Rocket League Controls and Keybinds: The S24 Setup That Just Works

Before you grind ranked, fix your controls. A bad bind will quietly cap your ceiling for months. Here’s the setup that works in Season 24, whether you’re on controller or keyboard.

Air Roll: Bind Left and Right Separately

This is the big one. Free air roll is fine for casual play, but if you want clean aerials you should bind air roll left and air roll right to bumpers or easy keys. Directional air roll lets you make tiny, repeatable corrections — exactly what you need for the fast aerial and for landing speed flips flat. Most pros run air roll right on a bumper and free air roll elsewhere.

Keep Boost and Jump on the Same Hand

On controller, boost on a bumper (RB) and jump on a face button (A/X) keeps everything on your right thumb so you can flip and boost at the same time without finger gymnastics. On keyboard, bind boost to a key your thumb or pinky reaches while your fingers stay on movement — common setups use Shift or a side mouse button for boost and Space for jump.

Dodge Deadzone

Set your dodge deadzone low (around 0.5–0.7) so diagonal flips actually come out diagonal. Too high and your speed flips turn into straight flips and you lose the speed bonus. This single setting breaks more “my speed flip won’t work” cases than anything else.

Ball Cam: Use It, but Know When to Drop It

Ball cam should be ON for almost everything — it keeps the ball centered so you can read plays. Turn it off only for precise touches right next to the ball (flicks, tight dribbles) where you need to see your car’s nose. Get comfortable toggling it with a face button or key.

S24 Note

Season 24 added a Free Look Camera and modernized default keyboard bindings. The new KBM defaults are worth a look, but don’t let them override muscle memory you’ve already built. Pair this with the right camera settings and a daily training routine and you’re set up to improve fast.