TRY WHAT’S NEXT

Beta downloads.

Try new Maximizer features and help improve them with feedback from your own setup. Choose the matching Client and Host below for this opt-in beta.

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JOYSTICK / WHEEL · BETA 1

Your wheel. Your joystick.
On your gaming PC.

Windows Client → Linux Host
Published October 18, 2026

Forward axes, buttons and hats from supported joysticks, wheels and separate USB accessories. Standard force feedback is optional. Use both Beta 1 packages together.

01 / ON THE DEVICE YOU PLAY ON

Windows x64 Client

Windows · x64 · ZIP · 206.5 MiB

Connect your wheel, joystick, pedals or other controls to this PC. Extract the archive and run Maximizer/Moonlight.exe.

Displayed version: 1.0.273-joystick-preview5

Download Client ZIP Maximizer-Client-Windows-x64-joystick-beta-1.zip

SHA-256 checksum

6ac2d91e2c2cc6bee1e64de67370df51f48aedb898a1aefb36ecc040789acde4

Client build provenance

02 / ON THE PC RUNNING YOUR GAMES

Linux amd64 Host

Ubuntu 24.04-compatible · amd64 · DEB · 29.4 MiB

Install on your Linux gaming PC using its normal package installer. This is the matching Host for joystick and wheel forwarding.

Displayed version: 1.0.268-joystick-preview5

Download Host DEB Maximizer-Host-Ubuntu24.04-amd64-joystick-beta-1.deb

SHA-256 checksum

9c66f548023224b8f4dd45ea4100ade12d1e7bbbe1994ae8bf32263a3c141512

Host build provenance

Why do the versions still say preview5? Beta 1 promotes the exact verified preview 5 binaries. Their displayed version labels are intentional; the files have not been rebuilt or repacked. The provenance documents identify the original application sources.

GET YOUR CONTROLS CONNECTED

A quick setup.

Check your devices

Connect the controls to Windows, install the normal vendor driver where needed, and verify axes and buttons locally. Install the matching beta Host on the Linux gaming PC with controller input and its normal uinput permissions enabled.

Enable forwarding

Close another running Client, extract the ZIP and open the beta. In Settings → Gamepad Settings, enable Forward joysticks and wheels (preview), then start a new stream. Standard force feedback has its own checkbox.

Bind controls in-game

Select Maximizer Wheel/Joystick in your game and bind steering, pedals, gears, buttons and hats. Forwarding is automatic; game-specific actions usually need an in-game profile. Separate USB pedals and shifters appear separately.

Use the game and driver settings for calibration, inversion and deadzones. Check the game’s Steam Input or direct-joystick settings if needed. Ordinary supported gamepads retain their existing mappings.

FEEDBACK / YOUR SETUP MATTERS

Tell us how it feels.

Try the full control range, simultaneous pedals, short presses, multiple accessories, unplug/replug, reconnect and focus changes. Test with force feedback off, then with supported standard effects enabled, followed by a longer session in your game.

After the session, choose Settings → Gamepad Settings → Export device diagnostics. The report is saved in Windows Documents and contains the latest stream sample.

Device model, connection mode and vendor driver version.
Windows, Linux, Client and Host versions.
Game title and Proton version, if used.
What worked, what failed and how to reproduce it.

Send diagnostics and matching Client/Host logs through your usual support channel.

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SCOPE / WHAT’S IN THIS BETA

Software-tested.
Ready for your hardware.

Native Windows tests, Linux virtual-device checks and software-streaming tests passed. Physical vendor drivers, motor behavior and individual native Linux or Proton games are the focus of customer beta testing.

Up to 8 devices, with 16 axes, 128 buttons and 4 hats per device.
Up to 16 supported standard force-feedback effects per device.
Minimal devices may expose up to two extra, always-released classification buttons. Bind the real controls.
Proprietary TrueForce, RPM LEDs, telemetry displays and firmware/configuration passthrough are outside the supported scope.

This beta pair is for a Windows x64 Client and an amd64 Linux Host. The main download selector continues to offer the current stable releases.

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