Ok so I only started playing it last night, as I finally got a wheel. And I don’t have a rack yet, so it’s wobbling around on an ironing board until one arrives (genuinely). Even still…I’m a disaster. I’ve played GT Sport and passable in online races. I can barely cope with the early career stuff in ACC. One thing - my wheel feels off. I’m using a G29 but it never seems to hold a straight line. It’s like the tracking is off or something. Is there a calibration or anything I can do? Or is it maybe just the deadzone?
Anyway, any and all tips to get me to a level of basic competence would be very gratefully received! I appreciate the realism in this game, and I expect it reflects (to some extent) the reality of what putting me in a GT3 car would actually be like, but there must be a way to gradually progress to a level of ability that I can at least compete with the AI.
I am glad you have seen the light swapped over from that arcade game ;-) Since you play GT Sport I assume that you are on PS4/5 for ACC.
To qualify my statements here, I have the Platinum trophy for the game and am currently at Platinum for the licence. So I do feel I know my way around the this game a bit ;-)
My comments will be confined to my set up and my Thrustmaster T300 as I do not have any experience with a G29.
Firstly you
must download the latest drivers for you wheel, even if it was brand new yesterday. Believe me, this can make a huge amount of difference.
Yes, the wheel is quite configurable in set up and changing dead zone may help but I would wait until it is properly secured and you have a comfortable and reliable driver position. I mean, really, you wouldn't drive your car around the block while sitting on a milk crate? Actually come to think of it I have... not nice.
Finally, come on, you've given it one night? You cannot jump straight from GTS into ACC and expect to be at a completive level. Just like now I can't jump back into GTS and do the same lap times I was doing before. Actually I am about 0.5 - 0.75secs slower because I can not get used to the massive amount of unreal grip the cars have. Go back to GTS and drive GT3 cars on sports hards and you will be closer to what (real) ACC slicks are. BTW on this point and I am being very serious now,
IF you are a person that wants to run around in a Nissan GTR or Honda Civic with Soft Slicks on this is NOT the game for you. Save your self the heartache and just delete the Game.
So sort your seat out, practice lots and you will slowly get into it. It is not an easy game, it is supposed to be a sim.
Suggestions: The GT3 Bentley is a nice easy car to get used to the game in. It also doesn't hurt that it sounds awesome, also something lacking in GTS. Turn the AI difficulty and aggression down as low as it will go will also help. Race on tracks that you know. Do sprint races and save on learning about pitstops for the time being. Practice some more ;-) Try some of the challenge events to see where you sit with the community. Don't worry about tuning (for the moment) just run the standard Safe Set Ups.
See how you go and then read a lot of the posts here. We have all have various issues with this game and worked our way through it.
All the best.