[S1/S2] Handling feels like driving a hot iron on ice

[☢FarCry☢]

Something is wrong with me or with this game, because I can barely steer any car that has S1 or S2 ranks. Doesn't care if it's a Hypercar or an upgraded racing car.

It slips half an hour when I start driving and drifts wildly at smallest turns.
I'm playing racing games since 2003, but I never had such trouble.

Any advice?

[Sysgen]

Turn on Traction Control / Stability and pick a tune that handles and brakes well. Not all tunes are good so test drive until you find one you like. The better the handling the faster you can take curves. Perhaps AWD drive cars to start.

[kireta]

Don't floor gas pedal suddenly. That's the most important one. Listen to the engine, if it suddenly overrevs, it's because your wheels are slipping. Lower power to let them grip again, and start adding power back. After driving car a while, you'll know how much power you can add under what conditions.

Other than that, car moddifications and tunning.
Get racing tires, they have the most grip (and also cost the most points).
Make rear tires as wide as possible. More contact surface = more grip.
Install aero if car doesn't have it already. It won't help at launch, but will help you keep traction at high speed.
If car sticks to ground well in straights, but loses traction in corners for apparently no reason, it might be just not stable enough. Get racing suspension to lower it, and install spacers if car can have them.
If car slips on slightest acceleration in fast corners, raise rear of a car, and make springs there softer for extra damping.

[hogaN.]

Get all Ugrundy's Tunes / Setup that guy is a beast @ modding vehicles.

[☢FarCry☢]

Messaggio originale di kireta:

Don't floor gas pedal suddenly. That's the most important one.

Thanks for advices.
It's difficult to not floor the pedal on keyboard.
I tried quite a few times to play on a controller, but it's driving me mad. And my Logitech G27 Wheel was sold 2 years ago.

[kireta]

Not as bad as I thought it would be, def easier than in FM7 where every car past B class feels like it tries to kill you if you race on keyboard
https://youtu.be/oaxTJWRxN4M
simply adjusting throttle by pressing and letting it go works well enough

[angmarets]

just make your car 4WD, tire pressure to lowest, aero to cornering. The only assist you need is ABS, because on keyboard wheels are locked instantly.

[Zijina]

Learn to play with a controller, and preferably not a cheap imitation because they are terrible. Im alternating between an xbox one controller and G29 depending on what im doing, offroad with a wheel is a pain in this game while anything works with a controller.

Keyboards are not ment for car games, period. Its just 0% or 100% with a keyboard.

[TheHuskyGT]

Keyboard. There's your problem. It gets to a point were you need to modulate your inputs. If you can't or don't want to buy a wheel, at least get a controller. It will make a world of difference.

[angmarets]

Messaggio originale di Geist:

Learn to play with a controller, and preferably not a cheap imitation because they are terrible. Im alternating between an xbox one controller and G29 depending on what im doing, offroad with a wheel is a pain in this game while anything works with a controller.

Keyboards are not ment for car games, period. Its just 0% or 100% with a keyboard.

Messaggio originale di TheHuskyGT:

Keyboard. There's your problem. It gets to a point were you need to modulate your inputs. If you can't or don't want to buy a wheel, at least get a controller. It will make a world of difference.

bullsh*t. You can easily play on keyboard almost any racing game except some really hardcore sims(FH4 is not). I Got all achievements for FH4 on keboard, i got all achievements for Dirt Rally on keyboard(that includes winning three different Master championships on three different cars). In FH4 it all comes down to tunning your car. The only thing you need controller for is being able to break without ABS.

[Leadmagnet]

I was having heck of a time getting the car where I wanted it until I started working on tuning them. I asked here, got a couple of videos & it was off to the garage to tinker with the cars. What I got from one of the videos was the below. It works for me as far as getting the car to corner better. These are a base settings to work from & your mileage may vary.

Look @ the weight distribution; it'll give you a % for the front & subtract that from 100 for the rear. Now you have W% front & W% rear. You'll need to look at the max and min for some of the settings. These are your start settings & you can tweak from there.

anti-roll is (max-min) x W% = start setting

rebound is (max-min) x W% + min = start setting

bump stiffness is rebound start setting x .6 (60%) for a start setting

springs is same formula as rebound

Under the aero tab, shift towards cornering to increase your down force (will drop your top end speed).

Under braking, shift a little more to the rear brakes and the second adjustment goes to 200%

[AlTurGo]

Messaggio originale di angmarets:

bullsh*t. You can easily play on keyboard almost any racing game except some really hardcore sims(FH4 is not). I Got all achievements for FH4 on keboard, i got all achievements for Dirt Rally on keyboard(that includes winning three different Master championships on three different cars). In FH4 it all comes down to tunning your car. The only thing you need controller for is being able to break without ABS.

Master of suffering )) You can play any race game, but not so easily as with controller. BTW, there are no difficult achievements in this game...

[angmarets]

Messaggio originale di AlTurGo:

BTW, there are no difficult achievements in this game...

Well, the one where you have to win eliminator without picking up car drops gave me some trouble.

[AlTurGo]

Messaggio originale di angmarets:

Well, the one where you have to win eliminator without picking up car drops gave me some trouble.

It's not about difficulty, it's about random. You need an occasion to make it...

[Zijina]

Messaggio originale di angmarets:

bullsh*t. You can easily play on keyboard almost any racing game except some really hardcore sims(FH4 is not). I Got all achievements for FH4 on keboard, i got all achievements for Dirt Rally on keyboard(that includes winning three different Master championships on three different cars). In FH4 it all comes down to tunning your car. The only thing you need controller for is being able to break without ABS.

Ofc you CAN play car sims on keyboard but it's not ideal and you have 0 feedback.

I would not play CS with a gamepad,
I would never play MS flight simulator with a wheel and
I would never play a car game with a keyboard.

You CAN choose the "wrong" tool for a job and still do it but you will either struggle more or get no/less immersion. Say you wanna cruise at a constant speed with a keyboard... I guess you need to tap the gas constantly to maintain a steady slow speed - while on trigger/pedals you just hold it where it needs to be. Theres a reason you have a steering wheel and pedals in a real car and not a keyboard to tap on, lol...