Can you make the brake pedal be a brake?

[morgoth13]

Instead of shifting into reverse? I realize it only seems to do this when the transmission is in Auto, but it is so frustrating backing up when I'm just trying to stop the damn truck. Having to use auto transmission at all is annoying but I can live with it. But having the brake pedal shift into reverse whenever I try to stop unless I have it locked to the low range gears is infinitely annoying. Whether using wheel, controller or keyboard it's never a good thing to have it work like that.

Is there any way that this function can be changed or is it just stuck that way? I tried searching but didn't see anything. I can't believe no one has ever thought of it before, but I can't find any topics. Then again I can't believe anyone would think having the brake pedal make you back up would be a good idea in the first place, so maybe I'm just weird.

Being able to put the gearshift button on my wheel would be nice too. But in both cases, unless I'm missing something there doesn't seem to be any way to change them.

[morgoth13]

Okay, I have no idea what I did, but when I played again the next day it was not doing this at all.

It was doing some odd things the first day when I was mapping controls to my wheel -- when I would choose a control it would try to switch one of the other controls I had already selected until I did it a couple times, then it would change to the right thing.

I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it or not, but after starting the game again and not changing any of the controls, my brake stops me and does not automatically start driving in reverse under any circumstances.

It's puzzling, but as long as it is working properly now I guess it is okay.



EDIT: Nope, I think my brake pedal was acting up. The load cell is wearing out, I bet I wasn't hitting it hard enough to make it register. I was definitely having that problem later, and once I corrected it, it was back to the same old horrible auto-reverse. The trucks stop on their own pretty quick so I probably didn't realize I wasn't actually braking. I assume there's nothing that can be done then, except to not use the full gear range, or beg for an update to change it that will never come.

[Kame-kichi]

When in AT (automatic trasmission) that's the behavior. With a joypad controller, it might make sense, but I agree with pedals it's pretty annoying.

Not the same, but when you need to stop and not move, you can use the parking-brakes instead. This helps when you're on a slope and don't want to roll away.

[morgoth13]

Yeah I started doing that sometimes. Just starting the game, I'll get used to it. Personally I hate when games do that with gamepads too but I understand some people like it. I'm the guy that always uses manual transmission anyway(I'd use a clutch on a gamepad if they'd let me... most games won't even let me use it with paddle shifters on my wheel) so it's really strange for me.

[rocket_powered]

It's really annoying. I wish they would get their act together and add proper contoller configuration options.