EA Staff (Retired)
@Grace_Tactical wrote:There are vastly more pad users than there will ever be wheel users, just owing to the cost. If wheels came as standard with a $500 console, or with any graphics card over, say, $600, then there *might* be more wheel users. But as we don't live in la la fantasy land, of course there are more pad users.
I agree there are almost certainly more pad than wheel players but I've never seen any actual data on this, so I was just making the point to be careful about overstating the importance of one or other user interface.
I absolutely agree with your main point that pad performance matters.
Sorry, I came across as way more aggressive than intended there. My point stands, however, and I really would like to see them focus less on what their "Influencers" want, and what the vast majority of the playerbase need. Stable AI, trigger vibrations for pad users, and cars that don't teleport through the track, lol. Oh, and I'd like all the expensive interiors on my supercars put back, too.
@Grace_Tactical wrote:Sorry, I came across as way more aggressive than intended there. My point stands, however, and I really would like to see them focus less on what their "Influencers" want, and what the vast majority of the playerbase need. Stable AI, trigger vibrations for pad users, and cars that don't teleport through the track, lol. Oh, and I'd like all the expensive interiors on my supercars put back, too.
It's not just influencers who use wheels. There are HUGE numbers of regular players who do (like me), and there's obviously going to be some correlation between the biggest fans of racing games and having wheels. Obviously far from everyone can afford either the money or space for a wheel but most would want to and so in time many do. I'm only making the point that I think you're massively downplaying the importance of wheel players of the F1 games.
I have now requested a refund of the purchase price through Microsoft (Xbox). I've had enough. I can only recommend it to everyone. This is the only way to put enough pressure on EA
