Controller at Top Spot?!

[peewee737]

Some rankings show Controller times on top. I personally use my controller when I'm too lazy to install my Fanatec wheel in the living room. The times I set with both are extremely close. Though I usually scrape of a few tenths of my best time with the wheel.

Question is: Is it a good thing someone can go nr. 1 with a controller?

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

I think it's cool yes. But you still have an advantage playing with a wheel, because if you pass the selection you wont use a controller anymore. It's wheel only as far as I know, which could be a little hard to adapt for someone that played all the time on controller.

 

[GlennGolfer1]

If you have an off brand wheel, it doesn't recognize it as a wheel, and calls it a controller, my wheel does that.

 

[Tidgney]

Samurai is probably the best player in the world on a controller so if you see him at the top with it, it is a controller .

 

[GlennGolfer1]

Samurai is probably the best player in the world on a controller so if you see him at the top with it, it is a controller .

I'm sure you are correct, I don't know Samurai, all I'm saying is that some wheels don't register as wheels.

 

[Coxis]

It's ok really. By the time they go to the finals they'll be disqualified since they have to drive with a wheel there.

 

[JerseyDriverSS]

It's ok really. By the time they go to the finals they'll be disqualified since they have to drive with a wheel there.

They won't be disqualified. They just won't do very good. Well they may but chances are that they won't.

 

[Coxis]

They won't be disqualified. They just won't do very good. Well they may but chances are that they won't.

Used the wrong word there. 👍

 

[zzz_pt]

It's ok really. By the time they go to the finals they'll be disqualified since they have to drive with a wheel there.

Don't be so sure. They can buy a wheel after this 8-5 challenge ends and practice. If a guy do well with a pad, certainly will with a wheel too.

I speek for myself. The first time i play with a whell (t500) — on a live event — i was the faster on the track (including top250 worldwide GT Academy 2011 players).

Nothing is black / white.

 

[Peasantslayer]

There are a lot of Japanese players who are incredible with a pad, every TT there seems to be a new Japanese name near the top with a pad. Gaming is taken very seriously in Japan so it's no surpise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUEBYNGl13g

 

[RikkiGT-R]

What has Pachinko got to do with driving GT5 with a controller?

 

[Peasantslayer]

What has Pachinko got to do with driving GT5 with a controller?

I'm making a point that a large amount of people in Japan are obsessed with games hence the ridiculously fast pad times.

 

[MSTER232]

There are a lot of Japanese players who are incredible with a pad, every TT there seems to be a new Japanese name near the top with a pad. Gaming is taken very seriously in Japan so it's no surpise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUEBYNGl13g

Meh? I wish us in the UK was that obsessed with games. We're obsessed with power and stress over here...