Assists automatically activating despite being disabled in settings.

I boought EA Sports WRC on steam and I tested WRC on Xbox Series X as 5 hours free trial.

I use Fanatec's CSL DD and v3 pedals on both platform, and I feel big gap between both 2 versions in play feel.

I feel strong steering assistance on steam version.

In details, the game assist steering angle strongly and automatically. I guess this assistance is for game pad.

Xbox version is quite similar play feeling with Dirt Rally 2.0, but steam version is much more casual.

I searched game settings to turn off this steering assistance but I could not find it.

I prefer Xbox version's play feel very much, so I guess steam version has some issue to addapt assitance for game pad automatically.

Please check the difference of play feeling on Fanatec's CSL DD.

Thank you

Gotta be some bug where assists are turning on automatically. I use a gamepad and just noticed that the 037 Evo 2 refused to slip at all in wet dirt when dropping the handbrake in first gear with the throttle maxed. I always have all assists off, and the game automatically decreased the throttle by itself to find grip so the car could take off immediately. RPMs went down below 3k with full accel held.

I had to exit the game for it to behave as you'd expect and spin the tires in that scenario, which it did. So going into a time trial right away didn't trigger this bug.. But in general I've noticed it's very hard to lose control of almost any car in any condition but the ice in Monte Carlo, so this bug must be happening quite frequently. Who knows what is actually causing it, though.

You're the only other person I've seen even mention this issue! I hate assists like TC and I've been wondering what the hell is going on in this game. So bizarre. Since there's really no one else talking about it, not sure if it will ever get fixed.

ABS seems to be activated too despite setting it of to 0. I brake really hard and the car was still able to turn instead of the front wheels locking up. 

I can second this issue/bug! I have the same issue with both TCS and ABS. I cannot get tires to spin or lock. On pc.

makes it unplayable imo

i have the same problem. Csl dd 8nm.

First noticed it when I switched from compatible mode to pc mode. Suddenly the steering is righting itself up and its close to impossible to get it to slide.

Switch back to compatible while in game on the stage and it turned back to normal.

Back to pc mode and it's like assisting again.

Restarted and calibrated in pc mode, restarted the game and it worked normally.

But today i adjusted some settings on the wheel, and then it turned back to this assisted kind of steering in both pc and compatible mode.

Everything is turned off in assists, calibrated, restarted multiple times but now it won't go back to normal. 

Seems like it's thinking I'm using a controller or something.

Tbh this is what I feel could be happening as well.

On anything but ice and especially in a decently powered RWD car it's a struggle to get the driven wheels to spin.

Taking a dry Monte Carlo stage as an example and the MK2 Escort - in DR2.0 I can hold the front brakes, hit the gas in 1st gear and spin the rears as much as I like. In WRC they spin maybe a revolution and then stop.

It's either the tyre grip coefficient is set too high, or the TC isn't switching off even when set to zero.

I haven't tested this using a wheel yet but I will do to see if it's the controller that's doing it.

The effect is less pronounced on gravel but it's still too sticky. Seems to affect rwd cars more than AWD or FWD

Has anyone tried adding a deadzone to their handbrake? It made a big difference for me and feel like I can spin the rears a lot more. Also feels like acceleration is better because the handbrake isn't dragging? 

I seem to have fixed my inability to lock the tires by increasing brake pressure in the setup. Still feels like TC is on all the time though…

What is your handbrake configuration?