#THRUSTMASTER FIRMWARE UPDATER BOOTLOADER FAILURE DRIVERS#
Kevin are you using a TH8RS shifter? If so, you will have no choice but to roll back drivers until this bug is fixed unless you want to disconnect the shifter for rFactor 2. I connected up my T500 (no shifter) tonight and it didn't have any freezes, however when I connected my TX with TH8RS, it started freezing in the control menu. I have the new drivers installed on my PC's at home also. It never occurred to me that it could be the shifter. When I encountered the issue yesterday on my brother's T500 wheel, he was using a TH8RS shifter. It seems to be the new drivers when using the TH8RS shifter. I ended up keeping the new firmware on his T500 and rolling the drivers back to the 2013_TT4 drivers which work fine.ĮDIT: The problem exists on the TX also, however it doesn't seem to be the wheel that's the problem. Just FYI though, its not the firmware causing it, its strictly the drivers. There are two ways to start the firmware update: 1) start it through the driver so that the wheel base switches to bootloader mode, or 2) start it by pressing and holding the wheel base power button until the wheel starts up in bootloader mode directly (start with wheel base switched off).
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As long as you stay out of the controls menu, it seems to work fine but as soon you as you enter that menu, its screwed until you exit out of the game. Either the wheel base has a problem, or your PC. unplug the wheel - unscrew and remove the wheel from the t300 base - launch the TXRWCalibMotorv300. I just installed the new drivers for my brothers T500 wheel and as soon as you go to the configure controls, it starts lagging badly and becomes almost completely unresponsive. update the firmware with the driver (use the 'update firmware' in your windows start menu / Thurstmaster / FFB Racing wheel folder) - when updated, Test windows can see it in control panel / game controllers again.
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I concur Kevin, there is a problem with the new drivers and rFactor 2, but only with the T500RS.