Logitech PlayStation 3 Driving Force GT Racing Wheel
April 28th, 2010 | 
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- 24-position realtime adjustment dial: Fine-tune brake bias, TCS, and damper settings on the fly for unprecedented control over your car’s performance.
- 900-degree wheel rotation: Go 2.5 times around lock to lock, just as you would behind the wheel of many real cars.
- Force feedback technology: Feel every inch of the road for maximum control and the ultimate racing experience.
- Gas and brake pedals: Get precise throttle and brake response with true-to-life pedals.
- Sequential stick shift: Go through the gears for the ultimate in control.
Product Description
The official wheel of Gran Turismo, featuring advanced force feedback technology.Make your PLAYSTATION 3 experience even more realistic. Enjoy unprecedented integration with Gran Turismo 5 Prologue game functions, while advanced force feedback recreates bumps, crashes and traction loss with jaw-dropping realism…. More >>
Logitech PlayStation 3 Driving Force GT Racing Wheel
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The wheel works ok, but it really needs to work wireless.
Since most people have PS3 on the same side of the room as where TV is, the USB has to go across the room.
That’s very ugly and dangerous too!
Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this wheel hoping that it would give a good simulation of real race driving.
Sadly, I found out too late that the force feedback simulation was not realistic enough. I tried all levels of force feedback adjustments in order to justify my purchase(maybe even close to a hundred times… yes I was desperate…), but failed to get a satisfactory setting. My feeling after trying out this product was that the technology for realistic enough & satisfying driving simulation was just not out in the market yet. Some people say that there are other more expensive & better simulation wheels such as the G25 which do a much better job of realistic simulation, but I am very doubtful of that since Driving Force GT is supposed to be the official wheel of the most realistic race driving simulation franchise called Grand Turismo. When buying this wheel I really looked forward to getting a realistic simulation which the hand held controller just did not provide before. But now, after the great & unexpected dissapointment, I have decided to sell all of my driving games & also this brand new Driving Force GT Wheel which I wasted my money on. Anyone with a driver’s licence will immediately notice that this is not how a real car’s steering wheel would feel like on real road. I think buyers expecting realistic simulation should at least try out the wheel & force feedback adjustments before buying it. Maybe in 5 to 10 years there will be a proper Game Wheel with better simulation technology. Until then, my wallet will remain in my pocket. I gave two stars for WORSE than ‘average’ rating….
Rating: 2 / 5
Okay first of all I’m a serious gamer and this is not the first wheel I’ve owned although it’s my first PS3 wheel. It has numerous extra features that I liked to help pinpoint precision of your racing in GT5. The feel of the wheel is very good and the buttons are pretty well layed out although the buttons on the top part of the central steering column are practically impossible to push when driving. -At least I never needed them.
Now the VERY bad part. The pedals that come with it are connected by this VERY flimsy serial type connector that doesnt latch on or even screw on (like a monitor cable) and when moving the wheel, just the normal racing movement, the connector falls right off and you CANT use the pedals any more. This is VERY frusterating and made me lose TOO many races because of this. The pedals go out and you’ve lost your acceleration and brakes.
It’s a Huge Aquiles Heel to such a mighty wheel. I’m giving it a one star because although it’s packed with goodies whats the point if it all depends on a flimsy little connector that 9 out of 10 races fell off.
Logitech shame on you!! -A cheesy little screw could’ve solved that problem. I will be returning this product.
Rating: 1 / 5
The older video games that had bucket seats and was basically an emulation of the driving seat gave the feeling you were driving. As good as the Graphics are on the game systems, and especially on Gran Turismo 5, the Luxury steering wheel ( that feels like an MG in terms of its immediacy and response) avoids the difficulties of the smaller controller and allows you to have a better response to the real life game, and lets you concentrate on the game.You can still see that the essence of the smaller controller is there, however, the components that get unneccessarily distracting get placed together in the driving wheel, the brakes and accelerator, as well as in the perfect response you get in the feel of the road ( the virtual road) beneath you. As a check on what the difference is between the controller and the wheel is, I watch some gamers play with the latest handheld units, and I was amazed, but I guess
its a matter of taste as to wether you have to learn a bunch of hand commands or have a real-life interface like this superb steering control.
Rating: 5 / 5
The force feedback vibration clicks weird (which is not what a real car does) and there’s too much oversteer. My arm also has to fight the wheel to force it to turn so my arms get tired fast.
The plug for the pedals to the steering wheel gets loose easily.
When you pull the steering wheel due to some reaction, the steering wheel unsecures from my table — need a better way to strap the steering wheel to my table (maybe use a long velcro???)
Plus, it only works with about a dozen driving games and I only like about 3 of them so the price of the steering wheel divided by 3 games ($100/3=$33) means that each of the 3 games cost me $33 more to play so I don’t think it’s worth it.
Go to the arcade and play a driving game and you’ll see how much more pleasurable the steering wheels there are than Logitech’s steering wheel.
I heard Fanatec’s racing wheel ([...]) is even better than Logitech G29 racing wheel.
In the end, I returned the Logitech steering wheel and use the dualshock controller which I think is better.
Rating: 1 / 5