Rumble strips feel good but the direct feedback from the wheels during corners and loss of traction under acceleration & braking is poor at the moment. I am in the process of tweaking the FFB setting to try and get a better feel as I do think the FFB is lacking quite a lot.
All aids off, no best line, manual H-Box gears & manual clutch using a G25. I can however only comment on Elite Mode as that's all I have used since the 2nd race. Too much like 1 mph over the perfect corner speed and you were under steering off into the gravel, Shift 2 is a little more forgiving while still having understeer when you get a corner wrong. I always felt like iRacing had too little grip.
There feels like much more grip in Shift 2 but not too much that its unrealisitc. Yes the physics are different from iRacing etc. So I do not say this with no sim racing experience. I say this as a amateur sim racer, having dabbled with iRacing for a while (Don't get the time to play to warrant paying subscription charges anymore) and a long time racer of rFactor.
Its not perfect (Yet) but I am really enjoying it. I had high hopes that Shift 2 was going to be fixed and so far I am pleasantly surprised. I say strangely because I hated Shift 1 with a passion, due to the complete arcade handling. I just wanted to drop my 2 pence worth in, I have played Shift 2 now a few hours over a couple of days and I must say I strangely disagree with most of the comments about the handling.