The pad handling on F124 was beyond the realms of utter garbage, as reported by the majority of pad players at the time. I also agree with them, the pad handling in 24 was a complete and utter dogs breakfast!
If they did the same again for F125 that would have been a disaster for EA.
For me and many others, the handling this year on a pad is a scismic improvement over 24. I'm enjoying the handling.
However there are some glaring issues in the fact that the tyre wear is extremely excessive in comparison to a wheel which was never the case before.
For me the pad handling on F123 was excellent and even better than 25.
The amount of complaints from the community regarding the handling on a pad from F124 was staggering.
I'm happy that they listened and improved it for this year.