Fanatec wheels on Linux
SimRig installs the Fanatec driver for you and gives every base its tuning menu on Linux: rotation, force feedback, the wheel's paddles and the pedals, live.
- Wheel base
- Fanatec
- Driver
- hid-fanatecff, built with DKMS
- Tested on hardware
- CSL DD
Tested on a CSL DD (live inputs, rotation, tuning menu). Other models work in SimRig's tests on simulated devices, not yet tried on real hardware.
Have another one? Try it and tell how it went: about 15 minutes.
Models
| Type | Models |
|---|---|
| Wheel bases | CSL DD, GT DD Pro, ClubSport DD, CSL Elite, ClubSport V2 and V2.5, Podium DD1 and DD2, CSR Elite, Porsche 911 Turbo S |
| Steering wheels | Those on the bases above. Known by name: CSL P1 V2, CSL Elite WRC, McLaren GT3, ClubSport F1 IS, Formula V2, Podium 911 GT3 R |
| Pedals | Pedals plugged into the base; CSL Elite Pedals, CSL Pedals (load cell), ClubSport Pedals V3 on their own USB |
Driver
Fanatec bases need hid-fanatecff, an open source kernel driver by gotzl and contributors. SimRig bundles it at a pinned version and builds it for your kernel with DKMS when you add the base, so it is rebuilt after every kernel update. That needs DKMS, a compiler and your kernel’s headers: SimRig says what is missing.
If you installed hid-fanatecff yourself (from the AUR, by hand), SimRig uses yours as it is and only adds its access rules.
What you can set
- Rotation, from 90° up to the base’s maximum (2520° on the CSL DD and Podium bases, 1080° on the CSL Elite, 900° on the CSR Elite and ClubSport V2), kept as the driver’s start-up rotation.
- Force feedback strength, the natural damper, friction and inertia, and the strength of the games’ spring and damper effects.
- The tuning menu of the base: force effect strength and intensity, force feedback scaling, interpolation filter, full force, drift mode, sensitivity, brake force of load cell pedals, the brake level indicator, and the tuning slot (1 to 5). Reset settings puts the current slot back to its defaults.
- The steering wheel: the analog paddles’ mode (clutch bite point, clutch and handbrake, brake and throttle, or analog axes) and vibration. The rim’s buttons are shown by name.
- Test force feedback, to check the base turns before opening a game.
Limits
- The settings stay disabled until the base sends its tuning menu: if they do, open the tuning menu on the wheel and change any value.
- Centering is done from the base’s own menu, not from SimRig.
- The rim’s LEDs and display are driven by games.
- Fanatec pedals calibrate themselves; dead zones and curves are set in the game.
Other tools
Oversteer also works with hid-fanatecff for rotation and force feedback once the driver is installed. See other Linux tools.
Set it up
- Install SimRig from the package for your distribution (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Arch and others).
- Open SimRig, plug the device in and choose Add device. A known model is recognized by itself; a USB shifter or handbrake that no plugin knows is set up by moving it.
- If the device needs a driver, SimRig installs it: it asks for your password once and says why. With Secure Boot on, it may ask for one restart to enroll the drivers' signing key.
- The device appears on the rig and moves live. Its settings apply at once; Save as default keeps them for every time it is plugged in.
From then on the device works in every game, with SimRig closed. If it works in SimRig but not in a game, SimRig checks why (access, kernel driver, Steam Input) and says how to fix it: see the FAQ.