Well - it be worth mentioning that I played best with the Original PSX controller - you farts here will remember - the one WITHOUT analogue sticks. I have a Sony - USB adapter I plugged into my PS3. It works wonders - except for the fact you can't navigate menus or anything - only works for gameplay. Such a PITA to configure race to race. But, it does work superior compared to the wireless controller.

For the other 99.999% of my game time, I use the DS3, D-Pad, L1 + R1 Airbrakes @ 70%, O Fire and [] absorb.