When configuring your racing wheel, a lot of us “newbies” don’t really think about our iRacing Force Feedback settings. I learned the hard way that relying on the default settings is usually not the correct answer. Today we’re going to briefly discuss what is force feedback and how to set it up for the NASCAR Next Gen Cup Series car in iRacing.
What is Force Feedback?
Simply while driving your iRacing car, Force Feedback is using motors to simulate the forces felt as if you were really driving the car on the road. Obviously, you are not in an actual moving vehicle, and the physics you experience turning, accelerating, and braking doesn’t actually happen when you’re driving in a simulator. Therefore, motors installed in the wheel are programmed to simulate those movements to give you a more realistic driving experience.
iRacing Force Feedback Settings
There is no one size fits all Force Feedback Settings, even if you and your buddy are using the same Logitech G920, your settings will vary somewhat.
To get started, I’m not even going to try to reinvent the wheel. Check out this very helpful video from David Sampson to get your basic settings down:
Key Pointers
David is absolutely right and especially your strength setting will vary from car to car. While using the “auto” method testing the NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen Camaro, iRacing suggested a “48” value for my strength setting. My teammate, Erik Richardson uses the very similar Logitech G29 and he set his strength setting to “10”. The higher strength setting on a track like Watkins Glen gave me the feeling that I had more control.
That being said, I took those same settings to Indianapolis and ran some test laps in the Dallara IR-18 with my strength setting at 48 and the wheel shook like a jackhammer the entire lap around the track. The auto strength function in iRacing suggested lowering my setting down to “10”. I kept my wheel force setting at 2.4 and Erik felt more comfortable around 2.0.
Of course, if you’re using a more high-end wheel like a Fanatec or another brand like Thrustmaster, you will probably have completely different settings. There are plenty of other videos that specifically look into the higher-end wheels. The key takeaway here is to start with the video and then fine-tune to what is most comfortable for you.
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