Gifted you a year of premium so you at least can race with us.. with a padSimple as that. I wish I had a job, I wish I had my own bedroom, I wish I had a much better PC, I wish I had a steering wheel with pedals, and so on.
Thank you for writing this article @leon_90.
So you would only play Operation Flashpoint or ARMA 2 or Squad with a real assault rifle then?Two word from me.
First - Sim is the key. If Ypu wanna drive SIM racing You can't use a gamepad .
If You not agree - try to drive with Your own car without wheel, gas and brake pedals. Try to imagine how You can drive Your own car with a gamepad? I'm sorry but to drive people still useing a wheel and pedals not a gamepad. So Sim is short name of simulation. SIMULATION man! Means - You drive with a car, you use a wheel and pedals, if You fly with a F-16 or something You use Joystick with throttle controller, if You play Mario Kart use gamepad. The end of story
Hi I do not agree at all with what you are saying,When using a gamepad the only thing you can carry to real world driving is basic car theory.
If you become a racing alien using gamepad you cant expect to jump into a real car and replicate 10% of your skills.
On the other hand if you become an alien using a realistic simulator you will be able to perform way better and use much more skills on a real car.
That's why I don't consider any gamepad user a simracer. There's a very distinct line between both gaming and simulating.
Simracers improve hands and foot coordination not their useless thumbs!
Agree that everyone should use whatever they are happy with but let's keep the terminology clear shell we.
A so called simulation game will no longer be a simulator for the user when ditching real car controls.
Wow, I'm out of words... didn't expect to get anything by complaining about my situation. Thanks a lot! I'll try to get some additional practice and join a race when I have time.Gifted you a year of premium so you at least can race with us.. with a pad
Hi I do not agree at all with what you are saying,
I have had the pleasure of experiencing best of both world,s I have had 1000,s of world records on games over the past 30 years or so and mainly only play racing games 99.9% of the time,
and using a control pad or a wheel its mainly about common sense knowing when to use a certain amount of throttle or brakes each and every corner,
take your 10% and maybe add another 85% I do agree there is some difference using the wheel did actually make me faster, but only because the steering inputs was a lot smoother. well way smoother,
so instead of cornering and maybe making 3-4 inputs with the pad correcting positions, with the wheel its 1 input in and 1 input out turn it turn out,
with experience with the pad this becomes natural over the years, now I admit today I am quite rusty with both due to lack of game time last 2 years or so,
but using a wheel you honestly believe its 90% better ?
what an arcade!Don’t mind doing that in real life
No - I mean better use right tool to right work. Understand? Some here says - Your real car is real and that is just a game. Well..as a amateur race and rally driver I can to say - not that simple is that. In My car, whatever, I drive 50-80 or 200km/h feeling is much, much more better. I know everything what my car, wheels, tires, suspension doo in this time. In Sim more is just simulate by FFB in wheel..Yes - Wheel. Gamepad (or Keyboard) have no FFB so You have no any 0,1% that feeleing whtch You have in a car. So...thats why try only imagine to drive with a car without any singnals which car gives You? Well... You don wanna have to feel how many bullets shots your machine gun in life or game so...we use for that keyboard and mouse and more is no needed. But is something more. People who says - I dont have money for wheel but i want to drive simracing. Ok...but alone or in public servers not in a league. Why? For example, some people says - my break pad are totally finished and tires too but i have no money to buy new one. What says law in this case? Than You can't drive with your car, beacouseYour car is a danger for You and every road user. Buy tires, breake pads than drive on street with oters. You can not agree - is that ok. So if in league every member drive with wheel and You say - Hi, I wanna drive with but i have no money for a 150$ wheel for my 500$ computer with 300$ monitor...well. I understand some guy like Nico, with 4 people in 2 room in country where life is more difficult but...He is one. Hundreds living in much better living condisions, in reach countries where 100 or 300 $ is not a big deal and says every time - I have no money for that. No...You only have no respect for others. Nothing more. I buy my wheel in little hard time in my life just beacouse respect for other players. And for much more precision tooSo you would only play Operation Flashpoint or ARMA 2 or Squad with a real assault rifle then?
You are only playing a game. If you think your car racing is really simulated, get a partner to bash you in the face with a 10lb lump hammer every time you crash. Then it's simulated.
Tell Me please, becouse I dont know, what type of racing Mudrunner simulates? In whitch part is a Sim racer? And most important in reading is to understand point. The point is - I have deep in my a.s who play with this orother controller. I said only - try to imagine to drive with real car and steering with gamepad? Do You get it?
I think quality of driving differs from person to person. You need skill to drive fast and safe. A wheel can help you get it but it doesn't mean that you are instantly better than with a pad or keyboard.No - I mean better use right tool to right work. Understand? Some here says - Your real car is real and that is just a game. Well..as a amateur race and rally driver I can to say - not that simple is that. In My car, whatever, I drive 50-80 or 200km/h feeling is much, much more better. I know everything what my car, wheels, tires, suspension doo in this time. In Sim more is just simulate by FFB in wheel..Yes - Wheel. Gamepad (or Keyboard) have no FFB so You have no any 0,1% that feeleing whtch You have in a car. So...thats why try only imagine to drive with a car without any singnals which car gives You? Well... You don wanna have to feel how many bullets shots your machine gun in life or game so...we use for that keyboard and mouse and more is no needed. But is something more. People who says - I dont have money for wheel but i want to drive simracing. Ok...but alone or in public servers not in a league. Why? For example, some people says - my break pad are totally finished and tires too but i have no money to buy new one. What says law in this case? Than You can't drive with your car, beacouseYour car is a danger for You and every road user. Buy tires, breake pads than drive on street with oters. You can not agree - is that ok. So if in league every member drive with wheel and You say - Hi, I wanna drive with but i have no money for a 150$ wheel for my 500$ computer with 300$ monitor...well. I understand some guy like Nico, with 4 people in 2 room in country where life is more difficult but...He is one. Hundreds living in much better living condisions, in reach countries where 100 or 300 $ is not a big deal and says every time - I have no money for that. No...You only have no respect for others. Nothing more. I buy my wheel in little hard time in my life just beacouse respect for other players. And for much more precision too
I mean, I do break/accelerate full most of the time, and I practically always push the stick left/right on F1 games (RF2 not, I find that subtle inputs work there) but then I know it's the wrong way (and am trying to change it) and I know I'm not good enough to race against people online seriously.Great article!
I would say that , as a pad user for years , I've had this conversation more than once and imo it all comes down to how is the pad used and how people driving with well&pedals think we drive. Using an Xbox360 /XBONE controller means you got analog input , which means you should use it. We are not always breaking and accelerating like crazy , then pushing the joystick all the way to the left/right. A wheel is always more precise , but a controller is always a viable options too ( and the quality you get for a 40€ controller is awesome).
On top of that , I never recommend to anyone willing to start a new hobby to expend a **** ton of money out of the box , so starting with AC (or any other sim racing ) by playing with a controller is the way to go. If you love it , the ceiling is as expensive as you want to
No - I mean better use right tool to right work. Understand? Some here says - Your real car is real and that is just a game. Well..as a amateur race and rally driver I can to say - not that simple is that. In My car, whatever, I drive 50-80 or 200km/h feeling is much, much more better. I know everything what my car, wheels, tires, suspension doo in this time. In Sim more is just simulate by FFB in wheel..Yes - Wheel. Gamepad (or Keyboard) have no FFB so You have no any 0,1% that feeleing whtch You have in a car. So...thats why try only imagine to drive with a car without any singnals which car gives You? Well... You don wanna have to feel how many bullets shots your machine gun in life or game so...we use for that keyboard and mouse and more is no needed. But is something more. People who says - I dont have money for wheel but i want to drive simracing. Ok...but alone or in public servers not in a league. Why? For example, some people says - my break pad are totally finished and tires too but i have no money to buy new one. What says law in this case? Than You can't drive with your car, beacouseYour car is a danger for You and every road user. Buy tires, breake pads than drive on street with oters. You can not agree - is that ok. So if in league every member drive with wheel and You say - Hi, I wanna drive with but i have no money for a 150$ wheel for my 500$ computer with 300$ monitor...well. I understand some guy like Nico, with 4 people in 2 room in country where life is more difficult but...He is one. Hundreds living in much better living condisions, in reach countries where 100 or 300 $ is not a big deal and says every time - I have no money for that. No...You only have no respect for others. Nothing more. I buy my wheel in little hard time in my life just beacouse respect for other players. And for much more precision too