Wheel or keyboard for 18 Wheels of Steel Games?

Sandi1987 · Jan 31, 2018

Which is better for 18 Wheels of Steel games?

eidairaman1 · Jan 31, 2018

Keyboard use tends to be clunky, but overall cheaper. A wheel provides smoother motions.

A good gamepad with thumbsticks or even a flight stick can be smoother than a keyboard and also cheaper than a wheel.

jboydgolfer · Jan 31, 2018

I tend to keep an Xbox controller on hand for any racing games. I may need it for. Even in games like Grandtheft auto ,where there is driving they come in handy. Kb & mouse can be problematic

eidairaman1 · Jan 31, 2018

jboydgolfer said:
I tend to keep an Xbox controller on hand for any racing games. I may need it for. Even in games like Grandtheft auto ,where there is driving they come in handy. Kb & mouse can be problematic

Have a legacy model of the link below that has this same layout but doesnt have analong triggers or the colored buttons. It is well built and responsive, uses the wingman software for macros.

https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/product/f310-gamepad

FordGT90Concept · Jan 31, 2018

18 WoS was fine with keyboard but I'm old school and do well with keyboard in most racing games. Euro Truck Simulator 2 (made by SCS Software as well), however, is terrible with keyboard. I use an Xbox 360 controller for that one and wheel would be even better.

Hate mouse steering in all the games.

Liviu Cojocaru · Jan 31, 2018

I f you can afford it...Wheel, better experience and it makes the experience a bit closer to the reality

Sandi1987 · Feb 8, 2018

I tried 18 Wheels of Steel with wheel and it's awesome like American Truck Simulator or Euro Truck Simulator 2 with wheel. Euro Truck Simulator 1 it's boring for me because no many mods.

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Wheel or keyboard for 18 Wheels of Steel Games?

Sandi1987

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman

jboydgolfer

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman

FordGT90Concept

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