I just bought NFS: Most Wanted and the only decent control scheme places the acceleration button on the right trigger. Now, after multiple Xbox racing games, I'm sick and tired of having to exert so much strength to keep the right trigger full depressed. I still remember getting wrist pain after having a long session of Burnout 3 in the past. Now my entire right arm feels weak after having a long session of NFS: MW. The goddamn shoulder buttons of the controller just take too much strength to fully depress and hold there. Someone tell me that this is changed in the 360's controller....
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The Xbox controller S sucks for racing games....
- Thread starter ElyrionX
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The fact is that I am already having some wrist problems that was brought on by some excessive BG2 playtime on the PC some years ago. The problem never went away and I'm now stuck with permanently using a wrist rest whenever I'm using the mouse.
The Xbox controller's shoulder button only exacerbates the problem for me. Maybe it's cause my hands are small which forces me to exert more effort to keep the trigger fully depressed.
The Xbox controller's shoulder button only exacerbates the problem for me. Maybe it's cause my hands are small which forces me to exert more effort to keep the trigger fully depressed.
The Shadow
Member
ElyrionX said:
WTF?!
Racing games *demand* analog triggers. A real gas pedal isn't an on/off switch after all.
And besides, how can you get fatigue from holding the trigger down? Is that the only physical activity you do, using a controller?
edit:
Sounds like carpal tunnel syndrome. If it's not too serious yet, your doctor can give you a shot that will reduce the swelling and pain.
Lemurnator
Banned
Wario64 said:
I take that as an insult.
The XBox Type S is all I use.
For every genre, including racing.
Quit being a pussy and buy a grip master.
sonarrat said:
Seriously.. when I can't practice the piano, I use these things. Forza was no problem whatsoever.
:lol
I do have those things but I think it's ridiculous having to do some workout just to play a damn game.
And while I may be skinny and not in the best of shape, I'm definitely not a weakling. I went through two and a half years in the military for fuck's sake. So all your claims of me being weak are not valid.
The Shadow
Member
Lemurnator said:
You're a girly man?
ElyrionX said:
Then I can give you a tip I learned playing the piano: let your hand relax, even if it's only for an instant. If you just hold it down like a claw all the time, of course it's going to get stiff and sore. It's the same thing at the piano - there's a Chopin etude where I have to play nonstop octaves in both hands for almost 2 minutes straight. The only way I can get through it is to take advantage of split-second opportunities when my hands are flying through the air to relax, then almost instantaneously re-tighten.
The Shadow
Member
ElyrionX said:
In arcade racers, maybe. Some series like Project Gotham Racing demand more control. It's not about flooring the brakes and then hitting the gas. Sometimes you can make some great corners just by letting up on the gas a little.
I find myself tapping the gas even in NFS:MW. My PC controller doesn't have triggers and is basically a copy of the DualShock controller.
Pedigree Chum
Banned
ElyrionX said:
For games like RR and Burnout it doesn't really matter, but for stuff like Forza, if you want to play it well, it might be usefull (not sure here since I'm not into sim racers).
The Shadow
Member
f_elz said:
:lol
I think you're pressing the button too hard maybe (I hope at least). Like you press it all the way, but then press harder without realising it (maybe b/c the game is exciting or something), unnecessarily straining your arm.
Your arm...
Man that's fucked up :lol I've never had problems with triggers/racing games, and yeah I've had my PGR runs!
I think you're pressing the button too hard maybe (I hope at least). Like you press it all the way, but then press harder without realising it (maybe b/c the game is exciting or something), unnecessarily straining your arm.
Your arm...
Man that's fucked up :lol I've never had problems with triggers/racing games, and yeah I've had my PGR runs!
Shogmaster
Sloppy seconds
ElyrionX said:
I sure hope you have a big dick or a talented tongue, cause no way in hell you gonna please your woman with your pathetically weak fingers...
Parallax Scroll
Banned
Duke > Controller S for racing games.
krypt0nian
Banned
So the best controller for racing games, short of a wheel is bad because your are a weak man?
no.
no.
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
Play Farenheit/Indigo Prophecy with it's crazy endurance trigger sequences. It will soon strengthen those trigger finger muscles. Failing that, have a wank.
tahrikmili
Member
ElyrionX said:
Jack off more often. Build muscles.
bummyhead said:Wait, you say you have small hands, and yet claim to have a big dick? Studies show that that doesn't add up....:lol :lol
Seriously man, you really set yourself up for this.....
:lol. I have no idea what "studies" you're referring to but I hope you are aware of the concept of EXCEPTIONS, assuming that the "studies" you're referring to do in fact exist.
And I can't believe how many people have jumped on me claiming I'm weak and all. Goddamn, I have probably been through a lot more physically-demanding and challenging activities than 90% of you pussies criticising me. I kayaked/canoed for my school team when I was in high school, for fuck's sake. And I was in the goddamn military for 2.5 years of my life. Oh, and I'm not from the US, BTW.
Besides, I'm not the only one in this thread complaining of the stiffness of the Controller S triggers.
Shogmaster
Sloppy seconds
Zaptruder said:
Kinda reaching there....