well I don't know what a D-pad even is...
i saw that, i was commenting to another person, i agree with youI told him to turn on the assists to LEARN TO DRIVE. Of course you're faster with them off.
He has a dry sense of humor, you just have to let it roll off your back.
how about how you actually use the joystick (NO HOMO) to steer. I found it difficult to make subtle movements to adjust the cars track posititon.
don't worry, I'm not really offended, and I can't drive in real life either, so....
You need to get out and do some autocross and/or HPDEs. Drag racing all the time will rot your brain.
I find the high performance race cars are MUCH harder to handle. Do what everyone else says and start with a nice slow car until you get the feel of it, and work your way up to the high horsepower formula-type cars.