easier because easier to control I hope? I have yet to play post patch. While I love the game for the most part, I felt like every single race I was fighting the controller. I've played plenty of racing games on consoles in my life, some sim games on PC even...I've never felt as helpless with a controller as I do in this game. Tried all different settings people have posted. Some the car simply doesn't turn enough, others I barely touch the stick and it is a hard 90 degree turn into the grass with a spin out.