Many gamers use keyboards for playing computer games. Yet it is a commonly held belief that the control of the game is better with a more dedicated input device such as a joystick. This study set out to explore the effect of using keyboard and joystick for a car driving game. A car racing game experiment with n = 20 participants was set up. The results show that there is no difference between the two input devices. In fact, the spread in the measurements were larger for the joystick.

Joysticks and keyboards perform similarly in car steering games, with the spread in measurements being larger for the joystick.

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Car steering in racing games: similar performance with joysticks and keyboards

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