Acceleration Style

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How would you want to accelerate?

  • Pushing down the accelerator normally to go faster

    Votes: 10 24.4%

  • Pushing down the accelerator hard to go faster

    Votes: 24 58.5%

  • Undecided. The two can be user-controlled options, though.

    Votes: 7 17.1%
  • Total voters
    41
  • Poll closed .
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This poll is about a special question regarding throttle. In games like "Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3" and "Pro Race Driver," the harder you mash down the "X" button, the faster you go. But in most other games, just pressing the button with moderate or hard force makes you go faster. So which would you prefer:

Pushing down the accelerator hard to go faster
Pushing down the accelerator to go faster

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There is a typo in the options, I typed "uder." The word should have been "user." My apologies.
 
We have analogue buttons on the controller these days, I believe we should make use of them. When I heard about them I expected that the overuse would kill the sensitivity and they'd fail back to digital, but I underestimated Sony's worksmanship and mine at least has stood the test of time. If squeezing down that throttle extra hard means a bit more acceleration at that crucial point (it has to be crucial if you're pressing so hard), I think that's great. It's like flooring the car and willing it to go faster in real life.
 
I have learnt to use the analogue buttons quite well, I also expected them to fail but I also so was wrong, they still work great
 
Actually, I've set up my right analog stick so that to accelerate, I push the stick upwards. To brake, I push the analog downwards. I lightly push the accelerator up for light accelerating, but when I want to go flat-out, I use full force. Pressing "X" does get old, but if you can set the controls with the analog, go for it.

But for those who prefer classic-style acceleration, "X" is always welcome. So any more choices as to how you want acceleration to be done?
 
I was worried about wear - the force with which you snap the stick back and forth for throttle and brake seemed too much. I have a giant groove in my left stick though and it still goes strong, but I'm comfortable with the buttons now. This was another GT3 shift, I used to use the sticks, but now the buttons feel more natural.

I imagine someone will come on advocating the use of a wheel with pedals shortly.
 
I use the stick for steering but buttons for everything else. One thing I dont like about the stick for accel and brake is you cant accelerate and brake the same time. Using the buttons I can get to other buttons easy like the e-brake and reverse.
 
Combining throttle and acceleration can be very useful at times for balancing a car through turns at speed, and you do lose that ability when you use the stick, another reason I swapped. Can't say I've ever used the E Brake... I do use the left stick to steer, I didn't mean I use the D Pad, it's far too clunky. I found it excellent for the Test Course though.
 
If I wasnt gonna go all out and get the new GTforce pro wheel for GT4 id like to have the option to Put the Brake on An Anologue shoulder button And the Accelerator only on the Right Stick.
 
I'm always pushing the X-button absurdly hard.
I don't know why. Maybe it was from the time when
my Nintedno 64 controller's were so worn out so I
almost had to lay the whole bodyweight on it. (:
 
Originally posted by Eagle
Combining throttle and acceleration can be very useful at times for balancing a car through turns at speed, and you do lose that ability when you use the stick.
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Yes

Originally posted by Eagle
Can't say I've ever used the E Brake...
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When im fooling around because im bored.
 
I use the buttons to accelerate and brake too, and for steering I use the D-pad. At least for games like GT or NSF, I find it more precise. But some games like rally ones i use the left stick to steer.
 
Well i use the X button but, like in Pro Race Driver, i used to hurt my thumb from pusing down so hard. That was not the case in GT3, I used to push it lightly enough to go at an average speed. I mean i could hold it at 55 around a track but then to stop messing around just give it alittle more juice and really acccelarate and the just push it all the was and it would kick. But meanwhile it never hurt to make the car go faster. I have to say i enjoy pushing normally.
 
Unlike most of you, I dont use my right analog stick for acceleration and brake. I havent tried that yet. Ill try it out and see if I like it. I've set up my right analog stick so that to shift up I push the stick upwards. To downshift, I push the analog downwards. 👍
 
Hmm, haven't heard of people shifting on the stick, that's an interesting one. I use AT all the time however, I've been wondering if I should swap.

Speed Drifter: Browsers have Back buttons much as pencils have erasers.
 
I'm going to hand Rollazn a lot of credit about the right analog stick. Believe it or not, I even tried pretending my right analog stick was a gear shift. I could shift like the Champ Cars do. Paddle down to upshift, paddle down to downshift. I've tried it, but didn't really have any success. And as I've said, I'm just wanting to look into GT4 as much as possible and come up with as many ideas and questions as possible, even if the wait for GT4 ticks you off.

Now, on to Lamboracer. As I've played Pro Race Driver myself, I knew I was going slow because I wasn't mashing down hard enough on the "X" button. Pushing down the accelerator harder has one big advantage. You can depress the "X" button at a certain level to rev up your car to a certain level. This is very special at the start line. But as you go through the race, you have to remember to apply as much force to the throttle as possible. The joy of doing this normally is that you can lightly press on the button and you'll accelerate only so fast. In fact, I think GT3 is pressure-sensitive... and it is. I don't know. Maybe GT3 just FEELS better to use the accelerator pressure easily than Pro Race Driver. I think the GT series has been pick up and play since the start. You get rid of the ease of acceleration in your own way, you've messed up your acceleration. And you have to resort to pressing the button harder (I'm talking about the "X" button so much because I'm basically talking about a default controller setup) than normal to go faster.

So press the button down normal or hard, GTP? Replies and votes welcome.
 
Throttle control is one of the major reasons I use a wheel - one thing GT3 has done brilliantly is the ability to balance the car with part-throttle.

...oh, and I fixed your poll.
 
Oh thank you, Vat_Man sir! But yeah, still a chance to talk about which acceleration system you'd prefer. I wanted to open the topic to braking as well, but decided not to.
 
Hmmm this gear on the analog stick sounds nice, I should try it out. I´m not used to race on MT though, always raced with AT... but I started to use MT last week on the Prologue licence tests and damn its much more easy to get gold on MT, just got three more today on purple licence...gotta get that last car unlocked:D
 
I'm not sure I quite have a handle on the question - full throttle would give full acceleration, half throttle would give acceleration, but not as much, like a real car. Half throttle at top speed might result in a slight deceleration.
 
The question is basically, how sensitive do you want the buttons to be in regards to how hard you have to push for full throttle. Should you have to push the button through the controller or should reasonable pressure count as 100%?
 
Right, Eagle. That's where I'm going with this. I just don't want to hammer down all the time with a default setup.
 
Use a wheel mainly, much nicer throttle and brake response.

One thing I do when using the pad is change over the Throttle and Brake buttons. With 'Square' as the throttle and 'X' as the brake I find I can use the pad of my thumb to brake while still on the throttle. I have found this helps me to scrub off understeer.

Anyone else use this set-up?

If not give it a go and see what you think; may just be me, but I find it helps.
 

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