DriveClub Recomp controller & wheel setup

DriveClub Recomp reads any gamepad, keyboard and mouse at the same time, and supports steering wheels with force feedback, clutch pedals, H-pattern shifters, USB handbrakes and button boxes. All of it is set up in the launcher; the bindings are saved in data\user\input_config\default.ini.

Gamepads that work

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Button prompts: PlayStation or Xbox icons

Since 0.4.1 the game’s own button icons follow your controller. In the launcher go to Driving → Controller buttons, or set button_prompts, xbox_buttons and playstation_buttons in driveclub.ini:

• Prompts: Auto (follows the controller in use, key caps on the keyboard), PlayStation or Xbox.
• Xbox buttons: Xbox One (flat A/B/X/Y, View icon) or Xbox 360 (glossy gems, Back pill).
• PlayStation buttons: PS4 (the game’s original symbols) or PS5 (DualSense style).

Keyboard controls

Function keys in game

Steering wheel setup

1. Connect the wheel, pedals, shifter and handbrake before starting the game.
2. Press Wheel Setup on the launcher’s Driving tab (or run WheelSetup.exe). Pick the wheel, and the pedals if they have their own USB. Click Map on a row and turn, press or shift; × clears it; Save writes default.ini.
3. Set the rotation in the wheel’s own software (Pit House, G HUB…) and enter the same number in Wheel Setup.
4. For an H-pattern shifter choose a manual gearbox, and for a wheel turn on hardcore handling. The Sim preset on Assists and view does both and turns the assists off.

The handbrake row listens on every controller, so a USB handbrake is found by pulling it; past 40% it presses circle, which is the handbrake in a race. Button rows accept any controller’s buttons (a button box is written with its name) or keys with Ctrl, Shift or Alt, so a Stream Deck sending F13–F24 works too. Fanatec bases that appear as two controllers are picked by their HID collection, e.g. wheel_device = FANATEC Wheel @col01.

Force feedback settings

Reworked Physics (recommended) works the force out from the front tyres in the game’s own simulation: heavier as the tyres load up, light when they slide, self-correcting when the rear steps out, with kerbs and road on top. Original Physics (default) plays the forces the PS4 game made for a Logitech wheel, scaled by wheel_ffb_gain and wheel_ffb_vibration (100 = as sent, up to 2000; a few hundred is normal).

Direct drive preset (Fanatec DD, Moza, Simagic, Simucube): gain 100, filter 0, minimum force 0, kerbs 50, road 50, slip 30, damper 10. Gear or belt (most Logitech, Thrustmaster, Fanatec CSL): gain 130, filter 10, minimum force 8, kerbs 80, road 80, slip 50, damper 0. The game re-reads default.ini within a second, so FFB Tuner.bat can change forces while you drive. If the wheel feels flat in hard corners, lower the gain: the log reports FFB clipping. FfbTest.exe plays single forces without the game; wheel_ffb = off disables force feedback.

Camera, field of view and comfort

• Field of view (Assists and view): 50–150% of the game’s own for every camera; F5/F6 change it in 5% steps and it is saved in data\user\camera.ini.
• Lock to horizon: Off, Cockpit or All views; keeps the horizon level while the car leans, which helps with motion sickness.
• Camera shake: 0–100% (up to 200% since 0.4.1); also set the game’s own Camera shake to 0 for the calmest view.

Telemetry for dashboards and motion rigs

Since 0.4.1 the game can send telemetry over UDP in the Forza Dash layout (General tab, off by default). An open report says the option has to be turned on again each session on 0.4.1 (#356); 0.4.2 fixed keeping the DualSense and telemetry settings (#335).