Steering Sensitivity??
I find it nearly impossible to steer the cars in this game. I've played every PC-based Need For Speed title back to the first one so I'm used to adjusting to new physics but this I can't get used to...
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I found something that helped a lot for me.
The first time I started the game, I thought I would play it using the keyboard only, as I did with previous NFS games and with Burnout Paradise. They keyboard controls seemed really wonky and I didn't like the key bindings.
I plugged in my Logitech 360-style controller and the game immediately recognized it, but the steering control was WAY too sensitive and I kept running into things. I had gone through the brief tutorial with the keyboard and then changed to the controller and was unhappy.
Now I've deleted the saved game (see elsewhere in the forum for instructions on how to do this- "Start a new game") and started Most Wanted again, this time with the controller plugged in. I went through the little tutorial where it shows you how to drift, etc and now the controller is much better calibrated. It's playing more like the NFS: The Run and Hot Pursuit.
If you're not too far into the game, and you're unhappy with the way the controls are calibrated, you might want to try this. You can always back up your local saved game first in case starting a new game does not help.
Of course, a "Settings" menu for changing the sensitivity and adjusting the steering would be far better, but right now I'm playing the game and enjoying it.
Where is this tutorial btw? You make it sound like something you do automatically when you start a new game but I never saw or did anything like that on my PC version. I'd love to see if playing it made some kind of difference.
I've done this - it's not a fix but it makes the steering less over-sensitive. There's still lag though, which is by design and it SUCKS!
Locate your player save folder, found normally in [Your User Folder]\Documents\Criterion Games\Need For Speed(TM) Most Wanted.
From there, open folder "Save", then the folder with a long number.
Open file "controls.NFS13Save" in notepad.
Find the lines that correspond to your left and right steering configs with your desired controller. It'll look like this:
[Config_Xbox 360 Controller for Windows]
STEERLEFT=0,X_AXIS (LS),0.00,-1.30
STEERRIGHT=0,X_AXIS (LS),0.00,1.30Notice that I've changed the final range numbers from -1.00 in the first line and 1.00 in the second to -1.30 and 1.30 respectively.
This cuts down a lot on over-sensitivity and made the game at least minimally playable for me. The numbers themselves can be set to anything you like, but the larger numbers you choose, the less maximum steering range you'll have. I found +- 1.3 to be the best setting for me. I still HATE the steering lag that is built into the game and for my $53 I want it FIXED!! but I hope this helps in the meantime.
