Logitech Racing Wheel
This article describes how to set up a Logitech Formula Force GP Racing Wheel with Arch Linux.
Installing
Identifying
When the wheel is plugged in, the following commands can be used to identify the wheel:
$dmesg usb 5-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
$lsusb Bus 005 Device 006: ID 046d:c293 Logitech, Inc. WingMan Formula Force GP
$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices I: Bus=0003 Vendor=046d Product=c293 Version=0100 N: Name="Logitech Inc. WingMan Formula Force GP" P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1a.2-2/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.2/usb5/5-2/5-2:1.0/input/input30 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=event15 js0 B: EV=20001b B: KEY=3f 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B: ABS=3 B: MSC=10 B: FF=1 40000 0 0
Testing
Testing can be done with the Linux Force Feedback Library. This package can be found in aur: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=50236
Now the wheel can be tested. To find the right device use evtest /dev/input/eventX. The correct number can be found in /proc/bus/input/devices. In this case event15 is the correct device. evtest shows the events coming from the wheel:
$ evtest /dev/input/event15
Input driver version is 1.0.0
Input device ID: bus 0x3 vendor 0x46d product 0xc293 version 0x100
Input device name: "Logitech Inc. WingMan Formula Force GP"
Supported events:
Event type 0 (Reset)
Event code 0 (Reset)
Event code 1 (Key)
Event code 3 (Absolute)
Event code 4 (?)
Event code 21 (ForceFeedback)
Event type 1 (Key)
Event code 288 (Trigger)
Event code 289 (ThumbBtn)
Event code 290 (ThumbBtn2)
Event code 291 (TopBtn)
Event code 292 (TopBtn2)
Event code 293 (PinkieBtn)
Event type 3 (Absolute)
Event code 0 (X)
Value 438
Min 0
Max 1023
Fuzz 3
Flat 63
Event code 1 (Y)
Value 124
Min 0
Max 255
Flat 15
Event type 4 (?)
Event code 4 (?)
Event type 21 (ForceFeedback)
Event code 82 (?)
Event code 96 (?)
Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
Event: time 1295173625.476950, type 3 (Absolute), code 0 (X), value 439
Event: time 1295173625.476983, type 0 (Reset), code 0 (Reset), value 0
Event: time 1295173625.484827, type 3 (Absolute), code 0 (X), value 428
ffcfstress can be used to test the force feedback. The wheel should start to oscillate:
# ffcfstress -d /dev/input/event15
position center force
<-----------|****+------> <-----------|*******----> <-----------|**+-------->^C
Configuration
The Wheel works without any wine configuration in flatout2. Just the following in-game configuration is needed:
- Force Feedback: On
- Force level: 100%
- Sensitivity: 100%
- Deadzone: 0%
- Controller: Logitech Inc...
- Throttle: Y-Axis left
- Brake: Y-Axis right
- Steer left: X-axis left
- Steer right"X-axis right