PS5 controller working fine in many games but horrible in some others

[Loweedje]

Hi, I'm clueless why often the controller is detected and working fine in most games I play on PC. (God of War, Dying light, Yakuza to name a few).
But then a game like EA Need for Speed games, horrible/impossible to get it working or get the buttons mapped properly.
Same for a game called Genshin Impact.

From a user persective it doesn't make sense why the functionality of the controller is acting terrible all of a sudden and more importantly, when it doesnt work ok, you quickly end up in a void how to solve it?

Is it a DS4 driver issue? Or is the game wrong all of a sudden?

[Kanuan]

Game is probably picking both the real controller and DS4Windows' virtual controller at the same time.

When using DS4Windows your real controller needs to be hidden so only DS4Windows' virtual one can be detected, otherwise conflicts can happen.

For more info: Preventing the double controller / double input issue in games

[Loweedje]

Thanks for the suggestion! While it didnt directly solve the issue. I figured I previously had other DS3 software installed too. But no uninstall option, or add/remove program, or a proper driver clean up tool for it. So I did some oldschool manual regedit cleanup of anything vigem, nefarius, ds3 controller and ds4windows references i could find. Restarted Windows. So far it seems like this helped with the games I was having issues with. Gotta over other games to see if I actually still need DS4windows or not. If anything maybe this might help others out there sooner or later.

[Ryochan7]

Way too many factors involved. I am just going to post and shame you for buying modern God of War. A game series that has been so dumbed down that the developers literally used DarksydePhil as a test case for how to design missions. Most modern video games are trash tbf.

The Level Design of God of War
https://youtu.be/eSB29qx6sWw?si=yLUkdAhtxVT7rh-A&t=2279

[Loweedje]

yea bro, much easier to post a toxic answer than to provide anything useful. I never asked for your opinion on the games i mentioned.

[Ryusennin]

It's a discussion board, not a support forum (you asked for help in the wrong section).

Anyway, use Legacinator to get rid of all the old obsolete stuff in your system.