Some of the tracks - Spa for instance - do have dips & bumps which cause the car to move up & down. However, I would agree that there are not nearly the variation s in road surface there should be - this is the same situation in GT5P. The only PS3 game I have played that models this aspect pretty well is F1CE, where the cars rattle around (the wheel aggressively "jiggles") over the rougher sections of road. 👍
I'm really liking the heavy FFB in FC. I think it gives a better sense of driving a powerful car "on the edge" than the very light FFB in GT5P. I am driving with the FFB set on maximum, which reduces the "dead-zone" effect. As I've become more used to it, I find the "dead-zone" easier to deal with - it just takes very focused driving. However, I would agree that it shouldn't be there - hopefully they will fix it...
I found the medium setting on the FC is the equivalent of 8 on my G25. Although the dead zone on the FC is much bigger and although I find the medium sensitivity setting to my liking, I wish it was a 0-10 slider (like in GT5P) because at medium, it's slightly less responsive that I would like but high on the oher hand, is too sensitive.
I see how some people would prefer the weight in the steering of FC. You can also feel when the ABS kicks in which is kind of nice but I doubt the engineer of the F430 would like that. Even a budget japanese car has a more discrete ABS system.
Although I'm starting to appreciate this game- I like the selection of tracks, the arcade mode and the handling of the F430 which is probably more accurate than that of GT5P. But in the end what fails me is the graphics- not so much the cars (although I wish the cockpit view is useable), the tracks and the trackside objects. They would've been great, in fact it's as good as Forza 2. But while Forza 2 runs a 60fps with hardly any stutters, FC struggles most of the times. Because of that, I can't completely immerse myself into the game. Hopefully it's fixable (alongside the dead zone issue in the steering) in the upcoming patch. Until then, I'm puttng this game on the shelf.