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Can anyone help me with a laptop question , My daughter needs a laptop , A mixture of schoolwork and she plays Sims 4. I want to spend around 5-£600 but I’m not sure which would best suit her needs.
I have been looking at the Samsung Galaxy Book 4 edge but unsure about the arm processor. Any help appreciated. You can always pm me

 

Guys, does anyone know if I can play LFM with a controller?

 

primarily depends on your ability and confidence.
Just keep in mind that most other drivers will expect you using a wheel and may leave quite low margins of room what can be tough to handle on a controller.
But in terms of pure speed, we have a fella on racecraft online that is using a controller.
His peak pace is pretty much up there with most of us, he struggles with consistency and safety though, sometimes loosing his car due to not so accurate inputs, given the usage of the controller

 

Apart of AMS2 when I am on the rig I am playing Snowrunner when I am away from home, with the steam deck. Pretty interesting game for us petrolheads, in a much more chill plan than simracing. I reccomend it.

About playing racing sims with a controller: there are some people outhere that are very, VERY competitive with a gamepad. Not kidding, people having world-record like pace.
Many people, in the other hand just can't. I am at least 5 tenths slower in the G40 Cup with a pad per minute than in the G29. That is a lot in that car, and it is very easy to drive. In a more difficult car the difference just grows exponentially. I find racing with a pad fun vs the AI because you can use a suitable difficulty. I would hate to race online with such a handicap. But perhaps 1) you are one of those gamepad guys or 2) you don't mind to lose pace.

The biggest issue with having slower pace in a pad is that LFM allows you to use one account per steam user. If you use a rig also, it is like having two persons using the same account, it destroys the point of ELO. I never tried an online race in a pad because I knew my rating would not be representative of my speed, but I would definitely If I had the opportunity to use a smurf (not a smurf actually, just me in a gamepad). If you only play in a gamepad, then there is no reason to not try it. If you are slow, well, not an issue, you will have low ELO and you will fight in the back, not an issue.