Controller Performance at high levels are unacceptable. (Long Winded)

So to give the full context and nuances of this post…

 I race and run a relatively popular league on the F1 game and have done for the past 3 years. We hand out trophies irl to our Drivers Champions and race fairly competitively.

Out of the 6 completed seasons under this league umbrella,  3 out of the 6 winners have been on a controller. That includes myself and a member I’ll call ‘Slaz’. We’ve managed to consistently race around the top levels of leagues against high level wheel users for the past 5 titles and been able to compete with them even on the poorest handling models of recent years.

Currently, we’re 3 races into Season 7 and I can safely say the experience on a controller, is at its absolute worst. The horrific understeer through every corner and abhorrent tyre wear makes the game unplayable at a league racing level. Currently, all controller users that race with us are doing two stop races just to make the end of a GP. In TT I can set a a very competive time when compared to the rest of the world. Currently in the top 3% at Japan (Our next track) and you’d think that’d put you in good stead. 

However, the tyre wear makes racing absolutely impossible with a SC bringing the pack back together. At China, we ended being p4 and p5, 20 seconds of the win due to having to do a second stop. I admit those drivers up front are quality drivers, probably in the top 500 - 1000 on Xbox, but on every other game they’ve been beatable in at least some races, often times most races. After one practice session around Japan it’s become abundantly clear that there is no chance of competing on this title. When compared to a competitive wheel user, I am averaging 20% more tyre wear than them over a stint, virtually making it completely non-competitive. Furthermore, the drivability is at an all time low with high fuel. There’s zero rotation on the car through slow speed and the understeer through corners like spoon make it a worthless endeavour. 

This needs an absolute overhaul for the controller user. I appreciate that for some users the controller can feel ‘fun’. With all the respect in the world, the people that are issuing that feedback should not be the focus. The people who have stood by this franchise year in year out, through great titles like 2020 to the mess of a title 24 was, they are the backbone of this community and need to be heard. There are 3 posts here, about this issue, in 48 hours and it’s evident there’s a huge discrepancy between the controller and wheel. If somebody from the team sees this, fix this issue before you lose people for good.