Should I feel bumps in the road...

racinjoe013 · May 8, 2020

About the only thing that is bothering me right now about rF2 is the FFB. Overall it is quite good, but the one thing that is lacking on my system is feeling any kind of bumps in the road through the wheel. For instance, the last long straight stretch at Nordschleife, I can see my front end bouncing like crazy over the road surface, but I don't feel anything in my hands. Should I? To me, it seems like my wheel should be shaking like crazy based on what the car is doing. I do feel curb bumps and when i'm off track bumps, but for some reason no road bumps.

Is this a settings adjustment somewhere or could it be that my wheel is so low grade that it doesn't simulate all of the rF2 FFB effects? I know in other games, I can feel road bumps so I doubt it's my wheel.

gc24 · May 9, 2020

I agree. What wheel are you useing? I feel it alot more in Race Room.

racinjoe013 · May 9, 2020

gc24 said:
I agree. What wheel are you useing? I feel it alot more in Race Room.

Thrustmaster T300.

gc24 · May 9, 2020

Seems like you should feel it.

Ace King · May 9, 2020

I use a Thrustmaster TS-XW Racer and can feel the slightest bumps on rF2's road's surface. What some other games are known to use are fake canned effects!

Durge Driven · May 9, 2020

imho what makes terrain, bumps, jumps better in rF2 is lighter gravity which makes car alive, more nimble

Easy to prove simply jump cars in rF2 and compare to same vehicle to any "non" gmotor sim.....

Bob Gnarley · May 10, 2020

Lower "FFB Smoothing" in options/controls or look at the damper setting in the T300 control panel maybe?

Ace King · May 10, 2020

I use zero FFB smoothing and recommend only to increase if your wheel begins to act erratic because too much smoothing will lessen the wheel's sensitivity!

(In Thrustmaster's Control Panel i use the following for my TS-XW Racer but your model may differ and especially on your Overall Strength)

Overall Strength of all forces: 60 - 65%
Constant: 100%
Periotic: 100%
Spring: 0%
Damper: 100%

John-Eric Saxén · May 10, 2020

Bumps may have no impact on your wheel depending on which angle you hit them. Imagine a situation where you hit a speed bump with a real car in a straight angle, will your wheel start twisting a lot? Probably not. This is all rF2 FFB models, i.e. the forces on the steering arm. There are no fake effects or anything from hitting a bump itself that would trigger some FFB, it's all depends on what forces on the steering wheel the mentioned bump triggers.