Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-33625305-20171227132837/@comment-28169398-20171229155610

RR3 Michael P wrote: I used to play Special Events on my 2nd device, which is a NOX Android emulator with keyboard controls. For fuel save and overheating events I had to switch to Wheel B and try with a mouse to control the steering. Even then it is very frustrating, as I normally use buttons. Any event that requires very fine control (e.g. no off track) and fuel/overheating were easier to pay to skip.

My 2nd device doesn't have adverts either so going for a low upgrade strategy with cars that have long upgrade times was difficult too. I may have it another go next year.

One other option, which may help is a steering wheel with NOX and JoytoKey, I've never tried it. e.g.

Enjoy the racing, it is better to skip a couple of events and win the car than buy it (currently 40% off 570 )

For info on Blustacks/NOX see User blog:RR3 Michael P/BlueStacks for Android This would be a good idea, except that Toby6321 has said in other posts that he lives in a nursing home and is on disability as the result of strokes that have left one arm paralyzed and one arm functional, so has no access to kit like this.

I think that Toby's point in several posts has been that FMEA, when they make the challenges are behaving like DecadeHansen and just assuming that all users that use assists do so out of laziness. Here, however, that is not the case. Toby's only option is Tilt A, and forcing Tilt B is basically charging him for his disability, and that is just not right.

FM is not thinking in terms of racers that may be using the game that have limited abilities. Did racing series prohibit Alex Zanardi from racing again because of his injuries? No. They made allowances for modifications to his car so that he could control acceleration and braking can be controlled from his steering wheel. It isn't giving him an unfair advantage, it is providing an accommodation that allows him to compete.

FM shouldn't take away aides that assist players with physical challenges the ability to compete in events like the rest of us. And if the do want to run events that force a certain controller, such as Tilt B, then they should have a program that allows players with disabilities to register their user ids so that those users either get served a different challenge, or the receive a free skip.