Wheel quick start guide - try these things first

[Vlad Tepes]

I wanted to post something because I see a lot of people having issues with the wheel setup. If you follow these steps, you should get good results. Some of the things don't make much sense but I have tried many different combinations and this works..

Before running the game, go into your Logitech profiler and set up whatever range you want (540, 900, etc.. you WILL get full wheel control with these if you follow the instructions below).


1) In the controls menu:
Go through all of the key mappings that are associated with driving (everything under the driving section) and delete EVERY mapping. Clear each one out, then use the ENTER key to create a new mapping for each item. This way, when mapping the throttle, for example, the ONLY thing that will cause the throttle to move is the actual throttle.
Do this for all functions.

Important! Set the START mapping to only ONE key or button. This button is used for checking sensitivity later.

2) Graphics
Set the VSYNC EVERY FRAME - this dramatically reduces the "rattle"
Set shadows to low

3)Controller
When you first enter the controller menu, it asks for a wheel range.
DO NOT SET THIS TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN 240 degrees.

I REPEAT SET THIS TO 240 DEGREES ONLY!!! (silly I know but it will work).
The reason for this is that the game can only go 240 degrees, no matter what anyone says..

FFB - what you set here will lower even more, the "rattle".. I have mine at 60% .. I still feel the rattle but I've learned to live with it. It happens about every other turn..

Deadzones
Set steering to 0 (all the way left) You do not want a dead zone in the steering
Brakes and throttle set to either 0 or 1 notch from the left

Steering range. This MUST BE ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT. This gives full movement.

Steering senstivity - set in the middle!! Do not go one click left or right. Doing this causes all kinds of issues. (I will explain later, but for now, just keep it in the middle)

Brake and throttle sensitivity. Move these all the way to the LEFT!



IMPORTANT!!*************************************
Once you have have done that (or anytime you change these values above), use the START button to view the sensitivities.
--turn your wheel all the way left and all the way right. YOU SHOULD SEE THE BALL GO ALL THE WAY LEFT AND ALL THE WAY RIGHT. Sounds silly but if you don't have this correct, it will stop moving and your wheel will still turn, OR you will get erratic movement in the middle.

Again I will repeat, the game only goes 240 degrees. I set my wheel outside of the game to whatever I want, and it will turn that full movement, and the game will "map" it to 240 degrees.

The good thing about this is that you will have very precise control. If you want faster response, go back out of the game, lower the range (down to something like 540 or 360) but KEEP THE GAME AT 240, then check the sensitivity.

I found that sometimes I have to exit the settings, jump out of the game, come back in, twice for it to "take".


These should get you going.. good luck!!!

See below for some notes on sensitivity that I found.. very strange:

So the sensitivity (in my opinion) SHOULD work such that middle is normal, left is less sensitive, and right is more sensitive..

It generally does that, but I found some strange bug.. if you set the sensitivity just one notch to the left of center, it actually goes WAY to sensitive.. then if you move it one more notch to the left, it actually gets less sensitive.. (as it should). I have no idea why, all I will say is, if you're going to move the sensitivity, move it far to the left.. or leave it in the center..

If you set your wheel to 900, sensitivity at center is very fine...
If you set your wheel to 540 or less, move the sensitivity to the left a few notches (not just one).. this will give you good center control.

[Vlad Tepes]

Make sure you remove ALL keymappings before setting up the ones you want. There are a bunch of default keymappings that seem to conflict with each other.

[TDog1820]

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@Sahare Studios,I will certainly try it. But my issue here personally and why I follow this post was the braking not steering. The brakes would lock only pushing the pedal 2-5% no matter what I set it too. The car will just turn left lock the brakes and upset the car. I can't run any tracks that require hard braking. Thank you for sharing your tips and any help.

I have the same issue. Didn't really notice it at places like Martinsville in the trucks, but did start to notice it at Gateway and REALLY noticed it at Pocono (literally can't enter turn 1). Haven't ♥♥♥♥♥♥ to any road courses (I don't do Dirt Tour road courses because the AI in that division are straight garbo imo). If I do anything more than put my foot on the pedal, it locks em all up instantly, and all my sliders for the brakes are set to minimum. Definitely makes me want to drop this in favor of Forza, F1, and iRacing. Note, I've only had the game for a few weeks, but have already put in WAYYY too much time to get a refund, and I have the Logitech G920 wheel/pedal combo.

[Korben]

Hi Voltaj, I just wanted to thank you for putting this up for G27 steering wheel owners. We appreciate it very much! Thank you.

[Kyle Fénix]

İlk olarak Sahare Studios tarafından gönderildi:

I almost deleted this game.

I spent an hour on it and fixed the steering (this is for serious simmers who run every setting on expert with no assists at all (running on G27/G29):

Issues fixed:
-weird non linear steering
-Very sensitive oversteer correction

This is actually the worst programmed sim control calibration I have ever seen in 25 years of sim racing. SO many mistakes were made in development.

To fix it, start with deleting every control assignment in the control section and reassigning your steerings, clutch, throttle, gears and brake again.

Now, first of all the game automatically changes the steering ratio when you are in the pitlane for some reason. So you will go insane trying to adjust your control settings and then test it just sitting in the pitlane. You must be on track.

Second of all the game ALWAYS tries to change your steering input around 20% left and right of the middle. Either slowing it down over that range or speeding it up. I guess it's an oval thing.

The ONLY way to disable this artificial ratio across the centre range and get a true 1:1 linear steering over the entire range is to put the steering sensitivity slider to ONE notch left of centre, in the settings. Yes putting it exactly in the centre slows the steering ever so slightly across the centre 20%. So put it one notch left of centre.

Throttle and Brake sensitivity all the way to the left is 1:1 linear (contrary to steering sensitivity).

Logitech profiler you HAVE to set at 540degrees like an actual Nascar chassis. I know kids aren't used to real racecar rack and pinion ratio's and it feels slow to them. (they need shorter ratio's to catch slides quicker because they don't have the throttle control yet.) In this you set profiler to 540 degrees.

Now in game steering you set to 180degrees (not 240). Setting it at 180degrees is a meaningless number, it has no relevance to the handling of the car or the rack, but at this setting it is closest to 540degrees lock in game and loses the least degrees from left and right max lock.

That's it.

This is the worst programmed sim control I've seen in 25 years.

But once you set it up like I describe it's actually a very realistic handling and physics model. The game is a lot of fun for serious simmers.

Hello
I tested your settings on my Thrustmaster steering wheel and it works very well.
Small point that disturbs me in the cockpit the steering wheel of the game does not turn like my steering wheel only negative point.

Sorry for my english i translate with google translation

[Nats]

Probably worth saying that Heat 5 has the full 900 degree of movement for wheels so is nice and smooth.

[Vlad Tepes]

İlk olarak Nats tarafından gönderildi:

Probably worth saying that Heat 5 has the full 900 degree of movement for wheels so is nice and smooth.

That is good to know. Thanks!

[Toolsteel]

I just figured out the fix for the oversensitive brake. If you go into the Input Mapping and reassign the brake it will ask you to hit the A button with the brake pedal depressed. Then it will ask you to push in the brake pedal all the way in and back off again. This will calibrate the pedal in Heat.

[Nats]

İlk olarak Toolsteel tarafından gönderildi:

I just figured out the fix for the oversensitive brake. If you go into the Input Mapping and reassign the brake it will ask you to hit the A button with the brake pedal depressed. Then it will ask you to push in the brake pedal all the way in and back off again. This will calibrate the pedal in Heat.

I will have to try that in Heat 5 as well

[C.Joke Oh]

it worked with my heat 5

thx

[mnmmacd2013]

I'm just reading this now. I have a separate issue. When setting the gears for the g27, I cannot get 4th gear at all. I'll map it to where it's supposed to be, but it goes into reverse, when I am in a race.

[FuocoSerpente]

Wow. I hated this game when I first tried it. Went straight from iRacing in VR to this, thought it was unplayable arcade trash and uninstalled in disgust.
But after finding this post, I gave it a go, and it feels like a completely different game.
Before I couldn't even hold a line with all driving assists on, now I'm playing on Expert, and enjoying some real drafting strategies.
Excellent tutorial

[Vlad Tepes]

Keeping this thread alive just in case any new players show up :)