Having trouble around tight corners? Keep hitting that random forklift in the middle of the track? Barely missing that speed hate? Bumpers are your best friend!! Use your middle finger to hold the trigger to go, and use the index fingers to press the bumpers when needed. It'll feel a little odd at first but you get used to it and it helps a LOT.
Edit 1: if you use an Xbox elite controller, you can map the backside bumper paddles to the bumper buttons and use those instead.
Edit 2: On PS4, pushing in the joystick things works the same as the bumpers. Thanks to Scorpiodisc for pointing that out!
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You can do the same thing with the sticks if you push in on them...at least on the PS4 you can
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Good braking skills are a lot more helpful.