So today I updated the WQR but no change at all.
Still the same disconnect issues after a few seconds.
My last hope is an issue solving driver release.
Fingers crossed it gets released ASAP.
That sucks, and not just for you because it seems like it could happen at an time to any of us.
The crazy part is that it was working ok then all of the sudden, boom- huge problems.
So assuming we have identical hardware and firmware, using wheel in identical game and mine works ok and yours doesn't. It just makes no sense.
So now we have to conclude it's possibly caused by another variable.
Maybe settings on wheel?
Maybe order in which you install FW updates and I got lucky and just happened to install them in some "correct" order by chance?
Something we're not thinking about?
I wonder if you might have an issue with pins? I do have the metal QR2, can't remember if you do or not.
I wonder if plastic QR2 is allowing some flex that stresses pins? Have you checked pins?
I uninstalled fananlabs because I thought it might have been messing up my FW updates when I was having problems installing them.
I never reinstalled it. And made sure it was completely removed from system before updating.
I'm assuming you don't have analog paddles set to anything other than CBP. I pretend they don't exist right now.
Lately I'm only playing on PS5, could it be playing on PC with Fanalabs active somehow causes more problems, even when you go back to PS5?
Maybe switching wheels back and forth causes issues? I've left the GT DD X wheel on there lately.
Maybe checking the box or not checking box to reinstate your settings after updating FW has something to do with it?
Could it be a cable problem of some sort?
I'm not touching mine because it's working, but if it was failing and disconnecting constantly I may try updating just the wheel to 456 FW since mine is still on 455 FW, only just to see what happens.
I might try setting everything back to defaults and test.
I may try re-installing all FW again just to see what happens. I know the updating software is very buggy.
Maybe one time it didn't install properly somehow?
Einstein said "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is insanity", but that doesn't apply here. If it did my wheel would still be bricked.
It's impossible for us to know which variable makes it worse or makes it better, so it might be worth just trying different things.
It's tough though because it doesn't seem to make any sense.
Like when they say "random", do they mean totally and completely random or could some combination of things make it (disconnect issue) more or less likely?
If it was happening to me again I would try a bunch of things, it might be a waste of time but I might get lucky.
On top of all that the frustration just build because Fanatec is so incredibly and ridiculously slow to fix anything. And there's always some other delay, after delay, after delay. Then light at the end of the tunnel, only to for them to tell you, oh, yeah sorry there's another two week delay. Like what the hell is going on over there?
Sometimes it seems like they don't care one bit about their customers. Like they're actively trying to screw with us even though I know that's not the case, it feels like it is sometimes.
It's infuriating, but not worth getting worked up about because you can't do anything about it anyways. Just wait more. I understand why people hate them, but I don't and try not to fall into that trap because I realize I don't have enough information to know what exactly the problem is or what challenges they are dealing with that might be beyond their control at the moment. So I try to be mature and calm, but that takes effort.
So yeah I feel your pain even though for the moment I'm the lucky one. I just hope they get their collective 💩 together soon because I like their hardware, their overall philosophy on hardware, their ecosystem, and the compatibility. But my patience is wearing very thin. I'm not a monk.
rant over LOL.. I'm going outside!
