Re: Fanatec McLaren GT3 V2 buttons 7 & 8 hardcoded in-game but not present on wheel

In F1 2021 V2 wheel was being detected as V1 and V1 had 7 and 8 buttons so it might have been a reason why those buttons were used in game but not present on wheel. Problem is why in many Codemasters games (F1 2021, Grid Legends) some buttons/functions are hardcorded and not possible to rebind (rewinding replays, subtabs switching)? Adding possibility to rebind any kind of binding would have fixed any missing buttons problems no matter what kind of controller you are using. That would be the best solution. The minimum though is to not use 7 and 8 buttons within the game when V2 wheel is detected. Being a developer myself I bet it's a 15 minutes job (sans testing and QA).

1.05 - still no change. 7 and 8 hardcoded in many places in game. Most problematic - switching tyre select/car setup before GP.

@IcmanMUCProbably Fanatec could have fixed this with some firmware update, but hey... still... game should not have hardcoded bindings to non-existent buttons.

Here some example of places where when you use default McLaren GT3 V2 wheel you get 7 and 8 forcefully bound

Replay

Switching strategy/weather/car setup

And here's default binding setup

Why is there 8 for Replay/Flashback?

Why trigger buttons are bound to 10 and 11 (or whatever you set)...

but when you use Xbox One Controller you have triggers bound here... and they are used as switching strategy/weather/car setup?! Why it's not consistent? Like - user binds buttons for those triggers and wherever this triggers are used in Xbox One Controller bindings type it would be used in you custom bind (like when you use a wheel, any wheel if needed).

@Lonewolfz
> you put a lot of work into this

As a developer myself I just can't imagine how such trivial thing can be an issue at all. Why there are trigger buttons able to be bound but there are places where non-existent buttons are still hardcoded. There's no such issue with Xbox Controller although I guess if one can rebind triggers to something else those bindings won't be reflected on Replay or Strategy/Car setup screen.

It's just a matter of streamlining button usage. Let user bind anything and don't make any hardcoded binds but use those from the settings. Simple as that. As for GT3 V2 - even getting rid of 7 and 8 and replace it with 10/11 maybe or anything that's on the wheel would be a solution.

One truly annoying feature is, that the game actually now has a remapping possibility for menus etc, BUT you can not do that with the GT3 wheel. I do not remember the error message, but it was reserved only for some special input devices.

Download and install Simhub and it will allow you to bind any key to any button on the Gt3. It’s also the best program for designing and running external hardware like dashboard screens etc. Its free to use 

Here you go, give it a try. The only downside is Sim Hub has to be running whilst playing then game.

Note at 18 and 38 seconds in the video (Waiting for Input) you have to press the required key on the wheel)

Let me know if you get it working.

What video?

1.07 - still no change. Buttons 7 and 8 are still being used in the game forcefully (not able to be rebind) and you can't use them as there are no such buttons on V2 wheel @EA_Kent or any EA, can you pass it to dev? Please either change it to 30/31/32/33 for example (see my post with V2 manual screenshot) or even better let us bind any buttons for those places where it's currently hardcoded.

Yeah this is annoying.  I just upgraded to a CSL DD and a GT3 V2 wheel and not being able to navigate the menus properly is weird.

F1 22, 1.09, PC Origin. No changes. Still 8 and 7 that are not present on the Fanatec McLaren GT3 V2 wheel are being bound to important functions in game preventing user from switching in some places like here (tyre select / car setup)

F1 22, 1.10, PC Origin. No changes. Hardcoded 7 and 8 buttons in Tyre Select / Car Setup switch, replay/highlights fast forward / reverse navigation, etc. How can I play this game with VR headset when I can't interact with a game from Fanatec McLaren GT3 V2 wheel?

Hey everyone, 

Thank you for all the feedback on this. 

I just wanted to let you know that I've passed this along.