Thrustmaster TPR Rudder pedal issues

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Thank you for this. It fixed the same issue I was having with my TM TPR Rudders.

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Unchech the reverse function to the right and left brake axis.

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Hi
I have Unboxing and Installing TPR this day and it work
but yes i must download and run calibration program
for share my expérience : My Wordpress page for TPR

I will continue test

Best Regards
PapaPilote

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I’m sure you’ll not regret. I’ve had them for a year. Never a problem.

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I had this exact issue with these pedals and returned them. I have no idea of the why’s. I only know that all the axis assignments were correctly assigned and I had this issue in all planes.
It was a shame really as I wanted these pedals specifically for testing.
When people have issues like this there are always those who don’t have them.
In my case I tried every “suggestion” I could find. I could not get rid of the issue.
The brakes would activate and hold every time the pedals were used. The ONLY way to release the hold was to activate then release the parking brake.
Dudley Henriques

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I have same problem as described in this thread. I have done everything, it works for mayby one flight and then out of service.
I agree with Priest, a lot of story’s but no solution.( msfs 1. 23.1.0, win 11 with all updates)

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I have never found a solid solution. What I eventually did was worked the sensitivities so that I get gradual braking until I press it about halfway and then it’s the equivalent of slamming on your brakes, but it doesn’t lock the brakes up. So not a real answers to the ■■■■ programming going on here, but it’s at least workable.

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In all areas of MSFS the rudder functions properly except in free flight. When I am in free flight in the air or on the ground trying to taxi the rudder will respond momentarily to input then it will go to the neutral position. This makes it almost impossible to taxi properly. I use the Logitech HOTAS and the thrustmaster pedals. The issue occurs using either the pedals or joystick to control the rudder. I’ve calibrated the pedals with Logitech’s calibration tool, I’ve adjusted the sensitivity to various settings in MSFS, and I’ve turned off the rudder assist in the assistance options. None of these steps has any result and the issue remains. My gaming computer is an Alienware M15 R6.

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Hi I have exactly the same problems and peformance issues with my Thrustmaster TRFP pedals and am using a similar set up to yours. I have also tried many time to adjust settings and turned of the rudder assist too. I mainly fly the A320 and either the pedals or my Logitech joystick will keep a straight line on the take off roll as very little correction is generally required. In free flight the autopilot is fine unless I cancel it and in particular on the landing rollout and taxi. It then goes into an out of control mode and normally I have to escape out of the flight. I can’t help thinking it may be a conflict in the MSFS software and wonder if the developers have seen this issue elsewhere. Would love to hear of a solution if anyone has one as it is extremely disappointing and frustrating of my sim.

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I’ve never used the JS for rudder control, so cannot comment on that. However, I have never had an issue with the TPR pedals. Firstly, make sure you check that your USB settings do not cut power to the USB under USB power management. Then, make sure you have the latest TM software/driver. And, finally, check the TM web site for firmware updates: there have been a couple during the past year or so.

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Hi thanks for your reply, I have been holding off doing anything as it seemed to me to be some sort of software conflict with rudder functions in both the TPR pedals and the Logitech joy stick. Both applications resulted in the same loss of control action. I am pleased to report that after the last upgrade of MSFS 2020 both functions are now performing fine.

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The SSD on my PC recently went bad and I subsequently lost everything. After a new SSD and reinstalling everything
my TPR pedals were experiencing this issue of being stuck to the floor.

What worked for me was to uninstall the Thrustmaster calibration tool, restart my PC and use the windows game controller calibration. While using the windows program, I reset the pedals to default and left them. I did NOT recalibrate after hitting “reset to default”. I then opened MSFS and set the TPR pedals to the default configuration.

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The problem i face with your solution is that i also use DCS and i dont want to do anything that would compromise the functionality of DCS. In the mean time i have found work arounds with calibration settings in MSFS that are not ideal but they get me by.

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I also experienced this and the issue was so uncanny and weird, and as @Priest1903 said doesn’t happen with DCS. So this leads me to believe that it’s a software issue between the drivers or MSFS, or both. I thought at first it was just how taxiing in MSFS is, but it was so annoying not to be able to crawl precisely in the taxiways and almost always needed at least ~80% (sometimes ~100%) power to get ANY plane moving that I started looking for solutions.

By the way, the issue is that MSFS detects the toe brakes as a self-centering axis (like a rudder) and not as a slider that goes from 0-100%. And because MSFS detects the toe brakes as self centering axis, you literally start at 50% without even stepping on the brakes. This is an easy fix with DCS since there’s an option to set any axis as a slider or not, but not in MSFS. It’s not hardware related at all.

In any case, thanks to @gringo85 and followed his post. I’m using the TFRP pedal but I think the model is irrelevant and will work on both the TPR and TFRP. Anyway, here’s what I did:

  • Uninstalled TFRP drivers
  • Open Windows’ game controller
  • Open the properties of your pedal and press “RESET TO DEFAULT”, and DON’T calibrate

    the cross for X-Y axis should be at the bottom right of the box, not in the middle

  • I reinstalled the TFRP drivers

I think the crucial step is resetting to default. That alone fixes the toe brakes and you will immediately see that it now goes the full travel instead of starting from the middle (in case you’re checking it from the rudder’s properties in Windows). I checked and this didn’t mess up my DCS, so you’re safe @Priest1903 :slightly_smiling_face: Also checked inside MSFS, and the dot now starts from the bottom left corner instead of starting from the middle.

Hope that helps so we could all enjoy flying. :slight_smile:

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With my pedals (Not TPR) I get this if I use the Win10 calibration tool for the pedals. The only way to fix it is to reset the pedal calibration to default in the Win10 app.

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Never had a problem with mine brakes and steering work just fine just plug and play didn’t install any drivers

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Yep me too. Just plugged them in and they worked from day one. The trick is not to bother with any TM drivers.

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How do you find the correct drivers to remove?

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I may have a solution to this. It worked for me after fiddling for 45 minutes.

  • remove the Thrustmaster driver
  • the rudder : use the Thrustmaster calibration tool. Fiddle with the setting of the Z-axis to get to your desired settings deadzone, center,
 push Apply. Weird unplug and plug in action. Rudder is done now.
  • the brakes. Use the windows USB game controller tool and instead of calibrating, push “Reset” ( don’t remember the exact caption, could be “Reset to default” )

Now you should have a full deflecting rudder and non stuck brakes.

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may be relevant..

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/1-9-3-0-toe-brake-pedals-not-working-correctly/289217/10?u=michamma