EA Sports WRC on a Mac with a controller
The EA Sports WRC layout is built into InputConfig, free on the Mac App Store. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon.
On a Mac: No Mac version. It streams to a Mac from a Windows PC you own. The stream normally passes a controller to the game's native scheme. It starts from the F1 template, which has no handbrake, so set a face button's output to WRC's handbrake key before the first stage.
Yes, EA Sports WRC plays on a Mac with a controller, streamed from a Windows PC you own. WRC is DiRT Rally's successor from the same studio, with the same need: a handbrake on a face button, which the F1 template this layout starts from does not have. Long stages and a stream are fine. Hairpins on a stream take a lap to learn.
The layout, control by control
How the layout thinks
- Steer. The left stick sends comma to steer left and period to steer right.
- Pedals. The right trigger is the throttle (A), the left trigger the brake (Z).
- Gears. Shift up on the right bumper (Space), down on the left (Option).
- Cockpit view. D-pad left and right glance with the mouse, D-pad up changes the camera (F2), D-pad down opens the HUD page (F1). The right stick looks around the cockpit.
- Leftover F1 rows. The face buttons send S, L, Shift L and Ctrl L. The left stick click sends Option L, the right Shift I, Back F, and Start pauses (Escape).
Make a handbrake first, and the rest is a rally car on a pad.
Tune it
- Handbrake. Set a face button's output to WRC's handbrake key.
The handbrake is the one change that cannot wait.
If the game sees the pad
EA Sports WRC's own scheme has analog steering and pedals, so use it with this preset off whenever the stream passes your pad.
EA Sports WRC controller support: controller or keyboard
Steam's store page lists full controller support for EA Sports WRC, so the game was made to be played on a controller, menus included. A keyboard and mouse work as well, and the choice is yours.
From Steam's listing, checked in October 2026. Every game's listing is in Mac games with controller support.
If your controller is not working in EA Sports WRC
When EA Sports WRC does not react to your controller on a Mac, check these in order:
- Check that the Mac sees the controller. Open the gamepad tester and press a button. If nothing lights up there, the problem is the connection, and a controller that is connected but not working covers that first.
- Pair the controller with the Mac first. A streaming app such as Steam Link, Moonlight or Parsec passes on only a controller the Mac already sees, so pair it before you start the stream, then press a button once EA Sports WRC is running. Streaming PC games to a Mac with a controller has the checks for each app.
- Play it from keys. If EA Sports WRC still ignores the pad, activate this layout. It sends the keyboard and mouse controls EA Sports WRC already reads. Turn the game's own controller option off while it runs, or a press can arrive twice. The layout works whether or not EA Sports WRC ever sees the controller.
Get it in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for EA Sports WRC and pick it. The layout is created as a preset in your sidebar, named and ready.
- Press Activate. Every row can be changed afterwards: the editor's Scan button rebinds any control the moment you touch it.
EA Sports WRC controls: every button and the key it sends
The Sends column is EA Sports WRC's default keyboard and mouse controls, as this layout expects them. If you changed a key in the game's settings, change the same row in InputConfig.
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left stick left | , | Left stick left steers left (comma) |
| Left stick right | . | Left stick right steers right (period) |
| Right trigger | A | Right trigger is the throttle (A) |
| Left trigger | Z | Left trigger is the brake (Z) |
| RB / R1 | Space | RB shifts up a gear (Space) |
| LB / L1 | Alt / Option (Left) | LB shifts down a gear (Left Alt) |
| A / Cross | S | A presses S (the starter in some games) |
| B / Circle | L | B presses L (lights in most racers) |
| X / Square | Shift (Left), L | X presses Shift L |
| Y / Triangle | Ctrl (Left), L | Y presses Ctrl L |
| L3 (left stick click) | Alt / Option (Left), L | L3 presses Alt L |
| R3 (right stick click) | Shift (Left), I | R3 presses Shift I |
| Back / Share / Select | F | Back presses F |
| Start / Options | Escape | Start pauses to the race menu (Esc) |
| D-pad left | Mouse motion left (speed 16) | D-pad left glances left in the cockpit |
| D-pad right | Mouse motion right (speed 16) | D-pad right glances right in the cockpit |
| D-pad up | F2 | D-pad up changes the camera view (F2) |
| D-pad down | F1 | D-pad down opens the HUD page (F1) |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 18) | Right stick looks left around the cockpit |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 18) | Right stick looks right around the cockpit |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 18) | Right stick looks up around the cockpit |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 18) | Right stick looks down around the cockpit |
Names follow the editor's Xbox / PlayStation pair, and a Switch pad fires by position.
Questions
Does EA Sports WRC run on a Mac?
EA Sports WRC does not run natively on a Mac. It streams from a Windows PC you own, and the stream usually passes a controller through.
Can I play EA Sports WRC on an M1 Mac or a MacBook Air?
Yes, through a stream. EA Sports WRC runs on the other end, on your own PC, so the Mac only plays the video and sends your input. An M1 MacBook Air streams it like any other Mac.
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