I went to play some F1 2011 last night and all of the sudden my Force Feedback became very strong (to the point where it was actually difficult to move), but once I get it past about 75 degrees right/left it becomes a bit easier. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling the drivers and Logitech profiler but I still have the problem (I've also tried not using the profiler at all, and still the same issue)

If I set the strength in the profiler very low (like 15), it becomes easier to move again, but the FFB doesn't really seem to work (just seems to get feedback randomly). I've tried in LFS and it has basically the same problem.

Does this sound like a broken motor/wheel? Or is is possibly a software/driver issue? The wheel is quite old (I drove 50,000 miles in LFS alone with it) so it's probably time to get a new one anyway, but the motor seems to be "working" still (just not doing what it's supposed to).

P.S. It still does the rotating "test" thing correctly when I boot up my PC (or plug in the wheel)

Quote from travbrad :

I went to play some F1 2011 [...] Force Feedback[...]

That's part of your problem. Try your wheel in any other sim where the Force Feedback is "realistic" and then you'll know if it is really broken

Quote from Whiskey :

That's part of your problem. Try your wheel in any other sim where the Force Feedback is "realistic" and then you'll know if it is really broken

Quote from travbrad :

I've tried in LFS and it has basically the same problem.

Believe me I'd rather play LFS, but every time I try to play the only available (single-seater) servers are BLGP. 10 years of driving the same track is getting old. I don't even want new tracks, just for people to race the tracks that are already available...

Maybe the U.S. time zone is just dead nowadays (it didn't used to be :shrug