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Racer How-To: Controllers

 

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CONTROLLERS

NOTE: If you're still using v0.5.0, either upgrade (highly recommended) or take a look at an older controller setup document.

To use your controller, the later (beta) versions have a built-in controller setup screen. Just select 'Setup' and then 'Controls'. There, click on a control of your choice and type a key, click a button or move an axis of your choice to define the control. After all controls have been defined to your satisfaction, click 'Save'.

AVOIDING LEFT/RIGHT SWINGING OF FORCE-FEEDBACK WHEELS AT HIGH SPEED

Often, at high speed, steering wheels can go and swing back & forth on their own. This is due to delays in force feedback to the wheel. There are a few variables to deal with this, which are already set to counter this, but can be tuned. Check racer.ini:

USING A DIRECT SHIFTER

RS Labs (RS Shifter) and Logitech (the G25 wheel) have created gearbox shifters with which you can directly shift to any gear. Racer supports these, but not through the control setup screen yet; use the following procedure:

HARDCORE CONTROL EDITING

While racing, press Ctrl-4 to get a list of controls and their raw and processed values. Raw is what is coming from the controllers, and the processed value displays the value after linearity/negate and such have been applied. With this list it is possible to check whether your controls seem to be working ok.

The control definition can be found in data/controls/default.ini (actually, the file used is specified in racer.ini's ini.controls). Here, you can find the results of the controller setup screen.

MAC/APPLE JOYSTICKS AND WHEELS

For the Mac, you'll need to find out the product and vendor id's from your wheel. Hopefully it behaves like a HID device, in which case you might get it to work. There's a section in the older document on how to use Mac wheels and joystick with Racer.

 


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(last updated November 13, 2012 )