The Driving Force GT wheel is "expected" to ship in May.
GDC08: Logitech unveils Gran Turismo wheel
The Driving Force GT wheel is "expected" to ship in May.
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Seriously though, that is one hot steering wheel.
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Ugh...huh?
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Won't someone please make it so?
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And let's not forget its price(plus the game)...
And maybe the resale value won't be there...
...but you gotta admit(yes, even to the haters out there); for a console wheel, that's pretty slick lookin'. At least with the supposed release date of May, I could save a $1.50 a day for one until then. LoL
Instead of feeding starving children, donating to charity, or buying something else. :d Yeah, I'm selfish. So there.
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But at a "mere" $150, I wonder if it provides the level of quality of the G25. It's missing a clutch for starters and the pedals aren't metal.
To those above who wonder, the Logitech Gran Turismo wheels have traditionally been useable in other racing games too, both on the PS platform and on a PC (the magic of USB).
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Wires for the pedals? Thats so 1987. The damn this is probably allready Bluetooth for PS3 (if not, take it out back and shoot it) why not just add that functionality between the pedals and wheel...
Also: it looks like it's made of cheap plastic...
AlsoII (return of the also): i agree with esat, my retinas are offended by the ugly as sin dial-o-matic
Oh, and there will be copatability issues, it seems this isn't compatable with the 360... a major oversight... -_-
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Colour me unimpressed... looks like 99.9% of all wheels out there...
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I don't care about wireless, it just doesn't come into play in my setup. It's not like removing the wire to the console will make it wireless anyway, you have to plug it into the wall to get enough power for force feedback.
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@fwacce
Name one feature on this that isn't on the vast majority of other wheels... the GT logo? does that warrent a $150 pricetag?
@why not...
*glare*
did you even read my comment
also: it was a joke
I still maintain the biggest problem with the PS3 is that it isn't a 360... to paraphrase off of Gameinformer's Review of Jenga for the Wii "I have never seen something so designed around a single mechanic, and yet have that single mechanic fail nearly each and every time."
When there are decent games that i can ONLY get on the PS3, then i might revise*, but until then the PS3 is nothing more than a BD Player that can play a small selection of sorta-ok-decent games.
*This is probably be around the time Resistance 2 comes out ;)
I mean no hate here, and i'm not a fanboy... last gen i was all about the PS2... because the Xbox wasn't really all that great until MS got better games... see how it works... i like the system with the good games... isn't that strange...
The GT4 wheel is an excellent wheel, it works great and is sturdy. And it also cost $150 at launch and sold well.
This is an interesting contrast to the MS Wireless Racing Wheel which is wireless, but isn't well made, doesn't work well and also cost $150.
So apparently $150 is the going rate for a force feedback wheel, so I don't think they'll have much trouble selling this one (well, other than the fact that GT5P isn't even a full game).
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I paid $129 for my GT4 wheel and do not regret it. To anyone that thinks it is cheaply made, think again. The thing is rock solid and feels exactly like a smaller diameter wheel straight from a real car. The thing dropped about 10 feet from the top of my closet shelf and still works fine. The only thing that pisses me off is that a lot of games only support 180 degrees of rotation.
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No pedal shifters. A "stick" that is basically a sport shifter. 2 pedals instead of 3, and plastic at that.
But hay, at least it has a Gran Turismo logo and a few Playstation buttons on it! That's a selling feature isn't it? Right?
Sony probably just wanted something that would be competitive with the MS Wireless wheel. I wonder if this one goes up in flames as well?
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Also, the MS Steering Wheel for the 360 dropped to $99 awhile ago. Just an FYI...
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While I understand plastic instead of metal in order to drop the price, the shifter is sad.
Also, the Evo X isn't completely clutchless. It has a clutchless option where you have both tiptronic AND paddle shift at the same time.
Anyhow, I'm sorely disappointed in this set up. I expected more at this point from the designers behind gaming peripherals!
Come on people, use some sense! Modular construction with seperate components that we can purchase and add in!
If GT5 already supports a shifter, why build one in!?
Why not make it detachable from the main unit while staying wired. Meaning the shifter could be a seperate pod that clips into place or a seperate pod you mount seperately!
What a concept... this thing isn't 'competitive'... it's a redux of seven year old technology.
Yeesh...
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