Not always, only since Gran Turismo 4 oddly enough.
It’s very strange and doesn’t feel good to me compared to most other racing games. It can be mitigated somewhat in the camera options – although GT7 has less options to change the camera than Sport did, and even the loosest setting still feels really stiff. It’s one element of why the driving feels a lot better to me in Forza.
Sorry to anyone who was looking forward to this. I can’t help thinking how many years and developers they wasted on this project and if we could have gotten an Uncharted sequel or another single player game instead.