MS Sidewinder (gameport) and an SB sound card, same problem for me.

Good to know I'm not the only one.

When the FF is not working and you get the error message you will find that the wheel force tries to center the wheel instead of doing what the game tells it to do. Normally when FF is working the force will let go when you hit esc to go into the control menu. If the FF is not working then the wheel will continue to try and keep to the center.

Another way I have been able to get it to work is going in to controls on LFS and holding the wheel slightly to the side and clicking the wheel/joystick tab over and over until it lets go. You will see the setProperty failed message each time. Once you feel the wheel relax then you know its working correctly. Beware if you hit alt-tab to use another program then you will likely have to do this all over again.

If this trick doesn't work in the first few minutes of clicking then go reinitalize the driver in the control pannel, if that doesn't work then try a power off/ power on. For some reason just a soft reset doesn't seem to help.

I love my sidewinder except for that little odity. Running a 40 lap race with no feedback really sucks!

Hill Climb / Downhill racing

Google "Inital D" for inspiration

maybe not so much drift style, but definately the format