if you buy this, get the ultimate edition, the dlc cars are more refined than the original cars included with the game, most of the original cars feel like they share different physics. I'm not really that into hardcore sim-racing so much as I am a relaxing, immersive driving experience. Yes, driving with a pad or heaven forbid, a keyboard, is demonstrably more difficult than using a wheel. It is simply impossible to have the type of precision and range of motion you can get with a wheel replicated on a gamepad's analog sticks, or dpad. This game's physics/tire modeling are really realistic, which means those little nuances that other games let you not have to worry about, are really important here, thus a pad/keyboard user will always be at a disadvantage compared to wheel users, but that's beyond obvious. Driving skill/knowledge will trump this however, and learning the unique characteristics of the various vehicles is fun and rewarding.

if you buy this, get the ultimate edition, the dlc cars are more refined than the original cars included with the game, most of the original cars feel like they share different physics. I'm not really that into hardcore sim-racing so much as I am a relaxing, immersive driving experience. Yes, driving with a pad or heaven forbid, a keyboard, is demonstrably more difficult than using a wheel. It is simply impossible to have the type of precision and range of motion you can get with a wheel replicated on a gamepad's analog sticks, or dpad. This game's physics/tire modeling are really realistic, which means those little nuances that other games let you not have to worry about, are really important here, thus a pad/keyboard user will always be at a disadvantage compared to wheel users, but that's beyond obvious. Driving skill/knowledge will trump this however, and learning the unique characteristics of the various vehicles is fun and rewarding.