Wr with gamepad? how fast should gamepad vs wheel be in ac?

Huttu was the fastest thing around back when everybody used keyboard and mouse.

 

It wasn't his first run, he had quite a few laps practice, and if I remember correctly he puked in his helmet.

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His best lap was on his first outing in the morning iirc. Then he felt sick, puked and was slower the rest of the day.

 

Okay, you are absolutely right. If he'd been driving using a gamepad he couldn't even get out the pits I think.

 

Jealousy is a curse.

 

In real life you also need balls to go fast, not just skills. You might be the best driver in the world, but if you're concerned about your safety every time you go around a corner then you'll be slow.

So basically... #YOLO

 

You "forgot" to mention he landed from a 12 hour flight already sick with fever.
Also it was his first contact with a race car.
Jealousy is a bad thing...

 

If you're implying I'm jealous then you really don't know me well at all and shouldn't make these statements.

 

Huttu - iRacing/Skip Barber - YouTube documentary

This is mostly an iRacing promo for the first 4 minutes so the real story starts at 4:50 in part 1

 

Was a while since I saw the clip but if i remeber correctly he didnt have a driving license and hadnt even driven a road car before.

 

But but .... "he had quite a few laps practice"

 

So I was there with Greger!

To clear this up (again)

It was an insane experience, thanks to iRacing - the weather was around 100F, Greger was feeling ropey the night before, perhaps it was nervous expectation as the weight of the sim racing community was on him! But I tend to think it was a virus from flying around quite a bit - who knows, he was genuinely unwell. So Greger goes out (on old tyres and detuned engine) and goes flat through the last corner, that was surprising to all, maximum commitment on lap 1. His first run consisted i think of 5 laps, of which he set his fastest time, surprisingly, mid corner he was faster than others, he lost time in t1 mainly. His other laps however were strong, despite being pretty sick and a few in particular would have been faster - except for the amount of yellow flags the sessions had.

So long and short is that he did amazingly in his first downforce car. He did have a driving license, he's had one for years, no idea where that came from, but he's got an advance driving license i believe - you know finland, ice etc

Similarly you can look at Atze as a top sim racer, who drove an F3, great story and was on the pace, then hit engine issues.

 

Huttu has nothing to prove to anyone ... end of the story!

 

There is always some immensely talented people (in all walks of life) who are just in their own league. When you think you are good at something, always some Japanese/Chinese kid is better. By common sense thinking, FFB gives more information of grip, thus chances are that WR lap times are on average achieved with a wheel, not gamepad. But yea, FFB wheel is just a "gamepad" that gives a bit more info, not much else. Miles Davis could have played a killer solo with crappy trumpet..

 

I just bumped into this thread years later and OP's logic is beyond me. It's like complaining those who use chopstick vs spoon to eat, and tell the world that spoon should always win.