Hey,

For racing games I like the Speed Freek extenders. The left stick has a concave design that makes turning much smoother because you can just lean your thumb into the turn. I have a pair and I like them (all though I normally race with a wheel). The one complaint that some people have on them is that they fall off, but I have never really had that issue. On the whole I think these thumb sticks will help you get better car control and faster lap times by simply helping you keep your car more steady through turns.

-James

Hey Lamar,

Thanks for the input. You must have some heavy thumbs…hahahha JK! Thats interesting to hear, I will have to be mindful of that when I talk to people about thumbstick extenders. I am glad to hear though that you are with me, that overall they really can smooth out your driving experience with a controller! My best peice of advice is to go into your controller settings (which would be in game, not console settings) and JACK up your controller sensitivity and see what kind of effect that has on your racing and the heavy handedness. IF you try it our or if you already have it cranked let me know I am curious!

Thanks for coming by,
James

However, I will also say that I broke two Xbox One controllers while using them. I think I am just a bit heavy handed and tend to hold the stick hard to the left or the right. I probably need to adjust the setting a bit more. Whatever I did, it must have broken something in the controller because I can hear it rattling around. The impact is usually that the controller can stick and seem like its edging to one side (always the left).

All that being said, I continue to use them on the broken controller and they still work great. I’ve just decided to work around it.