Trim tabs may be significantly harder to use. Canopy controls become more sensitive as wing loading increases. A 6-inch toggle travel will cause a faster response and turn rate on a smaller parachute that the same control on a larger parachute. Hands off steering is using your legs to turn your parachute. Leg steering is easier on smaller parachutes than larger parachutes.
Some malfunctions start as slow speed on large parachutes.
Broken lines and blown panels, depending upon location, may remain as slow speed, correctable malfunctions, provided the parachute is large enough. With smaller parachutes, these malfunctions are high speed or start as low speed and degrade rapidly into high speed malfunctions. These malfunctions are easily identified by a collapsed and rapidly spinning parachute. This is a great advantage of higher wing loadings. You definitely know when you have a malfunction.