Adjustable 'Degrees of Rotation' for Steering Wheel controllers

[TheLoveNinja]

As the title says, please include the option to adjust the degrees of rotation from lock-to-lock on a steering wheel controller.

Forced into using 900 degrees on a steering wheel controller (eg. Logitech DFGT) is totally bogus. I understand that most road cars have a high degree of rotation but not in any race cars. Somewhere around 300 degrees feels pretty good, but give us a slider so everyone can set it as they like it.

I thank you,
TheLoveNinja

 

[TomBrady]

I would just like to change the degrees of rotation on certain cars like the F1 cars. F1 cars just aren't meant to be driven with 900 degrees of steering. They should have the real life degrees of rotation for each car like iracing and netkar pro does.

 

[peccio]

Every car have the proper rotation in gt, PD simply fit it in 900 degree for each car, if a car have 300º, only 300 on 900 are useful.
The title should be different if you want steering lock, but i'm no sure that this can be done on all peripherals. I'm fine with the current method apart the lack of strength, wich is partly the result of it.

 

[poumpoum]

It's a really simple feature to provide...

For now, with my wheel (T500RS), there is a "hard trick" to change the dregrees of rotation but you need to do it when you're driving... and each time you restart a race or go to the pit, you have to do it again...

 

[GDII]

The G27 has adjustable lock. Press and hold Select, Start and either Triangle Square, Circle or X. Triangle is 180° while X is default 900°. Square and Circle are in between. This setting remains until you turn off the wheel.

 

[cbb]

ya im sick of only being able to use my dfgt on daytona... also ffb set to 1 is still waaaaay too strong. if i raced road courses with my wheel on 1 it starts to smell like its overheating

 

[Sick Cylinder]

I don't think this is the right approach.

Personally I think it would be better to have adjustable steering racks in the tuning menu so that you set up each car to your preference and to suit the track, tyres etc. The steering rack options would be standard (as per the car from the factory), quick and custom/race.

e.g. if driving an F1 car you would use the standard rack for circuits apart from Cote Dazur where in real life the teams fit special extra quick steering racks.

Isn't this solution a much better one than altering the wheels degrees of rotation and then having to constantly faff about with it. I have personally only ever had a problem with steering degrees at Cote Dazur.

There is another thread in the suggestions section where the drifters are asking for an adjustable steering rack - so this suggestion would be helpful to them also.

NB if you want to use the DFGT with no FFB for some reason then I am pretty sure that if you leave the USB plugged in to the PS3, but unplug the power lead to the DFGT it continues to work as a controller.

 

[poumpoum]

I don't think this is the right approach.

Personally I think it would be better to have adjustable steering racks in the tuning menu so that you set up each car to your preference and to suit the track, tyres etc. The steering rack options would be standard (as per the car from the factory), quick and custom/race.

e.g. if driving an F1 car you would use the standard rack for circuits apart from Cote Dazur where in real life the teams fit special extra quick steering racks.

Isn't this solution a much better one than altering the wheels degrees of rotation and then having to constantly faff about with it. I have personally only ever had a problem with steering degrees at Cote Dazur

I was thinking about that the other day, and I think it's a really good idea

I think it could be the same for assisted direction too.

 

[TheLoveNinja]

One of the reasons why we need adjustable wheel rotation is the wheel controller will give physical resistance when at full lock so you know when you reach full lock - with only steering lock settings it wouldn't give you that.

As for faffing about, having to adjust the steering lock for ALL the cars separately seems far more on the faff scale.

Of course the only way to keep everyone happy is to have BOTH steering wheel controller rotation settings AND steering lock settings.

 

[GBO Possum]

With a hand controller, no matter which car you are driving, you get full lock on full stalk movement. That's pretty much what I'm looking for in my wheel, and I don't want lock-to-lock to be 900 degrees. Thanks @GDII for the G27 tip.

If you are a realist/purist about matching the amount of wheel movement to the real car's geometry, would you also support making the controller more direct in race cars? If the real car had, say, 180 degrees, then the stalk would be five times as sensitive. The slightest twitch and you are off the track.

 

[HBR-Roadhog]

ya im sick of only being able to use my dfgt on daytona... also ffb set to 1 is still waaaaay too strong. if i raced road courses with my wheel on 1 it starts to smell like its overheating

Really? I used 10 on the DFGT and that is not strong enough to suit me now that I have been using a Fanatec which is much stronger

Sounds like something is wrong with your wheel, You could always buy a wheel that lets you adjust the degree of rotation though I would say 300 is not enough, My wheel is adjustable and I typically set it to off and let the game take control just like it does with the DFGT, Only car I change the setting on is the Red Bull Jr for some reason the steering on that one is not nearly tight enough so I run the wheel at 540 and it works much better.

 

[GDII]

The thing with a Dualshock controller is it's not direct. If you are stopped and flick the stick full left or right the wheels turn full lock, but the faster you go the less lock the wheels have when you flick the stick full left or right. The game seems to have steering assist permanently on for the DS3.

 

[Youngun]

I thought this was done through certain software installed on PCs. Dont think any console game does, on F1 2012, you just up the deadzones and sensitivity to match rotation.

 

[poumpoum]

I now use a custom wheel and I don't have any buttons on it so I can't do the "hard trick" to change the dregrees of rotation anymore...

This feature cost absolutely nothing I don't understand why it's not in the game...

 

[Sick Cylinder]

One of the reasons why we need adjustable wheel rotation is the wheel controller will give physical resistance when at full lock so you know when you reach full lock - with only steering lock settings it wouldn't give you that.

As for faffing about, having to adjust the steering lock for ALL the cars separately seems far more on the faff scale.

Of course the only way to keep everyone happy is to have BOTH steering wheel controller rotation settings AND steering lock settings.

I agree that we should have both options available , which would suit different people and their different styles.

Personally I would find it easier to do this adjustment via an adjustable steering rack for each car because most cars in my view don't have a problem - it is only certain car and track combinations such as Formula GT / F1 Cars at Cote Dazur.

Physical resistance at full lock would still apply with an adjustable steering rack or a wheel lock setting - as both simulate full lock both would have the same resistance at full lock.

 

[TheLoveNinja]

Just to clarify, I am talking about being able to set the rotation for an actual steering wheel controller (eg. Logitech Driving GT) and NOT the steering wheel you see on screen in the cockpit view.
I understand that there are issues related to the onscreen steering wheels visible lock stopping before the cars wheels (i.e. rims and tyres, not steering wheel) have reached full turning , but that should come under a different issue.

 

[poumpoum]

I seriously don't understand why there is so few people interested in this feature ?

When I play online, each time we decide to change the kind of car, I need to exit, set up my ffb and assisted direction options before to go back and then, once the race has started, I have to modify the degree angle oO I'm tired of doing this...

 

[AerodyManiac]

Agreed. While I don't know if this is an option included in GT6, I tried driving in GT5 with my Logitech G29 before, and the high steering ratio made it really difficult to control race cars that were capable of high speeds (e.g. Mazda 787B). This was compounded by the fact that there is no option allowing me to limit the steering lock on the G29, unlike the trick which was available for the G25/G27. And since GT Sport is going to be released on the PS4, it will be fantastic to have more support for the latest-gen steering wheels, and I believe it will be more feasible to have such a support for my G29 to improve playability, considering that it's designed to work on a PS4. 👍

 

[karelpipa]

This is one of thigms which keeps me from buying a wheel. Race cars have hardly more than 1,5 rotation to each side. Its not that much of an issue (as i heard from wheel users) unless you get into trouble (oversteer) and have to quickly steer to opposite lock and back.