| Description | FFB Plus – real force feedback for steering wheels in FS25
The mod reads vehicle data from the game (slope, speed, steering, load on every tire, ground, tires, engine, steering type) and sends it to the FFB Plus app. The app turns it into forces on your steering wheel. Works with every wheel that supports DirectInput force feedback (Logitech, Thrustmaster, Fanatec, Moza ...).
FEATURES
Steering feel
- Self-centering depending on speed, steering angle and load on the front axle
- Bumps from edges, potholes and ruts, tire pull when the load left and right differs
- Side slope pulls the wheel downhill, measured at the ground under the wheels (no pulling from body roll)
- Ground you can feel: road, paving, gravel, dirt road, meadow, field, plowed, snow
- Vehicle groups (tractor, truck, car, harvester, loader and construction, forestry) with their own strength, detected automatically
Tires
- Width, size, dual wheels and care tires change the steering feel
- With the mod Variable Tire Pressure: tire pressure is noticeable, wrong pressure too (field pressure on the road floats, road pressure on the field is hard and restless)
Power steering
- Vehicles without power steering (oldtimers) can be marked in the app: heavy at standstill, lighter when driving off
- Engine off means no power steering. After starting, the assist returns smoothly, slightly heavier at idle
Steering types
- Front, rear and all-wheel steering, crab steering, articulated steering and tracks feel different
- Detected automatically, including the current mode of switchable steering. Can be set by hand per vehicle in the app
Reversing
- No self-centering when reversing, above about 8 km/h a light pull towards full lock
Steering assist (GPS)
- The wheel is held at center, in singleplayer it can follow the assist instead
- In multiplayer the wheel never turns with the GPS
- Moving the wheel does not turn the GPS off, only its button does
More
- No forces while a menu, the map or the shop is open
- Turns off the game's own force feedback while the app is connected. Players without the app keep the normal force feedback
- Singleplayer and multiplayer
- Version check: mod and app must have the same version, otherwise the force feedback stays off and the game shows a message
- App in English and German (switch at the bottom right)
INSTALLATION
1. Put FS25_FFBPlus.zip into your mods folder. In multiplayer the same version must be on the server.
2. Start FS25_FFBPlus.exe (best before the game). Windows may warn because the program is not signed: "More info" -> "Run anyway".
3. In the game set force feedback to 0 %.
4. In your wheel software (e.g. Logitech G HUB): automatic centering off, overall strength 100 %.
5. In the app go to the tab "Wheel", click "Test forces" and let go of the wheel. If it pulls the wrong way first, turn on "Reverse force direction".
6. Load your savegame, get in and drive. The app connects by itself.
The app has tabs for driving forces, vehicle groups, tires, steering (power steering, steering type, engine off, reversing), the wheel and a log. All settings are saved automatically.
Settings: modSettings/FS25_FFBPlus.xml
Console: ffbInfo (shows what the mod detects), ffbSetGroup, ffbReload, ffbSync
Requires the FFB Plus app of the same version on the same PC.
Idea inspired by the mod "Extend ForceFeedback" by Aslan. FFB Plus is an independent new development by ExteeIISY, mod and app are written completely from scratch. |
