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Now, this is not something people who know me would expect of me... but hear me out.
As we know, the "improved" FFB of post beta 19 versions of GP Bikes has become very much lackluster. Sadly, that is *not* the only thing that changed. I don't know for sure if directsteer=2 code was altered in any way or if it just is even less capable of handling the new physics, but even if the old FFB was brought back, I'm pretty sure that would not save this DS mode in beta 20.

However, staying on beta 19 is also far from being the answer, because its physics is noticeably worse than that of the twentyish betas... and that's where we should remember there is one more DS mode invoked with directsteer=1.
DS1 takes your controller input angle and interprets it as the torque exerted by the rider on the handlebars. That sounds like exactly thing we need, except... it breaks immersion a great deal compared to DS2 (which is already at a stretch when it comes to properly representing the rider's manipulations).

Still, if you ask me, it's better to actually control the bars yourself rather than offloading the task on the not very bright AI.

Oh, and one more good thing about DS1 is that it makes *easier* to control smaller bikes than the liter monsters - as is demonstrated here. Were that the DS2 mode, I'd be dropping that Yam left and right there.