Steering wheel: pedals not working correctly
Pedals act like buttons, you can't bind throttle or brake, or the car won't accelerate until you brake? How to fix pedal bindings in BeamNG.drive.This article is part of Steering wheels: common problems and solutions.
Pedals act like buttons
Some steering wheels have console compatibility modes.
- Make sure you fully read its manual to understand how your hardware works and how to change that behaviour.
- It is also possible that you have installed software that intercepts and changes how joysticks, steering wheels and gamepads behave. If you did that, please disable or uninstall that software and try again.
Cannot set up the throttle or the brake, car does strange things
- If your steering wheel only provides combined throttle/brake axes, use the “throttle and brake” binding, and remove any wheel bindings under the “throttle” and under the “brake” sections.
- If your steering wheel provides separate throttle/brake axis, use the “throttle” bindind and the “brake” binding, and remove any wheel binding under the “throttle and brake” section.
Car does not accelerate until I press the brake
- Open the brake binding, click the “Inverted Axis” and then “Apply”.
Car does not brake until I press the throttle
- Open the throttle binding, click the “Inverted Axis” and then “Apply”.
Car brakes correctly, but then goes full speed into reverse after it stops
- You are using the ‘Arcade’ shifting mode. Switch to ‘Realistic’ shifting mode using the key ‘Q’.
Still not working?
- Follow the steering wheel troubleshooter to check step by step that everything is set up correctly.
- See Steering wheels: common problems and solutions for other problems.
Last modified:
October 6, 2026
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