v21.10.01 Discussion Thread

[Sim-plicity Dev]

Current Status: Pre-Alpha
Expected availability: late December 2021
Supported Wheelbases, Control Units & Control Boards: 16

Expected changes:

Implement support for 3 new wheelbases
Extend the "USB Mode" feature to allow wheelbases to work on consoles using the Collective Minds DriveHub
Implement a "Sims" feature to improve support for installed sims
Implement a new "FFB" feature to allow granular real-time FFB tuning

[tim_haynes88]

Any news on this?

[Sim-plicity Dev]

@tim_haynes88

This release is dependent on v21.07.04 being promoted to Beta which is in turn dependent on v21.02.07 being promoted to Stable.

Earliest possible dates are thus

• Monday 24th January for v21.02.07 release to Stable
• Monday 31st January for v21.07.04 release to Beta
• Monday 7th January February for v21.10.01 release to Alpha

[thedozyone]

@sim-plicity-dev

Has this been shelved now ?

[Sim-plicity Dev]

@thedozyone

The release date is currently up-in-the-air (resources allocated to other projects) but it is still in the dev schedule

[storris]

@sim-plicity-dev sorry/not sorry, for hijack/necro, but I'm looking for the SW20 Esports FW.

[storris]

@storris fml, just found it I think.

[Sim-plicity Dev]

@storris

Can you check your spam folder? You should have received the links in your setup email.

Links are below

Base Driver Package
SW20 Esport Wheel Firmware & Configuration Tool v21.07.03

[storris]

@sim-plicity-dev got it thank you.

[s]I am having a little trouble with the wheel losing centre during a in-game car crash or a reset to garage in iracing.

I'm going to reinstall everything 'cos I'm pretty sure I was messing around with the wheel during installation.[/s]

ignore that, the wheel was loose and spinning on the shaft.

[Kevin]

@storris
How much is it losing center? If its by a small amount, the wheel adapter may be slightly loose and slipping. Check to make sure its tight. I saw this mentioned in another thread where someone mentioned the wheel loosing center.

[storris]

@kevin yeah it was slipping.

[thedozyone]

Hi @Sim-plicity-Dev

Has the firmware development stopped on this now?

Thanks!

[Sim-plicity Dev]

@thedozyone

Unfortunately, we've had to divert development resource elsewhere to combat component shortages. Once these projects are delivered, the firmware release cycle will resume

[Scoops]

@sim-plicity-dev glad to here this hasn’t been dropped. Traffic on this forum has dropped which was a bit of a worry.

[Sim-plicity Dev]

@scoops

We did a ton of work last year based on components that have been unavailable for most of this year. We are now having to redo all that work for the components we have been able to secure in addition to building out our own SMT assembly line to eliminate our reliance on external stockholdings.

Fortunately, we are at the tail end of that process and will shortly begin to introduce some interesting developments.

[Scoops]

@sim-plicity-dev good to hear

[thedozyone]

@sim-plicity-dev

Is there any update on the firmware release. I noticed that you were also looking at Linux which for me isn't of interest but some development on the current platform would be good.

Thanks!

[thedozyone]

@Sim-plicity-Dev

Has development now stopped on the firmware?

Thanks

Mark

[Sim-plicity Dev]

@thedozyone

Not at all. All "new feature" development is being queued pending the hardware platform release referenced above.

Bug fixes are being handled within the 21.07.xx development stream

[loermansa]

@Sim-plicity-Dev
Any news? Progress updates? Plans? When writing this post the forum showed me this warning:

Which is ironic, really.

Regards,

Arjan