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Of course it depends on skill and experience. Playing the past games help. Practise makes perfect.
The assists in the past offered stronger values to newcomers. In F1 22 its harder for the newcomer. I dont use any form of TC competitively.
But when it comes to wheelspin, throttle application is very important. The gearing is too but I don't want to over complicate this.
The triggers have a very limited rage (approx 1cm) whereas with the foot pedals there is inches of range. Its much easier to hit the sweetspot.
A wheel user has centimetres to inches.
A pad user has milimetres to centimetres.
Same applies with the braking.
Same applies with the steering.
Basically put, using a wheel against a pad is cheating. Its too easy. Although its not legally cheating. Best description:
Pad user = Realistic Williams
Wheel user = Equal Ferrari/Red Bull.
@ALittleTiger7 wrote:
But when it comes to wheelspin, throttle application is very important. The gearing is too but I don't want to over complicate this.
The triggers have a very limited rage (approx 1cm) whereas with the foot pedals there is inches of range. Its much easier to hit the sweetspot.
A wheel user has centimetres to inches.
A pad user has milimetres to centimetres.
Whilst true, humans also have much finer motor control in their fingers than their feet so I don't think it's such a clear-cut difference as you're suggesting.
For myself I find driving with a wheel and pedals easier because it mirrors what I do in a real car. Had I never driven a real car I think it would probably be the actual wheel vs using the joystick for steering where I'd find the biggest wheel advantage lay.
In practice fast pad players tend to be slower after switching to a wheel for a good while, essentially because they have to relearn how to drive in the game. I don't recall ever seeing a fast pad player posting to say they got a wheel and suddenly found they'd immediately found it much faster / eSports pace...
What matters is that everyone enjoys playing no matter what equipment they use though 🙂.