r/pacificDrive

I've been having an issue throughout my original attempts of trying the game, and now my first playthrough of Pacific Drive, where my tools auto-equip themselves. I am already past the point of >!Tobias' Death !<and have finally lost my patience. I need to know: Bug, Setting, Or anti-piracy countermeasure?

Note: I love the game, and have supported the developers by buying it on sale for a friend recently. But my own copy is pirated.

Does someone know how to make the steam controller work? I tried in every way but it refuses to work unless i map all the controller as keyboard and mouse.

Most survival games give you a base to build, but Pacific Drive made your base a rusted 1980s station wagon and it’s pure genius!! The narrative brilliance of turning the car into a "Remnant" that physically and mentally binds itself to you creates an emotional connection no other game has achieved.

You aren't just driving it; you're maintaining its health, fixing bizarre "Quirks," patching up flat tires mid-storm, and customizing its panels. When you barely escape an instability storm with two blown tires and a smoking engine, pulling into the garage feels like bringing a loyal companion back from the dead. It’s a masterclass in gameplay-driven storytelling that got severely slept on.

Is it similar to VoidTrain and Raft?

Before yall go after me I did some research, but I don’t wanna watch hours of playthroughs to figure out the gameplay

Is it similar to The Raft and Voidtrain in terms of you drive upgradeable vehicle through a straight single path, collect resources, learn lore through stops, upgrade yourself/vehicle, fight enemies etc? Or is it different?

Just started the whispering woods recently and I’ve been trying to put harmonic parts on my car (doors, panels and the like). But repairing them seems to be a pain because I rely on components I find from decks of souvenirs. So I was wondering what I’m missing? Because surely there must be better ways to repair these parts as if it was this difficult why would there be a harmonic capacitor…?