Title says it all. I am currently broke and cannot buy myself pedals nor wheel so I am forced to play with mouse for another 5 years. Is there a way maybe a mod or something that will enable me to slowly build up speed. When using keyboard( I play with keyboard+ mouse for steerind and shifting gears) when I press W car is max throttle but I want it to gradually build up speed and just cruise around a little.
Thanks!
EDIT: Just something like formulas have limit speed!

There is a way but it will take some getting used to.

You can set your throttle and brakes to the mouse Y axis and your steering to the mouse X axis.

To do this:

1. Set your controller to "wheel/joystick" (LFS > Options > Controls > At the top)
   
2. Set "Throttle / brake axes" to separate
   
3. Click the "Axes / FF" tab
   
4. Click "Steer"
   
5. On the right click "Mouse X"
   
6. Now click "Throttle"
   
7. On the right click "Mouse Y"
   

When you move your mouse from side to side you will steer and when you move your mouse forward and back you will gradually accelerate and decelerate. Note, you'll need to assign the brakes to a button. But that's horrible to be honest, here's a workaround:

If you want to accelerate and brake on the Y axis, set 'Throttle / brake axis' to combined and set the axes called 'Thr / Brk Combined' to 'Mouse Y' on the right. You will now be able to brake gradually by moving the mouse towards you from a central position, accelerate by moving it away from you and steer by moving it from left to right.

For example, when the mouse is all the way to the right and forward you will be turning hard right with full acceleration. When the mouse is central, you will be steering straight with no throttle or brake input. It's a lot to get your head around at first but I used to have a team mate who used this and he was really, really fast.

Enjoy!

Quote from mbutcher :

There is a way but it will take some getting used to.

You can set your throttle and brakes to the mouse Y axis and your steering to the mouse X axis.

To do this:

1. Set your controller to "wheel/joystick" (LFS > Options > Controls > At the top)
   
2. Set "Throttle / brake axes" to separate
   
3. Click the "Axes / FF" tab
   
4. Click "Steer"
   
5. On the right click "Mouse X"
   
6. Now click "Throttle"
   
7. On the right click "Mouse Y"
   

When you move your mouse from side to side you will steer and when you move your mouse forward and back you will gradually accelerate and decelerate. Note, you'll need to assign the brakes to a button. But that's horrible to be honest, here's a workaround:

If you want to accelerate and brake on the Y axis, set 'Throttle / brake axis' to combined and set the axes called 'Thr / Brk Combined' to 'Mouse Y' on the right. You will now be able to brake gradually by moving the mouse towards you from a central position, accelerate by moving it away from you and steer by moving it from left to right.

For example, when the mouse is all the way to the right and forward you will be turning hard right with full acceleration. When the mouse is central, you will be steering straight with no throttle or brake input. It's a lot to get your head around at first but I used to have a team mate who used this and he was really, really fast.

Enjoy!

Damn this is so good! Thanks a lot! It will take time to get used to it but I'll try my best! Thanks!

In options->controlls there is a slider "button control rate" that configs how fast the gas/brake pedals move when you press a button.
Low settings = slowly moving pedals. High settings = fast moving pedals.
Turn on the "show pedals" option in display-menu to see.