Steering Wheel Support

[mendel]

SnowRunner comes with profiles for these:

Logitech G29
Logitech G29 with gearbox
Logitech G920
Logitech G Saitek Farm Sim Controller
Logitech G Saitek Farm Sim with Heavy Equipment Side Panel
Logitech G923 (PS4 Layout)
Logitech G923 with gearbox (PS4 Layout)
Logitech G923 (Xbox Layout)
Logitech G923 with gearbox (Xbox Layout)
Thrustmaster T-GT
Thrustmaster T80
Thrustmaster T150
Thrustmaster T300
Thrustmaster TX
Thrustmaster TX with clutch pedal
Fanatec DD1 (Xbox Layout)
Fanatec DD1 (PS4 Layout)
and of course CUSTOM setting

Player confirmed as working:
Thrustmaster TMX
Thrustmaster TS-XW (separate pedals do not work)
Thrustmaster T300RS GT (DirectInput, no FFB)
Thrustmaster TS-PC Racer(488 GT Edition) + T-LCM Load Cell Pedals (logitech legacy, TM profile)
Logitech Driving Force GT
Logitech G27 (settings screenshots)
Logitech G25 (direct input/custom)
Fanatec CSL (need to invert y-axis, add-on TM shifter not working)
... ?

There are "logitech legacy" and "directinput" settings that are somewhat generic and may require you to set up your buttons yourself. Shifters that are separate USB devices don't seem to be supported, unless they are listed above.

If you have problems with FFB auto-centering heavily on Logitech wheels (e.g. G920), switching the TYPE from "Logitech Legacy" to "DirectInput" may help.

A steering wheel range of 390° corresponds to the cockpit steering wheel animation in the game.

Originally posted by Set:

As for the Gearshift, I use a TH8A shifter which isn't picked up by the game, so I found program called Antimicro and it picks up the shifter. I assigned Low / Auto / Reverse, etc to the Numpad keys, then assigned those numbers to the proper spots on my shifter, it works really well actually and only took a minute.

https://github.com/AntiMicro/antimicro/releases / https://sourceforge.net/projects/antimicro.mirror/files/

Suggestion from JTT for unsupported shifters:

As long as its detected by AUTOHOTKEY, you can use the shifter to issue "keyboard commands". Changing gears works nice.

https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Tutorial.htm

To access these presets, you will need to:

• Go into the "Controls" menu
  
• Proceed to the "Wheels" tab.
  
• Once there, press the "Defaults" button in order to set the defaults to your specific device.
  
• If you're using a manual gear shifter, check the checkbox "Manual Gearbox With Clutch"

Originally posted by MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO:

Anyone having problem with Thrustmaster wheels, disconnect shifter if you have one. The game wont detect the wheel if the shifter is also plugged in.

I recently upgraded my T3PA pedals to a set of Thrustmaster TLCM Pedals.

The T3PA pedals worked fine with the game, running through the weel base.
I can't however the TLCM pedals to register in the game through USB.

The cockpit view steering wheel animation uses 390° turning range. If you set your wheel to this range with your driver software, it matches up.

[TheOrangeBox]

Hey - i've a real wheel, will it work?

[mendel]

Originally posted by TheOrangeBox:

Hey - i've a real wheel, will it work?

Only if you also have a real truck.

[-==SteeleMage==-]

No G27. Makes me sad.

[TheOrangeBox]

Originally posted by mendel:

Originally posted by TheOrangeBox:

Hey - i've a real wheel, will it work?

Only if you also have a real truck.

I've a ŠKODA 706R 6 cylinders with 5+R transmission - it's the real deal

[mendel]

Originally posted by -==SteeleMage==-:

No G27. Makes me sad.

Well, people are playing with it. I just did a quick google search, there are youtubers using it, and there's also a tweet confirming that. https://twitter.com/PlaySnowRunner/status/1298614248701034496

[-==SteeleMage==-]

Originally posted by mendel:

Originally posted by -==SteeleMage==-:

No G27. Makes me sad.

Well, people are playing with it. I just did a quick google search, there are youtubers using it, and there's also a tweet confirming that. https://twitter.com/PlaySnowRunner/status/1298614248701034496

Thank you, @mendel.

I may give it another try at some point, see if I can get it working "enough". I had seen that tweet and bought the game on Epic, but found most of the G27 features did not work, and the shifter was completely unrecognized (and is not on a separate USB).

I did see there is a "mod" for G27 somewhere, but I was running out of "return the game time window" and didn't get to try it out. With no point in playing this game w/o a wheel & pedals, I gave up and returned it. Maybe that means I get to have the Steam version (which I wanted anyway), in the end. :)

Here's hopin'!

[-VG- Napster]

Originally posted by -==SteeleMage==-:

No G27. Makes me sad.

Your G27 or G25 should still work.... the only thing you have to do is to bind your buttons manualy ingame.
Some wheels just don´t have pre-defined bindings that doesnt mean they don´t work just set them up and you should be good to go.

[Quattro]

Just thought I would throw my 2 cents in as a wheel user myself.

I did play snowrunners briefly around the start of the year before refunding it due to not being overly impressed with the wheel support for my G290.

My impression of snowrunners at the time was that the force feed back was significantly inferior to mudrunners not to mention the lack of proper manual support and inability to disable the truck from going into reverse when on the brake pedal. the game also did not support my thrustmaster shifter TH8A to work together with my G290.

I was hoping further wheel support would be implemented eventually but I don't think that will come to pass.

I do plan to pick this game up when it comes to steam but I will be using a controller as that is what the game seems to be entirely geared towards.

[mendel]

Originally posted by Quattro:

My impression of snowrunners at the time was that the force feed back was significantly inferior to mudrunners not to mention the lack of proper manual support and inability to disable the truck from going into reverse when on the brake pedal. the game also did not support my thrustmaster shifter TH8A to work together with my G290.

I have played both MudRunner and Snowrunner on a Logitech Driving Force GT and didn't notice any inferiority, so maybe the February update improved it? or maybe we have different standards. Spintires is much more of a fight with FFB for me.
In Snowrunner, different trucks may show different sensitivity, too. And the FFB settings have a bunch of parameters you can set, like tilt gain, friction gain, spring gain, and collision gain.

SnowRunner has 6 manual gears (reverse, neutral, low-, low, low+, high) in addition to auto (not all gearboxes have all of these), and the brake pedal works (= does not reverse) in all of them except auto. (it would be nice if brake-reverse could be turned off for auto.) All of the gears can be assigned to keyboard keys or buttons, I'm using the digipad on my wheel for 4 of these.

I use my controller only to operate the crane.

[Quattro]

Originally posted by mendel:

Originally posted by Quattro:

My impression of snowrunners at the time was that the force feed back was significantly inferior to mudrunners not to mention the lack of proper manual support and inability to disable the truck from going into reverse when on the brake pedal. the game also did not support my thrustmaster shifter TH8A to work together with my G290.

I have played both MudRunner and Snowrunner on a Logitech Driving Force GT and didn't notice any inferiority, so maybe the February update improved it? or maybe we have different standards. Spintires is much more of a fight with FFB for me.
In Snowrunner, different trucks may show different sensitivity, too. And the FFB settings have a bunch of parameters you can set, like tilt gain, friction gain, spring gain, and collision gain.

Could be the fact we have different wheels causing the different experience.

Originally posted by mendel:

SnowRunner has 6 manual gears (reverse, neutral, low-, low, low+, high) in addition to auto (not all gearboxes have all of these), and the brake pedal works (= does not reverse) in all of them except auto. (it would be nice if brake-reverse could be turned off for auto.) All of the gears can be assigned to keyboard keys or buttons, I'm using the digipad on my wheel for 4 of these.

Those aren't manual gears those are auto range selectors. You don't have control over the specific gears just a broad range of gears. Manual gears would be your traditional 1 to 6 H pattern or with real trucks your 1 to 4 with range and splitter function to create 16 gears.

And yes if I'm not in auto I won't go into reverse by hitting the brake pedal but i'm also not using high range unless i'm travelling on a mostly straight road and I'm not using low unless I'm stuck in the mud or going up a steep hill which leaves me using auto when I'm not doing either of those things.

[mendel]

Originally posted by Quattro:

Originally posted by mendel:

SnowRunner has 6 manual gears (reverse, neutral, low-, low, low+, high) in addition to auto (not all gearboxes have all of these), and the brake pedal works (= does not reverse) in all of them except auto. (it would be nice if brake-reverse could be turned off for auto.) All of the gears can be assigned to keyboard keys or buttons, I'm using the digipad on my wheel for 4 of these.

Those aren't manual gears those are auto range selectors. You don't have control over the specific gears just a broad range of gears. Manual gears would be your traditional 1 to 6 H pattern or with real trucks your 1 to 4 with range and splitter function to create 16 gears.

And yes if I'm not in auto I won't go into reverse by hitting the brake pedal but i'm also not using high range unless i'm travelling on a mostly straight road and I'm not using low unless I'm stuck in the mud or going up a steep hill which leaves me using auto when I'm not doing either of those things.

Honestly I don't understand this. The 6 non-auto gears feel like actual gears, they don't shift like the AUTO does, and they each have separate top speed. I know it's not your traditional pattern.

If you're only using HIGH on a straight road, you are playing Snowrunner wrong. On the offroad gearbox, you should be using HIGH to go faster than LOW+ in any terrain that allows it, because it will prevent your truck downshifting yet still allow a higher speed. I've not used HIGH on the Highway gearbox (much), but some people swear by it also for use in terrain (but in my experience you're less likely to be able to upshift to it from LOW+).

Real trucks also go up to highway speeds. Snowrunner trucks barely make 30 mph even under favorable conditions, less so offroad; going fast is not what this game is about.

On a straight level road, I'm using AUTO because that's the fastest gear,and it won't downshift on me then. On almost any other terrain, I use the appropriate manual gear.

[-==SteeleMage==-]

Originally posted by -VG- Napster:

Originally posted by -==SteeleMage==-:

No G27. Makes me sad.

Your G27 or G25 should still work.... the only thing you have to do is to bind your buttons manualy ingame.
Some wheels just don´t have pre-defined bindings that doesnt mean they don´t work just set them up and you should be good to go.

Hi, VG. :) It should, yah. As I recall, though, it wasn't recognizing the button pushes when attempting to bind them, though. Just ignored them completely. :( Maybe this has changed since last October/November timeframe, and actually binds now? That would work for me, if so!

[Quattro]

Originally posted by mendel:

Honestly I don't understand this. The 6 non-auto gears feel like actual gears, they don't shift like the AUTO does, and they each have separate top speed. I know it's not your traditional pattern.

Do you understand how range works. When your in low it will use the lower gears 1 or 2 and when your in high it will use the high gears 5 or 6 but you don't get a specific gear choice.

Originally posted by mendel:

If you're only using HIGH on a straight road, you are playing Snowrunner wrong. On the offroad gearbox, you should be using HIGH to go faster than LOW+ in any terrain that allows it, because it will prevent your truck downshifting yet still allow a higher speed. I've not used HIGH on the Highway gearbox (much), but some people swear by it also for use in terrain (but in my experience you're less likely to be able to upshift to it from LOW+).

Real trucks also go up to highway speeds. Snowrunner trucks barely make 30 mph even under favorable conditions, less so offroad; going fast is not what this game is about.

On a straight level road, I'm using AUTO because that's the fastest gear,and it won't downshift on me then. On almost any other terrain, I use the appropriate manual gear.

Read my comment again I never said I would only use high on straight roads I said mostly straight as I would not use high in a place where there was continuous 90 degree turns for example as i could not maintain the speed.

Also I don't like words being put in my mouth I never said this game was about being fast, my critique was sololy about the gearbox mechanic not whether the point of the game was being fast or not.

The gearbox mechanic is arcadey and is no where close to real manual change my mind.

[mendel]

Originally posted by Quattro:

Originally posted by mendel:

Honestly I don't understand this. The 6 non-auto gears feel like actual gears, they don't shift like the AUTO does, and they each have separate top speed. I know it's not your traditional pattern.

Do you understand how range works. When your in low it will use the lower gears 1 or 2 and when your in high it will use the high gears 5 or 6 but you don't get a specific gear choice.

I understand that this is how range works, but that's also not what SnowRunner does.

I maintain that HIGH should not be limited to be used "on a road", but also offroad in suitable terrain.

Very obviously the gearbox is arcadey, that wasn't the point. The point was that 6 of the 7 possible gears are manual.

[Quattro]

Originally posted by mendel:

I understand that this is how range works, but that's also not what SnowRunner does.

I maintain that HIGH should not be limited to be used "on a road", but also offroad in suitable terrain.

where did I say high should be limited to on road you keep addressing points I don't even make.

The point I was making was specifically that I won't be using high when on winding roads because I won't be able maintain the speed never mentioned high being used off road.

I don't appreciate getting straw manned Mr straw man.

Originally posted by mendel:

Very obviously the gearbox is arcadey, that wasn't the point. The point was that 6 of the 7 possible gears are manual.

and how do you get that you can manually control 6 gears specifically with only 3 manual gearing options high, low, and low+ explain that one.