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by **Speed** » Mon, 27 Mar 2000 04:00:00

What is, according to you, the best Force Feedback steeringwheel at this
moment?
Please tell me, as I'm planning to buy one.

Greetings,
SpeedR

by **don hodgdo** » Mon, 27 Mar 2000 04:00:00

LWFF with CH Pedals.

by **Iain Mackenzi** » Mon, 27 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Ferrari Guillemot with its own pedals.
Iain

> LWFF with CH Pedals.

> > What is, according to you, the best Force Feedback steeringwheel at this
> > moment?
> > Please tell me, as I'm planning to buy one.

> > Greetings,
> > SpeedR

by **don hodgdo** » Mon, 27 Mar 2000 04:00:00

LOL! This just illustrates the fact that there is no "best" wheel. It is the
one that works best for you. In my quest to find a copy of Papy's CART
Racing in the LA area this week, I've been in 8 or 10 different
computer/software shops. If all I knew about Force Feedback wheels was what
I found in those shops, I'd never have bought one. All of the wheels feel
terrible when unpowered and most are displayed poorly. Only Microsoft has a
device which holds the wheel in a small display and can be powered up to
feel centering forces and some effects. It's unfortunate that most of these
manufacturers haven't a clue about marketing.

--
don

"Getting hit by a meteorite is an accident...
everything else is driver-error."

> Ferrari Guillemot with its own pedals.
> Iain

> > LWFF with CH Pedals.

> > > What is, according to you, the best Force Feedback steeringwheel at
this
> > > moment?
> > > Please tell me, as I'm planning to buy one.

> > > Greetings,
> > > SpeedR

by **Kelvin Stalling** » Mon, 27 Mar 2000 04:00:00

I like the Microsoft FF.

by **Revvi** » Mon, 27 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Its getting on a bit in age now if you compare it to the likes of
Guillemot's Ferrari wheel but I like my Microsoft Sidewinder FF Wheel just
fine thanks!

Revvin

by LL » Tue, 28 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Act labs force RS, a bit more expensive but really more "impressive",
heavier, stronger, not plastic like child toy....

by J » Tue, 28 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Hi SpeedR,
I just posted the following to another thread:

In the moment there are 2 FF-wheels dominating the market, the Logitech WFF and
the ACTLabs RS

Pros:
Logi: smooth effects
RS: strong, solid, has ball bearing on the shaft, shifter available (works with
GPL now?), good support by Actlabs

Cons:
Logi: pedals not to everbodys liking, Support is SHIT, quite sloppy and often
defect right out of the box, especially the newer China-built
RS: Not to smooth due to the belt drive

Anybody is asked to share his further experience when extending the a.m. list.

I myself am quite involved in the Logi wheel (see my webpage) and have upgraded
my system to a quite good standard, but if I went for a new wheel now, I knew
what to do.

Jens

>What is, according to you, the best Force Feedback steeringwheel at this
>moment?
>Please tell me, as I'm planning to buy one.

>Greetings,
>SpeedR

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by **Andy Laurenc** » Tue, 28 Mar 2000 04:00:00

> What is, according to you, the best Force Feedback steeringwheel at
this
> moment?
> Please tell me, as I'm planning to buy one.

> Greetings,
> SpeedR

I have a Destiny, but wouldn't recommend it. It was amazing when it
was new, but it has developed a fault, and works intermittently.
Imagine how annoying that is when you're on a hot lap and you lose all
the feeling. When you get one, get a normal joystick as well to put
horizontally (excellent handbrake). Just make sure you get stiffer
springs!

Andy

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by **Skidd** » Tue, 28 Mar 2000 04:00:00

I have a Saitek force feedback setup. X-cellent !!

Skiddy.....

by **Noel Llop** » Wed, 29 Mar 2000 04:00:00

I was wondering, what do you mean by smooth? Is it a physical thing,
or is it a software thing?

I'm thinking of getting one of those two (or possibly the
Thrustmaster one), but I'm still undecided. Anybody else has any
pros/cons?

If NFS5 had support for the RS shifter, that would probably be
enough to tilt the balance, but as it is, I'm still undecided.

--Noel

by **Iain Mackenzi** » Thu, 30 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Not sure how you can say that. Dominating in what sense? User opinions,
sales, what?
Iain

by J » Thu, 30 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Smooth is meant in a physical way.

Jens

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Classic cars, esp. Morris Minor
Radio controlled airplanes

by J » Sat, 01 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Hi Iain,
was only an observation of the posting-activities.
Can be totally wrong.

Jens

On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 08:01:55 +0100, "Iain Mackenzie"

>Not sure how you can say that. Dominating in what sense? User opinions,
>sales, what?
>Iain

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