RD2 with a gamepad. Bought the game and a dual-shock
pad and in fact it turns out to be very nice to play
with a pad!
I can see why people say it's not exactly a sim. Some
parts are quite arcadey but it's highly enjoyable stuff.
Except for the Formula Ford parts.. tell me.. are those
things really so uncontrollable? I'm zipping through
carreermode, but winning a FF race seems more like having
luck than good driving skills. At the most unlikely
moments you suddenly go into spin and that's the end of
the race.. <gr>
The graphics are fairly nice for a PC racer. It sorely
lacks anti-aliasing though (but maybe I'm spoiled by
the Gamecube which has awesome graphics, but lacks good
racing games). Sound is really great though!