Controller sensitivity

[Edwin]

So far I have been steering with my mouse. This actually works great and is very precise. I never even had a learning curve to use it after I lowered the sensitivity a bit. However, the downside is that everything else requires the keyboard. This is not so nice for throttle and brakes. Also the camera movement with the right mouse button is slightly risky.

As an alternative I've been trying to use my XBox 360 controller, but so far I haven't done quite as well with it. The main problem I'm having that when the configuration is right to drive at high speeds, I can't turn the wheel fast enough at lower speeds. Which has caused an accident or two when something unexpected happened. Is there a sweet spot for the configuration of sensitivity and non-linearity that works best?

My second problem is that I'm not really a big fan of the camera control. I think I would like it better if the stick would give me the position instead of the movement speed. This would make it easier to have a quick look sideways. Can this be changed with an option or mod?

[buzztham]

1. i just used the setting that the game had preset
2. the joy stick has a button that i have maped to button 1 to center camera in cap not sure if it can be set up for quick look

[Phileksa]

I bought a cheap steering wheel. It works nice enough, but I do need to make some mods. The steering wheel turns only ninety degrees either way, and the wheel in the game turns over 360. With a 4:1 turn ratio, it's not hard to see the problem! XD

I'll fix it. Eventually. When I have time and a nice work shop or something. Maybe. XD

[Lone Wolf]

I also use a 180 total degree S/W. An old relic from Logitech called the Formula Force GP. Dusted it off after purchasing ETS 2. Still does a good job though. Asked Santa for a G27, but all I'll probably get is coal. Anyway, I set my steering sensitivity to max & the steering non-linearity to min. Provides a very smooth feel when steering.

The steering (for me) used to be too quick & jerky. Granted, with a 180 wheel, you'll never have matching movement between your wheel & the in-game wheel. But for me it has a much smoother feel. Give it a try and adjust to your likings.

[ErghE]

I will take my old wheel out, then....

[Lone Wolf]

One thing I forgot to mention, I set controller to gamepad, not steering wheel. Makes a big difference.

[Edwin]

I learnt the hard way that wheel mode doesn't quite work for controllers ;-)

[Lone Wolf]

Originally posted by Edwin:

I learnt the hard way that wheel mode doesn't quite work for controllers ;-)

Actually, the other way around Edwin. For me, controller mode worked well for my 180 wheel. Tried setting that darn thing up in every way, but to no avail. Finally, I just tried something new & worked well for me.

Everybody has different tastes and/or prefferences in steering. I just found this works best for me.

Happy Holiday's Everyone !

[Edwin]

After a bit of research, I managed to get the camera to follow the right analogue thumb stick. This is how I did it:

Edit the controls.sii file in your profile and change the following lines:

 config_lines[135]: "mix trackiron `1`"
 config_lines[136]: "mix trackiryaw `deadzone(-joy.rx, c_lr_dz)/2.0`"
 config_lines[137]: "mix trackirpitch `deadzone(-joy.ry, c_ud_dz)/5.0`"

Then start the profile and remove the stick assignments for looking left/right and up/down. Do make sure that you set your deadzone properly though, otherwise you'll be in for a shaky ride.

Now I need to figure out how to only make this work on the inside camera view.

[buzztham]

go in the game to options then controls in there is camera up down then left right you set the there

[Edwin]

Originally posted by buzztham:

go in the game to options then controls in there is camera up down then left right you set the there

Yes, but that won't allow auto centering.