I believe the Thrustmaster Nascar (Formula) Force GT and the Act labs Force
RS are the most promosing looking force feedback racing wheels.
But there's only one problem which one should I buy, I've always been using
Thrustmaster racing wheels (the T2 and Formula Pro) and both of them where
high quality steering wheels but the Act labs Force RS looks really good.
I have a Nascar/Formula Pro as well and am eager to get a FFB wheel.
I'm trying to wait till the Logitech and the Thrustmaster come out, so
I can compare 3 or 4 different models and weigh the pluses and
minuses.
The Microsoft wheel 'looks' awesome and gets good feedback on this NG.
The things that keep me from it getting are: no USB version, people
reported that the use of gears give it a grainy feel and it's FFB
technology isn't as up to date as some of the other wheels coming.
The Logitech Formula Force looks promising, sweet looking wheel,
paddle shifting, USB & cable driven that will hopefully give smooth
tension. The pedals look flimsy though, but I've only seen the stock
image posted on Logitech's site, maybe it doesn't do them justice.
I can't find any info on the Thrustmaster page about their new wheel,
with the exception of a picture of the thing and some generic
marketing blurbs. It's almost November so I'm guessing that they won't
have out for the X-mas season =[
Adam
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Actually, I believe EB has tomorrow (the 27th of October) as the
availability date of the TM FF wheel.
Steve
Get the Microsoft Sidewinder Wheel, you wont regret it!
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>Some stuff snipped >>I can't find any info on the Thrustmaster page about their new wheel, >>with the exception of a picture of the thing and some generic >>marketing blurbs. It's almost November so I'm guessing that they won't >>have out for the X-mas season =[ >Actually, I believe EB has tomorrow (the 27th of October) as the >availability date of the TM FF wheel. >SteveI forgot to mention, you can get the Microsoft Sidewinder Wheel for
$149.95 plus $13.16 shipping from www.provantage.com
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>Some stuff snipped >>I can't find any info on the Thrustmaster page about their new wheel, >>with the exception of a picture of the thing and some generic >>marketing blurbs. It's almost November so I'm guessing that they won't >>have out for the X-mas season =[ >Actually, I believe EB has tomorrow (the 27th of October) as the >availability date of the TM FF wheel. >Steve> I also forgot the Saitek wheel, this silver horrible thing. Feels like
> its gonna break off in your hand. Bizarre that, since they make
> that wonderful Cyborg 3d pad.
I tried the Saitek FF wheel (a pre-production version, though), and
despite the horrible looks, it felt quite sturdy to me.
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Anssi Lehtinen
