"World Tour" adjusts the tracks in the game to account for the instrument controller being used. For example, sections of the lead guitar track that are designed to be played on the new "World Tour" controller's touchpad can be played by tapping the frets on older controllers without strumming. When using "Rock Band"s drum controller, which has one fewer percussion pad than the "World Tour" unit and lacks velocity sensitivity, two of the lanes on the "World Tour" drum board merge, reducing the note track to four drum pads and bass pedal, and no armored notes are presented.