Wheel v Pad & Assists v No Assists
So this is quite often discussed in a league that I'm in....... Wheel v Pad So, in theory a wheel should be faster than a pad, it should also be easier than a pad yet I know numerous people on a pa...
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I've played every F1 game on controller as well as a bunch of other racing sims (rF1, rF2, GTR2, AMS1, AMS2, Race 07, R3E, AC, ACC, etc), imo controller support sucks in newer F1 games. There's built-in controller filters & dampers that cannot be turned off, those filters limit how much one can steer and cause input lag and make cars more difficult to drive; those filters might be OK for casuals that use tap steer and assists but they're nightmare for advanced users who use precision steering, no assists, and want to have full control of the car. In older F1 games such as F1 2012/2013 there was an option called "steering wheel override" that got rid of all the filters & dampers and enabled raw input, and then I could fine tune controller settings from there and have full control of the car. Imo CM should put back that option in newer F1 games, that would make the game way more fun to play for advanced players who use precision steering and all assists off.
I'm a seasoned non-assist pad league racer and imo, they've already nerfed the traction to the point where it's no longer an advantage over wheel drivers. In fact, I believe it's harder to race effectively on a pad and be in any way competitive.
Case in point:
On 2021, my traction was laughable. Off the start I had the ability to go from P6 to P1/2... just off the line. Obviously this gave me excellent performance out of corners and I made use of it. I earned wins and nearly 2 league titles with it.
In the wet it made me a damn GOD compared to the rest of the grid.
On the current game however, I no longer have that advantage. In fact it's taken me damn near the whole game cycle to get equal starts with those around me.
In my opinion, the wheel has the all around advantage now... on everything.
Better steering, no soft-lock when going through chicanes, better traction, better tyre usage, better physics when attacking curbs.
For me the issue is steering. I like to think I'm as smooth as I can be with my steering, but I AM limited by it.
I've been arguing the point for years that the pad settings need an overhaul.
Let the casuals have their steering assists, dampeners and whatnot... but let ME choose how I want my steering to behave and stop dampening it for me. Give me an override.
