Hi! The joystick is not modified, that is the effect of FFshifter software. If if put the joystick in gears, it just stays there, due to force feedback. But it does that just when the FFshifter window is active.
When i open the game, it becomes soft, and doens't stay in gears, as it should do. Also, for you to understand, the software emulates keys being pressed when the stick is in a certain position. For example, if the stick is in top left corner, it emulates key "e" for example. If it's in lower left, it emulates "s", that means second gear. All good in software, but in game, i assigned the corresponding keys to the first, second, third gear and so on, but when i move the joystick, it doesn't stays locked, it's soft. I think it is a key that must be pressed to activate the software in game, but i can not find it.