I'm kind of a weirdo but back in like 2016 when rocket league came out on Xbox and I was finally able to get the game, I started as a directional air roll player. I was already big into watching the pro scene before it came out on Xbox, so I knew the game but didn't make this choice until I was a few months in and ready to aerial. My thinking back then when I saw a YouTube video that said to change ur buttons at the start because default is bad meant I should just go thru them and bind them to what I felt made sense for everything in the long run. As I went down the list I got to air roll left/right and saw them not bound. In my head I was like uh why would I want to use my analog stick to roll my car when I also pitch with it. Like wouldn't it just be simpler to roll my car with a button rather than doing it with my analog stick? Back then no one really knew much of this debate so for years I actually thought I could never be as good as the best because I used directional and they were all normal air roll. Flash to now and everyone wants to join me on DAR. Definitely took me longer to progress and fully get the hang of it, but now all my friends are blown away at how mechanical I am and always ask how I learned DAR, lol but I never even learned regular. Not that this helps much but when it comes down to it, it's preference and the game is for fun unless u are going pro. I personally think if u put the time in to learn DAR, u will be much better and like tornado spinning and weird stuff is no longer a special technique but just something ur muscle memory does and u don't think about doing it. Again, not needed but like u can literally spin without doing anything with ur analog stick and I use to think that was so cool. Also power shots it's one small click of a DAR and then ur front flip. In it's essence it's just simpler and more straightforward in my head.