Giving up on trigger [throttle]

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MTLclllutch
For as long as i can remember, the triggers have been my go to buttons for gaming. Gt5 loaded up with a different setup and first thing i did was to swap triggers for brake and throttle. Now after a year of gt5 i have had it. Fighting the ds3s non linear throttle was probably my biggest peeve in gt. right joystick is now my throttle and already cutting down laptimes across my quicklap boards. Has anyone else had to abandon their usual setup for a more controllable map? I really wish pd would abolish this stupid setup, its clear that they want to make the ds3 rubish so we go buy wheels.
 
MTLclllutch
For as long as i can remember, the triggers have been my go to buttons for gaming. Gt5 loaded up with a different setup and first thing i did was to swap triggers for brake and throttle. Now after a year of gt5 i have had it. Fighting the ds3s non linear throttle was probably my biggest peeve in gt. right joystick is now my throttle and already cutting down laptimes across my quicklap boards. Has anyone else had to abandon their usual setup for a more controllable map? I really wish pd would abolish this stupid setup, its clear that they want to make the ds3 rubish so we go buy wheels.
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I haven't changed the button layout since I first booted up the game on release day, using x as accelerator. GT5 is the only racing game I use that layout for, and it just seems to work for me.
 
I use a DS3 with L2/R2 as Gas and brake and i can easily control the amount. Which is funny seeing as I used to used Square/X all the time back in the PS2 days.
 
I've done the triggers, with extenders on the L2 and R2 Buttons, whenever I use a controller with GT5. I used a wheel for a while then went back to a controller when I couldn't have a setup that would be wheel friendly.

I do the right stick as a gas/brake for PC sims when I can't use my wheel, but I like using the right stick to look left and right when I can.
 
The only racing game that it's ever felt right to me to use the L2/R2 buttons for gas/brakes is Motorstorm. I just wouldn't even think to try it in any other racing game. But I'm old-school all the way. I've always been a X/Square button/d-pad racer. Old habits and all that.
 
xboxs forza used the triggers for brake and throttle and they were linear. It just felt perfect. Switching to gt was a real shock, i find myself fighting the ds3 more than the cars themselves.
 
I started out using d-pad/x/square and didn't change 'til GT3 when I began using the sticks because I felt it gave me better control. I kept that up until I had GT4 for a year or so, then I got my first Logitech wheel. I went back to the sticks again for GT5P and GT5 until I got my new Logitech DFGT. I love my wheel, but whenever I'm just messing around offline I'll use the sticks again.

Sorry about the whole "life story" thing, but the point I'm trying to make is that I've tried it several different ways and believe me, the change was absolutely painful each time. In the end, though, I thought the adjustment to the sticks was worth the hassle (I resisted change, I really, really did). Similarly, I finally made the change to manual just this past spring (thank you, Camaro RM '10@Daytona rooms!) and that was tough, also, but I can't imagine driving an auto gearbox now. I really could kick my own arse for being so stubborn for so long.:dunce:

Just my 2 soon-to-be-discontinued pennies.
 
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I use the DFGT, but whenever I use the controller, mainly for drifting, I use the X and Square as Gas and Brake. It's probably because I used the same layout since GT1.
 
slzk
I use the DFGT, but whenever I use the controller, mainly for drifting, I use the X and Square as Gas and Brake. It's probably because I used the same layout since GT1.
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I read what you said and all I saw was - I don't always use a ds3, but when I do I make sure it's as difficult as possible.

Lol
 
There is an adapter available to be able to use the xbox 360 pad, there are a fair few players that do this as a wheel setup for them may be to expensive, or they may have issues with lack of space.
 
Ever since GT1 I've used square gas, x brake, triangle reverse, circle parking brake. I like the square/x because I can just roll my right thumb back a bit if I want to lightly touch the brakes, or roll it down hard and fully off the square button for hard braking. Seems to work out good for me.
 
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GTP_Plato
There is an adapter available to be able to use the xbox 360 pad, there are a fair few players that do this as a wheel setup for them may be to expensive, or they may have issues with lack of space.
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Where do you get them?
 
i beleive the adapter even works for the ms wheel. I remember reading about it somewhere but it was silly expensive. I dont think the problem would go aaway with another pad tho. The non linearity is coding in the game i assume
 
I think, a month into when the game was released, and i had done 80% of races on the DFP, i started using the DS3, so i could sit on my could couch, and that was around the time, i started playing with the control setups, and found out that using the right analog stick was the way to go, because i felt as if i had more control, and it also felt better using the R and L2 for shifting gears alot more comfortable for me. It's all about comfort.

Bushby_23
I haven't changed the button layout since I first booted up the game on release day, using x as accelerator. GT5 is the only racing game I use that layout for, and it just seems to work for me.
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See, i would find that unplayable, but bushby seems to be fine with it.
 
I tried using DS3 the other day and I failed horribly. I'm so used to the G27, I can only barely drift anymore with the stick. My default for years was X for gas, square for brake.
 
I prefer using the triggers when I use a controller. One thing that can get difficult is keeping your inputs precise when braking and steering at the same time.

I got comfortable with using the triggers in just a minute or two.

I did use the sticks a lot with older GT games but now I find it very difficult, especially now that I use a very strange controller map normally.
 
MTLclllutch
Still dosnt change the fact that its not linear, and thats where the problem lies in my opinion
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100% true. I tried the triggers at first and was immediately confused by the non-linear throttle. I figured the stick would be better but nope, exactly the same. I wound up going back to the trigger as I still have more control despite the problem.

The brakes don't seem to bother me near as much for some reason. I seem to get more control where I need it, opposite of the throttle.

And in this case it's not fighting the DS3, just PD. Other games do not do this and work fine. This should be an option, as it seems to work normally with a wheel. While they're [not] at it, they should add a deadzone adjustment for pedals - that would solve some problems as well.
 
MTLclllutch
the brake is linear and i thought the joystick was linear also.
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I was sure I saw otherwise on the stick, maybe I'm just too out of practice with stick driving then(which I am). I tend to build brake pressure slowly above 50% so I figured it was just my technique masking the effect. I'll take your word for that then :) .

Still, that just makes it all the more perplexing why they decided to make one button work different, and why they thought 50% of the throttle being controlled by 1mm of travel was a good idea.
 
ryanb98
I've got them. Never use them for GT5 though. I have a wheel. :cool:
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I also have a wheel but they're great for those times you just want to chill for a while after a tiring day and can't be bothered to get the wheel out.
 
Sorry, what do you mean linear?

I use triggers and think they work great :)

D-Pad for steering, L2/R2 for break and accelerator and R3 as my sequential shifter :D
 
Cosbuster
I've been using these and they work great for GT5.
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I had some of them I couldn't get on with them, then they broke.

first i did when i got GT5 was set up the right analogue stick for accelerate and brake have it it like that since the first GT, and if need my index finger can also reach the square button for break, i have X set up for the in race set up thing.
 
X and square is where it's at. It helps that since PS2 they are touch sensitive so I can hold my speed through a sweeping corner or keep an LMP car from spinning the rears without aids.
 
priesty_lfc
Sorry, what do you mean linear?

I use triggers and think they work great :)

D-Pad for steering, L2/R2 for break and accelerator and R3 as my sequential shifter :D
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Same here (but no d pad, left stick) and i'm ok... i just don't like the fact the at something like 75% goes 100%.
I don't know how can i explain this properly ehm.

Edit: i've started to use this setup like one month ago, until that it was the classic square and X.
 

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