I haven't seen it, no. I remember in some Nascar rooms in GT5 I used to race in it was turned on and it was like magic. You'd be flying down the straight and around the corners way faster than anyone else and if the boost was on high, you'd catch the lead pack like it was standing still.
No, not sarcastic. Boost is for online racing against other humans, rubber banding is built into the AI offline. Boost make you, as the car behind, much faster, with higher grip and straightline speed whereas rubber banding both speeds up the AI when they are behind and slows them down while they are in front. Your own car physics don't change like they do with boost. End result is somewhat similar but with a different path to get there.
While I generally agree with your post this part has to be pulled out because it is wrong. The new Thrustmaster wheel is direct drive and is an official wheel, this will be the best wheel on PS4. Also Fanatec wheels like most belt driven wheels are known to be extremely non linear due to the way the belt stretches and hardens, Because the wheel is generally always near the central position this causes a deformity in the belt that increases its non linearity. I'd like to say that Logitech wheels being gear driven are superior in this aspect but unfortunately their dead zone issues are well known and their very low FFB resolution is their greatest issue in trying to provide accurate FFB but Logitech wheels have made up for this by being very responsive compared to their competitors. The new Thrustmaster wheel will be better than existing wheels in every way and considering the price of V2 I do not anticipate a DD offering from Fanatec being able to compete on the PS4. The selling point for the Fanatec wheel therefore becomes the ability to use the V3 pedals which are superior to anything you can get for console.
Yes we do, we know it is direct drive. That is all you need to know to know that it is better than any other wheel on PS4. It doesn't matter if it is DC or AC or stepper as every one is more linear than belt or gear driven and more responsive. We can also see in the pictures that the one they showed us which might not be a final product uses the same quick release as other Thrustmaster wheels. This would indicate either the wheel is still relatively low in force when compared to other direct drive wheels or it will be prone to failure or perhaps this is not the final product so we really can't read too much into that but I would suspect that this wheel will not be as strong as other direct drive wheels and possibly still less powerful than the Fanatec wheel which still won't make a difference as any direct drive wheel will still be better.
Well, one, even the best drivers in the world need some "getting acquainted" time with a game. In a real life car, it can take many days of practice to get where they want to be skill wise, where communication between car and driver is acute. This was from a Sector 3 chat with a pro GT3 racer by the way.
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