Hey y’all! I’m extremely new to sim racing and I was getting some games that are compatible with my sim rig on PlayStation, I really want to get Unbound but NFS Heat doesn’t support clutch and shifters and I was wondering if that’s the same case with Unbound. (Talking about h-patter shifter since I have G29.)

Hello @daznst, if you're talking about NFS: Unbound (as you're currently in the forum for it), it does support several different wheels, as you can read up on in this article. You will have to scroll down to the "Game, Controls, Driving Settings" section. Regarding older games in the franchise, steering wheel support might not be given as some of the games are quite old. In general, I always recommend looking at the game information page on the website, before buying the game, as most of the time, the information regarding wheel support is given there.

I'm sorry but this "support" for wheels is pathetic on a racing game.no configuration, no gearbox support, no FFB.I stopped playing NFS 2015 cause of a weird FFB issue but at least it had it!I would understand not supporting DD or the more expensive kits, its a console game not a simulator. but not having even the ability to change the button layout or have Force Feed BAck, just not good enough by far

Hello, I just bought NFS Unbound for PC and was very disappointed that there is no support for my wheel "Fanatec CSL Elite Steering Wheel WRC". Your developers made support for the old model: "Fanatec CSL Elite Racing Wheel" which is discontinued.Interestingly enough, NFS Payback and NFS Heat DO HAVE support for the new wheel model. Your developers should learn that this is a very popular wheel so please add support to it immediately! And not only for Unbound, but for every next NFS release. Kind regards!

@EA_Pythiaare you saying that force feedback and the wheel response has been fixed? i have the t300 thrustmaster and the response was horrible, yes i have current everything your about to tell me to do. when i tried my wheel there was nothing in game to show me my wheel was even connected. if you tell me this is fixed, ill redownload and try again.

@EA_Pythia a quick search for wheels in this forum will show you that page you linked should be taken down. these "supported" wheels are horrible, almost none existent force feedback, terrible response for steering, unmappable buttons, and no in-game setting to adjust to try and make my wheel playable. and worst of all, no response from EA to even try to explain why. if im doing something wrong, tell me. as of right now, unbound is the last title i purchase from ea. I just don't trust them now.

NFS Unbound wheel and clutch/shifter support

20 Replies

daznst
3 years ago
Hi can you tell me why you have no wheel support on any of your NFS games on pc, I have just bought NFS Unbound hoping to use my wheel setup, but can't.
i fell disappointed and that I have wasted my money, as I already own the game on xBox.
I think that wheel support should really be included these days, as a lot of gamers have some form of wheel setup and would possabliy like to use it on the NFS games.
EA_Pythia
Community Manager
3 years ago
Hello @daznst,

if you're talking about NFS: Unbound (as you're currently in the forum for it), it does support several different wheels, as you can read up on in this article. You will have to scroll down to the "Game, Controls, Driving Settings" section.

Regarding older games in the franchise, steering wheel support might not be given as some of the games are quite old. In general, I always recommend looking at the game information page on the website, before buying the game, as most of the time, the information regarding wheel support is given there.
TeMaToS
3 years ago
@Aster_Cept Yeah, unfortunatuly Unbound have the same issue with absence of clutch:c even worse, it doesn't have separate options tab for steering wheel setup:c
also there is a glitch for now, that if you start race with manual gearbox, and previously have higher then first gear, you will have low revs, no matter what you will be doing, only after starting race, you can press petals, but you lose a lot of time with that.
We really need to highlight together that it is very important feature, because it is very basic and will give much more positive feedbacks from customers and more over it is so ease to implement in game. If they would give me access to make this feature, I will be glad to add this feature🙂
TurboZino
New Hotshot
3 years ago
I feel like this isn't really the game for clutch support to happen...
By game design, it is a heavily arcade game, unlike something like Motorfest that has some semblance of realism
If clutch is added it might not even work as you probably envision it, I feel there's other stuff that can be improve rather than adding it
LK829
3 years ago
I also miss motion support and VR.
I play with a Fanatec DD2.
TeMaToS
3 years ago
@TurboZinoeven digital clutch would be fine. But even implementation of true analog clutch should not be a big deal(I am gameDev that was working on AAA projects). It would be extra variable that changes gas value, and that is all. So I am sure that even for arcade game it would be great, and also it could be done as optional feature, so why not?
TurboZino
New Hotshot
3 years ago
Thing is, a clutch function wouldn't even have much of an use in the game due to its handling, as a Drift Starter? You can use Gas and brake to do that already; To Rev the Engine? The e-brake already takes care of that for Freeroam launch
Only thing I would see it used for is I guess Shifting as a difficulty option, but playing with a wheel in this game optimally is already plenty hard
I don't personally see the reason
most_wanted_adi
2 years ago
Hello, I just bought NFS Unbound for PC and was very disappointed that there is no support for my wheel "Fanatec CSL Elite Steering Wheel WRC". Your developers made support for the old model: "Fanatec CSL Elite Racing Wheel" which is discontinued.
Interestingly enough, NFS Payback and NFS Heat DO HAVE support for the new wheel model. Your developers should learn that this is a very popular wheel so please add support to it immediately! And not only for Unbound, but for every next NFS release. Kind regards!
Player_n82j036h
Rising Novice
2 years ago
@EA_PythiaPlease add more Steering wheels for this game.
Some people wants to use DD wheels just to use) it is ok there is no forcefeedback.
It is used to race by wheel.
for now i have to have 2 wheels if i want to play nfs and dirt2 or ea sports wrc
Sekabb77
2 years ago
@EA_Pythiaare you saying that force feedback and the wheel response has been fixed? i have the t300 thrustmaster and the response was horrible, yes i have current everything your about to tell me to do. when i tried my wheel there was nothing in game to show me my wheel was even connected. if you tell me this is fixed, ill redownload and try again.