What is your favorite button layout?

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The PS3 controller is pretty bad, and really bad for driving games, the buttons are too tight, the triggers suck and the sticks are way too tall and loose. But with the correct layout it works, I use the triggers as throttle/brake and the left stick as gear up/down. Does anyone have a better button layout?
 
I used to use the stick for steering, L2 & R2 gear changes, buttons for brake/throttle etc.

I got real good and using the touch sensitive buttons where I could have some throttle control (rather than on/off). Since GT4P I have been using wheels exculsively.
 
prior to ps3 - x/o for throttle/brake, left stick for steering and l2/r2 for gearchanges

with the ps3 (dirt, need for speeds ive rented, f1 someitmes) - triggers for throttle/brake, triangle/square for gearchanges and left stick for steering

f1 and gt i use my g25 now.
 
R2- gas, L2- brake, square- up shift, X- down shift, R1- E brake, L1- No2 if they have it again, triangle- reverse, left stick steer, and in GTHD i had the right stick set up to look around, I hope they bring that back with the cockpit view.
 
I've used the same control scheme ever since GT1. Right stick for gas/brake, left stick for steering, L1/R1 for shifting, L2 for rear-view, R2 for e-brake. Reverse is usually on Square, but that varies since I don't use it very often, so I don't always bother to remap it.

One thing I've always liked about GT is that they allow full remapping of the controls. It irks me quite a bit when I play a game with a different control scheme that doesn't allow me to set it up the way I want.
 
Yeah, I absolutely hate the mushy triggers and sticks. Why did they have to mess with perfection? They didn't change the controller layout when the PS2 came out, did they? They should fire the guy who came up with the triggers instead of R2 & L2 buttons idea.

Oh well, I stick with the default scheme until I can afford a G25....
 
ontologicalshoc
Yeah, I absolutely hate the mushy triggers and sticks. Why did they have to mess with perfection? They didn't change the controller layout when the PS2 came out, did they? They should fire the guy who came up with the triggers instead of R2 & L2 buttons idea.

Oh well, I stick with the default scheme until I can afford a G25....
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The PS2 controller is even worse in my opinion, the Xbox 360 controller is as good as a controller will get for racing games, I think they should just have blatantly copied that controller.

I have the G25 at home, but I am at my parents for the holiday so I won't be able to test GT5 with G25 for a couple of weeks.
 
Xbox controller pretty much copied the dreamcast controller.

Almost everyone complains about the L2,R2 triggers on the PS3 controller so I assumed I would also hate them also until I used them...... but like them.

You can still just tap them or use their full range for throttle, brake etc, I am pretty light on the buttons so maybe thats why I don't mind it, I shudder when I see friends controllers that rattle and buttons get stuck because they push the buttons so hard.
 
Unlike most people, I don't mind the PS3 triggers, they are very sensitive so I don't need to hammer down on them I just give it a light little tap with the side of my finger.

For GT4 I use X for gas BOX for brake and the D-pad/L-Joystick for steering.
 
i personally have no complaints about the triggers. i only wish that they had a wider range (you get full throttle from about halfway to 3/4 of the way along) but the feel of them is fine. i had to adjust my hand positioning slightly because a lot of the time id accidentally press the left trigger when i first got my ps3 playing gthd
 
-GT force pro; if I can set it up in a good position. = )

-Dual Shock ; Right stick gas/brake Left stick steer on the dual shock when im lazy. = P
l2/r2 for shifting
 
On GT1 and 2, I used the digital buttons to steer, X for gas, Square for brake, O for e-brake, L2/R2 for gear down / up.

For GT3 I shifted to using the left stick to steer, then got a DFP a little bit before GT4, and none of that matters anymore... :)

Can't wait to get a G25, just waiting for European release of Prologue then I'm spending a lot of money on a GT5 setup...
 
hansiu
The PS3 controller is pretty bad, and really bad for driving games, the buttons are too tight, the triggers suck and the sticks are way too tall and loose. But with the correct layout it works, I use the triggers as throttle/brake and the left stick as gear up/down. Does anyone have a better button layout?
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What a coincidence, I use the exact same layout. But I disagree, I love the PS3 controller. Triggers especially, except for the fact that they're so easily pressed when you set down the controller.
 
Thats exactly what I say, you only have to give them a light tap and they are activated which I like, I don't have to hammer down on them. Ya the only thing that gets annoying is when they are on my couch the triggers are sometimes being pressed.
 
Old school...

X - Accelerator
Square - Brake
Triangle - Reverse
Circle - e-brake

R1 - view
R2 - Shift up
L1 - Look back
L2 - Shift down

D-pad - steering

Sticks not used ;)
 
Yeah, I was the old school guy till Gran Turismo 2. With Gran Turismo 3 & 4 I soon started to use the left analog stick for steering and the right analog for gas/brake. L1 for looking back and R1 for changing the view (or was it vice versa?).
This is very good combination for Dualshock 2 I think 👍 Unfortunately I haven't used the Sixaxis yet, so can't make any suggestions on that.
 
I used to use dual analogs on GT4 (i.e. left stick steering, right stick brake/accel) And i thought id prefer that on PS3 racers.

But no, i find the triggers much better, ive got shifting on triangle (up) and X (down), with handbrake occupying circle and finally reverse on square.

Cant remember the rest but you get the idea, i'd like the right analog stick to be for viewing around the car when we get the full game though.
 
I bought GT, GT2, and GT3 new. I stopped with GT4 and I'll tell you why;

Fully customizable button mapping was removed in GT4. I prefer a somewhat unique control scheme. Left analog stick to steer, right analog stick for gas/break BUT I like down to be gas and up to be brake. Its reverse of default and unchangeable right-stick controls in GT4.

I didn't purchase GT4 untili I found the Gamester Revolution controller that has a switch to invert right analog stick and it was in the $20 bargain bin by then.

I don't have a PS3, but I'd buy one for GT5...if controls are fully customizable a la GT-GT3.

Basically, about $600 of potential Sony revenue rests on them including a few pages of code. Guess we'll see what they do. Besides, it'd be a good idea anyway with so many people preferring x/square, R2/L2, R1/L1, right stick, etc for these functions.
 
Old school for me too, but I prefer [ ] for accel and X for brake. That way you can rest your thumb across both buttons at the same time and don't need to move your thumb to engage the brake.

DPF these days.
 
Daz555
Old school for me too, but I prefer [ ] for accel and X for brake. That way you can rest your thumb across both buttons at the same time and don't need to move your thumb to engage the brake.

DPF these days.
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just curious, why cant you do that with X as accelerate and square as brake?
 
J-PaP
with the ps3 (dirt, need for speeds ive rented, f1 someitmes) - triggers for throttle/brake, triangle/square for gearchanges and left stick for steering

f1 and gt i use my g25 now.
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i actually use near the same button layout on all my PS2 racers. triggers FTW
 

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