Started racing on a psp in gran turismo, it was my first time gaming on kind of a controller but I was so in love and infatuated it inspired me to love cars, driving and racing in a whole!!

My setup nowadays is pretty good but I started with a controller and believe it or not, Wreckfest. I think it's a very underrated racing game the physics are pretty good the racing is better than advertised. It's dirt to pavement transitions are better than a lot of sims. It's a lot of fun that teaches you the basics very well and you will become a Jedi master of collision avoidance😂 I still use the skills that I learned in wreckfest in the iRacing type Sims I play today.

There's also the Advanced Gamepad Assist script for Assetto on PC which can be freely adjusted to smooth out steering and countersteering to any level you want, and it is absolute bliss, even on my old PS3 contoller.

Another great video, I seriously hope this channel makes it big! As a controller player for me AC on Xbox is utterly unrivalled when it comes to controller feedback, the vibration makes it sooooo easy to threshold brake and to know exactly when your losing grip, the controller stick completely reflects the Ingame wheel and while that does mean you need to practice smoothness a lot, it also means the wheel is as accurate as possible, no smoothness bollocks that smudges the accuracy of your inputs as seen in a lot of rally games and pretty much every other racing game Unfortunately however Xbox has updated the controller making the analogue stick really quite bad. Instead of following you input it snaps with your input, so when it turn left instead of the analog input following my inputs, it snaps a couple degrees at a time, it has effectively made my driving style entirely obsolete

any papyrus sim works great with controllers, just turn steering linearity down in control settings, and raise steering ratio in your car settings. devs knew a lot of people didnt have wheel and pedals back then, and its not too bad, this goes for all games in the series, grand prix legends is a great one, and its totally free, well, the entire series is but GPL stands out. emulating the gran turismo games works too, and forza project plus works fine through an emulator as well, tons of options.

I've recently started sim-racing back in late december of 2023, a few days before new years on my previous pc after getting a brand new controller, since then I feel like if you want to get as accurate as you can to a sim-wheel, is using a controller and configuring the dead zone settings and how steering feels. Coming from someone whose new to Assetto, with only 4 - 6 months of play time, I feel like controller is the best way to go if you're like me and don't have the money laying around for an entry level or higher level sim-racing wheel. If you want to stay within the 500 dollar range and have fun, go for the PS5 to get a chance to play Assetto or GT if you want realism. If you have a little bit more money, go for a pc and use controller. It can be just as engaging as when you're using a wheel.

I started sim racing a few years ago with a Thrustmaster TMX pro paired with Assetto coarsa on an XBOX ONE. But then after a few years when I 100% knew I liked sim racing bought the Fanatec CSL 8nm and started to play more ACC for multi player and recently bought the XBOX SERIES X.

Played a lot of Project Cars 2 and the F1 games in old crappy PCs until I finally got a Series S, and now I'm really enjoying the new Forza Motorsport. Found a league in my country, and we race twice a week. It's been awesome, everyone is so helpful with the newer guys like me, until 3 months ago I used most assists and automatic gears and now I race without them, and I'm way faster. Tried ACC, but I don't like it on a controller like Forza, I want to buy a G920 for it as I love racing with the GT3s

I started sim racing on the ps3 colin mcrea dirt. But I have always had why for racing in both sim and real life. I am also planning making a rally car from a 64.5 ford mustang

It's not really "Sim Racing" but my earliest driving gaming memory is 1988's Lombard RAC Rally on an Atari ST and have been hopping in and out of the hobby ever since. Good vid as ever, not sure Dirt Rally 2 will be beaten as a modern entry point for anyone interested in diving down the rabbit hole.

i "simrace" on rFactor and GTR2, for me if you get your perfect configuration, it can still be a pretty fun experience, I used multiple F1 CTDP and FSOne mods, DTM, VLN 2005 and use the 25th anniversary patch on GTR2, I usually don't use force feedback because how much it uses the batteries on the Xbox controller, but it's a fun experience if you are on a kinda experienced, even if raceroom is limited to buy most categories, it can be fun on a controller too

Love seeing some love thrown AMS2's way, such an underrated sim IMO and the devs continue to make it into one of the best pick up and play sims on the PC. Also thank you for not mentioning the latest Forza Motorsport in here, that thing is an abomination in comparison to some of its predecessors. As always, great video.

Great video. Loved arcade racing games growing up, but got into GT7 last year and don’t think I could go back to the racers I used to play. Would love to get a wheel set up down the line, so your suggestions were super helpful. :)

If you're on the absolute low end side of things u should go for Automobilista 1. It has great controller support and the physics are second to none. Assetto Corsa may be also a great choice but it has alot of cpu issues especially when racing against AI, so u should need at least 4th gen dual core i3 or smt to run it properly or else the game will crash mid racing. So, yeah, definitely go for Automobilista 1

My favorite simcade title and racing game to play on pad PERIOD is Dirt3. Solid physics when you turn off the assists and working online servers despite being delisted from steam. Only thing is that you need to find a key reseller :/

I’ve been playing Assetto Corsa on Xbox with my elite 2 controller for a few years now, and have gotten kinda good at it. Here recently though, I have been looking at 2nd-hand mid-range thrustmaster wheels because my controller is vibrating itself in half. Both through the questionable build quality and amount of vibration used to provide proper feedback.

R:I:P 8:58 Nice video bro i'm thinking of buying the moza r5 or PXN v12 lite DD as my second wheel (i also started on a chinese wheel named doyo that my dad bought in his vacation)

what about raceroom? ive been playing raceroom with a controller for a while, and actually just this week upgraded to a wheel, the day this video came out actually

from AC open lobbies to Iracing ,my pace was slow compared to others but I knew how and where the chaos would occur so I went from dead last to 3rd (could have been P1 got punted)

Steering assist go brrrrrrr

I am a casual racer who has no patience to practice endless hours. Just wanna pick up my controller, play a bit of Forza/GT7/Grid Legends/Raceroom and have fun. I play games to have fun. If I want realism I borrow a Porsche for the weekend and go to my local racing track. I might in the future buy a Trakracer rig with a top end wheel setup but for now all I need is a controller.

Ams2 is unplayable with controller for me, it recognizes my controller as a xbox controller even tho its a ps5 gamepad, when i loaded up the game the car would understeer and oversteer id spin like crazy, i wanted to play ams2 badly, i was determined to, i can play ams1 with controller but i constantly spin, i decided to get a used steering wheel near me, its cheap but decent, currently im struggling to get the right settings for ams2 and assetto, project cars 2 is a struggle, i do not have the space in the house for a simracing setup, so i have to play on the couch on the wheel it hurts my back, il try to find another method, im getting started with this hobby, il level my way up slowly.

i started on beamng doing bullshit with friends. good game.

You can enjoy simracing on anything you want, but in top simracing games, you can forget about being competetive with a controller.

There's no "sim" experience with joysticks....just racing.