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Looking for recommendations

Mediaon

Looking for recommendations

by Mediaon » Fri, 02 Mar 2001 09:38:33

Check out www.act-labs.com They make one heck of a wheel by most accounts.
To correct the previous post.  The force RS is a good FF wheel, has a
separate shift kit (optional) with configurations available for 4,5,6 speeds
and R with direct input.  I have heard rumors that a clutch set-up is on the
horizon, no idea when.  Last but not least you are probably going to
struggle with many of the newer titles.  Which genre are you interested in?

Paul



> >Hello,
> >I stumbled on to the newsgroup and it made me dust off my Nascar 2 racing
> game.
> >I'm looking for a steering wheel, shifter and pedals (gas brake clutch).
> What
> >do you experts recommend?

> MSFF is probably the best.
> I don't know of any one with a clutch.
> Would be pointless though, as no game
> models a clutch very much, if at all.

> I saw that MS had a wheel and pedals(no clutch).   I
> >assume the FF wheels are the way to go.  SO what is a decent FF wheel?
> What
> >shifting mechanism do people use?  I assume it need s to be its own
device
> since
> >for comfort it willl be lower than the wheel.

> Many of the nicer wheels have F1 type paddle shifters.

> >Do they have adjustable ones (3 spd, 4 spd 5 spd  ... reverse)?

> Not that I know of.

> Are there
> >reasonable pedal that are hinged the right way (on top instead of floor)?

> No

> >seen that in Best Buy none of the pedals have a clutch, so how do people
> >shift:)?

> See above,set up.

> >What are the current sims for Nascar? open wheel?  off-road?   MY
computer
> >system in PII 350 MMx  with a g400 max video card,  Can it handle the
> current
> >sims?

> No,

Jo?o Santos de Sous

Looking for recommendations

by Jo?o Santos de Sous » Thu, 01 Mar 2001 11:14:12

I love my "Guillemot/Thrustmaster Force Feedback Racing Wheel Ferrari"...
solid, well built, gear levers, gear stick, nice pedals, a lot of buttons
and good FFB. I tested against a MS SidewinderFFB USB and liked it better.
However the MS has far better software.

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