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Fanatec Releases New Beta Firmware + Drivers

Posted on June 14th, 2012 in Hardware 11 Comments

Fanatec Releases New Beta Firmware + Drivers

Fanatec has released a new beta firmware and drivers for their line of Porsche & CSR wheels, improving many features and the experience in several games.

The updates are especially interesting for Fanatec owners that are Project CARS members as the new driver fixes an issue with the center spring of the Fanatec wheels.

Changelog

  • ACL added to all Wheels
  • 500 Hz update rate
  • Allows use of SDK to show telemetry data on Tuning display
  • Improved force feedback algorithms
  • Improved FF sensitivity around center position
  • Improved center spring
  • DPR and SPR calculation changed
  • Improved navigation in Tuning menu (keep pressing the up or down button)
  • Default Sensitivity = OFF (900°)
  • Changed button mapping to ensure compatibility to older games
  • New initialisation sequence to auto detect minimum ff level required for each individual wheel
  • fixed issue with hanging ff signals
  • Changed button combo for center calibration. Please follow manual of updater (included)

The updates are available for the following Fanatec wheels:

  • CSR
  • CSR Elite
  • 911 GT3 RS V2
  • 911 Turbo S
  • 911 GT2

Older wheels like the Porsche 911 Turbo or the 911 Carrera won’t be receiving this update.

You can download both the new firmware and drivers by following the link below, make sure to closely follow the instructions provided by Fanatec.

Download Fanatec Beta Firmware + Drivers Here
GTOmegaRacing.com

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  • https://me.yahoo.com/a/_KPpFKgXqtgPPTSu7fLGGTbJxw--#e5de9 Cosmos

    OK so whats ACL?  are we supposed to guess or is it assumed we all know?

  • http://twitter.com/StarFoXySxv550 StarFoXySxv550

    ACL = Auto Clutch

    It’s a macro that activates the Clutch button (when mapped to the wheel) at the same time as the paddle shifters

  • Anonymous

    Ok so I’ve had some issues with this update on my GT3RSV2 and I got on the phone to Fanatec who were very helpful.

    So… first issue was that when the wheel was switched on it didn’t centre correctly (even after re-calibration using the new buttons).   The wheel would end up 20-30degrees to the left, BUT in the profiler it would be correct in that when I moved my wheel to the centre, the slider on the profiler read ’0′.   So that was ok for driving.

    The other issue was that I could no longer map the paddles to gearshifts in pCARS.   They acknowledged this was a bug.   I dunno if it works with the h-shifter or sequential gears because I didh’t try it.

    Anyway the upshot is that I’m going back to the old profiler and firmware.

    They said they hope to have those issues sorted by next week.

  • Anonymous

     After seeing Cosmos’ post I asked them about ACL as I didn’t know either.  And yes StarFoXy is right, it’s an auto-clutch feature, but they said mainly for use in Forza 4 and not for us PC lot.

  • Anonymous

    Was this with the 125 or 126 drivers?  I see they quickly released 126 and noted known issues were fixed.  I am hesitant to try them out if this bug is still present in 126.  Thanks.

  • http://twitter.com/StarFoXySxv550 StarFoXySxv550

    Should work on PC though right?
    Once the final firmware version comes out for the GT2 I think I’ll test it out in rFactor. I couldn’t get the beta to take, I may try again later.

  • http://www.myspace.com/ernie_of_metal Ernie

    [quote]So… first issue was that when the wheel was switched on it didn’t
    centre correctly (even after re-calibration using the new buttons).  
    The wheel would end up 20-30degrees to the left[/quote]

    Yes, same issue here. But ingame all is working like it should.

  • Anonymous

     This was with 126

  • Anonymous

     Yep wheel was centered in-game.  Also noticed a bit less steering resistance too.   I preferred it as it was with firmware 681 v2.1 and driver 116.

    So I’m flashed back to that now and all is good !

  • Anonymous

     I’m not sure.  The tech support guy said it was for Forza.   Be interesting to know if it works on our stuff though.

  • Anonymous

    Anyone tried this with pCARS on a CSR Elite by any chance ? Any tips for setup ?

    I’m not sure I want to update the firmware only to flash it back 15 minutes later. (firmware flashing used to be a chore on my system with the old GT2 and PWGT, lots of crashes and reboots needed.)

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