G29 steering wheel stopped working in NFS Heat since EA App Update (?)

having the same issue with my tmx pro. Randomly being recognized as a Xbox controller out of nowhere, re installed the game, EA launcher and Ghub. Still no fix? Ridiculous considering this game is now 6 years old and still has bugs like this

I just started having the same issue with Logitech G29. Everything was working fine until I had a brown out during gameplay (power flickered off and then quickly back on.) Ever since then the wheel isn't working properly. Steering hardly works, pedals are useless. A/X button is now mapped to X/Square button (xbox/playstation layout). Accelerate is mapped to L2. D pad does not work and when the wheel is plugged into pc, none of the keyboard buttons work properly either.

The wheel works just fine with FS22 and FH5. But I cannot play NFS heat until this is fixed. I have not been able to find solutions to this problem that are not as old as 2022, and require downloading of 3rd party software, and a lot of troubleshooting, something I am particularly bad at.

EA, you need to fix this. We did not pay top dollar for a game with wheel support that doesn't work with wheels.

Same issue. NFS had to update, then the wheel stopped working properly.

Issue is STILL NOT FIXED for me. I am running on PC, launching the game on the EA launcher.

I have made sure that GHUB is running and wheel continues to work just fine with other applications, NFS Heat is still the only game it doesn't work for. Like some other people have said, the wheel is being recognized as a generic video game controller, with incorrect button mapping configuration.

This should be plug and play, but the lazy **bleep** at Ghost and EA already have our money, so what do they care about fixing a problem like this?

I have finally figured it out, thanks to a 4 year old comment thread on steam.

First, I reinstalled GHUB. I'm not sure if this is what fixed it, or my next step.

"delete the PROFILEOPTIONS in \Documents\Need for Speed Heat\settings. (Had this issue with Xbox Controller not wanting to work with NFS after instant Bluescreen) Just keep in mind Onedrive if you have it active loves to mess with this games files for some weird reason. Also the game suffers from Dual Cloud because of Steam and then Origins Cloud I also recommend disabling Origins cloud for the game on the Origin client in the game properties." -from steam comment thread

EA, you still need to fix this. It should not be up to the end user to have to diagnose and troubleshoot why their game is not working. A game should be plug and play, no ifs, ands, or buts. Find out why this happens in the first place and fix it so we don't have to.

Just one thing to add, or to highlight. I did all these steps and ended up with the same issue. The G29 was still being recongnised as a XBOX controller in the NFS Heat and Payback. Only when I re-installed the GHUB selecting the option to reset all the preferences it started working again. Not sure if it helped anything, but I've also installed the Logitech Gaming Software.

I have tried everything recommended and it still isnt recongizing correctly. The wheel sorta works (have to turn the physical wheel alot to turn the wheel) but the petals are completely unresponsive, with the same mixed up face buttons as above. Not sure where else to do. 

I have isolated this issue to be solely with NFSH as my G29 works with other games.   Have tried starting GHUB as admin prior to launching Steam or the game.  have tried running that order without steam with no luck.   Hope we get some response here. 

All, I have a fix.   Download the old Logitech Gaming Software.   Do not use GHUB and make sure its not running while using the old software.

https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025298053-Logitech-Gaming-Software

Old software fixed the problem for me. Thanks to montythecid