The Right Thumbstick (turning your camera into corners)
Feb 5, 2015 17:53:16 GMT
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Post by FlushStroke on Feb 5, 2015 17:53:16 GMT
Not sure if anyone cares but I see posts and comments now and again about people wanting or trying to learn it with no success. Also boughy did a thread on which camera's do you use so I see this as relevant in this section. I recently learnt to do it to an extent and I'm wanting to share my story to whom it may concern.
I used to use close and high, I could get really fast lap times with it being able to tuck right into apex's and weaving in and out of poles to get good curb boosts. e.g. my lap time in here with the Massacro NoDo Lap Challenge
I had been racing like that pretty much since the game came out, and previously on GTA 4, but about 2 weeks ago I decided to change for the advantages that turning the camera gives, main advantage IMO are situation awareness, specially on a track you've never raced before and consistency. I used to crash a hell of a lot into anything and everything.
About half a week of practising using the right thumbstick, I hit a real low point in racing and gta. I was at a stage where I was awful, I had gone too far to revert back to how I used to race, and I didn't want to race like I used to, always crashing and getting frustrated, but I was finding myself often getting disorientated when going into corners when turning the camera and it was actually giving me headaches because it felt so uncomfortable. I was so used to not using the right thumbstick for so long. I was racing tracks by myself trying to get my old lap times on tracks I knew over and over again because I thought that would be the best way to learn it, but it just wasn't happening, and I just wanted to quit altogether.
After a week I found a way I was comfortable, I raced randoms where I could more or less take my time while still having the satisfaction of winning the race and it seemed to work, taking no notice of the lap times but rather in comparison to everyone else. Every race I could feel myself getting better, faster and more consistent. (I know they would have been shit most the time but sometime you need a little lift)
Today and at time of writing this thread a couple of weeks after, I'm glad I pushed through it. Some people think it isn't a necessity in racing and they are right, you don't need to do it at all. But I feel more comfortable in a race, taking turns and knowing what's around the corner and accepting invites to tracks I've never been on, then I have ever done before. However I'd say I am about 2-3 seconds off a lap that would have taken me approximately 1:30 a few weeks ago (to give you a rough idea of pace) but over all I'm loosing less time to mistakes and I'm only going to get faster hopefully, like I said, I am still learning and not quite at the stage I want to be at, it'll come with time though.
I don't know anyone else who leant to use the right thumbstick who previously didn't used to, but I know people who tried. Maybe others got used to turning the camera straight away after a couple of tries and I was just crap at learning it, I don't know. Hopefully this thread isn't a waste of time and I help maybe one person who is struggling, because I struggled a lot.
TL:DR - I'll get over it
I used to use close and high, I could get really fast lap times with it being able to tuck right into apex's and weaving in and out of poles to get good curb boosts. e.g. my lap time in here with the Massacro NoDo Lap Challenge
I had been racing like that pretty much since the game came out, and previously on GTA 4, but about 2 weeks ago I decided to change for the advantages that turning the camera gives, main advantage IMO are situation awareness, specially on a track you've never raced before and consistency. I used to crash a hell of a lot into anything and everything.
About half a week of practising using the right thumbstick, I hit a real low point in racing and gta. I was at a stage where I was awful, I had gone too far to revert back to how I used to race, and I didn't want to race like I used to, always crashing and getting frustrated, but I was finding myself often getting disorientated when going into corners when turning the camera and it was actually giving me headaches because it felt so uncomfortable. I was so used to not using the right thumbstick for so long. I was racing tracks by myself trying to get my old lap times on tracks I knew over and over again because I thought that would be the best way to learn it, but it just wasn't happening, and I just wanted to quit altogether.
After a week I found a way I was comfortable, I raced randoms where I could more or less take my time while still having the satisfaction of winning the race and it seemed to work, taking no notice of the lap times but rather in comparison to everyone else. Every race I could feel myself getting better, faster and more consistent. (I know they would have been shit most the time but sometime you need a little lift)
Today and at time of writing this thread a couple of weeks after, I'm glad I pushed through it. Some people think it isn't a necessity in racing and they are right, you don't need to do it at all. But I feel more comfortable in a race, taking turns and knowing what's around the corner and accepting invites to tracks I've never been on, then I have ever done before. However I'd say I am about 2-3 seconds off a lap that would have taken me approximately 1:30 a few weeks ago (to give you a rough idea of pace) but over all I'm loosing less time to mistakes and I'm only going to get faster hopefully, like I said, I am still learning and not quite at the stage I want to be at, it'll come with time though.
I don't know anyone else who leant to use the right thumbstick who previously didn't used to, but I know people who tried. Maybe others got used to turning the camera straight away after a couple of tries and I was just crap at learning it, I don't know. Hopefully this thread isn't a waste of time and I help maybe one person who is struggling, because I struggled a lot.
TL:DR - I'll get over it
