F1 2020 Force Feedback for Logitech G29 on Linux through Steam and Proton 5.0.9

 Hi there,

If you are a Linux user and bought/tried F1 2020 through Steam with Proton 5.0.9 and a Logitech G29 wheel, you probably hit an issue with force feedback. More specifically, there is no force feedback at all. Nada ...

There are vibrations for kerbs and off-track, but no force feedback.

I used the tool called "Oversteer" and the "new-lg4ff" driver to set up my wheel to my liking. However, I observed that when F1 2020 starts, it just resets all FFB setting to ... well ... nothing. And then there is no FFB in the game.

So I opened a terminal and I decided to continuously run oversteer to set the parameters I want every 5 seconds. This seems to have enabled some of the effect.

So, try this:

1. open a console an run the command below. Adjust parameters to your liking.

while true; do oversteer --autocenter 50 --spring-level 40 --damper-level 30 --friction-level 40 /dev/input/event22; sleep 5; done

2. start the game. You may feel that the game resets the settings and the wheel becomes non-resistant when turned. Just wait a few seconds ... and voila ... oversteer will reset the settings in the background.

What I felt working:

1. auto center
2. on track effects - maybe - when I was going really fast in a straight line I had to keep the wheel from moving left-right

What I didn't feel:

1. sliding effect
2. under steer effect

So, it is far from perfect, but it makes the game significantly more enjoyable.

And now the links to the resources:

- oversteer page: https://github.com/berarma/oversteer

- new-lg4ff driver page: https://github.com/berarma/new-lg4ff

- if you are on OpenSuse, try the new-lg4ff RPM instead from here: https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/regataos/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/x86_64/

Please note that it won't be able to delete your existing driver. So just delete it manually. Follow the error messages for more details

- more details with issues and solution about F1 2020 on Linux through Steam and Proton here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/4047

HAVE FUN. I HOPE THIS WILL MAKE YOUR GAME A LITTLE MORE ENJOYABLE.