[thechat] GP du Canada

[William Anderson]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Dyer" <ben_dyer at imaginuity.com>
To: <thechat at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [thechat] GP du Canada


> At 10:36 AM 6/11/2001, you wrote:
> >Good enough reason for buying a PS2 imo.
> >
> >Although you'd need a real wheel & pedals - those
> >pad controllers really suck for driving games.
>
> My problem is that game steering wheels never give me enough resistance,
if
> any at all.  I tried Midtown Madness at CompUSA and I couldn't control it
> with the steering wheel
>
> Analog joysticks suck the most (especially when games make you use it like
> on the Dreamcast).  I'll take the D-pad any day, tapping my way to
victory. :)

I used to think the same way, but i've been using the dreamcast pad, and the
dual shock (and dual shock2) pad for a while now and analog is the way to
go - they give so much better control for a range of games - especially
driving games (i wouldn't think of gran turismo without it) ...

... tho the d-pad has its place ... such as Silpheed on PS2 - such a clone
of Radiant Silvergun on Sega Saturn (by the same dev team, Treasure) there
has never been :)

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