How to set 2-player input for adv vehicle controller?

Im currently having a hard time trying to figure out how to put implement a splitscreen version for the advanced vehicle controller . I managed to get the splitscreen ready by calling the CreatePlayer node but only the 0th player vehicle gets the keyboard/mouse input . The 1st player stays still not responding to any input .

I read on the forums that one way to get the splitscreen working is to have 2 or more xbox controllers but i dont have one and i cant/dont wanna spend on 2 expensive controllers for the sake of splitscreen . Another solution i read would be to have two input events

https://forums.unrealengine.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=18145&d=1416934084

But the above solution requires that we are able to plug the PlayerCharacter as the target which only works for ThirdPerson template but what im using is the advanced VehicleController which only takes the VehicleMovement component as input for throttle,steering,handbrake etc . I need help on this seemingly trivial matter .

Thanks