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Genius Speed Wheel 5 Pro drivers causing issues

Methanol Ethanolovicz
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Hello there,

Last week I've retrieved my old steering wheel from my mother's house. I never really was into racing games, but I wanted to give it a try. Unfortunately, the manufacturer no longer supports this device, and the last official drivers I was able to find are for Windows 7, which I tried installing anyway. Everything seemed to work fine at first, even a website for testing peripherals was able to detect it. However, every racing game I've tried so far just crashes right after I run it, as well as some non-racing ones and even some apps, for example, Steam, for as long as the steering wheel is plugged in. Is there any way to make it work without trying to download drivers from one of those sketchy websites and hoping that it won't completely mess my PC up? 

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4 minutes ago, Methanol Ethanolovicz said:

Hello there,

Last week I've retrieved my old steering wheel from my mother's house. I never really was into racing games, but I wanted to give it a try. Unfortunately, the manufacturer no longer supports this device, and the last official drivers I was able to find are for Windows 7, which I tried installing anyway. Everything seemed to work fine at first, even a website for testing peripherals was able to detect it. However, every racing game I've tried so far just crashes right after I run it, as well as some non-racing ones and even some apps, for example, Steam, for as long as the steering wheel is plugged in. Is there any way to make it work without trying to download drivers from one of those sketchy websites and hoping that it won't completely mess my PC up? 

Do a search for the hardware id of the controller, see what you can find. Scan the files before you run them, or unpack them to install the drivers manually. If all else fails, sandbox it till you know its safe.

 

What kind of controller is it? a model number would help.

 

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