Game does not recognize controller and does not accelerate with keyboard

Product: Need for Speed: Unbound
Platform:PC
Summarize your bug Game does not recognize my controller and does not accelerate the car when I play with a keyboard
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Try to play with a keyboard or mouse I guess?
What happens when the bug occurs? When playing with a keyboard, brakes get stuck so I cannot get past 60mph, Controller is not working at all.
What do you expect to see? WHAT DOES THIS QUESTION EVEN MEAN???

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I am trying to play NFS Unbound, when I start the game with a Xbox controller, doesn't matter if I enable steam input, steam big picture mode or anything, it does not recognize it. Controller works, I can play other games with it and even can take screenshots in NFS, but it simply won't do anything else.

When I switch to the keyboard, the car only goes up to 60mph and then won't get any faster.

Is there a known fix for this? I've been trying to solve this for an hour now.