I have a set of clubsport V3 pedals which are great and i also have the brake rubber upgrade kit which i originally set quite hard to stop locking wheels. Maybe now i can soften the feel a little and find some time somewhere
I'm not sure if this is a misunderstanding but just to clarify it for everyone:
Making the brake softer or stiffer makes no difference to the brake input.
It only changes the travel you get when applying the same force (reaching the same pressure).
If you set the load cell to tell the fanatec software to be 100% at 50kg pressure and you press with 25kg against the pedal, it will show 50% brake input.
(it's Newton ofc, since it's a force, not weight, but who knows what 245N feel like...)
With a softer pedal, you might be at 5cm travel at 25kg of force.
With a hard pedal you might only be at 2cm travel at 25kg of force.
You could also put a steel stick between pedal and load cell to have 0mm travel.
However we ofc try to make it feel "nice and real" and real cars have moving parts etc so you end up having some brake pedal travel.
I could try altering the gamma curve instead of making it soft.
The gamma curve however would make 0kg still be 0% and 50kg = 100%, but 25kg will only be 35%.
The issue here is that 40kg won't be 80% anymore but maybe 90% instead.
With gamma curves, it's crucial to find out where your "brain to brake input" is off.
Try to press 25%, 50% and 75% 10x each and log your brake input. AC replay, AC+acti+motec, acc + motec (doesn't need an extra program).
If you're hitting something like 40/60/70%, you need to set gamma above 1.0 to make it 25/50/75.
If you're hitting 15/40/80, you need to set gamma to something like 0.7.
If you're hitting all 3 points too high/low, you need to adjust the load cell setting
A softer or stiffer "travel to force" setting can help to trick our brain though and achieve the same. Your leg muscles will have to apply exactly the same force though.
Adapting to load cell will be the biggest challenge for me in my new setup.
I would recommend to set the abs (and if driving a car without abs: the slide) ffb effect way too high in the beginning so you'll always know when you're reaching the maximum.
With fanatec, you can set a vibration kicking in when reaching a certain brake input.
I've set mine to 95%. Helps a lot!
EDIT: I forgot your exact parts.
So the McLaren rim has no vibration motors and the CSL pedals also don't have them.
However I do seem to remember that FanaLab offered some vibration effects via the wheelbase shaft for all kinds of stuff. It didn't work on my CSW 2.5 though...
