Poll: Driving Sim Games: Your prefered method of control?

Your prefered method of control?

  • Wheel

    Votes: 52 68.4%

  • Joypad

    Votes: 14 18.4%

  • Keyboard

    Votes: 8 10.5%

  • Joystick

    Votes: 2 2.6%
  • Total voters
    76

paradigm

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Currently having a discussion about racing simulation games (GTR and GTL mainly), and i'm being presented with the fact that joypads offer a massive advantage over a wheel. I am adament that I can drive faster with my MOMO wheel than I can with any pad, and that the accuracy of control is far greater with a wheel.

Discuss?
 
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IMHO the only way of mastering ANY driving SIM especially those like GT4 is with a steering wheel....

IMO with a pad you cannot get a "smooth" run around the corners, which can only be achieved with a steering wheel....

also driving SIM games are supposed to be a simulation of driving which includes a steering wheel.... :p

cheers :)
 
I'm better with keyboard (instead of my wheel) with:
NFS:U
CMRally 2/3/4/5
Toca:RD 1/2
RBRally (not much difference, but less stressful with keys ;) )

I get little enjoyment and am slower (unless on my wheel) with:
LiveforSpeed
GPL
GTR
GTL

Arcade games just feel sloppy on a wheel. If it annoys me in that way, I don't care if it's more immersive, back to keys for me.
 
Prefer a pad normally, got a wheel (Sidewinder FF) but it just seems to much hassel to set it up and is only good in a few games, and the the force feedback ruins laptimes (in nascar 2003 i have to turn it off to stay competitve)
 
Grand Prix Legends was supposed to be a lot better with a wheel but I lost interest as I didn't have one. I mainly use a joypad for racer games like Need for Speed Most Wanted.
 
Wheel for me, mainly play GPL but a bit of LFS at times,

tried pads, joysticks and the mouse (in LFS),

mouse was just odd, but not bad,

joystick was good actually, with a decent throttle control it'd be viable but I was using the forward/backwards movement to do the throttle which limited it slightly

pads however I just don't like, fine for an arcadey game like GT4 (better than a wheel for that game thats for sure), but for a sim it just doesn't offer the control that even a joystick/mouse do, let alone a wheel...
 
It's funny that the thread title mentions "Driving Sim Games", and yet people are stating they play manly arcade racers :confused: .

Anyway, the only way I can be quick on a proper sim, is with a wheel.
 
man your missing the mouse control!!!.....

left mouse button forward, 2nd one backwards...move left to right explanatory


I can tell you ive spent many an hour with my hand on my mouse:p
 
GPL is impossible without a wheel. Unless you want to be 15 seconds down a lap that is.

I use a Logitech Momo wheel, Wingman Force 3d Joystick converted to a gear shifter using FFShifter (It's in the sticky in the cockpit + wheels section of RaceSimCentral, can't link as their servers seem to be down atm). I also have a clutch pedal added onto the momo pedals using an old Logitech Racing wheel that was used for gt4 before my PS2 broke.

All that is left is one pedal, and a small usb board hidden underneath that is used to connect the one pedal through USB. This works well enough until I can get a Logitech G25 near christmas, and is a pretty cheap solution of getting a working clutch + gear shifter for under £40.
 
My point is, it's not a sim if you don't use a wheel, if you're going to turn the driving aids on you may as well be playing need for speed or some other arcadey racer.
 
Although I can be faster with a pad, for me that defeats the object of a real driving sim (and who menioned GT4? I thought we were talking about sims? ;) ).

I never use anything other than my DFP.
 
PiKe said:
My point is, it's not a sim if you don't use a wheel, if you're going to turn the driving aids on you may as well be playing need for speed or some other arcadey racer.
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To me a sim is supposed to simulate the experience, I really enjoyed SIlent Hunter 3 but increased the game speed when nothing particular interesting was happening, maybe I should have had stood in a bucket human filth while playing to give it a more authentic feel as WW2 sub loos had a habit spilling the previous 'deposits' back into the boat. heh.

You sound slightly snobbish about using driving aids, if someone enjoys a particular type of game but needs a bit of assistance to stay competitive where is the harm? We don't all have infinite hours to practice and learn every little nuance and precise braking point but would still like to dip into the genre for a bit of fun.

I haven't heard anyone say that those some of those Superbike type games aren't a sim due to the control method, as I doubt many of you have a set of handlebars connected to a USB port, :D
 
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