- 277
- senzrMY
First off, if you're playing Shift 2 on a gamepad/DS3, ELITE MODE IS NOT FOR YOU.
Too many folks have been complaining about how Shift 2 handles on a pad with the Elite physics mode, and I was one of them. And it's been said many, many times by others here: TURN ON STEERING ASSIST.
What, you say? Steering assists?? God forbid, this is GT Planet! Home of the most hardcore console driving sim players on the, uh....planet!! We don't use assists! Traction control is for losers! Skid recovery force? Are you frickin' kidding me??!!
Well, after hours of struggling with Shift 2 on a HKS Racing Controller and trying to keep the car on the road for more than 5 seconds at a time, I told my ego to take a hike. I went into the options menu, and under Elite mode, 'Steering Assist' was grayed out. No problem, I thought. I'll just turn down the physics a notch to 'Pro'. Still greyed out. Hmmm. One more down to 'Experienced'? Nope. Deep breath...I went all the way down to NOVICE mode. And turned Steering Assist on, but everything else off except for ABS.
Now, I think I'm as hardcore as they come when it comes to driving sims. I also play with a G25, but the HKS controller is for those days when I'm lazy to set everything up (which is a lot of the time). I use the clutch, h-gate shifter and heel & toe with the G25. I switch the shifter around from left to right, depending on the car cockpit. I literally forced myself to learn to shift with my other hand for a more authentic experience. I also take my car to the track whenever I can, so I do have some real world track time to judge a driving sim against.
So back to my point, I think Elite mode is meant for players with wheels. Shift 2 is still very forgiving in terms of physics compared to GT5, but it's a lot of fun with a wheel, and more importantly, PLAYABLE.
If you're stuck playing with a pad, just swallow your ego AND TURN STEERING ASSISTS ON. Yes, the game is still damn near unplayable with steering sensitivity down to zero. Yes, they should smooth out the steering inputs for pads so that you're not countersteering all the time to keep the car on the road. But you know what? THEY ALREADY DID and it's called STEERING ASSIST. All this talk of a patch for pad users will probably be nothing more than steering assist as it already exists, simply hidden under Elite mode. Without steering assists, there's no way you can make the constant minute steering corrections required to stay on the track without a wheel.
Anyhow, if you're a hardcore sim racer guy, what are you doing driving with a pad in the first place?? And what are you doing playing Shift 2?? Saying Shift 2 is a sim is like saying David Fincher's "The Social Network" was what really happened with Facebook. Sure, it's a hell of a lotta fun. But you gotta take its interpretation of 'reality' with a huge pinch of salt. That's what Shift 2 is. A really fun dramatization of driving fast cars.
So, maybe it's time some of you pad players do what I did. Sit your hardcore sim racer ego down, have a chat and tell him to take a hike whenever you fire up Shift 2.
Then turn Steering Assist on and have some fun.
Too many folks have been complaining about how Shift 2 handles on a pad with the Elite physics mode, and I was one of them. And it's been said many, many times by others here: TURN ON STEERING ASSIST.
What, you say? Steering assists?? God forbid, this is GT Planet! Home of the most hardcore console driving sim players on the, uh....planet!! We don't use assists! Traction control is for losers! Skid recovery force? Are you frickin' kidding me??!!
Well, after hours of struggling with Shift 2 on a HKS Racing Controller and trying to keep the car on the road for more than 5 seconds at a time, I told my ego to take a hike. I went into the options menu, and under Elite mode, 'Steering Assist' was grayed out. No problem, I thought. I'll just turn down the physics a notch to 'Pro'. Still greyed out. Hmmm. One more down to 'Experienced'? Nope. Deep breath...I went all the way down to NOVICE mode. And turned Steering Assist on, but everything else off except for ABS.
Now, I think I'm as hardcore as they come when it comes to driving sims. I also play with a G25, but the HKS controller is for those days when I'm lazy to set everything up (which is a lot of the time). I use the clutch, h-gate shifter and heel & toe with the G25. I switch the shifter around from left to right, depending on the car cockpit. I literally forced myself to learn to shift with my other hand for a more authentic experience. I also take my car to the track whenever I can, so I do have some real world track time to judge a driving sim against.
So back to my point, I think Elite mode is meant for players with wheels. Shift 2 is still very forgiving in terms of physics compared to GT5, but it's a lot of fun with a wheel, and more importantly, PLAYABLE.
If you're stuck playing with a pad, just swallow your ego AND TURN STEERING ASSISTS ON. Yes, the game is still damn near unplayable with steering sensitivity down to zero. Yes, they should smooth out the steering inputs for pads so that you're not countersteering all the time to keep the car on the road. But you know what? THEY ALREADY DID and it's called STEERING ASSIST. All this talk of a patch for pad users will probably be nothing more than steering assist as it already exists, simply hidden under Elite mode. Without steering assists, there's no way you can make the constant minute steering corrections required to stay on the track without a wheel.
Anyhow, if you're a hardcore sim racer guy, what are you doing driving with a pad in the first place?? And what are you doing playing Shift 2?? Saying Shift 2 is a sim is like saying David Fincher's "The Social Network" was what really happened with Facebook. Sure, it's a hell of a lotta fun. But you gotta take its interpretation of 'reality' with a huge pinch of salt. That's what Shift 2 is. A really fun dramatization of driving fast cars.
So, maybe it's time some of you pad players do what I did. Sit your hardcore sim racer ego down, have a chat and tell him to take a hike whenever you fire up Shift 2.
Then turn Steering Assist on and have some fun.
