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| From: Logitech
Category: Video Games
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $122.81
You Save: $27.18 (18%)
New (39) Used (4) from $99.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 739
Platform: Playstation 3
Color: Black
Media: Accessory
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 13
Dimensions (in): 12.8 x 14.1 x 11.4
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 941-000020
Model: 941-000020
UPC: 097855051851
EAN: 0097855051851
ASIN: B0015HYPOO
Release Date: April 28, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Pretty sweet but there ares some drawbacks October 3, 2008
I got this about 5 weeks ago during a lightning deal for 89.99 so keep that in mind. It shipped in about 2 days and I had it in another 2 so about 4 days in all from order placement to setup. Box was in excellent condition, no dings or anything and all wires etc. were included, nothing was missing.
The parts are the main wheel assembly and shifter (1 piece and cannot be separated like the G25 wheel also from Logitech), the brake and gas pedals and power block. Lots of wires, one from the main wheel assembly to the power block, 1 from power block to wall plug(obviously :P ), wire from pedals to main wheel assembly, and finally from wheel assembly to PS3.
The wheel attaches to the edge of a table (end table in my case) via 2 clamps that screw down and lock the assembly in place. They look like C clamps and they hold it down fairly securely but when you go through some unruly courses with a lot of tight turns, its a good idea to check how securely the wheel is fastened after every race. :)
The wheel is a joy to use with GT5 Prologue and presumably with the full version GT5 when it comes out early next year '09. The forcefeedback is very strong but can be adjusted as well as a myriad of other settings that are designed specifically for GT5 like brake balance ratio between front and back, power steering force and slew of other settings that I can't remember off hand right now (at work here). What is REALLY nice though is that you can access all these settings during the actual racing and tweak them on the fly without having to pause the race, jump through a bunch of menus, changing a setting, going back to the race, testing the setting to see if its where you want it to be etc.
The force feedback motor is strong and gives great feedback. You feel the forces when for e.g. a driver slams into you from behind or from the side and tries to push you out of the way, when the tires hit the side of the road and the wheels go over the checkered, raised edge of the track(you get that thump, thump, thump, thump in the steering wheel) , when you turn at high speeds but the car wants to keep going forward so you get that tug on the wheel etc.
There's also a shifter on the righthand side that is basically a toggle switch that moves up and down. You push it up and release and it goes back to the middle to shift up a gear(or shift down, you can change it in the settings) and vice versa.
There are also paddle shifters on the actual steering wheel on the right and left hand side that can be used for shifting, and that's what I use mostly when racing with a manual transmission.
The wheel really makes GT5 a joy to play.
The pedal block has studded tack that flips out on the bottom to hold the pedal block in place on carpets and it works very wheel. The pedal block stays in place and is very secure even with very aggressive 'pedal to the metal' type racing approach.
A quick warning though, if you've never used wheels before and just used a controller like me, the wheel might be a little frustrating in the beginning. It takes a while to unlearn the all or nothing button mashing. The gas and brake pedals behave very realistically and are linear. So coming into turns you can ease up on the gas and or feather the brakes to make controlled turns like a real driver would but in the beginning I found myself using the commando all or nothing approach and just mashing down the gas and brakes. Once you acclimate and get into the groove of things though, its just an amazing experience.
I have also used the wheel with the GRiD and BurnOut Paradise demo's (GT5 Prologue is the only full featured racing game I have) and the results were ok but not as smooth as with GT5 which is expected since this wheel was made and designed specifically for the GranTourismo series.
The wheel was satisfactory in BurnOut Paradise but you will need a LOT of tweaking to get it to work in GRiD (at least the demo for sure). The wheel is just waaaaaaaaay too sensitive and so the majority oif the tweaking is to get the dead zone for the wheel, brake and gas pedals right. Once you do though, it works just fine. Just make sure to turn off 900 degree wheel turns setting (or something to that effect) so you don't have to turn the wheel over one rotation to make sharp turns. Thats why it becomes too sensitive. If you leave the 900 degree setting (whatever its called) on then turning becomes ridiculously unwieldy.
I know I've rambled on and on, but I hope that I have at least painted a somewhat useful picture of what to expect from this package both in actual use and game performance. If you have questions post them in the comments area and I'll try to answer to the best of my ability (assuming Amazon notifies you via email when someone leaves a comment on a review you've posted).
Cheers.
 Better than the joystick control October 3, 2008
The Playstation 3 Logitech Driving Force GT Racing Wheel is sooo much better than using the joystick controller! It's much more like real driving (especially on Gran Turismo or Grand Theft Auto). The only drawback is that you have to buy the lap attachment separately (the Racing Wheel has clamps that are supposed to allow you to attach it to a table, but come on, who sits at a table to play video games?) I recommend getting the wheel and lap attachment together. Play on!
Worth every penny... September 30, 2008
Got this one yesterday... and it's worth every penny... you will never play racing game with that remote controller again... a must for every PS3 accessories.. (by the way... used this with Burnout Paradise game..).. it's a blast!
Better than the Driving Force Pro September 29, 2008
This wheel is easily better than the Driving Force Pro made by Logitech. I enjoy using it and would never go back to the old wheel. I bought this during a lightning deal for $89.99. If you already have a DFP, than it is hard to justify paying the full 129.99 MSRP. Wait till you catch a deal or just wait till the prices go down. Either way, this wheel is a worthy upgrade and should be on any Gran Turismo player's wish list.
good product September 29, 2008
this wheel is specially designed for gt5. It works like charm and gives you real feel for racing. It is made out of plastic and rubber but its not cheaply built. Very solid product. Too bad, it doesn't work with motorstorm.
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