How to fix Borderlands 3’s steering issue

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Borderlands 3 is the latest installment in the Borderlands franchise, and it is bigger than ever.

However, like all of itspredecessors, it has its fair share of bugs and issues.

Fans are complaining on theGearbox official forumsthat they are having problems with their vehicle controls:

I see the controls in the bindings for driving show A and D as steer left/right but in-game they do not. […] Why are the bindings not working? I tried remapping each to A and D again but it didn’t help.

It would seem thatplayerscan’t steer their vehicles in Borderlands 3 using the A and D keys, and it is frustrating.

What makes matters even more annoying is that since they cannot steer with the keys, they are forced to steer with themouseby default.

Whilemousesteering isn’t all that bad, the guns are on turrets so you should be able to drive one direction and shoot another direction.

Another hassle is looking around to find things while driving, since moving themouseto look steers you in that direction.

What to do if your A & D keys don’t work for steering?

If you’re a Borderlands fan, your first thought might be to disablemousesteering entirely.

Unfortunately, that option is no longer available in Borderlands 3, sokeyboard mappingjust got a whole lot harder.

A such, your only solution is to change the control settings in theGamepadoptions:

Do not change the controls in any of the other settings within theGamepadoptions.

Once you’ve completed these steps, you will now be able to drive with the WASD keys and freelook or aim using themouse.

Some users reported that after following these steps, the W & S keys no longer for going forward or in reverse.

it worked…but the W/S doesnt work anymore…LOL, even if i rebind the key xD

If this happens to you as well, reset theGamepadoptions to their default value, and repeat the steps mentioned above, and nothing else.

This wouldn’t be the first timeplayersare having difficultychanging Borderlands 3’s settings.

However, this is but a minor setback compared tomore serious issuesplaguing Borderlandsplayers.

Fortunately,Gearboxis actively trying to seek out and fix all of the most common and most serious issues, soplayersshould rest assured.

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How to fix Borderlands 3’s steering issue

What to do if your A & D keys don’t work for steering?