This article is part of our series: The Logitech G27 Racing Wheel for Casual Racing Gamers. Here, we will cover setting up your G27 racing wheel to play Need For Speed: Undercover. The 12th game in the series, Undercover was developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts. Undercover is an arcade street racer that features an open world with over 100 miles of road, massive police chases, and a solely cosmetic damage system. Watch out for the spike strips, though!
Solid Tip: Looking for G27 drivers or Logitech Profiler software? Get it here.
| Logitech G27 Solid Series Articles | |
|---|---|
| 1. Casual Gamer vs Simulation Gamer | 11. Test Drive Unlimited |
| 2. Setting Up Your G27, Made Easy | 12. Test Drive Unlimited 2 |
| 3. Need For Speed: Carbon | 13. Burnout Paradise |
| 4. Need For Speed: Pro Street | 14. Race Driver: GRID |
| 5. Need For Speed: Undercover | 15. Split Second |
| 6. Need For Speed: Shift | 16. GTR Evolution |
| 7. Need For Speed: Shift 2 | 17. DiRT 2 |
| 8. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit | 18. DiRT 3 |
| 9. Need For Speed: The Run | 19. Blur |
| 10. Need for Speed: Most Wanted | |
Solid Tip: Got the EU version of the game? Check out some other readers’ helpful comments below regarding issues that surround the latest patches and combined vs.separate pedals.
Need for Speed: Undercover G27 Settings
NFS Undercover Controls
- Open the Logitech Profiler
- Select New > Profile
- Add nfs.exe as a new game called ‘Undercover’.
- Open Specific Game Settings
- Leave ‘Special Force Feedback Device Settings’ unchecked.
- Check ‘Report Combined Pedals.’
- Set Degrees of Rotation to Taste
- Leave ‘Use Special Game Settings’ Unchecked
- Play Undercover and enter controls menu
- Press + key to switch from keyboard to steering wheel.
- Map the controls to your liking.
- Auto or Manual Transmission is set in ‘Gameplay’ menu.
Need For Speed: Undercover - Corvette Z06
okay I followed this guide and it somewhat works until I try to use the H shifter. I setup the buttons in the config menu ingame and changed everything for the shifters 1st gear 2nd gear etc. When I put the car in 2nd gear the menu pops up and when i exit the menu the steering stops working. It doesn’t turn left anymore. Also what do you mean set the degree rotation to “taste” as far as I can see it only has numbers of degrees not a specific name for each degree setting.
Hi John, “set to taste” means whatever you like. Some people prefer the default 200° rotation and some prefer 900° since it’s more ‘realistic’.
As far as your control issue goes, you may have the shifter mapped to both 2ND Gear and Pause. This game lets you assign the same button to multiple actions and does not warn you if you do.
In the game options,1st – 6th gear (and reverse) should be mapped on a Logitech G27 to buttons 9-15. I set my pause to button 1, which is one of the 4 red buttons.
Additionally, when you are switching your controls, make sure you press the + key when you go into the control screen to switch from keyboard to the wheel, or you might be modifying the keyboard controls accidentally. I have no explanation why the steering would have any issue, unless you also mapped the X Axis to something else.
how the hell do you change which button is the pause button? And don’t say its in the controls screen, I checked there 500 times.
What… you mean this control screen?
Why does mine only go down to Look Behind? I still see extra space on the side bar on the right but I press the down key and it doesnt go any further… I apologize for my attitude, it actually is possible, erm.. do you mind sharing how you managed to scroll further down the list?
🙂 Did you forget Step 10 in my instructions up top? – Press the “+” Key
I did that and it won’t let me scroll down a little bit more but I hear it click in the headset. The G27 is selected.. Maybe it becomes available at a later time?
It’s fine, don’t worry about it. I downloaded a game save for this thing and still no dice. Oh well, thanks for the support though. 🙂 I’m glad you didn’t waste too much time on me. 😀
hey how do u open the logitech profiler?
Mel, when the wheel is plugged in you will see a Logitech logo on the bottom right in the system tray. You simply double click that.
which is the brake?
LOL What?
Ugh I have the same problems as John and Alec
Second gear opens/closes the menu, which renders the h-shifter unusable.
And when I try to find the pause button in the controls.. there’s NOTHING. It just stops at look behind just like Alec
See step 10
After much thinking, I have a theory that it doesn’t give us the option to change the pause button and all the other buttons below ‘look behind’ in the EU version of the game. I didn’t know I had the EU version until I patched it and the US version wouldn’t work, but the EU one did.
If you’re still not convinced I could always make a video for you to show you there’s absolutely nothing in either keyboard or steering wheel settings.
It’s a problem with the patch in EU version. If I install the game without patching, it work you can change the control for pause. After installing the patch 1.0.18 I have the same Problems. I found a workaround for me. After starting the game you chose your G27 and then say 1 for Standart configuration. Then you can make your personal configs and use the 2nd Gear. But one Problem is left, after restarting the game you have to do the same procedure. Hope it help.
Wow you get 5 points for uncovering that answer!
Since all my software is the US version, I would have never known.
It sucks, because everything worked perfectly when I first set it up, then suddenly it just stopped working
If you want to make a video of it, I will check it out and see if I notice anything different. You can send me a link to it in this site’s contact form
after i configured everthing only the steer left and steer right does not work.so what shall i do??
Are your pedals set up as “combined?”
The worst game in nfs series!
I’ve tried the enjoy the game,
but I can’t.
I’ve uninstalled it after I found if I double kick the brake pedal (cadence braking),
the gear back to neutral.
I have this same issue and can find NO help at all. Logitech momo wheel with pedals. When in game i tap the brake twice and the transmission goes to neutral/reverse. Then leaves me in neutral. I’ve tweaked all game settings and profiler settings to no avail.
listen i follow your instructions and i cant Configure the Natural gear
ther is a botton to him??
I do not understand the question
i had same problem with wheel..couldnt seee pause option with g27..
i reset defaults on controller then remapped the shift..and cleared the keyboard controls
and it works for 2nd gear
i found a fix for the EU version. dont set combined pedals. and reset the mapping in the game. (Restore defaults)
the “start/esc”{ button will be the one in the bottom (from the shifter.. like saying X in a ps3 pad)
this worked for me perfectly.. now i can shift second gear and nothing weird happens.
aparently the EU patch adds natural g27 support (so… no need for combined pedals)
Thanks for the tip. I have updated the article to point down to yours and the other comments regarding the EU version.
I can’t even register NFS Undercover as a new game on my Logitech Profiler…when trying to put in the new profile for the game, I Put in “Undercover” for the Game Profile name, and for the game’s executable file, I put in this .exe: “C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Need for Speed Undercover\nfs.exe”
That’s the .exe file that was found in the Target from the Shortcut tab in my Need for Speed Undercover properties. After I put in the information that was required, I clicked on the icon that’s asked below but the OK button was still grayed out. So I cannot access Logitech Profiler for NFS Undercover, I’ll need help for that.
One more thing: in-game, if I want to select down in any option in the pause menu, I have to tap the gas pedal and then the cursor will keep going down as if I’m holding the down arrow, but I’m not! I need help for this game because I installed it just today after having not played it since ’09 with my MOMO. I now have a G27, evidently.
Cursor moving up and down is because your pedal type is wrong (combined versus separate). Just switch from whatever you have selected and that is fixed. It’s in the Logitech Profiler in either your specific game settings if you set them or your global device settings.
For your grayed out OK button- that must be the wrong location. I install all my games to a “Games” folder, so mine is different. Yours sounds like the right location. Just use the browse button to find the .exe file with the red logo.
The button is greyed out unless a valid file path is typed in (any file at all). As soon as I typed the last E in the picture above, the button lit up and the red icon appeared .
Thank you so much, this helped a bunch! Thanks for replying quickly too 🙂
I’m still having trouble getting the pedals to work though. My settings look like yours in the screen shot, and I’ve got the profile set to combined pedals. My copy is from steam and I assume it’s the US. How did you fix the pedals?
You didn’t say what is wrong with your pedals
I too have no options below “Look Behind.” Something must have changed with a patch. I found an easy workaround to the Logitech G27 2nd-gear-with-the-H-gate-shifter bug. Thanks to woozi_wu for leading me in the right direction on this one. I just bought this game on Steam (I’m in the US), so I assume I’m running the US version patched as of December 9th, 2012. I have my wheel set to report the pedals as combined (do this outside of the game in Windows), so in the Configuration menu in-game, the pedals are detected as “Slider.” Every time you boot the game, you will have to the following. Stupid bug. Open up the pause menu (by either hitting ESC or moving your H-gate shifter into 2nd), go to Options/Controls/Configuration. Press the + key to move from keyboard to G27. At this point, I already have my own custom configuration entered, so I’m looking at my custom entries. Press 1 to change settings to default. It will ask you, “Are you sure…?” Yes, you are sure; click OK. Now you will be looking at the default Configuration settings. Hit ESC to back out of this menu. It will ask you, “Do you wish to keep the modified settings?” Now select NO. You will be back in the Controls menu without having had to re-enter your own personal settings. Hit ESC to back out of all these menus and return to the game. Now you can move your H-gate shifter into 2nd no problem. Thanks again, woozie_wu!
Hey, does this allow to scroll passed look behind? Asking in case I need to mess with VLTEd more.
how to set configuration please help
Thanks for all your tests with all these games, I wanted this so much, you did it ! Thank you so much !
I feel like alot of things has not been answered in this topic. I’m desperately trying to get the H shifter to work with my G27 with Things like reverse and neutral. Unfortunetly i cant find any thing about NFS Undercover and G27 eles where. Did any of you have any luck setting up neutral and reverse?
i cant find Need for Speed Undercover in my games file for some reason
I can’t get the clutch to work in either undercover or hot pursuit… How do I know if the wheel supports these games 100%? Am I doing something wrong??
OH MY GOD!!!! The lights that tell you when to change gears on the wheel works on this OLD game!!!
¿how can it be possible!? Is there anyone else that can confirm?
Yep. I listed that at the very top of the article. Old but somehow works