Great walkthrough as always, Will. I returned to this vid now that I've gotten my Formula V2 to brush up on the ffb settings. In case it helps anyone struggling with the Multi-Position Switches (the big dials lower on the wheel) in ACC ... I found that I had to use Pulse mode instead of Constant mode for ACC to properly bind specific values to each position (e.g, making position 2 always equal Engine Map 2). Constant mode behaved erratically, Pulse works perfectly. Cheers!

It's funny that you provide better customer service than the company itself

FINALLY someone who explains the miracle about software Clipping right! DD users indeed should set a max in Game gain of 70 to avoid this software Clipping (at least in AC and ACC and AMS2). However, I personally don't agree with the Linearity part, I like it much more to leave Linearity Off which is also the recommended setting from Fanatec and therefore the default value. Regarding Spring, only game which uses this in Game is Forza. No other game uses SPR, so it doesn't matter if you set it to 100 or OFF. Other games like AMS2 and pC2 use SPR but only in the game menu, not while driving. More or less the same for DPR which also isn't used by many games, therefore NDP is the Nr 1 way to go to add Damping to the steering.

You wouldn't believe how long I've been looking for this video. Still relevant for DD Pro for anyone wondering but PEAK on does feel better for this lower 8nm rated unit.

Awesome video, came back and watched again after owning the wheel for a few months and it was just what I needed.

Not sure if this is still relevant today, as I haven’t setup yet. It’s given me a good learning base to build upon. Other than Dynamic FFB, this is the best explanation I’ve found on tuning. Thanks!

You must be clairvoyant because I received my new Fanatec CSL Elite (PS4) 2 days ago and I've been finetuning and testing it for 2 days now!

Thanks for your help, only started racing yesterday, this video shaved 5 seconds of the least scruffy lap I've done so far :)

Hi Will, Thanks for an interesting & informative video. Very timely indeed for me too. My Fanatec Clubsport Wheelbase & pedals etc. have just arrived and my SimLabs cockpit is on order (probably 4 weeks before that arrives), so before long I will be getting stuck into all this set up stuff. Looking forward to it very much but for a raw beginner like me the amount of 'tech admin' is pretty daunting. Having a clear walk-through guide like this will be enormously helpful. Thank you!

Time and time again this channel is a go to for advice but tonight this video alone got me back on track within 10 minutes.

Just come across this, great video! I had never used the dynamic settings, made a massive difference

Always love your content, everything we need to know 💪😎👍

Well done....great information and well presented, helped me immensely. Thank you!

Any chance you can do an updated video covering CSL DD settings. Im unsure if the CSL DD has a wide enough range to keep FFB strong enough when using linear

Great Video BM. These are my DD1 settings for ACC: Fanalab in order SEN 1080, FF 100, LIN 0, NDP 4, NFR 0, NIN 0, INT 0, FEI 80, FDR 100, SPR 0, DRP 0, ABS 90, SHO 100, MPS Auto, BFR 90 ACC In Game gain force 12 or 13

Software clipping doesn't depend on the wheel base. Whether you have a direct drive wheel or a belt driven one, software clipping can occur regardless of the base connected to your PC. The clipping of the base is harder to detect if you have a low end base as a consequence of its low strength. Finally, when you suggest to switch off linearity for belt driven wheels, be informed that the CSW and CSL do not even have this setting available.

One thing I'd like to see in this video is an approach of "here is a problem" - here is a setting go change to resolve it. E.g. what you said with how to address issues with oscillation. I find my csw impossible to release in straight line in any car. It goes to a wall almost instantly because of oscillation.

Hi, i'm in disaccord on your comparison of DD force feedback strength with an audio pre-amplifier because while in the pre-amplifier an audio signal is processed, here a mechanical signal (a force) is processed that has nothing to do with the classic distortion produced by an hifi system. If you set the base to 100% and in the game you adjust the ffb to an intermediate value (therefore not to its maximum) you get the same desired effect with the difference that you will not have to adjust the base settings game x game but you just have to set everything in every single game. In this way (i.e. by setting the FFB on the engine to 100%) you are fully exploiting the potential of your base regardless of its torque force. If you consider the DD motor as a pre-amplifier then it is right to amplify even the smallest detail to its maximum potential (100%) and then adjust it with the amplifier (the game settings FFB) to decide the intensity you prefer. If not, it wouldn't make sense to prefer a DD2 to a DD1, right? I may be wrong but this is my opinion ;-)

New to DD1, this was really helping. Thanks!

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Sweet, was just going to ask for this in the comments on the last video. Thanks!

You’re so clear and helpful in all of your vids man !

Thanks for taking the time to make these videos sir.

I do not own a wheel. What he mentioned about software clipping is applicable to me using a mixamp ( external sound card ) with a headset. I keep my headset volume max and adjust the mixamp accordingly. I do recieve distortion. I changed the headset volume to 60 and my audio is far more refined. Thank you for the general knowledge.

Thank you very much for making this video. Answered all the questions i had and helped me loads

Amazing content. 2 years later, still referencing..... 🙂

Just started playing with reducing the osolation on my DD pro in ACC on the ps5. I got rid of it but lost so much detail. This helped alot with working out why so back to the drawing board

Great Video Will. But I still in doubt with something: The ACC already has a slider for Dynamic Damping. Would it therefore be redundant or inappropriate to enable Dynamic FFB in Fanalab, already using, for example, 100% in Dynamic Damping within the ACC? Tks in advance and congratulations for the great channel.

Very informative. Thank you very much for sharing your expertise.

Thanks for this incredibly helpful video!!

Life saver.. Very well done.. Thanks heaps..

awesome content as always

I've noticed on ACC with my CDL elite the ffb weight is drastically different from track to track. Paul Richard is so much lighter than say spa. It's so dramatic that I actually go through the menus trying to see if I had accidentally changed something

Thanks my brother from aus this video helped me alot! Liked and Subbed! Quick question. I have CSL DD 8NM. Should i be using a LUT in assetto corsa for drifting or just setup fanalab and thats all?

Where can I Find your recomended settings for AC, ACC/ F122 etc? a great walkthrough. Really apperciated to learn more about what each setting does for my DD1 :)

First of all I am a big fan of your channel and your enthusiasm. Really enjoy all of your content and hope you continue long into the future. My question is sort of philosophical in nature and relates to your statement that there aren't any "best" settings. I don't totally agree, because if the goal of the settings is to 'simulate' reality, then whatever gets closest to that would be ideal. In real life there is only one way that a car will feel (with a given setup: aero, suspension, tire pressures, etc.). But on the sim, cars with the same in-game setup can be made to feel vastly different based on FFB and other wheel/pedal settings. Maybe it's a question of semantics or you can otherwise convince me I'm wrong, but it seems like if realism is the goal that there would in fact be one set of "best" settings. I understand that to some extent some sim racers will prefer certain settings that might make them a faster sim driver even if that comes at the expense of realism, but for me I would always prefer the most realistic experience and immersion possible. Any thoughts?

Hi Will can you do a FFB set up for Logitech G Pro racing wheel keep up the good work👍

Great video thanks it has helped a lot.

Could you do video on force feedback settings for dd pro 5nm on gt7. I just ordered dd pro and should be here in a week. And do I need to do update firmware or can you just plug in and play??

I love these videos thanks for making one it made my experience with Fanatec gear better

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What mic are you using here? Thats not the RØDE NTG4 you were showing off in another video. Oh...nice video by the way, very interesting!

As CSL DD has only 8Nm, what would be the suggestion for Peak/Linear choose?🤔

Amazing video thank you. I have the DD1 Podium and drive on F1 games. Just wanted to understand exactly what each setting does for me to know how to adjust accordingly. Anyone here by the way who plays F1 22 and has a DD1 wheel setting to compare?

Hi how are you? Do you recommend having the 365 driver to obtain fanalab? . My current configuration is with driver 346 motor 20. My steering wheel is Fanatec csl elite +. thanks and greetings from Uruguay.

Thank you for making this video's !

really helped me Will thanks very much

Sup mate! Thanks again!!

Does the CSL DD support wheels that have vibration motors in them?

If you're talking about peak and linearity. If you have the csl dd. What do you recommend, peak or linearity? Since the csl dd has like 5Nm without the boost kit. And in this video you're talking about the dd1 etc.

Hi Will! Great video thanks! I just got my DD1. I am running ACC ffb 60 in game and ffb 80 on wheel base. Would that cause any sort of clipping on wither end?

perfect timing Will! hopefully receive my rig next week for dd1 wheelbase..

I use 85 FFB. 10-20 damper. Friction and inertia 3. Linearity and the Interpol is off. I turn up force effect to 100. This gives a beautiful feel. Gotta keep Porsche at 5.2 in game, but the quality high.

Can I leave the FFB on the wheelbase on 100% and set the FFB in game? Or should I lower the FFB on the wheelbase as well?

Thank you 👍

Hey Will, could you do one of these videos for the new Logitech G pro DD

I just went full Fanatec and purchased the gamut! I have a DD2 wheel base. At the end of the video are all of the tuning settings & dynamic FFB settings the ones you use on a daily basis? I am comfortable making changes within iRacing for each vehicle but I am trying to take the guess work out of the driver settings. Would it be possible for you to share your baseline tuning setting & dynamic FFB settings? I am stoked to get started with my new sim hardware but I want to jump in & not mess around in a settings menu. Or DM them to me if possible.

do you find the vibration motors in the steering wheels gimmicky as well? a lot of the wheels i like don't have vibration motors and wondering if it actually makes a difference

I use the csl dd for beam mg and mostly rally is it ok for clipping to happen around corners sometimes and clipping when landing a jump and it is super shaky when flying across rough terrain I’m new to direct drives not sure what it’s supposed to do

Ty. Good stuff as always.

Hey great channel. Quick question I know you like VR but when you are doing your more serious league sim racing do you use VR or do you rely on your triple screen setup?

Using the Podium DD base, will Fanalb work when using a 3rd party wheel (Simagic, GSI, etc)?

Have you done one on the vibration settings for Fanalab - I think I'm not getting the best settings of this software / v3 pedals. Cheers.

Hey Will. Thanks for all the content you post. I’ve just got a new DD1. Have updated drivers and fans lab to latest versions, however the tuning options on the wheel haven’t changed, and show less options than fanalab does. Does this mean the wheels firmware hasn’t been updated?

Any idea why I don't have the same adjustments you have? I only have 9 total adjustments in the tuning menu on fanalab. I'm using V1.53

I'm on the csl elite and in assetto corsa if I let the wheel go while driving straight or drifting itll oscillate. I adjust the wheel and game ffb to 100% and adjust ffb per car on the track

thank you so much

Happy New Year Merry Christmas to all I have today DD oneF one for PlayStation five and I have bought F1 2021 game please can you guide me for the best tuning to put on my steering wheel thank you very much

Which setting can have a better clif to feel countersteer ? Like i almost want the wheel to self center

Nice vid! I just got the DD1. Should the WHEEL FORCE in game (= Iracing) be 20Nm or 14Nm (=20x0,7) if my Overall FFB Strengt is set to 70% in the Fanalab tuning menu?

please tell me what to do if I accidentally turned off the engineer's help? how to get it back?

Great Video Will. Do you plan on doing something similar for Simucube's software? I'm leaning in that purchase direction. Thanks.

What brackets are you using for fixing your DD Wheelbase to your Rig?

Thanks for the video and clarification of the settings. The wheel base drop down selection does not show up in my tunning menu in fanalabs. Also, my DD1 wheel base name does not show up on this screen but does in the Main menu. This issue only came up when I moved from formula v2 to the porsche wheel. Anyone else have this issue and if so any luck in resolving this?

I think like this. Let's say you hop into a BMW Z4 GT3 car. That car's setting is going to be the same for whoever gets in the car. I want my fanatec to feel like that so I have to adapt to the car's forces. I've driven quite a lot of sports cars in my life, a few track cars but I just can't get the feeling right in my newly bought pc master race. I've bought AC, ACC and rfactor 2 and I'm following the baseline settings from fanatec and it's just frustrating. The settings should be as good so you'd only have to change the ffb and that's it. Even Gran Turismo sport feels better than any of the PC games. I bought the fanatec dd1 podium F1 for PS4 and I'm on the last straw before I give up on PC.

Can you tell me why I have this Hump at the center of my steering at higher speeds, and the wheel accelerates left or rt past center ? Turning down FFB seems to help but not fully, and I like the higher setting of FFB. Using CSL DD with AMS1 and AC. Also I note that the idea of FANALAB is to load up to 5 profiles to the wheel when starting a game. The problem is that there is no intuitive way to know that you have to select the SET # in Tuning menu - Then create a profile... its just weird. SETUP Index value seems to correlate to SET # on the wheel. You should be able to edit the Index # when creating a profile yeah ! Great stuff, but users need to review with designers at each step. This is driving me to drink !

Are you ever gonna do a review on the accuforce pro v2? I would also be interesting to see a comparison between it and the simagic m10.

I don't understand why my Fanlabs software is not showing anything under tuning menu. I see device setup 1, 2, 3,4,5 under podium wheel base DD1 nothing is there and under steering wheel I see the MPS setting that is it

Good morning I hope you are okay amazing video but do anybody have a good tuning set up for F1 2021 game for dd2 please? Thank you very much my regards to all of you

What's the deal using the fanatec podium in ps5 in relation to being able to set up ffb etc... can I use adjust thru pc then connect to ps5?

There is a DRI-setting ("drift") on the CSL elite, could you explain with your magic words how this works?

Would anyone know which full wheels are compatible with high torque DD Podium please? As I understand it needs to have a QR (not sure which) but the high torque doesn’t work with some wheels which are QR.. (makes sense, not!).. So which ones do I have no idea and I don’t like the F1 style wheels so looking at a full one.. if anyone could point me in the right direction that’d greatly appreciated! Thanks

Is it better to add filters within the sim or on your wheelbase? For example damping, etc

Great video, I have one question. If I set the DD1 to [LIN] ON do I also need to turn on Linearity in iRacing settings? Thanks

Why doesn't this play? it just keeps loading

Anyone would know how to switch a DD Podium to PC mode to upgrade the software (from PS to PC mode) with a CSL P1 wheel ? As someone said better advice here than on the actual manufacturer’ side so I thought I might ask! Thanks !

I think you have linearity mixed up, normally your right you keep it on like in iracing and a dd wheelbase. But in fanalab when its on it compresses the ffb curve to boost weak forces, surly then you would wana keep it off for dd wheelbases. Can you please clarify.

I’ve recently been given a CSW V2.0 and I’ve bought a P1 V2 wheel, (as an upgrade from a G29) it’s great. I noticed that even after installing the Latest Fanatec driver and updating firmware for wheel base & wheel, that the wheel only has 2 menu items FFB and SEN, on the wheel itself tuning menu. Is this right or is something wrong? Any help would be great guys. BTW love your channel Will

Hey Boosted Media in regards to what you said about the linearity setting with belt driven wheels.. I use a Thrustmaster T-GT for iRacing and i am now wondering if I should have the linear mode setting, in iRacing turned on or off? There is no linearity setting in the Thrustmaster drivers.. Thanks you

Hopefully someday I'll be able to get all the information displayed correctly on the podium endurance module. You'd think when they show it on the box that it comes in that it would actually be able to display it. Frustrating.

Always good info. Any reason why i cannot get Fanalabs to work? It doesn't recognize my games installed. It does see my Fanatec gear.

Also is ITM gone now ?? mine doesnt have that menu item

Fanatec or simucube 2 pro???? Which should I buy and why??

Ppl think I’m crazy cause I only use 15 SEN on all sims but that’s what I’m used too, the ones for GT sport are terrible feels like driving a 2021 power steering car, ya I was getting clipping till I figured out what FEI did, Fanatecs stuff is underrated on the NM scale they say a CSL can do 6NM that’s only 4.43ft lbs of torque, that whee base put out far more than 4.43lbs my arms hurt after driving on it it takes probably 10-12lb or so just to get the wheel to turn and the FF is definitely over 4.43lbs I would say there under rating by about 4-5x what the wheel can actually do

why cant fanatec csl elite users access the tuning menu on fanalab. my led lights on my wheel rim are broke and i cant see my settings lol

Does anyone know how to get the shifter sq v1.5 to work with Assetto Corsa on xbox?

can you update the video with v1.53 or later?

great video, question, i have the podium paddles but on fanalab i don't have the advance paddle settings showing to do the clutch bite point. where can i find this

All my drivers for my dd2 are as up to date as they can be, it was a lot smoother before updating, i regret it alot... unless someone has had a similar issue and solved it somehow? Thanks in advance (fanalab and fanatec control panel are as up to date as possible)

just to clarify, my clubsport wheelbase 2.5 does not have the Linearity setting at all :-)