Wheel vs Pad

[SlendermanXXI 15]

So the common question is still being asked, which is faster the wheel or the pad. Now over the years Codemasters have always catered towards the pad because not many people could afford to buy wheels, this isn't the case anymore. the logic is you start off with the pad and reach your potential with it, you then move to the wheel to be even quicker, now that part for whatever reason doesn't really sit well with Codemasters it seems, for whatever reason the pad is still extremely OP on this years game especially without any assists. I've been using the wheel (G29) since I got the game and I've managed to get quicker and quicker each day, but I noticed on the leaderboards I'm nowhere near any of the pad users times and theirs a reason for it, I decided to jump on the pad myself today after not using it for a good 5-6 months and I went nearly 5 tenths quicker than my wheel times in under 3 laps, I believe the reason for this is the traction... for some reason you can absolutely stamp on the throttle coming out of corners compared to the wheel, whenever I've used the wheel I barely feel any feedback so I'm often guessing where the traction is which loses me times but on top of that I'm also having to be so much more careful with my throttle input, no matter how careful or smooth I am on the throttle I still find myself losing grip and losing even more time unlike the pad where I can literally smash on the throttle coming out of corners it makes no sense, how can we get to where we are in the "sim world" but Codemasters still want to cater to the casual players rather than the players who will put in the time and effort to get quicker, realistically you would thinking moving from the pad to the wheel will gain you time because it's a natural way to drive but not on F1 2020, for whatever reason you're punished for trying to drive the right way. I just feel it's so frustrating that this game is going to be dominated by pad users unless you're an alien on the wheel, surely it can't just be me who's noticing this.

[Scrogs 97]

I'm new to F1 games.....and a pad player on F1 2019 (a bad one at the moment). Depending on track circuit lengths I'm around 10 to 25 seconds slower per lap than the fast lads and lassies. And I just presumed that these speed merchants are playing with a wheel and super secret car set ups specific to individual tracks. Don't know what the definition of a casual player is..... but it's probably people like me......I'm keen to learn but at the end of the day it's just a game....like any other XBox One game that I have. Just want to drive some nice cars around different tracks. As fast as I can on my pad. Full assists...smash the throttle out of corners....reset car to track when I spin off.......have some fun. If I become really fast whilst being a casual player....then I'll be delighted.

[scottishwildcat 187]

On 7/16/2020 at 5:46 PM, SlendermanXXI said:

Codemasters have always catered towards the pad because not many people could afford to buy wheels, this isn't the case anymore

Based on what? Codemasters know precisely how many people play with pads, we have no idea outside of our biased forum and streamer bubbles. I'd be amazed if the game isn't still played by at least 80% pad users, though.