Feedback on the new handling, for the developers
I haven't been the biggest fan of the new handling personally although I see some positives, mainly that the drifting when the car is stock is smoother, and that the car turns better (specifically the R8).
There are also some drawbacks to this handling which makes the car feel really unnatural and worse than the old handling;
- Steering delay: There is a noticeable amount of steering delay in cars that have the new handling and it doesn't feel good for me as a grip driver that needs a responsive car (I have tried max sensitivity and it doesn't clear the issue).
- Too much grip and added difficulty when trying to trigger the drift: With the older cars I would always aim for 100% grip and for the most part the cars handled fine, and it was easy to trigger a small drift to make the car turn better, all it would take is one brake tap, but with the new handling cars, with a car set to 100% grip the tires are glued to the road and tapping the brake never triggers the drift, I have to turn down the grip to 80%, and that doesn't completely solve the issue either, while introducing a new problem: less grip % makes the car more unpredictable when turning hard, you could try and take a corner with boost and end up spinning out.
The second issue is really exaggerated in the lower classes like A class, slow car with slow steering response makes triggering the small drifts so much harder.
The R8 is the best of the "new handling" cars by some distance and it feels nice to drive notably in S+, where the speed of the car makes it easier to initiate the small drifts, and the better turning is appreciated.
In summary I will say, some aspects of the new handling punish the fastest way to drive grip and feel very unnatural when one is used to the old handling, my two requests would be
a) Added immediacy and response to the steering inputs
b) Make it easier to initiate small drifts when the car is set to grip, with the old handling it would only take one brake tap, with the new handling it takes multiple taps which slows you down or just doesn't work completely
