Lack of functioning buttons and lights on the Xbox Series X

Robert Taylor · September 2023

Hi

I have just spent a lot of money buying the CSL 8nm bundle + the upgraded CSL Elite V2 pedals and two steering wheels, the WRC and the Mclaren GT3 only to find that half the buttons don't work and none of the lights work ie the gear your in or the speed your going and the rev counter lights.

Fanatec say this is down to Microsoft's software or something, but I've just been watching a video on youtube about the new Moza R3 xbox compatable DD wheel and base and they have the lights for the rev counter working, how is it that they can do this, but Fanatec can't?

Maurice Böschen · September 2023

Regarding the Moza R3 Xbox Bundle: They did NOT got the lights working. They only let the LEDs constantly blink without having them connected to Telemetry data from the game.

Surely Fanatec could do the same on a FW level but do you really want to have the lights constantly blinking? I for sure would not like to have that as it's extremely distracting because its not connected to the actual RPM of the car you actually drive.

However, Fanatec already confirmed that a few months ago Microsoft have finally provided an "Xbox GDK" which is the base to build a SDK which is currently in development and then needs to be implemented by the game developers - then more buttons and LEDs would work. But this most likely will only affect newly released games as it needs a game patch which implements the SDK which old games certainly wont get.