PS4 Custom button mapping is awesome (update 1.15)

Much like the Cockpit view adjustment feature they've added, they've successfully implemented one of the PC versions best features. In one way it's actually better than the PC versions implementation.

You're able to map 2 functions to one button. (I'm pretty sure you can't do that on PC)

Many of the functions you can map like turbo, handbrake, headlights, etc. are rarely ever all on one car. Road cars will have handbrakes and headlights while not having brake bias controls or turbo, many race cars will be vice versa so you can often get away with mapping 2 functions to one button if you think about it.

Some of the preset configurations already had this, and luckily you can also do it with your own presets.

Also, you can save/name your own presets and it will show the same diagram so that's a nice touch.

Great job Kunos. I'm really impressed.

Always hoped for this feature and it's better than I ever expected.

 

Sorry to disappoint you, but when you go racing, you will find it doesn't work. In Hybrid cars for example, if you set traction control to a different button than the Hybrid functions, it wont work either.

So it's pretty useless.

 

How does the mapping 2 functions to one button work? When I did it for Look back (triangle) and KERS (triangle) it did both at the same time. Or it would chose one function over the another. It's really buggy IMO.

 

I'm disappointed that you can't set buttons for up and down increment for things like turbo, ABS & TC, still only has a cycle function ☹️

 

No, when you set two functions to the same button, both functions perform when you hit that button. It would be helpfull if button mapping would really work (in hybrid cars you can not set traction control and abs even if they are on independent buttons) because that way you can save space by putting together functions that doesn't interfere each other (lights/Voting and horn/hud) or create several configurations depending the car.

The next step should have been able to switch on the keyboard. But the button mapping doesn't even work, so Kunos will have to take care of that first before adding keyboard support.

 

Well that's why like I said you have to map 2 things that won't be used at the same time. Either that or something like look back that won't mind pressing real quickly. You could have Drs and look back be the same button ( personally, I set look left to L2, look right to r2 and pressing both at once let's you look behind, which is a nice feature imo)

 

Exactly. You understand what I meant and how Kunos did it with the g29 preset.

I don't know what you mean by it not working though. It all worked for me. Maybe it's a bug with your wheel. The g29 preset worked too. I was using that for months and the double mapped functions always worked.

I am on PS4 5.00 beta 5 but that shouldn't affect it

Keyboard support would be cool, but personally Id rather map 2 functions to one button so I don't have to plug in my keyboard. Would be good to have both and button box support

 

This is all good but how about pedal mapping in my case. I just bought the g920 and the brake pedal is so stiff I wanted to map the clutch pedal to brake so I can brake much better. F1 2017 allows this, so I hope they add it to AC too.

Dont want to open up the g920 pedals just yet!

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Has anyone found an issue where when you map the handbrake to either of the LB/RB buttons (i.e the steering wheel flappy paddles) it just doesnt work.......but it works when you use any of the other buttons??

 

Hybrid cars have been borked since day 1 (La Ferrari excluded) I really hoped this update would sort them out...

 

Why Laferrari? It's the only hybrid car that works like a normal one.

edit: Ok, Im dumb and I didn't notice that you said "excluded" (I thought you said included)

 

How about people post a list of their recommended button mappings?

 

Yes, that would be really helpful. Just list which wheel [t300, etc].

 

That's as designed though. It's not a bug of the update.

 

Sure. Please note that I do not have Look Behind mapped because I simply press R2 (look right) and L2 (look left) at the same time to do it instead (you look behind when you press them both at the same time, similar to GTA back in the day).

 

It's a bug or an issue. 919, P1, 919... all have selectable traction control and ABS. In PC you can change them.

 

Another really awesome thing about this update is that you can change the controls, and the advanced controls while racing. That is actually a huge deal for anyone trying to dial in the best FFB or dualshock controller settings. Before you had to exit out to the main menu. Now you just gotta hit pause.

Another feature that the PC version doesn't have too

 

Well spotted, I hadn't noticed this. So do changes made to FFB in pause menu save per car, or globally?

 

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