Just installed GTA games for PC via Steam. I cannot go backwards in any vehicles in GTA3 and GTAVC. The controls are configured correctly. Pressing Down/S makes the wheels spin and it TRIES to back-up. But it's acting like the brakes are locked. Yes, I've checked the keyboard mapping and the hand brake is a different key. Tapping the brake while trying to back-up stops what little movement there might have been as well as stopping the wheels from spinning - so I know that's not the problem.
As I'm sure you know, if you can't go backwards in the car you pretty much can't play the game.
Any help would be appreciated.
+-+-+-+-+
Update: Running on EVGA 680i SLI MB, dual 8600GTS' in SLI. Tried "dumbing down" the video from 1600x1200 and the problem went away. Stoopid, I figured since I'm running hardware that is light years ahead of anything available when this game was released that I could do it a full resolution. Silly me.