Getting Started With Thrustmaster

THE BASIC STEPS

– install the latest Thrustmaster Driver (including the latest firmware) and check your hardware, it must be recognized by Windows
(if you have a Thrustmaster Ferrari 488 Challenge rim it is recommended to set it to “Advanced Mode“, see the game device properties)

– download and install the latest OpenSR (do not forget to Check for update to keep your install up to date).

Click to Download OpenSR

– configure your games to send telemetry data (OpenSR needs the car telemetry to work properly) and disable the Thrustmaster native support of the game (if needed). More info related to each game supported can be found in the Plugins Pages and in the FAQ below:

CLICK TO READ HOW TO CONFIGURE YOUR GAME

– do not forget to CAP THE FPS (limit the frame rate) in the game settings, Start with the default 60 fps value to give some CPU time to other apps in background or your game may eat all the resources of your PC and prevents OpenSR to work properly.

– run OpenSR and setup your game profiles

OpenSR is a community-driven project. While the software is completely free, donations are always welcome and help support future development, new features, and infrastructure costs.

Donation issue from Japan, read the FAQ

As a thank-you to customers who supported our previous software, existing registered users can sign in to OpenSR using their account and unlock additional benefits, including Pro Performance Mode (PPM).

– run your favorite sim or game

It is strongly recommended to follow the basic steps above, you basically do not need anything else to get started,

– always use the default Thrustmaster setup and enjoy your sim racing rig with your favorite game first (OpenSR supports more than 60 game) and later start to customize your setup to suit your needs.

Enjoy!

QUICK INFO AND TIPS

The Basic Setup Options

Use the OpenSR dashboard to change the Pit limiter, Shift-lights or Shift-points behaviors, etc.

Select a default setup

The Thrustmaster default setups named default.xml. (see the screenshot above) are suitable for almost ALL games other than modern F1 cars (2015 season and beyond) so it’s preferable to create a new game profile for F1 car. These setups ARE RECOMMENDED for beginners and to get started quickly.

VDASH-EMU SIM Racing Dash Display – The Perfect “Second Screen” For Your Thrustmaster Steering Wheel

Add a Virtual Racing Dash Display Emulator for Android and Windows as a second screen to your Thrustmaster hardware to increase your immersion and gaming experience and get telemetry from the games. Hundreds dash (page templates) are available, ready to use.

Show racing telemetry on your Android and Windows tablet or on second monitor.

DOWNLOAD VDASH-EMU

VDASH-EMU Getting Started,
User Guides and documentation (all you need to know to start with the emulator)

Advanced Setup Options

Don’t start with Advanced Setup Options, you must first be familiar with OpenSR Basic Setup Options and default setups, Also, it is recommended to read and understand the user guide and watching video tutorials (tips are available in support forum as well) before using the Advanced Setup Options.

The Thrustmaster TS-PC Racer Ferrari 488 Challenge Edition Shiftlights is managed with 2 modes.

15 led Mode (default) and the 12 led Mode+3 FLAG Led, you can toggle from one to the other simply by selecting the corresponding setup. All setups contains a suffix mode15 led or mode12 led+Flag.

15 led (default) Mode dedicates ALL the 15 LED to the RPM Shiftlights

This is the default setup mode when you install OpenSR using all the 15 LED of your steering wheel for the RPM Shiftlights.

The 13 led mode uses 3 Marshal led + 12 led for RPM Shifthlights.

The 3 Marshal can be dedicated to DRS or Flags (yellow, blue, etc.) or other warning events like Low Fuel, Damage, overheating, etc.. You can easily customize your configuration to blink the LED on such events using the game profile editor and be notified (obviously the game needs to send enough telemetry data to support these flags or warning info).

Feedback / Suggestions, contact us

Read the User Guide for documentation or information

Help and Software Assistance, sign-in

To go further:
The primary software support information is in on the getting started page and user guides (include video tutorials), see the link below:

User Guides

OpenSR TIPS & TUTORIALS

if you need assistance read the documentation, F.A.Q. and watching the video tutorials, If you have a hardware issue contact your hardware supplier or the Thrustmaster support directly, we don’t do any hardware support.