HORI Force Feedback Truck Control System Issues

[Haterick]

My driving wheel arrived yesterday (YAY!!!) and everything worked fine (even in another game, except the known problems [bus simulator 21 - just a few buttons can be binded]). Today i wanted to play again ETS 2, Bus Sim 21 and Fernbus Simulator. In ETS 2 the pre mapped buttons still work, but the force feedback doesn't react on any changes, no matter if you change options ingame or in the manager. Bus Sim 21 freezes completely after a few seconds if you taking control of a bus. Fernbus Simulator works fine till you take control of a bus, too. At this point it is laggy as hell and unplayable. I've already tried to restart my pc, used differnte USB Ports, repaired and reinstalled manager and driver, but nothing of it has worked :-S

I think, cause of my described symptomes before, it could be a software/ driver problem.

Are there further people with identical problems?

[kaloyan]

Dear Haterick, I am the happy owner of the same Hori steering wheel for a few days now. In the beginning, I also had some problems with ATS and ETS 2, but I don't know how your steering wheel is set, so I would say that your steering wheel should be centered and all three pedals, gas, brake and clutch should all be set to normal. It works that way for me, I downloaded the software from the site. Everything works fine for me so far. I can't tell you where the problem lies at the moment. Also look at your Windows configuration, that's where the steering wheel should be.

[Haterick]

thank you for your message. The wheel is centered and everything is working except the ffb. If i connect my wheel to the pc, it does the normal setup (turns right and left). After that, you feel that ffb is on, but i can't change anything. The wheel is directly connected to the pc (no hub).

[ChaCha]

Hello Haterick, have you fix the problem with ffb? I have the same problem and I don‘t now how to fix it :/

[Haterick]

Hi ChaCha,

yes i've fixed the problem (shame on me, that i never wrote it down).

It was a driver problem and eventually, for some reason, my printer, wich was connected to my pc.

To check if the driver is correctly installed, you have to take a look into the properties of the wheel.

- Go to: Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Devices and Printers (it is important, that the control system is connected to your pc, otherwise, you won"t see it there).

- In "Devices and printers" you should see HORI CONTROLLER SYSTEM WHEEL and HORI CONTROLLER SYSTEM SHIFTER.

- Right click on HORI CONTROLLER SYSTEM WHEEL and click on properties, after that click again on properties.

-Now you should see a function test panel with 6 red lines in the top and 32 red buttons in the bottom. These will react at your commands on the steering wheel.

HERE COMES THE IMPORTANT THING: Everything should be in dark red, except the first 3 lines (L-X Axis; R-X Axis; R-Y Axis). These lines has to be halfed in highlitghted red (left half light red, right half dark red). If they are completely dark red, the wheel have some issues.

I've solved the problem by right clicking on HORI CONTROLLER SYSTEM WHEEL and choose "disconnect", so that the USB Port will kick it out from my system (did this with the shifter, too, to be sure). After that, i've unplugged both devices, replugged them, took a look at the properties again and the first three lines were highlighted as described. Since then, everything works fine.

ONE NOTICE: before i've replugged them, i've unplugged my printer, too. I'm not sure if it was a part of my problem, but peripherals could make issues.

Big thanks goes to SCS Soft, because they gave me this guide, after i contacted them for support.

Let me know, if it will solve your problem. :)

cheers

[Schakal]

Hallo Hasserick,
ich hab das lenkrad seid 5.12.24 und bis vor 2 tagen hat es super funktioniert , jetzt aber habe ich das problem das in ETS2 im Hauptmenü das FFB geht Aber sobald ich auf Fahren drücke Geht das FFB nicht . alle tast gehen aber pedalen gehen auch . nur das FFB fühlt sich so an wie ausgeschaltet. habe auch deine anweisung nach gemacht hat aber leider zu nix gebracht.

[henkbeens]

is there a link for the driver software?

[Jdwarfer]

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[Ryu]

Originally posted by Jdwarfer:

https://hori.co.uk/hpc-044e/app

[Haterick]

Originally posted by Schakal:

Hallo Hasserick,
ich hab das lenkrad seid 5.12.24 und bis vor 2 tagen hat es super funktioniert , jetzt aber habe ich das problem das in ETS2 im Hauptmenü das FFB geht Aber sobald ich auf Fahren drücke Geht das FFB nicht . alle tast gehen aber pedalen gehen auch . nur das FFB fühlt sich so an wie ausgeschaltet. habe auch deine anweisung nach gemacht hat aber leider zu nix gebracht.

Hi Schakal,

wie meinst Du das mit "ausgeschaltet"? Hast Du in diesem Zustand einen stärkeren Widerstand im Lenkrad oder gefühlt gar keinen, dass man das Rad mit dem kleinen Finger drehen könnte? Wie sehen die Balken in dem Funktionstest in den Eigenschaften des Lenkrads raus? Wurde in den letzten Tagen zufällig neue Hardware oder Software installiert?

[MR JP]

Originally posted by Haterick:

Hi ChaCha,

yes i've fixed the problem (shame on me, that i never wrote it down).

It was a driver problem and eventually, for some reason, my printer, wich was connected to my pc.

To check if the driver is correctly installed, you have to take a look into the properties of the wheel.

- Go to: Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Devices and Printers (it is important, that the control system is connected to your pc, otherwise, you won"t see it there).

- In "Devices and printers" you should see HORI CONTROLLER SYSTEM WHEEL and HORI CONTROLLER SYSTEM SHIFTER.

- Right click on HORI CONTROLLER SYSTEM WHEEL and click on properties, after that click again on properties.

-Now you should see a function test panel with 6 red lines in the top and 32 red buttons in the bottom. These will react at your commands on the steering wheel.

HERE COMES THE IMPORTANT THING: Everything should be in dark red, except the first 3 lines (L-X Axis; R-X Axis; R-Y Axis). These lines has to be halfed in highlitghted red (left half light red, right half dark red). If they are completely dark red, the wheel have some issues.

I've solved the problem by right clicking on HORI CONTROLLER SYSTEM WHEEL and choose "disconnect", so that the USB Port will kick it out from my system (did this with the shifter, too, to be sure). After that, i've unplugged both devices, replugged them, took a look at the properties again and the first three lines were highlighted as described. Since then, everything works fine.

ONE NOTICE: before i've replugged them, i've unplugged my printer, too. I'm not sure if it was a part of my problem, but peripherals could make issues.

Big thanks goes to SCS Soft, because they gave me this guide, after i contacted them for support.

Let me know, if it will solve your problem. :)

cheers

THANK YOU fixed the issue here too

[Haterick]

Originally posted by MR JP:

Originally posted by Haterick:

THANK YOU fixed the issue here too

Glad to hear, have fun :)

[laurentiu.gavrea]

Originally posted by Haterick:

Hi ChaCha,

yes i've fixed the problem (shame on me, that i never wrote it down).
It was a driver problem and eventually, for some reason, my printer, wich was connected to my pc.
To check if the driver is correctly installed, you have to take a look into the properties of the wheel.
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Big thanks goes to SCS Soft, because they gave me this guide, after i contacted them for support.
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Hi, I found your advices very useful for my newbie status on this matter now...so, may I ask you for help?

I have very recently started with Steam ETS 2 by my new gaming device: HORI Racing Wheel Apex SPF004 (steering wheel with pedals).
It is USB connected and recognized in Printers by my Windows 11 latest (24H2) in my Lenovo ThinkCenter i5 720MT / 16 GB RAM.

HORI manager app does not see it connected in Windows 11 but it does in W 10...

Still weak Steam UI sees it as a stupid gamepad only, however Xbox compatible.
But in ETS 2, it is somehow ok mapped by Input Wizard if Steam Input was enabled before.

My serious trouble is concerning with the very lazy steering wheel react making impossible to drive any truck because of 1 second delayed handling on any route.
So I had to resume primitive driving by keyboard only, that however instantly reacts to any control!

Is this my computer issue or more others also met same trouble with this HORI device?
I saw neither Logitechs G29 etc are much better or compatible... W 11

Finally I need your advice: what should I do this case to remove those huge delays in steering wheel only, as all other controls, pedals etc finely instantly react ?

[Haterick]

Originally posted by laurentiu.gavrea:

Originally posted by Haterick:

Hi, I found your advices very useful for my newbie status on this matter now...so, may I ask you for help?

I have very recently started with Steam ETS 2 by my new gaming device: HORI Racing Wheel Apex SPF004 (steering wheel with pedals).
It is USB connected and recognized in Printers by my Windows 11 latest (24H2) in my ...........

Hi laurentiu,

no problem to ask me, but i'm not sure if i can help

I saw, that the Apex SPF004 doesn't especially support ETS2. They just say, the wheel works if games supports Xinput software for windows. So it is just your steering wheel wich react delayed, right? Does it even respond if you move it slightly a bit to a side? Maybe there is a deadzone that has to be change in game settings.

[laurentiu.gavrea]

Hi, thanks for try! My wheel is ok reacting in Input Wizard when check controls in Options inside the game but when launched Driving, it is hugely delayed in the cabin !

[Schakal]

Originally posted by Haterick:

Originally posted by Schakal:

Hallo Hasserick,
ich hab das lenkrad seid 5.12.24 und bis vor 2 tagen hat es super funktioniert , jetzt aber habe ich das problem das in ETS2 im Hauptmenü das FFB geht Aber sobald ich auf Fahren drücke Geht das FFB nicht . alle tast gehen aber pedalen gehen auch . nur das FFB fühlt sich so an wie ausgeschaltet. habe auch deine anweisung nach gemacht hat aber leider zu nix gebracht.

Hi Schakal,

wie meinst Du das mit "ausgeschaltet"? Hast Du in diesem Zustand einen stärkeren Widerstand im Lenkrad oder gefühlt gar keinen, dass man das Rad mit dem kleinen Finger drehen könnte? Wie sehen die Balken in dem Funktionstest in den Eigenschaften des Lenkrads raus? Wurde in den letzten Tagen zufällig neue Hardware oder Software installiert?

Hasserick ,
Genau das hab ich bei mit .
ich hab gar keinen widerstand.
im Funktionstest geht alles . nur im spiel wen ich los fahren will geht das FFB aus.