Le Mans Ultimate Complete Racing Wheel Guide

With Le Mans Ultimate being a racing sim focused on realism and representing Endurance racing, using a racing wheel is highly recommended. With so many racing wheels available, from a variety of different brands, finding the best force feedback settings can be a tricky game.

In this complete racing wheel guide for Le Mans Ultimate, we’ll run through what all wheel settings mean in LMU. I’ll share recommendations for the most popular racing wheels from brands such as Fanatec, MOZA, Simucube, Logitech and more. And I’ll also look at the correct way of setting up a racing wheel to get the best performance from Le Mans Ultimate.

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Le Mans Ultimate wheel settings explained

Before I dive into our own wheel setting recommendations, I first want to take a look at what each setting in Le Mans Ultimate does. Below is an overview of each setting in LMU’s wheel settings menu.

• Force Feedback Effects
  This setting turns your force feedback on or off. Always have this enabled.
• Force Feedback Strength
  The strength is a global controller for the overall FFB strength. Increasing this will make the FFB more pronounced. You may need to lower this when using higher powered direct drive wheel bases.
• Force Feedback Smoothing
  The smoothing option will smooth out some of the noisier force feedback effects. Some wheels can get away with setting this to 0, while others may need this as high as 4 or 5. Try to lower it as much as possible so you don’t lose any FFB details. However, if you feel any graining or noise, increase this setting until it disappears.
• Minimum Steering Torque
  The minimum steering torque setting should almost always be left at 0. For all direct drive wheels, this isn’t needed, however, if you’re using a lower powered wheel such as the Logitech G923, or a Thrustmaster wheel. You may find it beneficial to increase this a couple of percent.
• Collision Strength
  This setting controls the forces when you collide with anything. The stronger it is, the harder the wheel will react when hitting another car or barrier. Lower this if your wheel is too aggressive on contact.
• Steering torque Sensitivity
  This setting controls your overall torque levels. It should ideally be left at 100% for all direct drive wheels. If you find the force feedback is lacking in lower powered racing wheels, try increasing this beyond 100%.
• Constant Steering Force Effect
  We recommend always lowering the Constant Steering Force Effect in LMU for all wheels as it is an option for legacy/older racing wheels.
  

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Recommended wheel settings for all wheels

Setting up different racing wheels in Le Mans Ultimate, really requires different FFB settings to get the most out of each wheel. All racing wheels handle force feedback differently, meaning there isn’t a single global setting that makes all wheels feel great.

Below are our recommended in-game Le Mans Ultimate wheel settings that are generally used across most racing wheels. We do have specific force feedback setting recommendations for all wheels which you can find below the in-game settings.

Le Mans Ultimate In-game settings	Value
Force Feedback Effects	On
Force Feedback Strength	100 (Set this based on wheel FFB strength)
Force Feedback Smoothing	2-5
Minimum Steering Torque	0
Collision Strength	100
Steering torque Sensitivity	100
Constant Steering Force Effect	Off

Use the quick links below to find our LMU wheel settings guide for your specific racing wheel.

• LMU Fanatec wheel settings
• LMU MOZA wheel settings
• LMU Logitech G923 wheel settings
• LMU Logitech Pro Wheel settings
• LMU Simucube wheel settings
• LMU Asetek wheel settings

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How to set up any racing wheel in Le Mans Ultimate

With any racing wheel, the general set up process in Le Mans Ultimate is the same. Follow the steps below to correctly set your wheel up in LMU. There may be slight differences depending on the wheel you’re using.

1. Connect your racing wheel to your PC
   Step 1 is to ensure your wheel is connected to your PC and correctly mounted.
2. Update the firmware
   Next, it’s always worth checking if a firmware update is available. With newer games like LMU, firmware updates can enable a wheel to work or adjust how the FFB feels. Firmware updates are normally done inside your wheel’s software or app.
3. Enter the FFB settings in your wheel’s app
   Before starting LMU, head into your racing wheel’s app, and enter our recommended settings that we linked to above.
4. Enter our recommended Le Mans Ultimate in game wheel settings
   Next, head into Le Mans Ultimate, and copy across our recommended in game settings. These can be found in the settings guides listed above for each wheel.
5. Update your button mapping
   The final step is to ensure your wheel and pedals are correctly mapped in LMU. If this isn’t done, your wheels inputs won’t be registered in game.

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Which racing wheel is best for Le Mans Ultimate?

There are a lot of great choices when choosing the best racing wheel for Le Mans Ultimate. A lot will depend on your budget. If you have a higher budget, premium wheels such as the Simucube 2 Pro, or Asetek Invicta are ideal wheels to use in LMU.

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At a lower budget, the Fanatec CSL DD is a great choice, as it offers direct drive force feedback at a much lower cost than other DD wheels. At the extreme budget end, I’d recommend the Logitech G923 for its overall high build quality and excellent compatibility across almost all racing games.

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How to create multiple wheel profiles in Le Mans Ultimate

At launch, LMU didn’t include a profile switcher. This means if you have multiple wheel rims, you cannot save an in-game preset and quickly load it. Instead, every time you switch your wheel rim, you need to remap the button inputs. This can be a real pain, however, there is a way around it.

You can head into your fiel explorer and create multiple settings files (direct input.json). This file handles your wheel settings, so creating duplicates will save your presets. You can find this file at the following path;

To create multiple wheel profiles, we recommend copying this file out of this folder and into another, easily accessible folder. Name the folder the same as the wheel you used to create the profile. Then, each time you switch wheels, you can copy the direct input.json file from the custom folder, back into the LMU game folder. This will load up your saved profile.

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Settings to change for each car class

Le Mans Ultiamte is such a popular racing sim, partially due to its variety in car classes. While Assetto Corsa Competizione was seen as the best GT3 simulator for a long time, it only offers GT cars to choose from. LMU offers GT3, GTE, hypercars and LMP2 cars currently, making it much more well rounded.

Each of these cars can feel distinctly different to drive, especially when trying to use the same force feedback settings. Instead, we recommend that you change some settings as you switch between car classes. Below is an overview of what FFB settings to change for each class in LMU.

• GT3 and GTE cars
  These cars are incredibly well balanced in Le Mans Ultimate in terms of the force feedback experience. I’d recommend using our setting recommendations above as they offer the most balanced FFB.
• Hypercars
  The hypercars in LMU often feel lighter, with the force feedback not being as pronounced. I’d recommend increasing the torque sensitivity setting up by 5-10% compared to the GT cars. You can also increase the overall FFB strength by around 10%.
• LMP2 cars
  The LMP2 cars can feel much more violent than both the GT and hypercars in LMU. For this reason, I’d recommend lowering the force feedback strength by 10% compared to the GT car settings. This can make th overall FFB a little smoother.

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• Written by Rich Article updated on July 24, 2025 Tags: Asetek, Fanatec, Logitech, MOZA Racing, Sim Racing How To Guides, Simucube, Thrustmaster, Sim Racing Product Guides

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