Best RoadCraft Settings for Thrustmaster TMX / T150
RoadCraft will feel familiar to anyone who has played any of the MudRunner series. It uses a very similar physics system that does a great job letting you feel the weight of heavy machinery. Currently, there are some bugs with the steering wheel animation in certain vehicles, and wheel peripheral support is very limited.
The Thrustmaster TMX and T150 work well, though the TMX needs to use the T248 bindings preset, so the buttons on the wheel don't match the onscreen prompts. It's not a big problem. The force feedback works very well and is designed specifically for driving through the mud and other rough terrain. It does a very good job of conveying the weight of these machines.
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.
Thrustmaster Control Panel Settings
The steering angle needs to be set to the maximum for the wheel to operate properly in the game.
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Rotation | 900° (TMX) 1080° (T150) |
| Overall Strength of all forces | 100% |
| Constant | 100% |
| Periodic | 100% |
| Spring | 100% |
| Damper | 100% |
| BOOST | Off |
| Auto-Center | by the game |
Spring is not used by RoadCraft, so the value doesn't actually matter. I leave this at 100% since there are some games that require it.
Damper is used by RoadCraft for the Friction Gain setting.
BOOST should always be turned off. For an in-depth look as to why, see my BOOST Force Feedback Analysis.
RoadCraft Settings
In Settings > Steering Wheel:
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | DirectInput |
| Presets | Thrustmaster T150 / T248 (Xbox) |
| Invert Wheel | Off |
| Wheel Sensitivity | 1 |
| Paired Pedals | Off |
| Invert Brake | Off |
| Invert Throttle | Off |
| Brake Pedal Sensitivity | 2 |
| Friction Gain | 0.3 |
| Spring Constant | 0.7 |
| Vibrotactile Force Gain | 0.0 |
| Tilt Gain | 0.5 |
| Collision Gain | 1.0 |
| Logitech TrueForce | 0.0 |
Presets allows you to select the preset button bindings for your wheel. The T150 has a dedicated preset, but the TMX will have to use the T248 preset instead. The button bindings aren't quite right, but you can easily figure out how the buttons have been rearranged.
Wheel Sensitivity lets you change the steering linearity. 1 is linear steering.
Friction Gain is the weight of the wheel. Setting this too high will make the wheel very heavy.
Spring Constant makes the wheel want to pull back to the center. Setting this too high will make the wheel very heavy when turning.
Vibrotactile Force Gain has no effect on these wheels.
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.
Collision Gain is the force when you drive over debris or objects. This isn't very strong, so can be set at the maximum without a problem.
Logitech TrueForce is only used by the Logitech G923 for its TrueForce feature. It has no effect on any other wheel.
Conclusion
I find using a wheel provides better control than using a gamepad or keyboard in this game, but only for the driving sections. You will certainly want to keep a mouse and keyboard close by for interactions with everything else.
Let me know if you have any questions or comments.