Best Expeditions Settings for Logitech G29 / G920

Expeditions is the latest installment of the MudRunner series, following SnowRunner. These games are a sort of driving puzzle, figuring out how to navigate a difficult environment and use the right type of vehicle and driving techniques to achieve the goal. The force feedback is nearly identical to SnowRunner, which worked very well, so I'm glad they didn't try to reinvent the wheel.

I wasn't expecting much from the force feedback in a game like this, since there isn't a need for the kind you would have in a racing simulator. I was pleasantly surprised to find it actually has very good force feedback designed specifically around driving through the mud and other rough terrain.

The default settings for the Logitech G29 and G920 are a little underwhelming, making the wheel feel fairly lifeless. This is very easy to fix with a few setting adjustments.

In this guide, I will show you the settings I use to improve the force feedback and what you may want to adjust for your own setup.

G HUB Settings

Expeditions doesn't have a way to set the steering angle in-game, so you have to do it in G HUB. I found using a larger, more realistic steering angle gets annoying when you're stuck and having to turn the wheel a lot, but feel free to set whatever you are comfortable with.

Create a new profile for Expeditions with the following settings:

Setting Value
Operating Range 360°
Sensitivity 50
Centering Spring Off

Expeditions Settings

In Settings > Game:

Setting Value
Steering Mode Steering Wheel

It's important to tell the game you are using a steering wheel and not a controller.


In Settings > Wheel:

Setting Value
Steering Wheel Type DirectInput
Wheel Presets Logitech G29 / G920
Wheel Sensitivity 1.00
Force Feedback 0.90
Tilt Gain 0.30
Friction Base Level 0.28
Friction Gain 0.70
Spring Gain 0.30
Collision Gain 1.00
Vibrotactile Force Gain 0.00

Wheel Presets selects the preset button bindings for each wheel. You can also choose Custom and create your own.

Wheel Sensitivity lets you change the steering linearity. 1.00 is linear steering.

Force Feedback is the overall strength of the force feedback.

Tilt Gain will make the force feedback react to how tilted the truck is. Setting this too high exaggerates the effect to a point where the wheel feels very odd.

Friction Base Level is the constant low level of friction in the wheel at all times. Setting this to 0 will make the wheel have no weight when you are driving on normal roads. Setting this too high will make the wheel heavy all the time.

Friction Gain is the maximum amount of friction that will be added to the wheel. Setting this too high will make the wheel very heavy much of the time.

Spring Gain makes the wheel want to pull back to the center. Setting this too high will make the wheel very heavy when turning.

Collision Gain is the force when you hit something. This isn't very strong, so can be set at the maximum without a problem.

Vibrotactile Force Gain is only used by the Logitech G923 for its TrueForce feature. It has no effect on any other wheel.

Conclusion

The wheel feels really good in this game, but I don't know if it's necessarily the best way to play. Much of the time you need to use a third-person camera, which can feel more awkward with a wheel. You will certainly want to keep a mouse and keyboard close by for using the drone and the map.

Let me know if you have any questions or comments.

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