Unable to start races in Career mode

[TheStavinator]

I don't know what I am missing here, but after selecting a car I am told to press the up arrow to start. This doesn't seem to work and so far I have spent 40 minutes trying to play one single race.

Anyone else had this issue and managed to sort it out?

None of the keys on the keyboard seem to start the race.

[TheStavinator]

It appears the up arrow works in other menus but not in the game. I've tried clearing some more hard drive space as I was getting low and installing the game on my primary (SSD) drive and still I cannot start either the racer or cop first race in the Career mode.

Time for a refund.

[Ayyyyyylien]

Originally posted by TheStavinator:

It appears the up arrow works in other menus but not in the game. I've tried clearing some more hard drive space as I was getting low and installing the game on my primary (SSD) drive and still I cannot start either the racer or cop first race in the Career mode.

Time for a refund.

I cant imagine playing this game on keyboard tho...

[Wolfmann Mike]

well, it is different, that can be confirmed, you need to remap 'Option 1' and 'Option 2' in Gameplay Settings, under Controls, to something more recognizeable.

I use a racing wheel and the buttons don't have numbers, just positions on the wheel and i didn't know how to start a race either, until i remapped the controls for Option1/2 to keyboard, even though you can have a controller or racing wheel plugged in and still can use it, the keyboard offers extra options for inpukt.

[Rasikajay]

I was dealing with the same issue. Figured it out after pressing all the buttons on my keyboard, lol. To start a race and use NOS in the game, press the LEFT SHIFT key. Not sure what need for speed was thinking.

[TheStavinator]

Originally posted by EliteFG:

well, it is different, that can be confirmed, you need to remap 'Option 1' and 'Option 2' in Gameplay Settings, under Controls, to something more recognizeable.

I use a racing wheel and the buttons don't have numbers, just positions on the wheel and i didn't know how to start a race either, until i remapped the controls for Option1/2 to keyboard, even though you can have a controller or racing wheel plugged in and still can use it, the keyboard offers extra options for inpukt.

Tried this, didn't make any difference for me and I noticed the up arrow key would work in other menus, just not when the option was start the race.

[TheStavinator]

Originally posted by Rasikajay:

I was dealing with the same issue. Figured it out after pressing all the buttons on my keyboard, lol. To start a race and use NOS in the game, press the LEFT SHIFT key. Not sure what need for speed was thinking.

I also pressed every key on the keyboard and nothing would start the race. I got my refund and am enjoying NFS MW now anyways.

[3KGT]

this is gonna sound crazy but the only way for it to work for me is by pressing B + H + Y + SPACE (does not matter which order). i literally button mashed to figure this out and i'm glad i revoked the refund request

[HanHan Spring]

may be it is not a up button, it seems that left shift. may be it can help you start the race

[Fenris]

Originally posted by TheStavinator:

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It's not the up arrow. It happened to me too. (Unable to launch the race).
It's a conflict when you use the same key for action 1 (or action 2) and something else (handbrake or nitro for example, not matter what, something else which use the same key).
You need to use keys which are not used by something else, especially for action 1 and 2 rebinds (because they are the keys the game use to launch the race in the menu) to avoid any conflict.
After that, the controls will work and the race will begin when you will press the key.