MAIRA Refactored (2.0) Beta

Overview

This is the MAIRA Refactored (2.0) public beta. You are welcome to try it out and to give me feedback. This version of MAIRA is very much a work in progress, but all of the important features (force feedback, etc.) are in and working very well.

MAIRA Refactored is the next evolutionary leap in getting exactly what you want to feel out of your wheel. Everything in MAIRA Refactored has been elevated to the next level, and you have even more control than you had before. MAIRA Refactored has been translated into many languages, and more languages are coming.

To get started, download the latest version of MAIRA Refactored from here:

https://github.com/mherbold/MarvinsAIRARefactored/releases/latest

Giving Feedback

To give me feedback about MAIRA Refactored, you can visit this channel on my Discord server:

https://discordapp.com/channels/1353509415571165204/1379528081458466938

Roadmap

I try to keep my Trello board up to date with what I am working on next:

https://trello.com/b/o7vbR74U/maira-refactored-20

Documentation

There is no official documentation for MAIRA Refactored yet, as the design and features are still in flux, but here are some quick and dirty instructions.

Tips

Here are some tips –

  1. You can map an input on your steering wheel or button box or keyboard to most controls in MAIRA refactored. Just right click on the button or switch and a dialog will pop up to let you map inputs to it. You can map multiple inputs too!
  2. You can change how MAIRA saves most features. Just right click on the label of the control, and you’ll be able to tell MAIRA to save it per-car, per-track, and so on, or any combination of them.
  3. You can reset most controls to its default value by holding down the right mouse button while the cursor is over the value. You will see a red circle pop up and after about 1 second, the control will be reset to its default value.

What I Do To Get Started

These are the steps I personally take to get started, to install a fresh copy of MAIRA Refactored (with all my settings starting at default values). These should not take more than 5 minutes to do.

  1. Exit SimHub if it is currently running (so the MAIRA plugin can be installed/updated)
  2. Install MAIRA Refactored
  3. Run MAIRA Refactored
  4. Under the Racing Wheel tab
    • Set Wheel Force to the max force (in Nm) your wheelbase is capable of doing. For example, I set it to 18.0 Nm for my Simagic Alpha Evo Pro wheelbase.
    • Auto controls
      • Set Auto Margin to about 50% so that the auto setting puts the FFB strength into a more comfortable spot for me, not too strong.
      • Right click on the “Clear” button icon and map a button input on my steering wheel to it.
      • Right click on the “Set” button icon and map a button input on my steering wheel to it.
    • Overall strength
      • Right click on the “+” button icon for “Strength” and map a knob turning right input on my steering wheel to it.
      • Right click on the “-” button icon for “Strength” and map a knob turning left input on my steering wheel to it.
    • Detail booster
      • Right click on the “+” button icon for “Detail Boost” and map a knob turning right input on my steering wheel to it.
      • Right click on the “-” button icon for “Detail Boost” and map a knob turning left input on my steering wheel to it.
  5. Under the Pedals tab (do this only if you have Simagic HPRs)
    • Enable pedals
    • Set “Starting RPM” to 95% under the “RPM” section
  6. Under the App tab
    • Turn on “Remember Window Position and Size”

And that’s about it – I am ready to race.

Auto Strength

Using the auto strength setting is similar to how it is done in MAIRA Classic. Just get on the track, hit the clear button, take a few turns at full speed without going off track or wiping out, and then hit the set button.

Steering Effects

The vast majority of cars come with calibration files for steering effects already made for you.

To use steering effects, first fire up the iRacing simulator and wait for it to load the track and car you want to use. Then after it starts up, head to the “Steering Effects” tab and select the calibration file to use (there normally should be only one for each car).

Make sure all your understeer and oversteer settings are at default values to start with.

0.05 min / 0.13 max for understeer

0.01 min / 0.50 max for oversteer

Now drive around and you will likely feel the understeer effect come in way too early. This is intentional so you can easily tell whether it’s working or not. The min and max thresholds for the understeer effect is how you control when it starts coming in and how quickly the effect ramps up. Increasing these values makes the effect come in later. Decreasing these values make the effect come in earlier. Spreading the values further apart makes the effect ramp up slower. You can set the minimum value to equal the maximum value for instant on and off with no ramping.

Dirt Track Racing

For dirt track racing I suggest disabling the understeer effect by setting “Vibration Pattern” for the understeer effect to “None”. Then for dirt track racing, set the oversteer effect to be 0.00 min / 1.00 max. Finally, for dirt track racing, set the “Oversteer Wheel Constant Force Effect” strength to be somewhere around 50% to 100%, depending on how strong you like the effect to be.