Controller doesn't work with this game. Any fix?

[Tamaster]

I have a Logitech F310 wired USB controller. XBOX 360 control type. Played many games with it works perfectly.

Steam is already configured with "Enable support for XBOX 360 Controller Type" - which works perfectly with all other games.

This game doesn't even recognize input. Simply does nothing.

Store page says FULL controller support. doesn't seem like that to me!

Is there a fix?

[WTFGamer]

You have to finish the trial race with a keyboard. After that, you can ESC to the main menu and go to options. There you can cycle thru to Joy 0. There are no defaults set, so you will need to map all the controls. After doing this, you will still need a keyboard to navigate the interface, but you can use a joystick in races. It's insane, but that seems to be the deal. Please let me know if there's a better solution.

[T3alian]

Yea that would work if you know Joy 0 was there in the controls or in options

[^6thegiftofno]

Originally posted by T3alStones_:

Yea that would work if you know Joy 0 was there in the controls or in options

Originally posted by T3alStones_:

Yea that would work if you know Joy 0 was there in the controls or in options

controller has to be plugged/connected before starting the game, bind everything in joypad 0 (it won't map/bind the controls to anything else so Joypad 0 is the only option that will work) in the controls option on the menu, the controller will only work during the races not in the menu like WTFGamer said.

[bluecat99]

I have tried all suggestions that I have found in comments on here and I still cannot get my controllers to work with this game. I have a third party wireless XBox360 controller which has no problems with any other game (Steam or not) that I have played using it and I have a genuine wired XBox360 controller which has also not shown any problems with other games. I only want to play a single player game without any fancy split screen, in local mode and not using Big Picture. It's been about 5 years since I last played and I know I was able to use a controller then as I do not play racing games without one!
Now, because I upgraded some parts of my PC I was curious to see how the game looked as I remember it was a really good looking game back then.
Trouble is, even though I go to the controller option in the menu, pressing a button on the controller does nothing at all so I cannot even configure the settings. I know the game sees the controller as being plugged in as I tried with both plugged in just for the hell of it, then started the game and Joypad 1 popped up as well as Joypad 0 which previously was the only one shown.
I thought, ok, lets just assume that the controller works during the game and not the menu then. However, I start a quick race (also tried with the season race too) and the controller does not respond to movement. To make the problem worse, I am now facing backwards as soon as the race starts and I repeatedly crash as the view refuses to return to normal when pressing the keys on the keyboard! I can only think that there is a controller conflict going on but I am damned if I can see how! Aaaargh!

[Viper]

Just buy a PS3 controller with Xinput support and then you're good to go (you could even navigate through the menu). Oh, but you need a special tool for that. I will DM you when i have time

[mista_chicken]

Originally posted by T3alStones_:

Yea that would work if you know Joy 0 was there in the controls or in options

I was going mad trying to get this work. Just in case you have not tried. When inm the controls settings don't forget to cycle through the options. It looks like there are none except keyboard 0, but if you press up or down (could be left or right, i can't remember) then the other optons flash up up, then when you press enter to start configuration it should work.Oh, i asl got suckered as i kept getting stuck on the accelerator button change. You have to change each option seperatly by pressing enter , then down each time you configure a button. Hope this helps.

[MadBeuXIII]

My old save file was corrupted, and I lost the connected of may Xbox controller too...

[bg4m3r]

I've been dealing with this issue as well, but I was just able to get it working again.

First off, on the Controls screen, left and right arrow will cycle through the available input devices. It's a terrible interface design because you would never know the other options are there.

Second, in order to get it to recognize the controller initially, I had to go into the game files and run the executable as administrator directly, not through Steam. Once I got the controller set up, I was able to go back to running it normally, launching through Steam, and not as administrator. It seems that in order to configure a gamepad, you have to run as admin then, once it's set up, you can just run it normally. Probably some Windows 10 security BS. Never had this issue on Windows 7.

I am using the Steam controller, with the dongle. I even have my control layout with arrow keys mapped for menu navigation to the left trackpad and 'Start and Select' buttons for Enter and ESC with left stick click as Tab. All in-game controls are fully functioning analog gamepad inputs.

[Spheredala!]

Originally posted by TheViper:

Just buy a PS3 controller with Xinput support and then you're good to go (you could even navigate through the menu). Oh, but you need a special tool for that. I will DM you when i have time

is the tool an emu? like some kind of motioninjoy?

[Viper]

Originally posted by dimi :):

Originally posted by TheViper:

Just buy a PS3 controller with Xinput support and then you're good to go (you could even navigate through the menu). Oh, but you need a special tool for that. I will DM you when i have time

is the tool an emu? like some kind of motioninjoy?

nah, it's really simple. I think it's called SCPToolkit. Try it out

[plue404]

Use a wired xinput controller
Can't get it to work with any Bluetooth controller

[Primus]

I have a wired Xbox Series X/S controller and it doesn't work

[Doc_Simulac]

Originally posted by DIMUS:

I have a wired Xbox Series X/S controller and it doesn't work

You know what's even sadder?
I have a "cracked" version of this game on an old offline W7 pc and it works flawlessly with an official wireless 360 controller. (I believe it is an old games for Windows live version)

This steam version is a travesty.
The best you can hope for is to use the steam controller api and basically map keyboard controls to a controller.

The big slap in the face is that any fix you manage to get working is NOT ideal because the game uses the controller triggers as gas and brakes which function on an analog axis...
Which means it'll never feel/control naturally because it'll just be ON/OFF for gas and brakes...so CONTROLLED drifting is impossible.
All you can do is brute force powerslides...

[Sicsided]

I have a wireless (with dongle) xbox controller and got it to work. The catch is the controller never works in the menus, just during gameplay. When you first get to the main menu go to Options, then Controller, then scroll left/right with the arrow keys until you get Joypad up. You need to assign each key moving through the menu with the keyboard, but then inputting with the buttons/analog sticks/triggers on your controller. Then still using your keyboard, move to whichever game mode you want and start. If you input all the keys to whatever you desire in the Options/Controller/Joypad it should work during the race. Once the race is over and your on the recap screen its back to keyboard. I'm sure there's somewhat to change all this with how Valve have implemented controller layout changes, but this is what works for me right now.

[Doc_Simulac]

Originally posted by Sicsided:

I have a wireless (with dongle) xbox controller and got it to work. The catch is the controller never works in the menus, just during gameplay. When you first get to the main menu go to Options, then Controller, then scroll left/right with the arrow keys until you get Joypad up. You need to assign each key moving through the menu with the keyboard, but then inputting with the buttons/analog sticks/triggers on your controller. Then still using your keyboard, move to whichever game mode you want and start. If you input all the keys to whatever you desire in the Options/Controller/Joypad it should work during the race. Once the race is over and your on the recap screen its back to keyboard. I'm sure there's somewhat to change all this with how Valve have implemented controller layout changes, but this is what works for me right now.

Interesting...BUT do the triggers work in an analog fashion?
As in when you pull the right one slightly, does the car move slowly?
Or is it full blast stomp on the pedal as soon as you touch the trigger?