Controller Settings are too sensitive even at minimum

Discussion in 'Automobilista 2 - Help & Support' started by a.corra, Sep 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM.

  1. a.corra

    a.corra New Member

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    Hello everyone and in particular Reiza Devs,
    I'm trying Automobilista 2 and I love it a lot! However, there is an issue that makes me struggle.
    I'm using a Xbox controller (I know, this game is made for the steering wheel) and I noticed that even at minimum sensitivity, the car steers too much at the first degrees of steering with the controller.
    I play regularly other simulators like Assetto Corsa, Assetto Corsa Competizione and Evo, GTR, iRacing with the Xbox controller, and all of them allow to set up the controller to be more gentle and precise at the first degrees. Thanks to that, it easier to be precise and gentle with the steering weel and the driving is smoth and fast similar to a steering wheel. In Automobilista 2 I can't replicate this type of smothness in any case.

    Is there an known issue with this game? Can you fix it in later updates? Is there already a workaround?

    Thanks for your time and kind regards
    Alessandro

    These are my current controller settings:
    *the actual controller dumping is set to 70

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  2. John Hargreaves

    John Hargreaves Well-Known Member AMS2 Club Member

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    It should drive like a tractor with those settings, so there must be a way to solve your problem. The main settings that make a difference are deadzone, steering and speed sensitivity and damping. I run 0 DZ, StS 38, SpS 90, CD 52, but I also run with ABS/TC/SC enabled which sounds like it would dumb down the physics but I find it replicates the wheel and pedals feel nicely, and the physics very much still shines through. I also did some tweaking in Steam controller settings, mainly to get rid of the deadzone entirely.
    Could you have a different curves setting in the Xbox app making it overly sensitive?
     
  3. a.corra

    a.corra New Member

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    Nope. With these settings above, the INITIAL steering is too aggressive and THEN becomes slow, so in straight or in wide open curves, i'm not precise and the movement is like "ziggy", and within a chicane or during a countersteering, the steering is too slow. I can't find the right balance because the sensitivity is set to 0 already, so I can't decrease it more.

    I'm using the game without TC and SC. ABS Only.

    NOTE:
    The actual controller dumping is set to 70. 80 makes the countersteering too slow.
     
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  4. a.corra

    a.corra New Member

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    Here's an example of what I would explain.

    I'm fast, but it's very difficult to be precise due to the extreme steering reactivity and during the straights and in some curves, you can notice the "ziggy" and unrealistic movement of the cars because of that. With a more soft INITIAL steering, I could decrease the controller dumping and makes the countersteering faster, and I could cut down almost a second because I committed some errors. It also eliminates all the "ziggy" movements that makes the replay ugly.



    (I recored the replay with an S22 Ultra)
     
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