The game recongises that I am using the xbone controller but it refuses to acknowledge that the triggers are buttons. i cant map them to the acceleration and braking functions, what is happening?

The triggers are not normal on/off buttons but analog axes.
So map them as if they were pedals:
http://en.lfsmanual.net/wiki/Options#Setting_up_the_wheel

Okay cool thank you i figured all that out but somehow i broke it, first the right trigger wouldn't fully accelerate unless i pulled the left stick back aswell and now it wont accelerate at all after i tried to fix that and i cant find a default button. ugh

sounds like you need to set pedal axes to "seperate" (not "combined")

Actually dont worry i fixed it

I did that yeah Also, any idea how to fix the ridiculous steering wheel arm animations?

maybe, not sure what you mean?

Like the arms and steering wheel move ridiculously quickly,not at a normal speed that wouldnt rip someones shoulder off

The animation/ingame wheel matches your input.
So with gamepad you are probally doing very fast & jerky movements...gamepad is not ideal controller. It is meant to be played with ffb wheel.

Ah okay, thanks anyway man

You can hide the driver and the steering wheel if that's more confortable to you.