How Do I Fix the Handling?

[Demon Nachos]

Vehicles seem to have two modes, either they are slipping on ice or they are refusing to turn at all. Even at just 20 miles per hour the turning radius is best measured in miles. Is there a configuration or setting I can tweak that will let my car actually turn when I am moving faster than a speeding sloth? I don't remember this game being this ♥♥♥♥ in terms of driving physics when I first bought it years ago.

[sand hanitizer]

drive a real car the way you drive the cars in this game. get a steering wheel.

[sand hanitizer]

this isnt an arcade game and "Not remembering this game being this ♥♥♥♥" isnt a valid excuse

[Demon Nachos]

Originally posted by InfinityCat:

drive a real car the way you drive the cars in this game. get a steering wheel.

I can indeed turn my IRL vehicles while moving 30 mph, yet in game if I hit 20 mph the car seems to literally refuse to adjust course even slightly. I've owned the game for years and I do not recall the driving physics ever being this awful (Neither with my controller nor with just a keyboard).

[JBM]

Originally posted by Demon Nachos:

I can indeed turn my IRL vehicles while moving 30 mph, yet in game if I hit 20 mph the car seems to literally refuse to adjust course even slightly. I've owned the game for years and I do not recall the driving physics ever being this awful (Neither with my controller nor with just a keyboard).

You should try looking at the settings. Lots of options and adjustments to improve handling if you don't like how it is by default.

[CunkFeatures]

Originally posted by Demon Nachos:

I can indeed turn my IRL vehicles while moving 30 mph, yet in game if I hit 20 mph the car seems to literally refuse to adjust course even slightly.

You need to apply the same approach with driving to this game... Sounds like you are trying to turn with full lock, especially with KB/M, where you turn left/right but go straight.
Ease off the steering and allow the car to pitch forward and settle, don't apply throttle until you don't have to take your foot off it again and listen to those tires.

Once you learn to read the car and know what its doing you can belt them around with ease, even without a wheel.

[games library]

The cars don't feel right because you're driving through a monitor not much to do other than it takes a while to get good

[Czechoslovakia!]

Originally posted by Demon Nachos:

Vehicles seem to have two modes, either they are slipping on ice or they are refusing to turn at all. Even at just 20 miles per hour the turning radius is best measured in miles. Is there a configuration or setting I can tweak that will let my car actually turn when I am moving faster than a speeding sloth? I don't remember this game being this ♥♥♥♥ in terms of driving physics when I first bought it years ago.

There are a lot of things that your body feels when driving an actual car, this is a game and you cannot feel that here so for some it seems clunky and hard to drive, just like some people get sick after playing VR. Use a controller, gamepad or at best, a wheel. Don't just full lock the steering wheel to the right you need to ease it, if it still feels really bad try playing with settings.

[Demon Nachos]

I do love how everyone is acting like I haven't even seen a real car before. I've got a few thousand hours in the Gran Turismo series, the Dirt series,and various other "Racing sims" as well as 50ish in Beam,NG itself, I know how to take corners. I use a PS3 controller and moving the left stick left in every other game turns the car left. It used to work well in this one as well, but for some reason if I am over 30-40 mph it just stops working.

Real cars are not like that. I used to own a 1977 Cadillac Eldorado and she would quite happily go down a fairly curvy backwoods road at 40-50 mph. Meanwhile in this game when I try to go down the road from the default start in Italy that gentle left bend is too tight to make at 70-80 mph. My land yacht Caddy could handle what a rally driver would consider a "4" at speeds this game thinks is too fast for a race car to take a "7."

I don't have any assists that I can see turned on, so no stability control or anything that I can find that would cause that problem.

[PenguinOfTheSands]

People really out here with the pedal to the metal, wondering why they can't take acute turns .

[JBM]

Originally posted by Demon Nachos:

I do love how everyone is acting like I haven't even seen a real car before.

I don't remember saying that. I DID suggest looking at settings though. Especially if you're using keyboard/mouse.

Pre-configured cars aren't always the best. Look at switching parts like transmissions, diffs and tyres to improve handling.

[Demon Nachos]

I've made it pretty clear I'm using a PS3 controller, and that in previous versions of the game keyboard worked well enough. The problem isn't that the car handles funny, it is that it doesn't handle at all. As I said, I did a default start on Italy and that gentle left bend was apparently too much to handle at 80 mph despite my old IRL Cadillac being able to take a turn like that at 100 (Assuming she could hit that speed, she was not exactly zippy).

Originally posted by PenguinOfTheSands:

People really out here with the pedal to the metal, wondering why they can't take acute turns .

Did you not read the actual thread? I am speaking trying to take a very gentle left just off the default start in Italy at 80 mph. I'm not talking about trying to do a hairpin at 120.

[JBM]

Originally posted by Demon Nachos:

I've made it pretty clear I'm using a PS3 controller, and that in previous versions of the game keyboard worked well enough. The problem isn't that the car handles funny, it is that it doesn't handle at all. As I said, I did a default start on Italy and that gentle left bend was apparently too much to handle at 80 mph despite my old IRL Cadillac being able to take a turn like that at 100 (Assuming she could hit that speed, she was not exactly zippy).

Originally posted by PenguinOfTheSands:

People really out here with the pedal to the metal, wondering why they can't take acute turns .

Did you not read the actual thread? I am speaking trying to take a very gentle left just off the default start in Italy at 80 mph. I'm not talking about trying to do a hairpin at 120.

You're still ranting about not being able to turn, yet you still appear to be ignoring the suggestions.

Have you even checked your steering filters to make sure you don't have the "Limit steering at speed" box checked? That would be a start.

[Peaceul]

Get steering wheel or use gamepad analogs really gently. I used to think that Civetta Bolide is unplayable trash that slips all the time for no reason. But lately i tried to give it a shot and when i gave it some patience, now its my favorite car. With steering wheel it would be so amazing to drive it.

[Czechoslovakia!]

Originally posted by Demon Nachos:

I've made it pretty clear I'm using a PS3 controller, and that in previous versions of the game keyboard worked well enough. The problem isn't that the car handles funny, it is that it doesn't handle at all. As I said, I did a default start on Italy and that gentle left bend was apparently too much to handle at 80 mph despite my old IRL Cadillac being able to take a turn like that at 100 (Assuming she could hit that speed, she was not exactly zippy).

Originally posted by PenguinOfTheSands:

People really out here with the pedal to the metal, wondering why they can't take acute turns .

Did you not read the actual thread? I am speaking trying to take a very gentle left just off the default start in Italy at 80 mph. I'm not talking about trying to do a hairpin at 120.

You might try using a different control method, I don't use a PS3 controller so I can't vouch for how good it is but it could be the controller your using, try messing with some settings or just stop playing the game.

[PenguinOfTheSands]

Originally posted by Demon Nachos:

Did you not read the actual thread? I am speaking trying to take a very gentle left just off the default start in Italy at 80 mph. I'm not talking about trying to do a hairpin at 120.

No, I did. My point though is I'm practically in the exact same situation as you in that I've played tons of GT and DiRT, as well as using a PS4 controller (which is virtually identical to a PS3 controller) for this game and I've never had an issue with the handling. I even looked at the specific turn you were talking about and that's definitely NOT a turn you can take at 80 mph. It's like a left 3 or 4 so it can be approached at a top speed of about 60-65 mph for an exit speed around 80 mph. You might be able to go A LITTLE faster on that turn if you used the gutter to help you but that's about it.