I always found the menu controls with the d-pad a bit too clunky and hard to manage while driving, especially if you use a gamepad like me.
So i came out with this idea, it's not a big change but should greatly improve its usage on every situation:
So basically you use the left-right buttons to choose the setup mode (the first row in the image, i colored the outer rectangles differently only to make it clear where the other options should be, in the actual menu they should not be visible or faded out at least).
Up-down keys would be for the values for the previously selected mode (hard/medium/soft for tyres mode, rich/normal/lean for fuel mode and so on...).
The mode selection should be permanent, e.g. if you choose fuel mode and after a while the menu closes up, the next time you hit the up-down keys the menu will still switch through fuel values. In this way for example you may set it to brakes mode to quickly change the brakes balance right before every apex.
Pros about this menu in my opinion:
- Quicker to read
- Shorter buttons sequences needed
- Possibility to add more setup modes (currently we cannot have more than 4 possible choices beacuse of the d-pad directions limit)
So what do you think about this? If you have a better idea or want to contribute to mine feel free to comment.