Just do it? That’s a myopic view.

I had one and I LOVED it. I used it almost exclusively for Ridge Racer & Gran Turismo. I tried to use it with Wipeout too - but no. It was my “automobile racing game only” controller. Steering wheels worth a darn were cost & space prohibitive for me - so this controller gave me the analogue steering and gas/brake that…

The saying comes from an episode of Happy Days in which the Fonz actually uses a surfboard to jump over a shark. A moment so dumb, it turned off even fans who had already accepted he could turn on a jukebox just by punching it.