You think I said new players are hypothetical? 
That is exactly what you said in your post at 05:13:32. You even quoted my reference to that new player.
How about the new player is not put in that position in the first place. Wouldn't that be a better option?
When that rare hypothetical player has a problem we will provide the appropriate hypothetical solution.
Seems pretty clear to me that you did refer to new players as hypothetical.
Hitech looked at the mapping issue and recently added more controller configurations.
I think he is going down the wrong route by trying to add more controller configurations. As you have already stated, it would be impossible to cater for every mix of controllers.
Your own example illustrates the problem with multiple controllers.
Agreed. Hence my belief that adding more controller configs is not the way to go.
Try unplugging the controllers you aren't using when you set up the game.
That is an option however it is not the preferred option for me. Of course the problem is that a new player would not know to unplug their controllers prior to setting up the game so the end result is the same, they have inappropriate or conflicting mappings.
For me the most practical method would be to not have any pre determined mappings and direct the player to set up their controllers as part of the post installation start up routine. That way the player is engaged in the setting up of their controls and Hitech does not have to keep adding controller configurations.
iRacing does this quite well.
