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Hello everyone,
Some days ago, I bought a gamer PC, with a new keybord.
I installed trackmania, and played some maps. Then I realized that I couldn't drift left.
I play with arrows, and can do right drifts.
So I can do: UP+DOWN+RIGHT but can't do UP+DOWN+LEFT.
It's really annoying because I can't do maps with left turns.
My keybord is a spirit of gamers PRO-K2
And in my previous laptop I could drift left.
Hope you can help me,
ziberty

Some keyboards don't support multiple keys pressed at the same time in the same "key zone".
You should try using e.g. blank as additional brake key, so you can use the left thumb to start a drift.

Thanks for your answer.
I'll be sure to try that tomorrow, because I can't use my computer right now.
I hope I'll drift again

fyi called "key ghosting"

Next time, buy a keyboard featuring "anti ghosting"

https://www.microsoft.com/appliedscienc ... splay.aspx

Hello,

TMarc wrote:Some keyboards don't support multiple keys pressed at the same time in the same "key zone".
You should try using e.g. blank as additional brake key, so you can use the left thumb to start a drift.

Sadly, it's not working. I can drift for example if I press UP+DOWN+LEFTCTRL but I'm not use to do this.

Rots wrote:fyi called "key ghosting"

Next time, buy a keyboard featuring "anti ghosting"

https://www.microsoft.com/appliedscienc ... splay.aspx

Is it possible to fix it without re buying a new one ? Otherwise I'm really satisfacted with this keyboard and don't want to buy a new one.
Have a great day,
ziberty

Well, you will have to get used to a new key assignment (you can also try to find other assignments which do work better for you), if you don't want to buy a new keyboard.

Again, it is an issue of the keyboard hardware "by design", it does not support it, and it is not an issue of the game (this time ).

Hello,
Thanks for your answer, I'll now play with leftctrl it's not really hard
Have a nice day

Great
I'm pretty sure you will soon like it much more.
Because if you were used like me before to steer the car only with the cursors, after some time of playing, I always had pain in the thumb and also sometimes in the hand, close to cramps.
Since I'm using blank for braking and drifts, my right hand is more relaxed