Am I bad or is the game hard ?

[S N K 2 1 5]

I simply cannot control/drive the cars. I'm playing on career mode and literally at the first race i cannot do better than 4th and that's when i push the cars out of the track. It feels like i'm driving on ice, i have no grip no matter what i do. Turn too hard : slide off the track, Break too hard : slide off the track, a bot bumps me : slide off the track etc....
I play with an Xbox controller that i correctly set up, and i have the "gamer" profile for the assists except for the automatic gearbox (i prefer manual)
it doesn't feel right, i'm at the FIRST RACE of carrer mode and i cannot overtake other cars...
What the hell is happening ?
thanks for any help

[lx]

the bots are a bit off the proper. i use 80 skill and dont care about them.
i have a video which shows how much faster im going than them, on that skill, the tatuus car. the cars in there are being lapped in a 20 lap race.
if you drive a bit with them, you will see how they work and maybe you can increase the skill latter.

about the gamepad controller, thats a bad choice, if you ask me.
feeling on ice usually goes with not properly set up controls, car and/or bad driving.
some cars are harder to drive.

[Carpemann]

Hi SNK . Check out https://www.racedepartment.com/forums/assetto-corsa.130/
Maybe you can find som good info regarding driving with xbox controller. If you play a lot of racing games I really recommend to buy a wheel . if you become a member on racedepartment forum you can download a lot of cool tracks and cars and mods to this racing game.. BR Carpemann

[Dat Zorro]

It's intended with wheels in mind. I have never played it with a controller before, but with a wheel and pedals, if you play at 80%, you can still get first place even when screwing up a few times. Doesn't feel like on ice at all.

Unless you go into an event which is blatantly stacked against you, with opponents driving much faster cars than yours. The SLS AMG-series is pure hell, for instance.

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[rola]

turns out it's not easy to drive a (fairly decently simulated) car with an xbox controller.

[Mr Deap]

It's a setup game for the most part. The wrong tire pressure alone makes you lose 10 sec a lap.

[Matic]

I have an older "Fanatec" Porche GT3 wheel and pedals., V1? They are heavy duty steel pedals.
I have placed 1st on many maps and still hold some records.
However I traveled north to visit my folks one summer and didnt want to drag all my fanatec gear with me so I took an XB1 controller for giggles.

Followed a couple tutorials and you know, I beat all my records that I had with a $1000 fanatec setup with a $30 controller.

[Rich Mahogany]

You can do well with the controller if you have a good setup, try what I have below. Sliding around normally means one of your triggers is being pressed too hard at the wrong time. You need to be gentle with both the brake and throttle trigger. You should almost never have them pressed all the way down unless it's the throttle and you're on a straight which you have gradually worked up to pressing it all the way down. Corners need to be taken a lot slower than you might think, gently ease onto the throttle after you've hit the apex of the turn. I haven't played that much and I get around the tracks fine with zero assists, so it's definitely possible. Having not played with assists, it's also possible some of these assists are messing you up. Try without, it will really help you identity where the problem is, where the assists might cover it up.


Speed sensitivity: 100%
Steering speed: 18%
Steering Gamma: 390%
Steering Filter: 48%
Steering deadzone: 4%
Rumble: 100% (if you're ever feeling rumble, it's telling you you're losing grip)

[Młody Franz Antonio Gonzales]

Chill. I think you have to practice. Learn how to drive on circuits. For example how to turn right in sector 1 on Imola.

[HallyGator]

I too have the same problem.
Drive only easy cars in the beginning and set AI to 75%.
The easiest cars are here in order on Tiiips. Try the first four
https://www.tiiips.com/m/tiiips/home?action=viewCategory&cID=25495

[オナニー]

My best lap times were me using a keyboard.

Granted I use mouse steering and ABS on all cars

[Alpheus]

Originally posted by Rich Mahogany:

Speed sensitivity: 100%
Steering speed: 18%
Steering Gamma: 390%
Steering Filter: 48%
Steering deadzone: 4%
Rumble: 100% (if you're ever feeling rumble, it's telling you you're losing grip)

I have Logitech F310 controller and use the following:

wheel / custom

Main Controls
degrees of rotation: 1000 deg

Advanced->Steering Settings
Gamma: 2.50
Filter: 0.06
Speed Sensitivity: 0.12

Advanced->Pedal Settings
Brake Gamma: 2.40

Works quite well for me.

For cars with sensitive steering (sport cars or open wheels), I would lower the degrees of rotation, eg., to 700 deg or so.

[LordZdarsky]

Originally posted by S N K:

I simply cannot control/drive the cars. I'm playing on career mode and literally at the first race i cannot do better than 4th and that's when i push the cars out of the track. It feels like i'm driving on ice, i have no grip no matter what i do. Turn too hard : slide off the track, Break too hard : slide off the track, a bot bumps me : slide off the track etc....
I play with an Xbox controller that i correctly set up, and i have the "gamer" profile for the assists except for the automatic gearbox (i prefer manual)
it doesn't feel right, i'm at the FIRST RACE of carrer mode and i cannot overtake other cars...
What the hell is happening ?
thanks for any help

I am using g29 and i have the same problem no matter what i try, the cars just loose grip. i completely turn the wheel and the car just slides out of the corner... what can i do?

[luZk]

I suggest you find an online server, nordschliefe, take the slowest car and follow another player in a slow car. The m3 e92 is a perfect school car, it has near perfect ballance.

This is not an easy game, it's very much a simulator, it takes many hours, days and even months to master.

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by S N K:

I simply cannot control/drive the cars. I'm playing on career mode and literally at the first race i cannot do better than 4th and that's when i push the cars out of the track. It feels like i'm driving on ice, i have no grip no matter what i do. Turn too hard : slide off the track, Break too hard : slide off the track, a bot bumps me : slide off the track etc....
I play with an Xbox controller that i correctly set up, and i have the "gamer" profile for the assists except for the automatic gearbox (i prefer manual)
it doesn't feel right, i'm at the FIRST RACE of carrer mode and i cannot overtake other cars...
What the hell is happening ?
thanks for any help

It is possible to be fast with gamepad, but you need to know what you are doing.
try learning with these guys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-sGV2XXUeU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvcuGoVhpxw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PAo4TF8918

Every small detail of what you do with steering, brake and throttle, your gearing, when and how much brake, throttle and steering you use . . . everything matter and for each turn is from a little bit different to completely different and for different reasons.

The game is hard but because it follows more realistic physics and require you to learn better how to drive to be fast.
Setups can grant you from 1s to 2s, a max of 3s, but will not do magic of making you faster by 7s, 10s or more and in case it do make you 7s or 10s faster it just mean you are being way too slow and instead of changing setup you should have changed car.