote:

    Hello everyone,

    This issue is being investigated and our team and our partners are working to determine the cause of it.

    I will keep you updated on any progress regarding this as soon as I have more information.

    -Groguet


    Its a month now, is there like any progress at all? If they are working a whole month to determinate why there is bug that wasnt in the game before, they should be all fired immediately.

  • Hurry up with a fix??? The game is miles better than the last and now i have this quality of life BS that I will waste 15 minutes trying to deal with getting FFB in my T300 and the work arounds dont even always work... Im feeling mans who said fire people. Lets fire this publisher, all they want is to monetize and turn F1 into a mobile game but for full price. So Lame

  • Macp0llo's avatar
    Macp0llo
    2 years ago

    @EA_Groguet Just love that we are in March 2024 now and this issue still persists, as with every single other issue I have reported on here. Stopped playing this game shortly after reporting this and came back to it today just to try and see if there had been ANY progress on bug fixes. To say there hasn't would be an understatement, what a joke. Safe to say I definitely will not be getting F1 24 until I know for a fact it has no game breaking issues, which is highly unlikely knowing your track record.... 

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