I recently furnished myself with a Logitech G25 steering wheel, and a copy of GRID.
Two very awesome things, but they don’t always sit together all that awesomely.
There’s a known ‘issue’ whereby if the G25 is installed incorrectly, it screws up the defaults, and the force-feedback doesn’t work, and the controls are all screwy. I had this, despite the fact I’d been very careful with setting up. So careful, I’d not plugged in the PSU, so I think Windows mis-detected the wheel.
Logitech have released a ‘fix‘ of sorts, and it works for some, but not all. Somebody on the GRID forums found another fix though:
1) Determine the hardware ID of the wheel:
Open Device Manager and select Human Interface Devices
Right-click the wheel in question and click Properties
Click on the Details tab
Under the Property dropdown, select Hardware IDs
Under Value you can find the hardware IDs, which will look like (but not exactly- these are examples):USB\VID_046D&PID_CA03&REV_0019
USB\VID_046D&PID_CA032) Unplug the wheel from the USB Socket on the PC.
3) Uninstall the Logitech Gaming Software (LGS)
4) Run regedit
5) Delete the following registry keys which correspond with the hardware ID found in step 1:
EG: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\CurrentControlSet\Control \MediaProperties\PrivateProperties\DirectInput\VID _046D&PID_CA03
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\CurrentControlSet\Control \MediaProperties\PrivateProperties\Joystick\OEM\VI D_046D&PID_CA03
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
\MediaProperties\PrivateProperties\Joystick\OEM\V ID_046D&PID_CA036) Re-install the LGS, making sure you correctly follow the prompts regarding plugging the wheel in. (as in “don’t plug it in till it tells you to”)
This worked for me perfectly! My wheel is now working as it should. I need to tweak it a wee bit to suit me, but it’s now quite drivable.
Now I’ve got to stop driving into things!