Which control method are you using?

[Kaelef]

Please let us know which control method you use in WOHD

[blackwiggle]

I think you'll find most of the old time WO players use the D-Pad.

[djKyoto]

Stick here... been using it since the original Dual Shock.

[multibodydynamics]

I think you'll find most of the old time WO players use the D-Pad.

Yepp. I've been a D-padder since 1995. Ok, there was no stick available back then... but I've tried the stick numerous times and never got stuck at it...

The main reason why I don't like it is because the akward position on the DS3. It is placed far to high up and tilts way too far. Turning rapidly left and right I feel is almost impossible for me. Also the frequent barrel rolling in HD makes the D-pad much more suitable to me.

[Kaelef]

I think you'll find most of the old time WO players use the D-Pad.

Is there any evidence that the D-Pad is actually better than the stick (e.g. the highest high scores), or is it just a matter of what you've gotten used to?

[Senture]

...is it just a matter of what you've gotten used to?

This for me. I started WipEout long before the first Dual Shock was produced. If memory serves me right, it was released some time after 2097, but before Wip3out. Got a DS and Wip3out and hated using the sticks to I stuck to the d-pad, never ever changed.

[blackwiggle]

Well Mad Ice uses the D-Pad,and I'm pretty sure Asayyeah does as well.
I think it's a combination of reasons,the dual analog didn't come out until after 2097 had been released,so most of us had gotten used to the D-Pad or were using a NeGcon controller.

Multibodydynamics worded it perfectly on why I don't use the analog stick,that would probably be the same reason others choose the D-Pad.

If they had a controller that had the analog repositioned and shaped like the D-Pad that would be the best of both worlds.

[mic-dk]

Since I dn't have any old habits to fight, I use stick.
Oh, and motion for pitchcontrol. Works nicely once you adapt.

[Darkdrium777]

D-Pad + Motion Pitch. The best controls ever IMHO.

[captain howdy]

i've been using analog steering and motion for pitch. i'm pretty comfortable with it.

[Connavar]

new player, so stick only

[Sideshow]

old player, stick only

[Figlarz]

Stick, it's preciser than d-pad.

[abukii]

Stick and d-pad...depends on how tricky the corners are...the analog seems to glide in slight to medium corners,but on sharp turns d-pad and a love tap to the airbreaks works for me...

[Nadia Elenova]

D-pad for PSX, analog for PSP and D-pad again for Wipeout HD. The stick is too high for my little fingers.

[Ithron]

D-Pad for steering and Motion Control for Pitch

[JJPAP]

The stick. No motion control pitch ... yet;-)

[SuperNova]

Stick + Motion(pitch)

[H3avyM3tal]

Recurring player
Sticks, but I'm starting to wonder if I should switch back to d-pad. That fast left-right reasoning is kinda true.

I am however wating to see if more of the aces here will post and explain.

[judus]

Old player. D-Pad. I have tried the other combinations, but after so many iterations of D-pad wipeouts, I find myself playing better using D-Pad.