G29 FFB Broken in 1.8 update
After updating to 1.8 the FFB seems off for my G29. I'd almost say in some ways, it feels improved - it seems like the sliders go to 150 now not 130? The main thing though is centering; when in menu...
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ugh.. not even fully sure about anything now.. felt about the same in 1.7 when going back, haven't tried 1.8 again yet, will in a sec (since steam is requiring update now after a few runs, ugh) but also the downgrade method only overwrote the files from 1.8, otherwise I may have to go through every depot to ensure no files are missed (since only updated files show up in each depot, eg. diff mode) so it's possible the downgrade didn't overwrite something affecting it.
it maybe felt a bit better on 1.7 but I may be fooling myself; I hate how this stuff is partially subjective especially without some ability to fully datalog the FFB input channels, FFB output and axis inputs..
one other thing I did notice though, I usually had 'tire slip' around 60-75%, previously this resulted in no shaking/vibration on slips, now it's definitely vibrating/shaking on slips where I had to turn it down, g29 doesn't have much dynamic range and is slow thus I generally null any vibrating/shaking type effects like engine, collision, suspension, previously tire slip never generated any effect like that (when tuning originally (and now) several times I've individually tested each FFB setting with the rest set to 0 to fully confirm their effects) and now it does, previously it seemed like tire slip higher increased the looseness when unloading suspension or flying or tires slipping a lot with maybe a touch of vibe when spinning/sliding but never was enough to be noticeable at 60-75% especially since I'm so sensitive to those effects on this (bleep)ty wheel..
will try 1.8 see if it feels same as 1.7 just did and if I still really can't drive on 1.8 then I'll see about doing a non-overwrite downgrade for comparison but that'll be a pain, just downgrading alone has been a pain and already steam wants to upgrade and setting steam offline doesn't really work well.. again I wish steam just had a simple downgrade option, but bleh
note that 1.7 did properly center the wheel after resetting to track tough, but nothing in menus or pre-race start where I'm pretty sure previously it at least felt like it does when not running a game with centering spring enabled in logi drivers (but again, while not 100% sure about everything especially semi-subjective/feels things, for that I'm 100% sure that wasn't affecting FFB during race)
I just want my FEELS back! :'( lol
Welp, can't correlate anything now.
Right as I was testing if any Logi driver crap was having any effects (not that I changed anything there) I let G HUB update which at first gave a 2022 driver under 'Human Interface Devices' then after a replug gave a 2021 driver under 'Logitech Virtual Devices'.. Went to test, Steam wanted to do another update, figured it was because of my messin' around but then it turns out 1.8.1 just dropped.
Uninstalled new LG hub while it was updating and re-installed my saved version (EXACTLY why downgrading-ablity is good, not that I should HAVE to save installers or game copies or anything) and launched the game.
Feels better, more like it used to. I notice the suspension unloading/flying through the air looseness a little less (like it was before, though, I didn't mind that one aspect) and otherwise seems like it used to be mostly - so I can't confirm whether it's at all driver or game related now without spending many more hours testing thoroughly.
One thing that definitely is STILL different though, is the Tire Slip setting, it's still more vibey unlike previously and I had to turn it down from my previous settings.
Also, I lost my livery on my builder car, super annoyed about that, spent a while on it - at least my main save is fine, but WTF losing livery? where are those even stored then? :'(
