You can set up SimHub Control Mapper how you want then use its internal Keyboard Emulator to play nice alongside DRE.

SimHub Control Mapper diagram

SimHub’s Keyboard Emulator and DRE send inputs to the simulator through separate routes. The setup below uses iRacing as an example.

 

In the sim

In iRacing, open Settings → Keybinds → In Car → Cockpit and assign Enter/Exit/Tow Car to Shift+R for this example. Save the intended controls profile using Save or Apply & Close.

scm iRacing ctrl

 

DRE

With DRE connected to iRacing, open Controls → Sim and find Enter/Exit/Tow Car.

Check that the read-only iRacing Binding column on the right shows the saved Shift+R assignment. Check the smaller Profile: name label beneath the header too.

You do not need to enter Shift+R in DRE. Optionally assign a controller button in Controls → Sim if you want that button to request the action through DRE. Voice requests use the same saved iRacing binding.

DRE still needs a supported keyboard output assignment in iRacing for this action; it cannot emulate an iRacing controller-only assignment. If the profile label or output is not what you expect, save the intended iRacing profile again and check DRE. Selecting without a detected save is not a guaranteed refresh.

If DRE shows an unassigned, controller-only, unsupported or error state, resolve the issue it explains. DRE sends no guessed replacement key. See How do I map controls? for details.

 

SimHub

  1. Output Mapping -> Assign Roles: Add Enter/Exit/Tow Car as a new button
    1. scm ctrl1 buttons enter exit tow car
  2. Map the Enter/Exit/Tow Car to your wheel buttons
    1. scm xbox buttons role
  3. Go to Controls and events -> Keyboard Emulation and click Add mapping
  4. scm add mappingUnder Input, click Click to configure and Simulate press the role: Enter/Exit/Tow Car (You can use the SimHub smartphone website to trigger it). Press Save.
  5. On the right at Simulated Keys, press the field Click to assign and press Shift+R

scm simulated keys

 

SimHub’s simulated keys must match the keyboard assignment in iRacing. In this example, SimHub sends Shift+R directly to iRacing. If you change that assignment in iRacing, update the SimHub Keyboard Emulation mapping too.

DRE reads Shift+R separately from the saved iRacing controls profile and does not configure SimHub for you.

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