Keyboard settings.

[Somjit]

Hi all,
Can anyone kindly share some good keyboard settings?
I play in keyboard and I am not able to play the game at all.

[Simon said EAT DUST PLAYER_1 !]

maybe another keyboard-player like @Axe might be able to help you here?

[Axe]

I have little time at the moment now but I'll get back later - but first does your keyboard work at all but you just can't find any good settings as you also add that you can't play the game at all. just a little confused at the moment

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by Somjit:

Hi all,
Can anyone kindly share some good keyboard settings?
I play in keyboard and I am not able to play the game at all.

1 - Dont hold steering, throttle or brake, learn to fast tap the keys.
2 - Dont know how it is configured by default (or how you are used to at other games) but dont use throttle and brake along with steering on the same hand (split brake/throttle/gearing/handbrake to 1 hand, steering for the other).

I played DR1 for a time at keyboard alone (and I was used to play racing games with this configuration). Try this:
A - turn left
D - turn right
K - throttle
J - brake
L - handbrake
O - downshift
U - upshift
I - change camera
N - ESC (PAUSE)

And try to be "gentle" with your inputs, also just because it is rally dont mean you have to use handbrake all the time.

[Somjit]

Originally posted by EF_Neo1st:

Originally posted by Somjit:

Hi all,
Can anyone kindly share some good keyboard settings?
I play in keyboard and I am not able to play the game at all.

1 - Dont hold steering, throttle or brake, learn to fast tap the keys.
2 - Dont know how it is configured by default (or how you are used to at other games) but dont use throttle and brake along with steering on the same hand (split brake/throttle/gearing/handbrake to 1 hand, steering for the other).

I played DR1 for a time at keyboard alone (and I was used to play racing games with this configuration). Try this:
A - turn left
D - turn right
K - throttle
J - brake
L - handbrake
O - downshift
U - upshift
I - change camera
N - ESC (PAUSE)

And try to be "gentle" with your inputs, also just because it is rally dont mean you have to use handbrake all the time.

Thanks man.

[Axe]

(!)

You're welcome...

Oh well... same same old same old...

[Somjit]

Originally posted by Axe:

I have little time at the moment now but I'll get back later - but first does your keyboard work at all but you just can't find any good settings as you also add that you can't play the game at all. just a little confused at the moment :lunar2019smilingpig:

I played Dirt 4 in keyboard. There, the car turned smoothly and easily. But in this game, car is turning late and some turns.Its just going straight.And sometimes in small corners, its turning more than required. I need some good Advanced Keyboard Settings like stearing linearity and all. Can you share a pic of your advanced keyboard settings?

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by Somjit:

Originally posted by Axe:

I have little time at the moment now but I'll get back later - but first does your keyboard work at all but you just can't find any good settings as you also add that you can't play the game at all. just a little confused at the moment :lunar2019smilingpig:

I played Dirt 4 in keyboard. There, the car turned smoothly and easily. But in this game, car is turning late and some turns.Its just going straight.And sometimes in small corners, its turning more than required. I need some good Advanced Keyboard Settings like stearing linearity and all. Can you share a pic of your advanced keyboard settings?

Like I said, it is more a matter of fast tapping.
For turning less, tap slowly.
For turning in-between little and full lock, fast tap.
Fur fast full turn, just hold the steering.

Use the same logic for braking and throttle, whenever you need less brake, use fast tap or slow tap, whenever you need less throttle, use fast tap or slow tap.

If you change linearity to be smoother with more gradual input for whenever you hold the keys down, then whenever you need to react faster you will not be able to, so that is no in-between other than learning to fast tap and slow tap (and even learning in-between fast tap, very fast tap, very slow tapping, slow tap and average tapping).

[Axe]

Originally posted by Somjit:

I need some good Advanced Keyboard Settings like stearing linearity and all. Can you share a pic of your advanced keyboard settings?

No problem but as you'll see I don't put much much credence into the KB settings. They are mostly irrelevant to me.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2495847622

Originally posted by EF_Neo1st:

Like I said, it is more a matter of fast tapping.
For turning less, tap slowly.
For turning in-between little and full lock, fast tap.
Fur fast full turn, just hold the steering.

Use the same logic for braking and throttle, whenever you need less brake, use fast tap or slow tap, whenever you need less throttle, use fast tap or slow tap.

If you change linearity to be smoother with more gradual input for whenever you hold the keys down, then whenever you need to react faster you will not be able to, so that is no in-between other than learning to fast tap and slow tap (and even learning in-between fast tap, very fast tap, very slow tapping, slow tap and average tapping).

I couldn't have put it better. OP.

Many have posted that playing with KB is easy and requires no 'talent/practicing' and I always ask them why don't they do it then. It certainly isn't especially the best method for competition but it does require an accumulation of different of skills.

It may just be a matter of practice and honing your muscle memory.

Edit: Also Dirt4 is out and out arcade not at all like DR 2.0

[Tyso]

just spend like 20$ on a controller man, will make your game play 1000x better

[Multihog]

Originally posted by Tyso:

just spend like 20$ on a controller man, will make your game play 1000x better

For the other inputs such as triggers for throttle control, sure, but I disagree about the sticks.

I have an Xbox 360 controller, but I use the tapping method with d-pad because the analog stick is impossible to micromanage high speed steering with. Analog control is total ♥♥♥♥ because the range isn't enough; you always steer too much or not enough, and when you're going fast, one accidental full push of the stick in either direction, and you're flying off the track into outer space because your rear will start sliding. When you d-pad tap, one input won't destroy you (with about 80 sensitivity), and it's also easier to control overall.

I'd rather use keyboard even. Tapping allows for quite precise steering, though still not nearly as precise as wheel. My times improved a lot instantly when I stopped using analog.

[EF_Neo1st]

I know it is far from being the same game but the "keyboard tapping driving" is about the same as I was using keyboard:
https://youtu.be/A5BaBTl8P8Y
Go with fast tapping, or slow/average tapping, for what you need, everything else is memorization of car handling on each surface and how you deal with tapping for each.

[Multihog]

Originally posted by EF_Neo1st:

I know it is far from being the same game but the "keyboard tapping driving" is about the same as I was using keyboard:
https://youtu.be/A5BaBTl8P8Y
Go with fast tapping, or slow/average tapping, for what you need, everything else is memorization of car handling on each surface and how you deal with tapping for each.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_SgxTX2vfg
Yeah, that's how I play DR2 with a controller d-pad too. It looks janky as f*ck, but it works surprisingly well. The precision at fast speeds is pretty good, such as at 0:55 in my video.

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by Multihog:

Originally posted by EF_Neo1st:

I know it is far from being the same game but the "keyboard tapping driving" is about the same as I was using keyboard:
https://youtu.be/A5BaBTl8P8Y
Go with fast tapping, or slow/average tapping, for what you need, everything else is memorization of car handling on each surface and how you deal with tapping for each.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_SgxTX2vfg
Yeah, that's how I play DR2 with a controller d-pad too. It looks janky as f*ck, but it works surprisingly well. The precision at fast speeds is pretty good, such as at 0:55 in my video.

It look smooth (and react sort of smooth) because the game have helping adjustments (more than the ones players adjust at settings) that allow for smoother driving, also if all the steering wheel fighting at FFB wheel was to be taken to gamepads or keyboard DR 2.0 (and any other sim) would be totally and completely unplayable as on straights you would have to counter the steering wheel steering because of track deformations and bumps and it is more true at rally (this is the most noticeable "physics downgrade" for anything that is not a FFB wheel, because also would be totally unfair and unplayable with gamepad or keyboard ... there may be other physics downgrades for the same reason, as all reactions at keyboard or gamepad are 0.2s to 0.35s delayed, the fast to average human reaction time to visual and audio cues, because of the lack of feedback other than sound and visuals, whenever you react would be way too late).

[Multihog]

Originally posted by EF_Neo1st:

Originally posted by Multihog:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_SgxTX2vfg
Yeah, that's how I play DR2 with a controller d-pad too. It looks janky as f*ck, but it works surprisingly well. The precision at fast speeds is pretty good, such as at 0:55 in my video.

It look smooth (and react sort of smooth) because the game have helping adjustments (more than the ones players adjust at settings) that allow for smoother driving, also if all the steering wheel fighting at FFB wheel was to be taken to gamepads or keyboard DR 2.0 (and any other sim) would be totally and completely unplayable as on straights you would have to counter the steering wheel steering because of track deformations and bumps and it is more true at rally (this is the most noticeable "physics downgrade" for anything that is not a FFB wheel, because also would be totally unfair and unplayable with gamepad or keyboard ... there may be other physics downgrades for the same reason, as all reactions at keyboard or gamepad are 0.2s to 0.35s delayed, the fast to average human reaction time to visual and audio cues, because of the lack of feedback other than sound and visuals, whenever you react would be way too late).

Yeah, and it's still garbage compared to wheel with all the "help." Your guy can only turn the wheel 90 degrees beyond a certain speed, so you can't make sharp turns at all unless you're driving slow.

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by Multihog:

Originally posted by EF_Neo1st:

It look smooth (and react sort of smooth) because the game have helping adjustments (more than the ones players adjust at settings) that allow for smoother driving, also if all the steering wheel fighting at FFB wheel was to be taken to gamepads or keyboard DR 2.0 (and any other sim) would be totally and completely unplayable as on straights you would have to counter the steering wheel steering because of track deformations and bumps and it is more true at rally (this is the most noticeable "physics downgrade" for anything that is not a FFB wheel, because also would be totally unfair and unplayable with gamepad or keyboard ... there may be other physics downgrades for the same reason, as all reactions at keyboard or gamepad are 0.2s to 0.35s delayed, the fast to average human reaction time to visual and audio cues, because of the lack of feedback other than sound and visuals, whenever you react would be way too late).

Yeah, and it's still garbage compared to wheel with all the "help." Your guy can only turn the wheel 90 degrees beyond a certain speed, so you can't make sharp turns at all unless you're driving slow.

It, and the lack of feeling, imo, makes it harder (also I dont know if there would be a setting that allow for more steering at high speeds, but on wheel if you turn too much with too much speed you would just go wide or straight then offtrack or to a wall/rock/tree ... dont know if certain limitation on gamepad/keyboard would be because of that).