Hi all, new to the game. For other newbies out there, being a real life rider and coming from other titles such as MotoGP, the one change that made the biggest difference to gain enjoyment using a gamepad is setting direct lean to 100%, lean deadzone 0%, and lean linearity to 100%, Smooth off.
Once I did this the sim was as I expected it to be.
Hope this helps someone new,
Strato