Rudder recenters on ground while input to right or left

[Gijssie-NL-]

Hi guys,
I have msfs2020 since release. Since december I use the Thrustmaster officer pack with addons and Thrustmaster T.Flight pedals. Until a week or 2 ago they worked absolutely fine. However, since two weeks ago the rudder behaves strange on ground.
When I steer at taxi (left or right makes no difference) the rudder sudenly recenters (even if I put maximum input to one side.
Sometimes it moves to the desired way, but in a second the rudder recenters and the plane wil go straight on.
It didn't do that before, and I never changed something. Only thing that changed is the sim's updates (sim update and today world update).

Is there any of you with the same problem, and/or does anyone has a solution for me. The sim is unplayable after 60 flighthours without any problems.

Greetings Gijs

[Manwith Noname]

Although you didn't change anything, go through all your game options, including your control assignments. Double check everything is as it should be. Make sure your pedals are the only device assigned to the rudder axis and nothing is assigned to rudder left or rudder right.

Edit: And another thought, don't miss the "sensitivity" settings. One of those sliders adds a dead zone to the end of an axis I believe.

Another edit: Also, double check their response in other programs or even Windows.

[Hillfire]

I have same experience when I changed assist option change.
If you setting easy(auto) pilot then change to other... new update is tooooo late, so cannot see the correct option name.

[Gijssie-NL-]

Thank you for reacting. I went through all the settings (I have all assists off). I deleted all my older profiles and started with clean default one. I discovered that the twist rudder in the joystick was assigned, where it wasn't before. Looks like this solved the problem. I'm gonna try it for a few days, but hopefully it stays like this. Many thanks for your suggertions!

[Manwith Noname]

Yeah, if you start experiencing strange aircraft behaviours right after an update, go check your game options. This has happened a few times at least.

[andrewjens]

My rudder also recenters by itself.
I only just installed MSFS (two days ago) and I'm using the Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog with Thrustmaster T.Flight Rudder Pedals. I've checked all settings and there's nothing assigned to Autorudder or Center Rudder (or similar). I also have all piloting assistance options turned off (except ATC).
It's interesting because my rudder (via the pedals) works perfectly when departing (taxi, take-off, flight), however it all goes horribly wrong after landing at the destination because the rudder starts to auto-center and is pretty much uncontrollable for taxiing.
I can reset my flight (back to departure location), and the rudder again works perfectly. I've only tried this in the Cessna.
And sometimes when I land, the rudder works properly! I think there’s a big issue with the way the settings work in MSFS. It seems sometimes you have to go in and “set” what is already set. E.g if Center Rudder appears to be unassigned, then clear it anyway. Who knows, it might work for you?

[digibitz99]

I had the same problem. It occurred during a series off takeoffs and landings. The plane suddenly became uncontrollable on landing. The rudder behaved as you described, momentarily moving left or right , but automatically returning to centre. It behaved the same way with any controller. When I rebooted and restarted, the rudder problem was still there.
This problem only affected Free Flight, and did not happen in Training or Challenges. I followed a lot of online suggestions, including setting Auto Rudder to off in Assist Options, or setting all Piloting Assist Options to 'Hard' .... but nothing worked!
Now here is the weird thing... although changing Assist Options Piloting to 'Hard' sets all Piloting options to 'off' .... it didn't help... BUT I tried just switching Takeoff assist and Landing assist to 'off' in the Piloting group and it worked!! Auto Rudder setting can be on or off, doesn't matter..
I have no clue why this suddenly happened or why my fix worked..... (ask Microsoft)

[Gijssie-NL-]

The rudder problems return about every new update in my case. I don't know why, but in my case the problems every time lies in the controller settings. Every time my pedals are set for rudder, but also the stick Z-axis. When I disable the Z-axis on the stick, the rudder pedals works fine. Maybe some of you have the same problem. Worth to check.