Groundfish
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Initially I went with t80. Game looked cool, and I knew noway would I be able to use controller, since the last thing I was good at on controller was ridge racer on ps1?2?
Anyways, that lasted about a month then I went with ffb. Ffb felt weird at first but the longer I played the more I got out of it. I’m no alien nor will I be. I went from bumper to hood and now only cockpit. I have my reasons.
Anyways, the thing about it is if you don’t have a wheel, you may be thinking you need to buy a rig or special seat which adds to the expense.
I use a regular chair and my mount is c clamps and a piece of wood. Old surround sound and old 40 inch lcd.
Wheel was pricey, but so well worth it IMO.
I’d heard so much about AC that I picked it up for 20 bucks too.
Now...sensitive subject but my take on AC is that there is more ‘stuff’ or ‘noise’ in the force feedback. You have to play with the settings to filter it to where you are receiving the pertinent info. I’m sure many feel this is advantageous, but to me it’s well, I’m not gonna comment. I will say this though, I’m pretty sure the Nurb gp track isn’t littered with ruts like an off road track. Feel wise is that what is more realistic? Honestly don’t know never driven it. Also I’ve noticed several times in AC that the game on console seems to decide at certain points that you are outta there and will not allow correction-your car just goes off after you make a mistake. I do like Silverstone and a couple of the Italian tracks, and the ai has more personality than GT Sport. AC is an ok game.
I have not had the experience that I’ve read that it’s this amazing ffb experience though, not at all.
My experience with AC really makes me question whether I even want to try Project Cars.
Sorry, off topic.
In closing if you can afford a good wheel get a good wheel with ffb. Not only for GT Sport for the other games too. Even if you don’t prefer other games, you can still play them too.
Also, I don’t set up the ffb strength to be what I would term real. I set it up in GT Sport with sens 10 and torque like 2 or 3. The coolest thing about it is feeling the tremendous difference between driving say a 2000gt Toyota vs like an rs 01 Renault.
Also, you don’t need to do left foot braking. Yes, obviously I would say it’s optimal if you have the coordination, but there’s no way after over forty years of driving that’s gonna change for me. At certain times, I’d say what I do there gives me a disadvantage, but it also has advantages too like how intuitive it is.
My opinion is that if you are on the fence just do it. I’m definitely not bored yet and for me the risk of it breaking is worth it. If my t300 fails catastrophically I’ll spend the money to buy a new one immediately.
If you factor in time you use it, price for amount of entertainment it’s a very hard to beat investment imo.
Anyways, that lasted about a month then I went with ffb. Ffb felt weird at first but the longer I played the more I got out of it. I’m no alien nor will I be. I went from bumper to hood and now only cockpit. I have my reasons.
Anyways, the thing about it is if you don’t have a wheel, you may be thinking you need to buy a rig or special seat which adds to the expense.
I use a regular chair and my mount is c clamps and a piece of wood. Old surround sound and old 40 inch lcd.
Wheel was pricey, but so well worth it IMO.
I’d heard so much about AC that I picked it up for 20 bucks too.
Now...sensitive subject but my take on AC is that there is more ‘stuff’ or ‘noise’ in the force feedback. You have to play with the settings to filter it to where you are receiving the pertinent info. I’m sure many feel this is advantageous, but to me it’s well, I’m not gonna comment. I will say this though, I’m pretty sure the Nurb gp track isn’t littered with ruts like an off road track. Feel wise is that what is more realistic? Honestly don’t know never driven it. Also I’ve noticed several times in AC that the game on console seems to decide at certain points that you are outta there and will not allow correction-your car just goes off after you make a mistake. I do like Silverstone and a couple of the Italian tracks, and the ai has more personality than GT Sport. AC is an ok game.
I have not had the experience that I’ve read that it’s this amazing ffb experience though, not at all.
My experience with AC really makes me question whether I even want to try Project Cars.
Sorry, off topic.
In closing if you can afford a good wheel get a good wheel with ffb. Not only for GT Sport for the other games too. Even if you don’t prefer other games, you can still play them too.
Also, I don’t set up the ffb strength to be what I would term real. I set it up in GT Sport with sens 10 and torque like 2 or 3. The coolest thing about it is feeling the tremendous difference between driving say a 2000gt Toyota vs like an rs 01 Renault.
Also, you don’t need to do left foot braking. Yes, obviously I would say it’s optimal if you have the coordination, but there’s no way after over forty years of driving that’s gonna change for me. At certain times, I’d say what I do there gives me a disadvantage, but it also has advantages too like how intuitive it is.
My opinion is that if you are on the fence just do it. I’m definitely not bored yet and for me the risk of it breaking is worth it. If my t300 fails catastrophically I’ll spend the money to buy a new one immediately.
If you factor in time you use it, price for amount of entertainment it’s a very hard to beat investment imo.
AC is harder to control, but most experienced drivers would say more realistic, especially with a wheel. The perfect game would be AC physics + GT Sport visuals.
