There is too much understeer with the controller, and you lose a lot in the changes of direction, like the S of Australia or the last two corners. The problem starts in the middle of the corner, it goes into understeer and goes long. I tried many settings, but it does not improve, I hope you can fix everything and allow those who play with a controller to compete with those who play with a steering wheel. _________[EA_Garrus] Moved from IT to EN F1 25 Boards. Please post in the appropriate language boards, and please avoid tagging EA staff in posts.

Theres literally no one on controller in PSGL or WOR except the 2% because of this. I know many controller players at esport level were they BEATS BY A MILE wheel players in 24/23/22 etc, and these guys like the majority of the controller competitive players THEY WONT TOUCH THE GAME until, they fix the imput not being responsive and rapid, the inconsistent traction on the corner exit (many pad players on slow corners have to use the 2nd gear to have a better traction on the exit, risk to spin, have A LOT of wheelspin and wear the rear tyre ( concrete examples? Suzuka hairpin and the bahrain hairpin) instead of the wheel players where theyre on 3rd), because of the late responiveness in the input (steering) which is very late, we suffer so much on the corner entry too which we tend to slide which brings MORE TYRE WEAR even if we drive smoothly (as i do usually) same problem on high speed corners like the s on australia, so much understeer because of this, like we have to brake and lose laptime on qualy, in a race situation, we have to slow down our pace on 50% distance races because if not we'll have to do a 2 stop race because of this, me and some wheel and pad players have made many tests and comparisons, and we came to the conclusion that pad players lose from 6 tents to 1.5 second in race and qualy because of this issue which is making competitive pad players to quit the game or pay between 500/1500 €/£/$ for a wheel set-up n order to be competitive, i can understand that the causal players wants to have a realistic experience similar to the 23 etc, but if one day they want to race for a league or start a new challenge by being no assist and they will notice these issues, how they will progress?The game is way better than the 24 and it's a real shame that (for now hopefully) us competitive pad players we cannot fully enjoy it, and the wheel players we beat race after race in the past games because of this they have a laugh at us.AND I REALLY HOPE you will fix that asap.Oh another thing, there's a bug which the vibration on our controller disappear during a race and this lead us to close the game and reopen it in order to fix it.

The controller handling in F1 25 is terrible compared to F1 23. I've been playing the game with a controller, and the handling in F1 25 feels way worse than in F1 23. It's difficult to drive without assistance now, whereas in F1 23, I had no problem doing that. The car feels twitchy and unpredictable, and it's almost impossible to be consistent. I don’t understand why they changed it so much — it feels like a huge step backward for controller players.

Same problem. I can't turn as fast as a wheel player. I've tried every setting in the game, but it's still too slow.

F124 handling was utter garbage and completely unrealistic. There was way too much grip in slow corners in F124. In my personal opinion they have made the handling way more realistic as the cars in real life have more understeer in slower corners. The large majority of controller players are delighted with the new handling model when compared to the debacle we had in 24. I really like like it too, feels great.

F1 25 with a CONTROLLER need to improved

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adriaN7812
Rising Rookie
2 months ago
I'm not italian , but yes I agree with the S section of Australia or , today , I had a social race on silverstone and at the exit of Chapel , last corner before the DRS straight , the understeer is way too much.
TheRagebeard
Hero+
2 months ago
Please use the language of the board you are posting on so everyone can easily understand your message. EA_Garrus already had to step in once because you posted in English on the Italian boards.
MAXVERSTALENT7
New Adventurer
2 months ago
Mobarack is the fastest PAD player in the world and he has the same problem, this was not a thing in F1 2023, even in F1 2024 it was okay, and the majority of the players plays on a controller, so i think it is important for Codemasters to fix this issue.
MAXVERSTALENT7
New Adventurer
2 months ago
Completamente d'accordo amico, gareggio in WOR ed è un grosso problema quanto sottosterzo e il giocatore di ruote sono troppo avvantaggiati da questa cosa.
Un esempio in Australia, il serpente veloce non puoi farcela come giocatore di ruote e l'ultimo settore è completamente giocatore di ruote, un vero svantaggio per il giocatore di pad.
It is so slow in changing direction corners
TheRagebeard
Hero+
2 months ago
The majority of controller players are not trying to compete in WOR or PSGL, so it makes sense to tune controller handling to be more approachable for a wide range of players.
adriaN7812
Rising Rookie
2 months ago
what AI level are you playing on?
MAXVERSTALENT7
New Adventurer
2 months ago
It is good if your playing for fun and not competitive, but if you wanna compete in WOR or PSGL, it is a big big problem.
adriaN7812
Rising Rookie
2 months ago
i fully agree , the understeer is just insane , the car just doesnt turn , even with a good setup tested my psgl drivers from wheel , as a controller player since f1 21 i might actually say that i prefer f1 24 over f1 25 on controller
IanM282
Seasoned Ace
2 months ago
For me who's a controller player, I'm absolutely loving the handling model this year, especially when comparing it to last year's absolute shambles.
The feedback I'm hearing from controller players in general for F125 is extremely positive. No need to change anything.

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