Have to ask Gary about this one but during a race/ qualifying lap, you can run off the track if you want to (sometimes not tha fastest way around I'm sure), as long as your not cutting across corners. If you can get a faster time by utilizing the curbs or the pavement on the other side of a curb I say go for it. In GT4 it usually slows your speed when you drop a tire off the curb so there's probably not a huge advantage. And I highly doubt that's the reason Sperry's times are so good, he's just very precise and has his apexes down perfect. I would imagine too that if you have a good steering wheel and pedal set-up, it allows for more smooth control of the car, ie. smooth steering input, smooth acceleration, and especially comes in handy when trail braking and coming off the brake pedal, you can do it smoothly instead of the on/off gas and brake buttons on the controller. I'd like to get one but with PS3 right around the corner I don't want to waste the cash, that and setting up a steering wheel and pedal is a pain unless you have, like Gary, an actual chair and frame set-up so that you can sit proper. My wife would kill, I'd never leave the plasma...haha.
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