Thrustmaster T300rs gt FFB not Strong enough in GT7

[les_expos]

Changing the fan looks difficult for an newbie in electronic. I don’t think I will risk my 1 year warren for a better fan. But I want the best for my wheel since I already spend hundred on the shifter.

 

[FOG-Smokebeer]

Changing the fan looks difficult for an newbie in electronic. I don’t think I will risk my 1 year warren for a better fan. But I want the best for my wheel since I already spend hundred on the shifter.

You could try a simple trick and stick some fans to the outside vents on top something like this would do

 

[FOG-Smokebeer]

Guys guys guys thanks for all of your comments and advice!

These days I ve had a small communication (and a ticket) with Thrustmaster support. After explaining my issue they were positive that the problem is by the console and of course gt7.
They prompt me to try cleaning the PS5 cache memory on safe mode. I did what they asked for and also I did a database rebuild... for good measures 😛

Crossed fingers and tried on gt7 on the beloved last mission of the sun also rises in Bathurst and well... Can't say for sure maybe there was some placebo effect kicking in but it felt a tiny bit better. At least more bumpy and shaky. Maybe a little stronger too.
The stupid rubble when turning hard (instead of actual FFB) is still there pissing me of all the time. So no big deal but maybe something. Will try it out further when I have the time.

Then I decided to try once more on Dirt Rally 2.0 and.... Holy Sssmokes!
SSsS just got real!! I don't know if it is the older car that I used or maybe that some of the assists were off but omG!
This thing is HEAVY! I turned it down by the half of it and it is still pretty heavy!
That thing is bumpy! Literally my stand is shaking!
If I get a little bit off road I feel nasty things going on...
Even tried out tuning the FFB settings of the game from a guide suggesting to lower everything pretty much and still I feel like I am in a rally car struggling to keep it in a straight line. And for me that's brilliant!

Definitely not the wheel's fault, that thing is not a toy. It's dumb development of gt7 making this major piece of equipment feel like a toy.
They probably messed everything up when they tried to readjust them physics for rear drive cars. Fixed one thing, screwed 5 others up.
I get a feeling for most major game devs lately, it's like they all have a race on who will destroy and mess up their game first!

Incredible really that in 2022 and in the age of PS5 we don't have a decent football game and a decent Gran Turismo.
Polyphony , literally all these 5 6 7 years I don't know ... You had one job!

Excuse me for the massive comment men, I have just reached to many conclusions

SWEET good to see things look sorted out m8 just a shame gt7 isn't using it to its full potential what a shame it's most PS players first try on a wheel still you have a massive selection of oldies to try now hehe

 

[les_expos]

You could try a simple trick and stick some fans to the outside vents on top something like this would do

Have you try it ? I am welling to try this.

 

[KaiB]

Guys guys guys thanks for all of your comments and advice!

These days I ve had a small communication (and a ticket) with Thrustmaster support. After explaining my issue they were positive that the problem is by the console and of course gt7.
They prompt me to try cleaning the PS5 cache memory on safe mode. I did what they asked for and also I did a database rebuild... for good measures 😛

Crossed fingers and tried on gt7 on the beloved last mission of the sun also rises in Bathurst and well... Can't say for sure maybe there was some placebo effect kicking in but it felt a tiny bit better. At least more bumpy and shaky. Maybe a little stronger too.
The stupid rubble when turning hard (instead of actual FFB) is still there pissing me of all the time. So no big deal but maybe something. Will try it out further when I have the time.

Then I decided to try once more on Dirt Rally 2.0 and.... Holy Sssmokes!
SSsS just got real!! I don't know if it is the older car that I used or maybe that some of the assists were off but omG!
This thing is HEAVY! I turned it down by the half of it and it is still pretty heavy!
That thing is bumpy! Literally my stand is shaking!
If I get a little bit off road I feel nasty things going on...
Even tried out tuning the FFB settings of the game from a guide suggesting to lower everything pretty much and still I feel like I am in a rally car struggling to keep it in a straight line. And for me that's brilliant!

Definitely not the wheel's fault, that thing is not a toy. It's dumb development of gt7 making this major piece of equipment feel like a toy.
They probably messed everything up when they tried to readjust them physics for rear drive cars. Fixed one thing, screwed 5 others up.
I get a feeling for most major game devs lately, it's like they all have a race on who will destroy and mess up their game first!

Incredible really that in 2022 and in the age of PS5 we don't have a decent football game and a decent Gran Turismo.
Polyphony , literally all these 5 6 7 years I don't know ... You had one job!

Excuse me for the massive comment men, I have just reached to many conclusions

One advice, its not recommended to put FFB at max values for this wheel.
T300 have arround 3nm/5nm of torque.
what will happen if you constatly drive using FFB at max is clipping wich means youll not receive correct feedback, electric motors from the wheel will start to get hot and butter feeling and eventually youll kill them.

In assetto Corsa competizione ingame FFB i use arround 75 max 80/85 in FFB value.

In GT Sport i used FFB between 3 and 5, 5 being already to much for this wheel.
I always found the FFB decent at those values.
I didnt tried it yet on GT7 cause my Ps5 only arrives today, but been reading all the news from GT7 seems they updated the physics and lowered FFB strengh.

A good game to test how far you can go with that wheel its Raceroom, you can go to options and check the recomendations, and you can also pull a small graph so when you driving you see the FFB output in real time.
In raceroom you have to configure FFB to each individual car, you also can configure keybinds to lower and increase FFB strengh in real time while you see the graphic.
You must configure it to always be lower to the limit upper line in the graph, its a good way to feel how far you can go with FFb forces in other games.
Assetto Corsa Competizione you also have a way to see if you pushing to much on the FFB, in the bottom Right of the screen theres a small bar that shows FFB working, if that bar its hiting red values all the time you must lower the FFB strengh until its grey and when forces kick in the bar should be near grey/red limit but never red all the time, some tracks it might hit red but it must be very situational or almost never happen.

Anyway soon i will test my t300 on GT7.

 

[les_expos]

In gt7, I put torque 3-4 and sensitivity 2-3. Since it is my first experience with ffb, I don’t even know if it is good. In gt sport, my wheel seems a little bit more smoother than gt7.

 

[George Mass]

Did you guys see a really quick update they did??
Now we are at 1.16 ....
Saying also that they reverted the FFB to point it was in 1.13

Let's try one more time but I really start to get bored

 

[axletramp]

I've been using a T300 RS for years and the FFB is fine... now.

My FFB doesn't always work if I turn on the wheel after the PS5. Can also happen if your controller was on first. So now I'm just in the habit of switching the wheel on first and then the console. Never had an issue since. It's a known issue since they released the wheel.

I also found that the GT7 updates had no effect on my wheel at all. Others have reported it has, which is weird.

Overheating will just cause the wheel to shutdown (log out) and not effect the FFB. You can force the fans to stay on permanently by pressing "Mode" and "Option/Start" and hold down until the red light flashes. I found this useful when playing PCars 2 which always overheated the wheel.

 

[George Mass]

Back again mates...
Been racing with the t300rs couple of weeks now first with gt3 Renault and now with a gt5 Mitsubishi lancer.
I'm really thinking to changing my wheel again (maybe with a Fanatec) but just right it feels way too soft even in 7 8 ffb ...
Just of curiosity then has anyone tried it recently? Has yours become weak and somehow dull as well?
Want to check if it is the new gt7 updates or maybe that my wheels life is close to an end 😕😕😕

Thanks in advance

 

[LSFDRX]

Back again mates...
Been racing with the t300rs couple of weeks now first with gt3 Renault and now with a gt5 Mitsubishi lancer.
I'm really thinking to changing my wheel again (maybe with a Fanatec) but just right it feels way too soft even in 7 8 ffb ...
Just of curiosity then has anyone tried it recently? Has yours become weak and somehow dull as well?
Want to check if it is the new gt7 updates or maybe that my wheels life is close to an end 😕😕😕

Thanks in advance

I run my T300RS 599XX at 4-5 FFB, anything more than that is unrealistically powerful.

 

[Pigems]

I ran my T300 at 3-4 torque, same as I do now with my TGT, that’s plenty strong enough for me. Do you run your T300 in Forced Cooling mode? If not, running high FFB, is likely not a good idea.

 

[xMAXIx79]

I only drive a T248 and even here I find the maximum torque to be quite OK for such a cheap steering wheel. For the life of me, I can't imagine that an intact 300 would be worse or too weak.

 

[djolliea]

Back again mates...
Been racing with the t300rs couple of weeks now first with gt3 Renault and now with a gt5 Mitsubishi lancer.
I'm really thinking to changing my wheel again (maybe with a Fanatec) but just right it feels way too soft even in 7 8 ffb ...
Just of curiosity then has anyone tried it recently? Has yours become weak and somehow dull as well?
Want to check if it is the new gt7 updates or maybe that my wheels life is close to an end 😕😕😕

Thanks in advance

Try lowering the FFB torque. The max the T300 can handle properly without clipping is 3-4. When that happens, you'll lose all the detail and strength.

I switch between 3 and 4 depending on the car/tires; 3 with cars on racing tires, 4 with sport/comfort tires. Haven't had issues since. FFB sensitivity sweet spot for me is around 6-7.

 

[George Mass]

Thank for all the comments.

Will try again today since there is some time to do so.
For the record I have replaced the fan with another one and have it Always on. Had no issues with overheating.

Will try all the things that were mentioned here .

Also once I had a communication with TS support and they guided me to connect the wheel with the PC and configured some settings on the PC driver, explaining to me that they affect it while it is connected with ps5 also.
Can't know for sure if that's entirely truth but will give this a try also just to check.

 

[George Mass]

Wheel's fine.
Made a configuration on PC driver just to make sure.
The lancer evolution in online race still don't give anything strong in your hands but maybe it is that particular car . It doesn't spin much and also I keep a good racing line so I don't get many frenzy spins on my wheel.
When I tried the jaguar in mount panorama in gt7 missions on the other hand I felt everything in a pretty rough fashion. T300 still going in gt7 as far as I'm concerned lads!
Thanks for the answers