Supertuxkart - steering wheel not detected in LL2.8

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The steering wheel is apparently not recognised as a device (not listed), under SuperTuxKart/Options/Controls. 
Only 'Keyboard 0' is listed as a device.

Within SuperTuxKart Controls I clicked on 'Add a Device' and the advice given was:
"To add a new gamepad/joystick device, simply start SuperTuxKart with it connected and it will appear in the list"

The wording suggests to me that only gamepad/joystick devices are supported, not Steering wheels and paddles.