diff --git a/src/joystick/hidapi/SDL_hidapijoystick.c b/src/joystick/hidapi/SDL_hidapijoystick.c
index a1cb9c4a57..b839ef79c7 100644
--- a/src/joystick/hidapi/SDL_hidapijoystick.c
+++ b/src/joystick/hidapi/SDL_hidapijoystick.c
@@ -197,7 +197,13 @@ SDL_bool HIDAPI_SupportsPlaystationDetection(Uint16 vendor, Uint16 product)
     case USB_VENDOR_SHANWAN_ALT:
         return SDL_TRUE;
     case USB_VENDOR_THRUSTMASTER:
-        return SDL_TRUE;
+        /* Most of these are wheels, don't have the full set of effects, and
+         * at least in the case of the T248 and T300 RS, the hid-tmff2 driver
+         * puts them in a non-standard report mode and they can't be read.
+         *
+         * If these should use the HIDAPI driver, add them to controller_list.h
+         */
+        return SDL_FALSE;
     case USB_VENDOR_ZEROPLUS:
         return SDL_TRUE;
     case 0x7545 /* SZ-MYPOWER */: