Looking for the most realistic Fanatec FFB settings for F1 2021?
If you’re driving on a Fanatec Podium DD2 or CSL Elite steering wheel, having proper settings will give you the most realistic force feedback and sim racing experience possible.
That’s why we’ve researched and tested all the the different settings configurations so that we could share them with you.
As you can imagine having proper wheel and FFB settings will make a pretty big difference to your performance and overall lap time.
You’ll be able to be way more precise with your inputs and have a much more realistic experience.
Table of Contents
The first step to get the best wheel settings will require you to adjust the Podium F1 DD2 and CSL Elite wheels from the Fanatec software dashboard.
Here below you’ll find our recommended tuning menu settings for your Fanatec wheel base.
These are the values you’ll need to set for the Podium DD2:
- SEN = Automatic
- FF = 45
- FFS = Peak
- NDP = 22
- NFR = 1
- NIN = 6
- INT = 2
- FEI = 100
- FOR = 100
- SPR = 100
- DPR = 100
- BLI = Default
- SHO = 100
- BRF = Default
These are the values you’ll need to set for the Fanatec CSL Elite:
- SEN = Aut
- FF = 100
- SHO = 100
- BLI = Default
- DRI = -02
- FOR = 100
- SPR = 100
- DPR = 100
- BRF = Default
- FEI = 080
Now that we’ve properly configured our Fanatec wheel, let’s move on to the in-game FFB settings for Formula 1 2021.
What are the best Fanatec Podium DD2 & CSL ELite settings for F1 2021?
Our recommended F1 2020 Fanatec settings for the Podium DD2 and CSL Elite are:
- Steering deadzone = 0
- Steering linearity = 5
- Steering saturation = 0
- Throttle deadzone = 0
- Throttle linearity = 0
- Throttle saturation = 0
- Brake deadzone = 0
- Brake linearity = 0
- Brake saturation = 0
Vibration and force feedback settings
- Vibration & force feedback = On
- Vibration & force feedback Strength = 70
- On track effects = 25
- Rumble strip effects = 20
- Off track effects = 17
- Wheel damper = 0
- Understeer enhance = Off
So as you can see all of the deadzones and linearity are set to 0 in order to have the most precise and realistic steering possible.
The vibration and force feedback settings will also play a pretty big role in how realistic the steering feels.
Remember though that you’ll need to adjust these settings according to your own personal preferences.
Conclusion
So here were our recommended Fanatec Podium DD2 and CSL Elite settings for Formula 1 2021.
We hope you find these settings helpful and that they give you the most realistic and immersive sim racing experience possible.
As always, feel free to share your own personal settings with us so that we can all benefit from the experiences.
And don’t forget to share this article with your friends who are also racing Fanatec Podium DD2 or CSL Elite.
Good luck and see you on track! 🙂
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