Mafia II: How to set up your steering wheel (guide based on the G920)

This will show you how to set up a wheel to work with Mafia II

Downloading and enabling x360ce

For the steering wheel to work with Mafia II we'll need to download one app:

• x360ce (64-bit version)[www.x360ce.com] for Mafia II: Definitive Edition
  
• x360ce (32-bit version)[www.x360ce.com] for Mafia II: Classic Edition

This app is a great tool for controller support in various games where it's not built-in by default. To install it simply extract the zip you downloaded and place the x360ce_x64.exe or x360ce_x86.exe file in this folder:

• .../Mafia II Definitive Edition/pc for the Definitive Edition
  
• .../Mafia II/pc for the Classic Edition

Next start this program. For the Definitive Edition, a window will open with a warning saying the already present xinput1_3.dll file was built for the 32-bit architecture. Click Create to overwrite it with a 64-bit one:



For the Classic Edition, a different window will open with a warning saying the xinput1_3.dll file is missing. Click Create to create one:



When the next prompt pops up, choose Search automatically for settings and click Next and then Finish. This will set up the default configs for your wheel, assign your physical wheel to a virtual XBox controller slot (most likely controller no. 1) and your virtual controller tab should have a green square icon (active):



Note: if you get an error and your controller tab has a red square (disabled), try clicking on Auto below and then Yes - this usually fixes it for me and the controller tab becomes active.

The last thing you'll need to do if you're using the Definitive Edition is to close x360ce, go to .../Mafia II Definitive Edition/pc and rename the xinput1_3.dll file to xinput1_4.dll.

As for the Classic Edition do not rename that file, it's supposed to be left at xinput1_3.dll.

Configuring x360ce

Open x360ce again and in the sub-tab section underneath you can set up various settings, but what we'll need the most are two tabs:

• General - here you'll be able to map you physical wheel buttons and axes to correspond to buttons and axes of the virtual XBox controller (that the game thinks you're using)
  
• Left thumb / Right thumb - depending on which stick you hook up your steering on, you'll be able to adjust the deadzone / antideadzone settings to make you steering less / more sensitive.

Note: once we get everything running, you'll be able to set these settings any way you want, the only problem is whenever you change something, you'll have to exit the game and launch it again for the changes to be reflected in game. And just in case you happen to have a G920 (this is probably the same for the G29), you can give my configs a shot and see if the cars handle nicely or if something needs adjusting. Here are my button assignment and deadzone configs that I used with my G920 - just select these options from the dropdowns and adjust the slider values, and then click Save at the bottom:





Also, here are the virtual XBox controller controls to which I mapped my physical G920 wheel through x360ce (in the General tab):

Launch the game and test the wheel

That's about it, just make sure your x360ce settings are saved and you can then launch the game and test your wheel. A few things to keep in mind:

• x360ce does not need to be open while playing
  
• if you don't know what button on the the virtual XBox controller corresponds to which action in-game, you can go to the in-game options menu and check it in the gamepad section
  
• this guide should work for many different wheels, the only catch being that my G920 settings in x360ce may not feel smooth with your wheel. You may have to fine tune the deadzone / antideadzone settings in x360ce yourself until driving feels comfortable, which could sometimes be time-consuming
  
• I have not tried setting up force feedback nor did I care about it, so please don't ask how to do it because I'm fairly certain it cannot be accomplished easily. If anybody finds a way feel free to share. Instead I used the Logitech GHUB software to enable the "Centering spring in non-FFB games" and set it to ~10% for an artificial centering effect

That's all, happy driving :)

[Prophet]

Thanks, glad you found it helpful :)

[vvk76zeffi]

Thanks dude, this really helps.