In case this helps someone else. I had trouble at first in Windows 8 with the default driver whereby the game seemed to work, but the accelerator wasn't registering a full press, so I couldn't ever finsh in the top 3. Installing the Logitech driver and NOT selecting 'force combined pedals' seemed to fix that.
That said, I do miss the force feedback and don't understand why it is absent. The last NFS game I bought (The Run, and on the same engine!) had good force feedback support, as did Shift and Shift 2. The last game I bought from Criterion, Burnout Paradise, also had passable force feeback, if I recall. As an EA developer with past FF experience, can Criterion not just ask for the dang libraries they used in The Run and roll with it? I tried playing with a controller, but I'm from the pre-controller generation, and I just suck with it - it isn't fun for me. I like the look and feel of the game otherwise - how about some love for the wheel using PC folks?
I have just sent an e-mail to a support-expert of EA, just hope they can clarify this. And just go plan for a patch to add force feedback. It shouldn't be that hard I suppose. Since I also read that on the PS3, you can first connect a normal controller and name it "controller 1" and then switch to steering wheel and name that "controller 1" , and you will have full force feedback.
I will keep you all posted on the response I will get from EA / Origin. Let's see if they are going to totally wreck their reputation even further or not?
To be continued...
I just get the reply "post it on the forum" from the support desk. So there it is, goodbye EA! Thanks for screwing up my gameplay experience of the sequel to Burnou Paradise.
You really know how to destroy your reputation. PC gamers with a force feedback steering wheel, just go and watch what Codemasters do. They give good support and I really enjoy Dirt3, a great game with good force feedback. And I'll stick to Burnout Paradise to have some real fun with racing, back in the days that Criterion hadn't sold out to EA and the console-monopoly.
Some of us PC users chose this as our free game from the Sim City launch issues - and now I can't play it with my DFGT? Really EA?
