What do you use?

[Puffy]

i was wondering b/c some of my friends use the analog stick and i use the steering pad...so what do you guys use?

 

[LordIV]

Steering pad all the way, I guess I am just used to playing racing games that way.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

I use the directional pad still.... im used to it from all of my old PS1 games

 

[Puffy]

hey rumple your name is hilarious...so is your signature

 

[Duke]

Ummmm. this has been asked before. About 4 days ago somebody posted the ultimate control-setup poll.

FWIW I have no idea how you guys can steer smoothly at all using the Dpad.

 

[captainkirk]

I use the D-Pad. I have tried the analog stick, but my thumb always wonders back to the directional pad, so I don't complain. I can't drive nowhere close to smooth with the analog sticks.

 

[1mic]

analog baby, yer thumb dont get tired as fast....

 

[Voltron]

People are still using the Dpad for GT3???

Man, you guys have got to take a step forward - the stick is much smoother once you get the hang of it. Just spend an hour or so on free run and you'll be enjoying your GT experience so much more (well, maybe more than 1 hour for some??).

 

[vat_man]

I remember reading in an interview with the GT3 designers that they recommended playing the game with either a steering wheel or the D-Pad - they didn't recommend the analogue sticks as they were too imprecise.

 

[Viper_Maniac]

Originally posted by Voltron
People are still using the Dpad for GT3???

Man, you guys have got to take a step forward - the stick is much smoother once you get the hang of it. Just spend an hour or so on free run and you'll be enjoying your GT experience so much more (well, maybe more than 1 hour for some??).

 

[LordIV]

I am going to stick with the Dpad. I too have tried the analog, it just doesnt work as well for me.

 

[Rockwallaby]

Dpad , i agree the analogue sticks are too imprecise.

 

[slip2rock]

Dpad

Would give a wheel a go, but don't fancy crouching over it in my front room.

The wobble sticks, well, they wobble and don't seem to be linear....

Slip

 

[mr_pushrod]

I use buttons for throttle and brake with steering on the stick. I have never liked using the buttons when it comes to steering. How do you see the sticks as imprecise? I find that in terms of steering you can position the car much better and catch any slides much easier with the stick.

 

[Black95]

???Dpad??? Whats this thing you talk about.....?

 

[mr_pushrod]

The directional buttons on the left side of the controller.

 

[slip2rock]

Originally posted by mr_pushrod
I use buttons for throttle and brake with steering on the stick. I have never liked using the buttons when it comes to steering. How do you see the sticks as imprecise? I find that in terms of steering you can position the car much better and catch any slides much easier with the stick.

I just do... the stick seems to me to vary the amount of turn as you go from vertical. There seems to be....eerrrrrrr, um, sticking points as you go over to the max?

Explain err ok here we go.....

Ok assume that the car has power steering and 180 degrees of turn is full lock, ok?

Then say there is realistically 15 degrees of lean off vertical for the stick and that represents one full turn of the steering wheel, figuratively speaking, I’m sure that's not how it actually is but just for illustration.

Well then within the first 5 degrees of stick lean the "wheel" turns the wheel say about 30 degrees of rotation, you then hit the 6th degree and the wheel turns at a rate of 45 to 60 degrees. Then when the stick goes over to it's max it turns the wheel at a rate of 90 degrees + per 5 degrees lean of the stick.

Don't take me too literally on the above, it's just how it feels to me and my figures are just my guesstimations of how it seems to me.

So what I find is that the car will either under/oversteer depending on where the stick is in relation to the corner……

Interestingly I have a mate that comes round and he had 80% ed GT2 on the sticks and I’ve not played GT2, but I’ve 80% ed GT1 using the dpad, our lap times in the same car on the same track in GT3….. split seconds difference.

Horses for courses and all that

“Vive Le Difference” as the Frogs say!

 

[Black95]

Originally posted by mr_pushrod
The directional buttons on the left side of the controller.

I was being sarcastic. I can't believe people steer with the dpad thats all.

 

[aljones]

IMO you have to use the stick to get smooth enough control, expecially with the more powerful cars that need that extra bit of respect.

 

[Voltron]

Exactly! Maybe certain controllers have defects in the stick but I have no other explanation for what your talking about vat_man?

I personally plan to get my wheel out of storage and use that soon enough.

It seems to me that precision of steering comes in order of d-pad, analog stick, wheel. For those who don't think the analog stick is precise just take your Arta NSX or some highly modified car to the test track and see how you like tapping a thousand times around the bends compared to finding the right amount of slight tilt of the stick to keep the car on a perfect line.

 

[speedy_2]

The Dpad is not as precise as the sticks. there is a lot more rotation with the sticks. Plus I found out that the Dpad is less responsive. I watched a replay when I used the stick and then the Dpad. I noticed that when I pressed the Dpad as hard as I could there was a delay before the wheels moved. But the sticks move as soon as I hit them. Plus they are a lot easier on your fingers.