Does the game work well with a controller

[Kev]

I don't have a wheel, would my friends and I be able to play with controllers or is it wonky?

[FUS RO DAH]

i use a original xbox one controller and yes its playable but dont expect to be first place againts wheel and tuning the controller settings is a nightmare, but the Steer assist help alot, without the steer assist its hard to keep the wheels from spinning because the controller joystick doesnt have enough range of movement to properly simulate a wheel. but its playable yes its a great racing game

[turtleCZ]

It has gamepad helper like console simcades so yes, it's very easy to use gamepad.

[h3llraizerr]

Lol anyone lying to you saying this game is playable with controller is full of it. Can you drive with a controller? Yes. But it is not optimal, you will kill your tires and you will be slow. The ONLY game that is actually pretty good with controller on steam that is even remotely a sim is Project Cars 2.

[turtleCZ]

Messaggio originale di BrandN Mansell:

Lol anyone lying to you saying this game is playable with controller is full of it. Can you drive with a controller? Yes. But it is not optimal, you will kill your tires and you will be slow. The ONLY game that is actually pretty good with controller on steam that is even remotely a sim is Project Cars 2.

LOL, you don't know at all. PC2 don't have any usable helper.

[fs7kills]

Yes, ACC works fine with my Xbox 360 controller. Here's a playlist with videos of me doing races against AI using controller:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbUqJS5TDIJGviBONc0caoZNE-pSvVIlg

Messaggio originale di BrandN Mansell:

Lol anyone lying to you saying this game is playable with controller is full of it. Can you drive with a controller? Yes. But it is not optimal, you will kill your tires and you will be slow. The ONLY game that is actually pretty good with controller on steam that is even remotely a sim is Project Cars 2.

It's not optimal but I can get decent laptimes with it without killing my tyres.
PCars2 is garbage with controller imo, there's controller filters that cannot be turned off and cause input lag, it might be ok for casuals that play with assists & tap steering but it sucks for players that use precision steering.

[d[-_-]b]

Messaggio originale di BrandN Mansell:

Lol anyone lying to you saying this game is playable with controller is full of it. Can you drive with a controller? Yes. But it is not optimal, you will kill your tires and you will be slow. The ONLY game that is actually pretty good with controller on steam that is even remotely a sim is Project Cars 2.

ACC with a controller is fine, in fact it's one of the best racing sim controller implementations. PC2 has one of the worst controller implementations in a sim ever, which is the reason AMS2 has such a crap controller system at the moment, because they haven't extended it (yet).

[Jib-eh]

I used to race with my PS5 controller but bought a wheel setup recently and the difference is ridiculous. You can get pretty fast racing with controller, but for me, i got bored easily. Racing with a wheel, you can feel the car more and honestly i cant ever go back to racing with a controller.

[turtleCZ]

Messaggio originale di Jib-eh:

I used to race with my PS5 controller but bought a wheel setup recently and the difference is ridiculous. You can get pretty fast racing with controller, but for me, i got bored easily. Racing with a wheel, you can feel the car more and honestly i cant ever go back to racing with a controller.

Honestly I can't go back to racing with a wheel.

[namba one]

With good controller settings (and lots of skill) you can be faster than guys with wheel. Check out Black Gold Saw on youtube.

[EF_Neo1st]

Messaggio originale di Jib-eh:

I used to race with my PS5 controller but bought a wheel setup recently and the difference is ridiculous. You can get pretty fast racing with controller, but for me, i got bored easily. Racing with a wheel, you can feel the car more and honestly i cant ever go back to racing with a controller.

Me too, I can not go back to gamepad, I just uninstall all sims instead of playing it ith a gamepad, the difference from FFB wheel (and exactly because of the FFB and the whole immersion) is just way too enormous to be acceptable to return to gamepad.

To answer OP, yes, it is playable with gamepad, yes you can be fast with it and "steering returing to center" (also told as "helper" but it helps nothing if your inputs are on/off or almost on/off-lke as even if it return by itself to center it still screw you with too fast steering movements that will throw your car off) you may use it or not but either way you better push the analog stick forward and control your wheel by keeping the analog stick at the edge and away from the center, so you have much more smooth and precise steering input, also use the trigger buttons for brake and throttle.

[FUS RO DAH]

Heres a compilation of all the controler settings i found on internet, feel free to try them all as i did maybe you will find a good one for you :)

Deadzone: 5
Speed Sensitivity: 20 (Default setting)
Steer Filter: 0.85
Steer Gamma: 3.5
Steer Speed: 20
Use Auto Steer: On

Deadzone ------> 1
Speed sensitivity ------> 50
Steer filter ------> 0.83
Steer gamma ------> 2.2
Steer speed ------> 100
Use AUTO steer ------> OFF

"useSteerWithRight": false,
"rumbleIntensity": 0,
"steerSpeed": 0.5,
"steerGamma": 1.7999999523162842,
"steerFilter": 0.80000001192092896,
"deadZone": 0.20000000298023224,
"speedSensitivity": 0.30000001192092896,
"useAutoSteer": true,

Gamma=2.2
Filter=0.82
Speed Sensitivity=75% (previously, the value was 0.25 in the cfg, now it is 0.75)
Deadzone=0.04
Steering Speed=100%

Gamma=2.1
Filter=0.85
Speed Sensitivity=73%
Deadzone=0.05 (0.03 till v0.85)
Steering Speed=100%

Speed sensitivity 75% (revised after v1.09 on PS4)
Steering speed 100%
Filter 82%
Deadzone 4% [2-5%, might vary with controller]
Gamma 2.2

Speed Sensitivity: 75%
Steering Speed: 20%
Gamma: 2.2
Filter: 0.75
Deadzone: 0.06

Turn off stability, leave ABS and TC on factory. Also, if you want to get specific, you can go under \Documents\Assetto Corsa\cfg and edit controls.ini. The next entry under [Advanced] should be your controller

Speed Sensitivity = 40%
Steering Speed = 100%
Steering Deadzone = 100%
STEERING FILTER =0% OFF
Steering Gamma = 400%


Speed Sensitive: 64%
Steering Speed: 32%
Steering Gamma: 300%
Steering filter: 60%
Deadzone 5%

Deadzone: 20%
Speed Sensitivity: 35%
Steer Filter: 80%
Steer Speed: 50%
Steer Gamma: 1.8
Steer Assist: ENABLED

Deadzone: 20%
Speed Sensitivity: 50%
Steer Filter: 80%
Steer Speed: 50%
Steer Gamma: 1.8
Steer Assist: ENABLED

deadzone : 0
speed sensitivity : 20
speed filter : 80
steer speed : 70
steer gamma : 3
steer assist : enabled

Deadzone: 1
Speed Sensitivity: 50%
Steer Filter: 83%
Steer Gamma: 2.2
Steer Speed: 100%
Steer Assist: OFF

Deadzone: 20
Speed Sensitivity: 35%
Steer Filter: 80%
Steer Gamma: 1.8
Steer Speed: 50%
Steer Assist: On

Speed Sensitivity: 20%
Steering Speed: 0%
Steering Deadzone: 0%
Steering Filter: 20%
Steering Gamma: 200%

100
0
100
10
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220

Deadzone: 7
Speed Sensitivity: 91%
Steer Filter: 96%
Steer Gamma: 3.2
Steer Speed: 86%
Steer Assist: On

Deadzone: 0
Speed Sensitivity: 20%
Steer Filter: 80%
Steer Gamma: 3.0
Steer Speed: 70%
Steer Assist: On

Deadzone: 2
Speed Sensitivity: 55%
Steer Filter: 98%
Steer Gamma: 3.0
Steer Speed: 15%
Steer Assist: On

Deadzone: 5
Speed Sensitivity: 75%
Steer Filter: 95%
Steer Gamma: 1.5
Steer Speed: 100%
Steer Assist: On

Speed Sensitivity - How much the game will limit your max steering lock, according to instant car speed (let's say: at 30Km/h if you steer max right on your ministick, the virtual wheel will rotate more degrees than at 300Km/h)
Steering Speed - How fast the virtual wheel will react to your input and reach the limit of the available lock. Or in another way, how fast the virtual pilot will rotate the wheel.
Steering Filter - How much the game will smooth/limit aggressive input delta
Steering Gamma - The steering response curve. Gamma 1 should be 1:1, so from the middle position->full right (or left) stick travel, the input it sends goes from 0% (center) to 50% (middle right travel) to 100% (end) in a linear fashion. At Gamma 2 it might be something like 0% (center), 25% (middle right travel) to 100% (end) in a exponential curve, and so on as you raise it. Basically it'll tame input values near the center, while rising them more abruptly near the end of travel.

(GOOD LUCK ... LOL)

[d[-_-]b]

Messaggio originale di EF_Neo1st:

Messaggio originale di Jib-eh:

I used to race with my PS5 controller but bought a wheel setup recently and the difference is ridiculous. You can get pretty fast racing with controller, but for me, i got bored easily. Racing with a wheel, you can feel the car more and honestly i cant ever go back to racing with a controller.

Me too, I can not go back to gamepad, I just uninstall all sims instead of playing it ith a gamepad, the difference from FFB wheel (and exactly because of the FFB and the whole immersion) is just way too enormous to be acceptable to return to gamepad.

To answer OP, yes, it is playable with gamepad, yes you can be fast with it and "steering returing to center" (also told as "helper" but it helps nothing if your inputs are on/off or almost on/off-lke as even if it return by itself to center it still screw you with too fast steering movements that will throw your car off) you may use it or not but either way you better push the analog stick forward and control your wheel by keeping the analog stick at the edge and away from the center, so you have much more smooth and precise steering input, also use the trigger buttons for brake and throttle.

This technique only works for certain people. I've seen it suggested a lot, and it does nothing for me. It's actually less precise because your thumb/finger is always under tension holding the stick forward, which is not sensible - especially for a long race.

[EF_Neo1st]

Messaggio originale di Wake Turbulence:

Messaggio originale di EF_Neo1st:

Me too, I can not go back to gamepad, I just uninstall all sims instead of playing it ith a gamepad, the difference from FFB wheel (and exactly because of the FFB and the whole immersion) is just way too enormous to be acceptable to return to gamepad.

To answer OP, yes, it is playable with gamepad, yes you can be fast with it and "steering returing to center" (also told as "helper" but it helps nothing if your inputs are on/off or almost on/off-lke as even if it return by itself to center it still screw you with too fast steering movements that will throw your car off) you may use it or not but either way you better push the analog stick forward and control your wheel by keeping the analog stick at the edge and away from the center, so you have much more smooth and precise steering input, also use the trigger buttons for brake and throttle.

This technique only works for certain people. I've seen it suggested a lot, and it does nothing for me. It's actually less precise because your thumb/finger is always under tension holding the stick forward, which is not sensible - especially for a long race.

,On wheel with somewhat "not weak" FFB you have to hold the wheel tight in place using some strength and maybe the fingers or thumb start to get tired (and it is more noticeable on 80+ min), also the whole arm get tired not only the thumb or fingers (and the leg may get tired too, my right knee always end up hurting at Spa because of flatout for so long on 3 sections), still "precision and smoothness is required anyway and I have to deal with it if I so want.

[d[-_-]b]

Fine muscles (like fingers) are far more susceptible to RSI than bigger muscles (like arms).
It's not rocket science, but feel free to damage yourself thinking otherwise.
You can also permanently damage larger muscle groups as well, if you aren't smart about how you manage that.

[EF_Neo1st]

Messaggio originale di Wake Turbulence:

Fine muscles (like fingers) are far more susceptible to RSI than bigger muscles (like arms).
It's not rocket science, but feel free to damage yourself thinking otherwise.
You can also permanently damage larger muscle groups as well, if you aren't smart about how you manage that.

Yes, and also create extra layers of skin on dpad at fighting games and multiple fingers hurting after hours and hours of fast repetitive movement, yes I know.

Still, you do what you want and see more fit (like me and everyone else), just happen my right knee is not doing good on its 38years tho yes, it is more manageable when the weather is hotter.