force feedback is bugged when pressing (alt+tab) or minimizing the game

[NecroFactor]

when minimizing the game the sensitivity of the steering wheel g29 becomes hard hard almost as if I were driving a tank, when trying to change the sensitivity of the steering wheel in the game it does not work it does not matter if I put it on 600 or 0 it does not work- when I start the game the sensitivity is correct and everything works fine if I raise or lower the esata sensitivity it is noticeable on the wheel, but when I minimize the game it becomes hard and nothing can be done anymore

[douglasdtlltd]

Logitech G software enables force feedback while the wheel is plugged in, even when the wheel is not used in a game.

[stenyak]

Could be a bug introduced by a recent Windows Update. More info and possible workaround here: https://documentation.beamng.com/known-issues/

[lasuzx]

did you ever figure this problem out? i just started having this problem about the same time you posted this. i still havent figured it out yet. i have no clue what to do. the game isnt enjoyable with force feedback maxed out lol

[NecroFactor]

Originally posted by lasuzx:

did you ever figure this problem out? i just started having this problem about the same time you posted this. i still havent figured it out yet. i have no clue what to do. the game isnt enjoyable with force feedback maxed out lol

I am beginning to believe that it is a windows update, as someone here commented

[NecroFactor]

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Microsoft pushed out "Microsoft GameInput" redistributable as part of one of the Xbox App updates (I think?) and that has been claiming exclusivity over FFB devices and causing issues.

Go into Add/Remove Programs and uninstall it and things should work again.

do these steps to disable the service. Simply uninstalling isn't permanent as windows seems to reinstall it on reboot

Press Windows Key and type "Services" to find the Service Manager. Open it as administrator.

Find "GameInput Service"

Right Click, Go Properties and change Startup Type to "Disabled"

Hit OK

If it didn't stop the service, Right click GameInput Service again and hit "Stop"

Close Services

If you feel comfortable with the command prompt you can right click on the start button, you can open "Command Prompt (admin) or Powershell (Admin)"

From there, you can type

sc config "GameInput Service" start=disabled
sc stop "GameInput Service"
This will disable and stop GameInput Service.

If you want to undo these changes

sc config "GameInput Service" start=auto
sc stop "GameInput Service"
https://old.reddit.com/r/Thrustmaster/comments/11q3lot/_/jcjmair

This broke my t300 in iRacing for the last week. I blamed the new iRacing build until I found GameInput as a sneaky new addition that I never installed.

[NomFPS]

on windows 11 you have 2 ways

on admin CMD put these 2 commands:

sc config GameInputsvc start=disabled
sc stop GameInputsvc

or
on regedit go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\GameInputSvc
and rename "ImagePath"
to "#ImagePath" and the service won't run if is triggered

useful for WRC generations, WRC9, WRC10 and BeamNG.drive