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"The Ultimate So Far!" on by skroadie
Pros: The force feedback make it possible to get the most of accellerating out of a turn. The grip of the wheel is of the most durable.
Cons: The inability to change the angle of the wheel and pedals forced me to build appliances to set them at the right angles for the best commpetitive edge.
Summary: Excellence Cubed.
Save for one thing. I played GT3 and 4 so much and often that after only a year or so the shift up button started double shifting on me. This will never be a problem for drivers that use automatic shifting, but they will never be as fast as ME.
But now I've learned to use the shifter.
Most of my friends have a hard time using the wheel, they feel FF(force feedback) in the wheel but with out the G-force normally felt in real world driving they tend to either go headlong into walls at the end of straightaways or burn out their tires fishtailing down the straight aways.
My advise would be to get use to the game with the normal controller, and then move on to the wheel.
I've given the Pro ForceFeedback a rating of 10 because, with it I was able to acheive steering accuracy that is not possible with non-FF wheels, in fact I would never use a non-FF wheel again, I'd prefer to use the DualShock instead.
And I'm speaking from experience, I purchased 4 of the most advertised wheels. ALL JUNK.
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"A must have for driving simulation" on by Artur.AN
Pros: Feeling, construction
Cons: Pedals are not "pressurized" as they should be.
Summary: Being a GT player since first edition,used to drive with the Sony's Dual Shock Controller,being used to win every single race and championship on all GT's games, I decided to "upgrade" my simulation driving experience for GT4 and bought the Driving Force Pro Wheel. Well, it s not an easy task to adapt my self to the newcomer, after years and years of DualShock Controller driving. After a few laps with some of mt cars and on some tracks, I am still discovering and adapting myself to the wheel.Road feeling is excellent,one must be very careful with the chosen trajectories and very decisive on making turns. The pedals are ok although the brake pedal should have a more "pressurized feeeling" as it's very difficult to "feel" the braking power of the car.However this has to do also with the getting used to it. I use the wheel buttons to change gears,but sometimes its nice to change them on the gear stick which is a bit misplaced for that, as I would prefer to have it closer to the wheel, in order to change them without the need of having to move the hand away from the wheel. The "force" of the wheel is sometimes "too much", but also very useful in some situations. One thing is for sure using the Driving Force Pro: driving its much more sensitive, much more subtle and efficient. And the pleasure it gives, lap after lap has nothing to do with the standard controller. A must have for GT maniacs like myself.
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After a complete night adapting myself to this wheel, I can say that things are getting better and better.A noticed however a few things: gear lever is not as misplaced as I mentioned before.Also, the better the car and the better it is tuned, the wheel behaves really nice, I can have full control of the car,naturally.Also I agree with other user opinion, when he says that the wheel should return to its "straight" position by itself, as this is the natural behavior on a real car. This is a glitch that it is important specially on rallyes.Again,maybe getting used to it can make things even better.All in all and again, a must have for the serious maniac...like myself. -
"The wheel creates a nice realism to GT4 but lacks automatic wheel return" on by ante_up13
Pros: Great for the pavement racing in GT4. It provides some great realism
Cons: The pedal console slides a bit. The lack of automatic return makes it easy to do donuts all day long.
Summary: With the rally racing in GT4, the wheel fails. There is a hard learning curve to keep the car from spinning out because there is no auto return on the wheel. If Logitech can add it to their next wheel, they would really have something great. I would wait for the price to come down a bit if I were to do it over again.
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"Awesomesauce" on by jorgekemp
Pros: Excellent Feedback
Responsive Controls
Ease of UseCons: Accuracy of In-Game Steering
Summary: Nothing more to say really. For getting the perfect height of the unit (or any racing wheel for that matter) I find an ironing board is the perfect companion. It allows anyone to get a comfortable position and is great if you swap drivers, all the other people need to do is adjust the board and drive.
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"buttons should have been on the side" on by rotarydrifter
Pros: works on ps2, ps3 and pc
900 degrees steering
force feedback lets you feel bumps and your car slide
a side shifterCons: lots of cords
buttons on the wheel may be hard to push when you need to
no h-shifter
no clutch functionSummary: I mainly got this wheel because the g25 is way too espensive. it does get a lot of praise so I have no reason to go over it, as i dont play any racing games without it.
now the problems. why are there so many cords, one to plug into the wall one to plug into a usb drive and one to connect it to a power supply. theres no screws like most older computer periferals to keep it from coming out during a race.
another major problem is the lack of buttons on the side meaning that if you are trying to e-brake during a drift it's pretty hard to do while your wheel's spinning around. I personally had to switch the buttons with the shifter since i rarely have to upshift while the wheel's spinning anyways.
if you need a cheap wheel and the newer logitech wheels are out of reach, get it, but just be aware of it's flaws.
Logitech Driving Force Pro user reviews (PS2)
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