Fanatec shifter issues

There are multiple issues here being discussed. Some are due to bugs in the game but others are caused by Fanatec hardware. 

I use the Clubsport Shifter and have had lots of issues with mis-shifting, mainly between 2nd and 3rd gears, both up and down (in WRC, DR 2.0, AC1, AC EVO). When my shifter was still under warranty it went back and was returned a couple weeks later, everything worked fine for around 3 months then the same issue returned. Both the shifter and handbrake are incredibly sensitive to static/electrical charge. It is a known issue, reported by many people over the course of several years. Handbrakes are the worst culprits, without proper shielding of the wiring and potentiometer, mine would show completely random degrees of engagement between 20-85%. Pulling it to 100% would result in the same variation of recorded input level. Nothing has ever been done by Fanatec to rectify these issues, or even to acknowledge them to be honest.

You can search Reddit to find posts of people taking the PCB (the one with the hall-effect sensor on it) out of the shifter and insulating it with electrical tape before reseating it. There are also people who have shown that the magnet in their shifter is incorrectly aligned in the slot, causing the current gear position to be misread by the sensor. Fixing either or both of these issues has had mixed results, some people report that their shifter has been fine after, others report that the issues returned within a few weeks/months. Either way it will void your warranty if you still have one. These peripherals seem to suffer from bad insulation and don’t hold up well to extended use it seems. 

Hello I use a csldd on Xbox and have had this problem recently to fix it restart your console/pc and also never leave the game on quick resume if that doesn’t work try remapping the shifter or plug it out  and then back in :)

Is anyone even looking into this problem ?  My shifter works fine in every other game, only EA WRC manual H shift does not work properly as 1st gear keeps becoming Reverse.  I have tried every possible fix mentioned here and in other places but none are permanent and it goes back to being mixed up. Very frustrating and the fact H shift works fine in game like Dirt Rally 2,  AC and AMS2 with no problems indicates it is something about how EA WRC reads the shifter buttons.  Please fix this soon.

I still have the same issue...I have Fanatec shifter connected via Clubsport adapter directly to my PC and when the game wants, it desconfigure the H pattern shifter every time. I´ve tried multiple things named here but nothing works....Did you found any definitive solution to this annoying problem?

Thanks!

1. I just solved it. I feel like an idiot, I had to calibrate the shifter to the wheel. It’s my first time using a wheel so I had no clue this would have to be done. I found a video in case it helps anyone else in the future  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N80GNV3VpO4

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it and I still have the same issue. I tried it in dirt rally 2.0 and I have the same issue ☹️

Have you tried un-binding all of the gear positions, and starting from scratch? Sometimes when you try to bind gearshifts it will detect ‘neutral’ as what you’re trying to map, so you have to do it quite quickly. Sometimes it may show that gears are double mapped because of this. Also try to unplug and re plug in your shifter to take out any static electricity build up before mapping. I know you said your shifter is new, but it’s worth a try. Good luck 👍🏻

I’m playing with an xbox series S and using a Logitech G923 wheel. The wheel works fine but the shifter doesn’t work since update 1.4.0.

Assists is turned to “manual auto select”. It does not work if you select “Manual H-Pattern”, either.

It works in Dirt Rally 2.0 with no issues whatsoever. 

Hi

I have G29 wheel + pedals and fanatec shifter 1.5. WRC detects G29 as the device. However, the game don't let me assign h-pattern keys keys from the fanatec shifter.

I am wondering how the game technically reads inputs. Does the game only allow certain wheelbases and devices connected to the wheel base or can user connect multiple usb devices and choose which inputs to use from them?

I am a Linux user. 

I’m playing wrc 2023 on ps5. I have a fanatec dd pro wheel and pedals and a fanatec club sport shifter. The shifter works fine on sequential mode but when switched over to H pattern more than 1 gear is assigned to the actual gear selected. 1st gear shows as reverse and other gears are also mixed up and can not re assign them on the settings  screen. The shifter is brand new, the game worked fine with the Logitech shifter