I normally roll out my pizza crust because I suck at shaping (mostly getting a consistent thickness) but I do feel like it negatively impacts the texture of the crust, so I tried just rolling a bit to get a rough circle, then shaped by hand and I have to say the texture is so much better. But I still didn't get a consistent thickness (too thin in the center and a little too thick around the edges). But I feel like the texture is almost where I want it - chewy, but too chewy and still soft.