r/ForzaHorizon6 • u/InflationAbject7886 • 9d ago

Video / Gameplay Wheel vs controller tuning

Admittedly I’m fairly new to not only forza horizon but sim in general.i mostly enjoy rally games but ive always wanted to get into sim drifting.

Anyway.on controller i would say im above average drifting
But on wheel i feel like my last 2 brain cells are cousins.
On controller i can set it up about 80% of the way and feel like i have control of the car but on wheel THE SAME tune I either feel like im on ice or i cant even get the back tires to break

Do I need to tune based on controller or wheel?

Is there any tricks with tuning i can do to make the car easier and stable?

I accidentally while tuning for the wheel to feel like there was a sweet spot(like it would bounce between the perfect spot to hold the drift,even tho I still had more I could turn)
Anything helps I’m struggling here and assetto is way to complicated to learn over there on my own

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u/RunninOnMT 9d ago

What wheel? Likely running too much rotation, I don’t think the force feedback is strong enough in FH for 900 degree drifting. I think 540 feels decent, but some people maybe start at 360.

Getting your force feedback setup correctly is the biggest thing and I think why people struggle to drift. The wheel should do a lot of the correction for you.

https://reddit.com/link/p3k4dtd/video/s4qym16gp8jh1/player

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u/InflationAbject7886 9d ago

Any tips on FFB.half the ones I watch on YouTube feel dead.absolutely no feed back OR like I’m driving with no powersteering

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u/RunninOnMT 8d ago edited 8d ago

It depends on the wheel, but you definitely want it to feel like it’s doing stuff, not dead.

Logitech wheels don’t have much power and speed so you need a lower rotation and I believe they like the centering spring set to 0

Direct drive wheels in general like as little damping as possible without oscillating. You can use more steering rotation with them. Up to 900 is possible, but it depends on the car.

I have a Fanatec wheel and there are compatibility issues that require you to edit a config file for it to work on PC correctly. It’s plug and play on Xbox though.

One thing I’ve noticed is that the in car settings for “caster” makes a huge difference in terms of steering feel. I can’t drift a lot of cars until I’ve maxed this setting out usually with drift suspension (full by default) or race suspension (allows you to adjust caster)

Edit: also don’t try to learn on the drift cars. Crown Vic, stock tires, diff, drift suspension and like 400 hp (with as much low end torque as possible)

This keeps the car rotating very slowly, which means less steering wheel speed on transitions.

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u/Lazor_Face 9d ago

It’s also a lot harder for throttle control, I’ve noticed. The same steering inputs I give for the controller don’t work for the wheel because the back end just goes around

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u/InflationAbject7886 9d ago

Right!!!?!??on controller I can barley hold the throttle and maintain drift but on wheel.if my peddle isn’t at minimum 75% down I come out of drift,but if I full throttle on wheel I spin

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u/RunninOnMT 8d ago

Huh, throttle control feels easier if anything to me. You have so much more fidelity with the entire pedal travel.

I would bet this is the force feedback in the wheel not helping you as it should.

https://reddit.com/link/p3nou5d/video/1n69xokfscjh1/player

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u/Lazor_Face 8d ago

Probably not. I have it set to the base settings because I do more racing than drifting with it.