esports drivers say the updated handling is a step back

@Meza994 I think everyone universally agrees that there were some issues they needed to address in the release version but to say that this update didn't make the cars slower is a factually inaccurate statement. Compare the TT times now after the wipe to what people were doing before the patch and you'll see it's slower everywhere.

That's esports people though who may have been abusing the goofy turn in from the previous handling but I noticed the change myself too and I wasn't driving the car in an abusive way pre patch.
For me personally I'm at least 1 second slower across the board and I attribute most of that difference to the reduction in feedback from the car. I can't feel what the car is doing like I could before which means I can't put it on the edge as easily which means I can't really push the car.

It feels like I'm driving a car floating above the track not a car that's actually on the track with all the suspension kinematics that they hyped up. I could 100% feel the new suspension system making a difference before the patch so something they've done has effectively muted this.