microsoft sidewinder force feedback wheel software

You installed the Force RS 2.51 drivers? Then rebooted-plugged in your msff2, went to your game controllers>msff2 was detected and highlighted and said ok. Really, really sorry it didn't help, the spring gain makes the stick just about perfect. I could have sworn the gain settings have been there since I have had it-well over a year. The only other device I have is the Act-Labs steering wheel, which is usb. Originally I had a msff 1,(non-usb) but it only auto installs the drivers, and if I plug that in I have no gain settings as it is for usb. Could have sworn it was the Force RS drivers for my wheel. Then click on the properties tab and you should have Gain Settings Remember to give a few seconds because even if it says ok, any drivers still take a few seconds to load. Install drivers, reboot, then plug in your usb joystick, go to game controllers in the XP control panel. The drivers are removable from the control panel add/remove programs so no worries. Please post back and let me know if this works for anyone. MSFF are compatable with Immersion drivers so should work great. In X2 properties I use 5% deadzone and 70% sensitivity. The wheel drivers will have no adverse effect and the gain setting works great on my Saitek Cyborg 3d. As stated, tick the checkbox on the bottom for non-force games, and set the slider to at least 20%. However, they will give you a Gain Settings tab in your joystick properties. These are USB Immersion force feedback drivers for the Act-Labs wheel.

Go here: and on the left side of the page download the Force RS 2.51 drivers. If nobody wants any center spring tension then disregard this and don't follow these instructions. You can try this if you want to.Edit: I copied and pasted this from my 3 other posts on this subject. I posted this elsewhere but might have gotten lost.

Microsoft sidewinder force feedback wheel software