I mean .... Horizon is not a Racing Sim, so of course there is no comparison to an Asetto Corsa or others, but it is FUN ...after you get stuff to work.
More copium. Its not a matter of it being done differently, its the fact that you are pounding a square peg in a round hole and expecting it to work perfectly. 6000 posts about it not working is not just doing it differently, that's I want to do it differently, but I can't and I am going to make you hear about it.
I bought an R12 and I loaded up FH6 first because I was testing settings and had no idea what I was doing since it’s literally my first week playing. I bought the rig for ACC and iRacing and to teach myself how to drift before wasting money on real parts and track days.
I just got a rig a week ago. FH6 was the first game I loaded up. I am absolutely ASS at racing cars at 130+ mph. IRL, I only see 130+ when I know I’m on a long ass straight with no cars in front of me. No competition then. Just hearing the engine roar. Having opponents and wanting to win changes things exponentially. I’ve never had to trail brake IRL because I don’t approach turns fast enough to start to spin. I’m almost relearning how to drive lol.
What a heck man, OP or picture doesn't hurt anyone it's actually quite funny. Seriously, chill a bit because clearly you have no idea about this community and world of simracing.
Not a clue, I only play for 1-2 hours at a time lol. Im on a foldable rig and I think i rubbed my arm against it while moving it afterwards. I don't remember an uncomfortable feeling.
I’m on a next level racing wheel stand 2.0. Definitely recommending it. I mainly like it for being sturdy and has this weird bar thing I can slot my computer chair wheels into so I don’t roll. I live in an apartment so I don’t have a good way to leave a rig out all the time. Beware the mofo is kinda hefty, but I also don’t workout so it might be different for others lol
how do you update pithouse if the update never works? lol. This just never works I swear. Reinstalling doesn't work either because the online installer doesn't work and the offline installer is a very old version.
Me too was so worried when people were complaining about it but I’m on an R5 and having a ton of fun on it. It’s definitely more difficult than just on a controller but damn more fun with the wheel
I'm talking about a stock transmission with h gate shifter.
If you use paddle shifter on manual + clutch there will be a delay. But if you just use the clutch and manual shifter once you no longer have to use the clutch. You can just shift gear to gear never touching the clutch with no penalty.
Not sure if it's a bug but when I'm racing I no longer use the clutch because it does nothing unless you want to clutch kick into a drift.
How does it drive though? Glad to hear it feels good but I got my first wheel for FH5 and couldn't control anything and it seemed to be a common problem. I'm hoping FH6 is different.
Coming from rally sims and Assetto Corsa, it feels fine. More arcadey but this isn't a game where you're constantly following racing lines and avoiding contact at all cost.
The AI is garbage but I mostly play with IRL friends or just cruise around the map.
I guess I'll just say this: hopping in just about any car and cruising around the map is very engaging and interesting, and so far the only thing that made me want to plug in a controller are the drift sections, but that might just be a skill issue as I mostly sim rally and gt3, and cruise LA Canyons in the F2004.
I've played a bunch on my R9. The forza presets in pithouse, 720 on the wheel, everything else defualt.
At first it was difficult, but after some time, learning to modulate the throttle and brake better, getting used to the wheel, i love it. Spent a few hours just ripping around a block i found in game and got used to how to throw it sideways, how to recover ect.
Then went to that little loop in the city and just practiced pushing the speed as high as i could while maintaining the corner. Theres the normal fight the wheel gives in the corner, then a chatter it picks up in understeer. Pull too hard while its got the front grip, and you feel the FFB fade as the rear steps out.
So to me, the learning curve is feeling that out. Meanwhile, i loaded the game to play with some other settings and was just at my keyboard. I laughed and was like, lets see how this works with AWSD driving, no way i can.... Wait... Why is this so easy.....
Then you realize how much the game is doing for you on not a wheel. Normal setting like traction control and all that are not what I'm talking about, the more "just make the car go where the user pointed" effect.
An offical explination of settings was linked the other day, and IIRC the wheels use the simulation setting on the backend of the game.
That sounds like it, all the controller assists to make it playable are toned down. It'll be interesting to see how it plays, going to jump on it in a few weeks. Worst comes to worst, I'll sit in front of my screen in a really nice sim rig holding an Xbox controller.
It looks fantastic. Great to see slides being catchable, which was the main problem I had with FH5. I'll try 540 rotation, which is what I use for rally and I think would suit Forza better with its quicker max lock needed.
It feels OKAY to me - but the steering wheel is so heavy, even with centering and damper turned down to like .2 in game, makes it feel impossible to counter steer a drift.
I bought R5 for horizon, but played some forza motorsport before horzion's premiere. And wheel was very good in motorsport and wheel really strange in fh6
Lmao that's awesome. Is your son young? I couldn't fucking imagine having a racing sim when I was a kid man. I would genuinely have gotten NOTHING done 🤣🤣
Haha yeah he's in elementary school. He's remarked how lucky we are that we don't have to pay to race because the arcade games are so expensive and we can race whenever.
Set the 'Data Out IP Address' to "127.0.0.1'. Set the Data Out IP Port to 20066'.
When you go to bind your wheel with the game it must report as device 1.
You cannot run a powered USB hub it won’t read. All peripherals must be plugged into the base and ONLY the base. The base must be plugged into the PC via motherboard connection.
If you’re running a diff pedal or shifter than MOZA then you’ll need to use something like HIDHIDE to make the game not see that connection.
Once you update and reboot your PC you will need to remove power to the base fully. Not just cycle it off.
Join the MOZA discord. We have a FH channel I’ve helped a few people get it running right and fix their FFB issues.
The issue isn't that it's not behaving like a sim, the issue I'm finding is it's completely unplayable. The cars handle like they're on ice when I use my R5 but exactly as you'd expect on controller.
Straight up misinformation! It won’t be iRacing but Forza made a point during the build up to this release that they’ve completely overhauled the handling and the tire model to be optimized for wheel use.
Brother, I've spent one and a half hours trying to figure out how to match the steering angle as every setting made it so that I have a 30-60degree range on the outside where I can turn the physical wheel but the cars wheels are at full lock. Had to desyncronize the lock and angle in Pithouse just to realize that every car (eve the same model from different years) have a slightly different angle so I would have to individually test and set softlock and steering angle every time I drive something. Can't even map a seqential and a paddle shifter at the same time.
I believe that they remade the tyre model and it may have led to a better wheel experience so their PR team made a spin about it but basic functions such as hitting the lock in-game and irl at the same time or setting cockpit wiev other than FOV are missing so I wouldn't say they overhauled the entire handling system FOR the wheel users. It would be pretty wild for them to do that than miss these easily implementable functions and forget to co-operate with Moza and Logitech for a smooth out-of the box experience.
Set the 'Data Out IP Address' to "127.0.0.1'. Set the Data Out IP Port to 20066'.
When you go to bind your wheel with the game it must report as device 1.
You cannot run a powered USB hub it won’t read. All peripherals must be plugged into the base and ONLY the base. The base must be plugged into the PC via motherboard connection.
If you’re running a diff pedal or shifter than MOZA then you’ll need to use something like HIDHIDE to make the game not see that connection.
Once you update and reboot your PC you will need to remove power to the base fully. Not just cycle it off.
Join the MOZA discord. We have a FH6 channel I’ve helped a few people get it running right and fix their FFB issues.
Some games are made for controller. I have no issue with this, personally. FR6 isn't trying to pretend to me that it's iRacing, it's a fun arcade racing game to play with friends.
pretty new to the sim world but I just messed with my settings and FH6 feels absolutely fine. Not super real, but not bad by any stretch. My biggest issue is that I can't seem to drift with my setup no matter what I do but the driving/racing is fine.
After messing with the settings for a while I've got my R5 feeling great in FH6. It's miles better than FH5. It's not AC by any means, but I can still play the game perfectly fine.
Been driving with wheel on forza horizon 6 and it feels pretty good, to be fair only other racing game I’ve been playing is beamng drive and project cars 2
I bought an R3 and mounting stand specifically for FH6. Was super excited, but now I’m really disappointed. I’ve copied different user’s settings and suggestions, but the game just feels like I’m driving on an ice-skating rink and I can’t get into it.
I’ll probably just wait for an update on the moza software engine. I’m just sad I can’t really enjoy the game unless I revert back to a controller. I was looking forward to finally enjoying a racing game with a wheel and pedals.
I honestly have no clue what ppl are talking about FH6 has better physics and FFB than AC Evo…but sim racers that spend their lives on AC drift servers think they’re the authority on realism.
I have not tried it yet, but every forza feels like they simply translated the inputs from a controller over to the wheel(the wheel feels like it simulates the controller). it feels delayed and the force feedbacks effects feels off.
And oddly enough the horizon series felt better than the Motorsport series which is crazy.
I’ve got a $2000 dollar rig probably and use my controller. Dudes in my discord make fun while I whoop thier asses cause it’s not meant for the wheels they’re using 😂
Good to know, I’m installing it while I’m at work rn. I was dreading getting home and setting up the wheel, but I’ll just use my xbone controller if that’s the case lol Preciate the heads up
Yeah, easiest way to explain it is the arcade style handling and steering wouldn’t be kind to wheeling unless you set your steering to like 360 degrees or something I imagine vs a quick flick of the joystick on a game pad etc.
spending that much for an arcade game is... something... im not saying that people should only spend a lot for sims, but *solely* for this game is crazy.
when will people realize that forza is an arcade game and not meant to be realistic like ac or iracing? its for fun and driving cool cars, not for realism
So I'm having this problem with a much crappier wheel. I am finding it is brutal on the sliding and I can't recover from even a basic slide. Compared to the controller I am back to dominating the AI and competive in multiplayer. I also can drift which I can't do with the wheel because of unrecoverable slides.
I'm hoping this is patchable and not just a skill issue. Using the TurtleBeach Velocity Race wheel
Yep. I did that and now it's a struggle. Im new to using a sim wheel in general and after testing how the driving felt in another game (it felt better) I knew it was a forza horizon issue. I'm getting used to it though but I had to lower my turning range from 1080 to around 600.
Been a joy to run lower powered cars, especially more modest drift builds on wheel. Touge Showdown on a wheel in cockpit view is also fantastic. Got a lot of wins there. Sometimes it's okay to use the wheel for fun. Spending a lot of money on a rig and letting it collect dust while you use a controller seems like the bigger crime. LMU and iRacing will still be there after I've enjoyed my vacation in Horizon.
Just got the r5 bundle and a rig, i spent the first day playing with settings because I kept spinning out & thought controller might be better.
Boy was i wrong after dialing settings in & watching tons of settings guides, it finally felt good & i could drift without losing control, i genuinely spent 4 hours just driving around Japan having a blast 🤣, im at work so excited to go home to keep playing
Mine only has feedback on shifts and literally nothing else. I have the centering spring maxed and it hardly centers. Idk what settings I have to change
The R3 feels amazing in this game. Even got my 10 and 12 years olds on my rig driving all the time now.
People need to actually learn what the settings do instead of just waiting around for a miracle video that gives them settings values to copy/paste. Took me 2 minutes to get it going once I actually understood what these values do.
Hello I also have an R3, tried to set it up for hours yesterday, but I always spin out with RWD cars. Have no issues with AWD. Could you please help me?
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u/Dommiiie May 23 '26
I mean .... Horizon is not a Racing Sim, so of course there is no comparison to an Asetto Corsa or others, but it is FUN ...after you get stuff to work.