NuScorpii's Custom FFB - Gunboat Diplomat [LOU] v1.02

Gunboat Diplomat [LOU] is a Special Circumstances ship mind / craft
from the novel The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
Its name is a play on the gunboat diplomacy concept

See below for install and usage instructions.

V1.02 Update

* Added some damping to prevent wild oscillations at standstill due to the lack of damping in AMS2 0.9.6
* Added an output smoothing variable output_smoothing which can be increased to smooth high frequency details if they are too harsh

V1.01 Update:

* Updated code to find static weight in a reliable way. Gives a more constant value and stops odd changes in ffb weight.
* Tweaked variables for slightly lower engine vibrations and road noise, better brake feel.
* Updated rack_damping_scale from 0.9.6 release.

V1.0 Features:

* Load based rack force amplification
 - Increases the rack force applied when the load on the front wheels increases
   such as high down force cars and when using heavy braking.
 - Control over micro and macro details (road texture and small bumps)
 - Wheel load and brake influence on rack easily controllable

* The strength of the effects below are affected by the FX slider on the Force Feedback page in game
   
* Gyroscopic forces
 - Simulates the increased resistance to turning the wheels at high speeds
 - Helps to stabilise steering at high speeds
 - Reduce oscillation of FFB at speeds

* Kerb effects
 - Added kerb effect that more closely matches the audio kerb effect

* Scrub effect
 - Adds subtle vibrations when tyres start to lose grip e.g. braking, understeer, oversteer, wheel spin
 - Front and rear scrub effects independently controllable

* Engine vibration
 - Controls for how strong force is at rest and at speed

* No fake road effects, all road texture is from the actual track


Installation:

1) Copy the ffb_custom_settings.txt file to "This PC > Documents > Automobilista 2". 
2) Restart Automobilista 2

Usage:

To use the custom ffb, in Automobilista 2 go to OPTIONS > CONTROLS > FORCE FEEDBACK and change the TYPE to Custom

LFB might need to be set a little lower than before.

FX should be ok at 50

To change the strength of the effects individually first exit Automobilista 2 and then edit the below variables in the file:


Micro details:

(micro_details 0.4)

Range 0.0 - 1.0

Controls the level of fine road texture / noise


Macro details:

(macro_details 0.3)

Range 0.0 - 1.0

Controls the level of small bumps felt


Rack load:

(rack_load 0.8)

Range 0.0 - 1.0

Controls the amount the rack force is amplified due to wheel load


Brake load:

(brake_load 0.5)

Range 0.0 - 1.0

Controls the amount the rack force is amplified due to braking (also affected by rack load)


Gyroscopic effect:

(gyro_scale 0.8)

Range 0.0 - 1.0

Controls the amount of gyro damping applied to steering as speed increases


Kerb effect:

(kerb_scale 0.3)

Range 0.0 - 1.0

Controls the kerb level


Scrub effect:

(scrub_scale 1.0)

Range 0.0 - 1.0

Controls the overall strength of the scrub effect


Engine vibration effect:

(engine_scale_slow 1.0)
(engine_scale_fast 0.1)

Range 0.0 - 2.0

Controls the strength of the engine vibrations. 
Strength of the engine vibration is reduced as speed increases.
To reduce or increase the engine vibration effect at speed alter engine_scale_fast