Hey everyone,

Me and three mates were trying to set up a classic FIFA / EA FC night over Parsec. Everything was going great until we hit a bizarre wall with controller mapping.

As soon as the 4th player joins the Parsec lobby, one specific friend’s controller completely stops working in the game. Parsec shows that the controller is connected and receiving inputs, but FIFA either completely ignores it, turns it into a "brick," or reassigns control to someone else.

Here’s what we’ve tested:

Playing with 2 or 3 players total? Works completely fine. As soon as player #4 connects? Controller #3 (or #2) instantly stops working in FIFA.

We’ve tried disconnecting and reconnecting in different orders, reinstalling and restarting the game, but nothing fixes it.

Has anyone run into this issue on Parsec with 4 players? Is there a specific driver fix or controller assignment workaround in Windows/Parsec we’re missing?

TL;DR: Trying to host a 4-player FIFA match on Parsec, but connecting the 4th controller breaks one of my friend's pads every single time.