DD1 Podium Racing Wheel F1 Update driver from v365 to the latest.

MAURO ARUMAURO ARU Member
edited February 15 in Wheel Bases (and Racing Wheels)

Hello everyone. For 4 years i could not use my DD1 Podium F1, and to date it is with the following

- versions: driver 365

- Firmware 673 is for the wheel base

Do you recommend updating to the latest version released or do i have to install intermediate drivers first?

Do you recommend a more stable version for my DD1 than the last one released?

Thank you all

Comments

  • MadDog-ICMadDog-IC Member

    Generally, you could just update to the latest drivers and FW, but most releases have issues with certain combinations of hardware, so you pick which works best with your wheelbase and steering wheels. (Download latest driver package and read the changelog.txt to see what has been added or corrected in all versions)

    The latest drivers offer more additions and fixes for newly released wheels and wheelbases.

    As I have the same hardware as you, I have found that Drivers v451 was all round the best stable driver release so far in the two years I have owned my DD1 + F1 wheel on a PC setup. Followed by v455 and finally current v464 + FW which has introduced miss detection of Wheel attachment and other odd things (Mainly FW for newer F1 steering Wheel causing gear miss shifts with paddles) (So would only use if you need the fixes for CS DD, Bently Wheel, etc).

    As always, everyone may have a different experience, as may you, my motto is if it ain't broke don't try to fix it, only update if offers benefits to you, or you have to support software such as Fanalab needing specific driver version or higher.

  • MAURO ARUMAURO ARU Member
    edited February 17

    Thank you for the kind reply! So which one do you recommend among the 3 you mentioned? V451 - v455 or v464? I repeat, mine is stuck at v365 and i should reinstall everything in the new PC with Windows 10!

  • MadDog-ICMadDog-IC Member
    edited February 18

    I already stated which one, but I would say v451 is best all round (Highly recommended), v455 second best and v464 a mixed bag of problems with all sorts of Fanatec hardware and install issues on some window 11 systems.

    v451 would be the one I would go to as first choice as it brings the DD1 up to the new numbering system of 3.x.x.x instead of 693 for the motor/base Firmware (run this for a year or more with no issues at all) and v455 would be my pick if you require them to run Fanalab v2.0.1.58 as well (v453 or higher required), v464 if you like dealing with issues and being a beta tester for an unknown reliability or you need that version for support for new hardware that you may have purchased.

    I don't mention other versions of Fanatec drivers as most others are too problematic in general with Xbox compatibility, miss shifting with gear paddles, miss reporting FW revisions as 0.0.0.0 when the are actually correctly installed and others too numerous to list.

    1) Uninstall Fanatec Driver v365, reboot computer

    2) Install v451 drivers, reboot computer

    3) Update with FW Manager, Motor/Base FW to new versions 3.x.x.x., F1 Wheel if at v46 or there abouts to v47 and then remove wheel and update WQR from 6 to 7 and reboot computer again with wheel reattached.

  • Jonathan BlancoJonathan Blanco Member

    455 is the last useful driver that Fanatec released for the DD1-2

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