Hello there,

I had 056 running on vista x64 ultimate with a bios boot loader. Now I am testing Windows 7. For as it seems the latest beta drivers wont install at all. The 056 will install but doesnt give any feedback to the wheel. Also wheel setup is gone. No were I can set FFB.

For those who want to get ride of the x64 signed driver issue do this :

All you have to do is type cmd in the Search Box included in the Vista Start menu. Next, press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to open a command prompt window with elevated privileges. Now enter :"bcdedit /set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS" in order to disable Driver Signing After you entered it will tell you : Operation succesfull.
Now reboot and off you go.

If this string doesnt work and Vista still gives the message then you have security patch KB932596 installed. This one kills the working string. However you can either delete or use the attach program. It makes a BIOS which youll see when you reboot. Works great, with all unsigned 64 bit drivers. I had the message once but the driver did work.

for the attach program go here : http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=37907

Are you radical enough ?
http://rsradicals.com

I installed latest betas. When If i change settings in Fanatec Porsche Wheel Properties and exit out, the settings show up as reset when I open it again.

'Cancel SW Damping Effects' goes back to unchecked, 'wheel angle' is reset to 0, and wheel illumination remains greyed out.

Once I exit out and change to 900 degrees using the wheel controls, it won't remember my custom settings (off).
So it looks like i'm going back to beta 056 drivers.

This is with Vista 64 ultimate.

Hi Thomas,

Neither driver worked for me sadly.

32 bit XP SP3, uninstalled 057 in control panel, PWsrvc wasn't running. When I install 082 or 083 it goes fine up until the message "you need to restart your computer comes up", then after I dismiss that (either Yes or No) it says there was a problem with the installation and it couldn't be completed, then it removes the files (but not the registry entries I think).

I got in and made a copy of the files in the Porsche Wheel directory and replaced them again after they were deleted by the installer. The wheel was getting recognized as Porsche Wheel, and the driver worked, but the wheel and pedal movement wasn't detected/displayed and the FF, vibration, and Calibrate functions weren't working either. The Setup tab seemed to work though.

Back to the 057 driver for me :( Good to see you are still working on driver improvements though, keep going ;)

Richard

Installed on a Vista 64 bit setup. All the illumination on the wheel is out and the tick box in the Game Controller Properties is 'greyed' out. Much better FFB in RFactor. Like the change to the throttle vibration (although having it on Engine Revs in RFactor is finger numbing at times). Unable to get the LED mode to work at all. Tried both versions with various install methods (old 64bit then v_082/083 - all uninstalled and v_082/83 and all sorts of weird combinations) to see what worked. Best I came up with was old 64bit, then _082, then _083. I was having some issues with the pedals loosing contact (tried allsorts to fix) but this seems improved now. I do have a lot hanging on USB's ports so maybe the PWFilterUSB.sys wasn't helping.

plugin.dll copied into RFactor directory (plugins) and ran the game then tried the telemetry page on the Controller Properties and it saw it fine just not all of them working yet.

I was feeling a little frustrated with this expensive wheel until I found this forum and these updated drivers - MUCH happier with it now. Keep up the good work Thomas.

Will try the new drivers as well.
082 had one issue.. GTL didn't have FFB. All other Simbin games had no problems..

083 downloading right now

When I tried to uninstall the last official driver the uninstaller kept stopping when it was trying to kill PWSRVC.exe I had to manually kill it so the uninstaller could uninstall everything else, then reboot and kill it again so I could install the beta 082 driver.

My computer locked up when I tried to uninstall the beta 082 driver. When I rebooted I just went ahead and killed PWSRVC.exe manually and installed the new driver with no problem. I'm not sure why PWSRVC.exe is so persistent but it really doesn't want to die.

Hello, I'm using Vista 64-bit and the latest drivers weren't working properly for me innitially

I uninstalled the previous drivers, and installed these. none of axis or buttons show up as being pressed in the Porsche profile, but they're detected in dxtweak2 and in game. The clutch pedal doesn't work properly and is detected as "combined pedals" the plugin for rFactor seems to be working properly, except the gear shift indicator flashes too slowly to get my attention :) It looks like PWFilterUsb.sys is not installed when i install these drivers.

I tried installing the old beta and then installing these new ones on top, and now the clutch seems to be working properly, but I can't get the proper Porsche menu to show up, instead i get the generic windows controller menu which shows axis movement and buttons.

I just uninstalled, and without restarting, installed the new drivers, and now the proper menu shows up. Clutch gas brake, gears/buttons work. Steering was still not working properly until i went and changed the default steering lock to above 0 degrees. The 'Wheel illumination' option is no longer checkable and is grayed out.

Okay, it seems to be working fine in rFactor, iRacing and Live For Speed.
it looks like maybe the missing PWFilterUSB.sys may have been the, problem, but I'm not sure.

Thanks Thomas, everything seems to work fine here :)! And now the rF support is much better and easier than the alpha version.

Is this beta integrating some of the g25 software? I did try the driver and under controller showed as a g25. Just wondering.

Thomas, will it ever be possible to include this kind of an update to Gran Turismo? I dont know if you could as it probably would require a firmware update for the game also. Please enlighten me on this as i think the shift indicator and other vibration effects are very cool and could really improve the immersion factor of the game.

Thomas, thanks for the new driver! I tried it out, and not sure if I'm imagining it or not but the FFB feels better in rFactor, perhaps stronger, with no other changes- maybe just a clean reinstall did me good.

Anyway, the one issue is I can't seem to use the rFactor special features like display gear+shift indicator or current speed. I put the plugin dll in my plugins folder and selected the options I wanted when rFactor was picked in the porsche wheel properties page, but no indicator in the game. Should I choose the settings before the rFactor is launched or alt-tab out of it while running to set up the wheel plug-in options? I think I tried both ways and neither seemed to work. However the driver seems to be running well and feeling good otherwise!

PS- I use Vista 32 bit SP1 latest updates...

Hi Thomas,

I have a few questions:
1) 32 means it's only for 32 bit systems? Can I install it on 64 bit Vista?
2) The issue with FFB hanging - have you resolved it? If not is it not considered to be an issue at all? It was confirmed by many people.

thanks