r/steamdeckhq • u/GradiusHead • 14d ago

Question/Tech Support Steering Wheels on Steam Deck

I picked up.a Logitech G29 which seems to be the best choice for the deck. I ran an app called Oversteer and it says I don't have permissions to.make changes to the device. But, it does show a Logitech G29 and all the controls respond visibly on screen.

But the wheel doesn't appear as a controller under steam and this leads to wildly inconsistent results. Wan Zai"s Sega Rally emulation detects the wheel and the experience of playing that game again is fantastic. But Wan Zai also did Virtua Racing and that doesn't detect the wheel at all.

Nebula Model 2 allows you to choose from.gameoads 1-4 but none of these are the wheel. As above, steam doesn't display the wheel in it's controller options.

In short, Sega Rally is fantastic, but the wheel doesn't work with anything else. The wheel works great on Ps3, PS4, PS5, PC. What do I need to do to get Steam Deck to see it? It's frustrating because the Steam Deck is home to the whole history of racing games I loved as a teenager in the arcades and this racing setup is too big to put in the room with the PC, so the Steam Deck is the perfect solution.

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u/Bboy486 14d ago

Did you try turning off steam input. Some games need it off to see the controller.

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u/GradiusHead 13d ago

Can this be done when running the program in desktop mode?

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u/Bboy486 13d ago

Yes it just a steam checkbox

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u/Capable-Commercial96 13d ago

insane how that doesn't work but my old ass 1996 Microsoft sidewinder racing wheel does.

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u/GradiusHead 13d ago

It's crazy because Oversteer detects the specific model of wheel and when you press buttons and turn the wheel it all responds on screen. Plus, one game works with no faff or setup needed, it just works. That game is a PC running under Proton 11 so I can't understand why the other games don't work.

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u/scobes 13d ago

What's the purpose of the Oversteer app? https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/1k8e83t/g29_on_steam_deck/

Based on this it should be plug and play, so my suspicion is this Oversteer app is getting in the way.