>>717462667
I was there back then, Anon. And I know exactly what you mean. Trust me when I say the game has changed. Not necessarily the game itself, but how its played. Competitive DDR is all about locking into the timing window. And the unfortunate fact is that not every song is synced well. Sure, there's stuff like Sweet Sweet Love Magic that feels absolutely perfect. But for every SSLM that feels perfect to play, there's a Max.(Period) that starts VERY late, drifts into being on time towards the middle, then ends up being early by the time the 600BPM section hits.
DDR sync is, unfortunately, very very all over the place and basically REQUIRES visual timing if you want to score competitively. Just recently they FINALLY added an audio offset option so that players can change the sync. So, instead of fixing every broken song that's off by 10-20ms, they just told players "fuck it, do it yourself."
There's even a site where you can compare the sync of different songs:
https://finaloffset.telp.gg/
Note that none of what I've said previously has anything to do with playing the game for fun. If that's your bag, stick with it and keep having fun.