There’s the option to use either buttons for control, or a simulated steering wheel. Craig Boxall (sp00knz) of Pixelfusion and I played the game about 20,000 times each (as well as the other guys testing it). Craig only used the steering wheel and I only used the buttons and the results were that either:
a) Craig is a much better game player than me; or
b) The steering wheel is easier to get higher scores with.
The thing is that Craig is a better game player than me because he’s got 4 levels of Prestige in Call of Duty Modern Warfare (and an understanding wife). But I’m going to go for b, and there’s a big reason for this: using the steering wheel means you can corner faster, which makes it easier to do choku doris and link drifts. The buttons have a constant turning rate that’s relatively slow; if it was faster then the car would be too twitchy to drive and that would just be the opposite of fun.
It’s still possible to get a gold with all the cars on all the tracks using the buttons, though, but if you want the big scores then learn to use the steering wheel. You’ll only have a problem with the buttons on the Felix for one of the tracks (Grimsborough). The rest of them are fine.
Novice mode
The steering wheel is the easiest to use in novice mode. If you use the buttons you will struggle to get the bronze scores on the later tracks.
Tilt mode
Tilt mode for steering gives you more of a steering wheel feel. If you can master this, you’re doing well.
