Force Feedback on Xbox 360 Racing Wheel using Wireless Gaming Reciever in Windows 7

Anonymous
2009-12-10T21:53:03+00:00

I am trying to use my Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel in Windows 7 using the Wireless Gaming Receiver to connect it to my PC.

It connects fine and I can use the wheel in games, but I'm not getting any force feedback and I don't see it mentioned in the device configuration in the control panel.

This page: http://www.xbox.com/en-gb/hardware/x/xbox360wirelessgamingreceiver/ specifies that the wheel should have drivers available for Windows Vista in the future (I am guessing this page is well out of date) with force feedback but I can't find mention of these drivers anywhere.

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Anonymous
2009-12-31T17:38:51+00:00

Technically, this is a Windows 7 Driver Support question on when then Wireless Gaming Receiver drivers will be updated to provide force feedback support as was promised in the URL the previous poster provided.

I to would be interested in if this work is progressing.  If it has been cancelled you may wish to notify marketing and get them to update the page in question.

Cheers.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-09-06T15:27:53+00:00

    Excellent man, keep it up! and if there is anything I as well as anyone else can do anything to help, just let us know.

    Also, be sure to update in here on the situation.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-09-06T07:54:37+00:00

    I bought both the steering wheel and wireless receiver at an Australian store using Australian dollars and it would have been distributed by Microsoft Australia (an Australian company). Therefore the company are legally bound by the consumer laws of Australia. Can't see how they can escape. I also know that the ACCC love to prosecute high profile companies.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-09-05T15:35:54+00:00

    Excellent MJW74 This is just what we need.

    Is there anything I as well as other people can do? I live in Canada.

    Just wondering though, you are speaking of an Australian act, will this still apply to Microsoft as they are an American company?

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-09-05T07:06:41+00:00

    I'm thinking that Microsoft has had enough time to deal with this issue. Maybe it's time to lodge a complaint against Microsoft for misleading and deceptive conduct. A know another company that was recently fined $200,000 in Australia for similar deceptive claims. I'm sure it doesn't cost $200K to update a software driver for an existing product.

    Are you listening Microsoft? I'm giving you 28 days notice to rectify the issue before I lodge a claim with the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) for breach of the Australian Competition and Consumer Act 2010, based on misleading and deceptive information listed on this page of your web site:

    http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/Hardware/Controllers/Pages/XboxWirelessGamingReceiverforWindows.aspx

    I bought your product based on the claim made on the above web page. Now do what you said you promised.

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