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Andi

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by Andi » Thu, 21 Aug 2003 05:49:02

Has anyone any experience of steering wheels with consoles (PS2/XBOX). Do
console steering wheels offer a realistic (ish) experience. That has to be
compared to PC game offerings which have recently been pretty poor IMHO
particularly that joke, Toca Race Driver.

Andi.

ae

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by ae » Thu, 21 Aug 2003 05:50:53


>Has anyone any experience of steering wheels with consoles (PS2/XBOX). Do
>console steering wheels offer a realistic (ish) experience. That has to be
>compared to PC game offerings which have recently been pretty poor IMHO
>particularly that joke, Toca Race Driver.

Pretty poor? You haven't played NR2003 or F1C then?

Andrew.

Jone Tytlandsvi

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by Jone Tytlandsvi » Thu, 21 Aug 2003 05:57:40


I've tried F1 2002 and Gotham Racing on the Xbox with a wheel. It was
horrible. Might as well use a gamepad.

Jone.

Alan Bernard

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by Alan Bernard » Thu, 21 Aug 2003 06:39:50


Poor?  Nascar 2003, F1C, LFS.  Obviously Toca was not good; but then no one
expected it to be, once the demo was out.

But for consoles (I have an XBox) there is hardly nothing for the racing
fan.  Even so, I wouldn't dare use a wheel.  A gamepad works just fine.

I'm hoping CMR4 is good.

Alanb

Steve Smit

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by Steve Smit » Thu, 21 Aug 2003 21:16:26

Email me and I'll send you the console story ("Car Games for Car Guys") I
wrote for Motor Trend).  Bottom line: Gran Turismo (but wait for GT4...the
game AND the Logi wheel & pedals).


Leeds100

Consoles

by Leeds100 » Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:25:56

there is a site called www.ps2-racing.com
it is not very up-to-date, but might be useful


Andi

Consoles

by Andi » Sat, 23 Aug 2003 05:31:20

Not really into open wheelers.



> >Has anyone any experience of steering wheels with consoles (PS2/XBOX). Do
> >console steering wheels offer a realistic (ish) experience. That has to
be
> >compared to PC game offerings which have recently been pretty poor IMHO
> >particularly that joke, Toca Race Driver.

> Pretty poor? You haven't played NR2003 or F1C then?

> Andrew.

ae

Consoles

by ae » Sat, 23 Aug 2003 05:42:02


>Not really into open wheelers.

Pardon my ignorance, what is an "open wheeler"?

Andrew.

Ian

Consoles

by Ian » Sat, 23 Aug 2003 05:52:34



>> Not really into open wheelers.

> Pardon my ignorance, what is an "open wheeler"?

> Andrew.

A car where the wheels aren't enclosed within the bodyshell. ie. F1, CART or
F3000 etc.

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Ian P
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ae

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by ae » Sat, 23 Aug 2003 06:00:14


>A car where the wheels aren't enclosed within the bodyshell. ie. F1, CART or
>F3000 etc.

Thats what I guessed, but that hardly applies to NR2003 does it. Guess
the OP is in the wrong newsgroup if he just wants arcade games.

Andrew.

Andi

Consoles

by Andi » Sun, 24 Aug 2003 02:29:24

OK, slight brain fade on the Nascar thing with wheels - guess I was dizzy
from all those circles. Not really the wrong NG although this one has been
hijacked by NR people in the past., is Nascar the only Sim (or supposed sim)
out there.

What I'm looking for is seeing how some of the newer driving games/sims work
on the later consoles, on the basis that a lot of recent PC driving
games/sims havn't been too good (or don't appeal).

I don't like arcade driving games and really am looking for a closer to life
experience. My peference is for rally or sports car driving. It seams to me
that some of the console offerings may be the only ones around and although
Codemasters still seem willing to make PC sims, waiting months is not what I
want to do.

So back to the original question, do consoles support any decent steering
wheels and do the games support them properly?

Andi.



> >A car where the wheels aren't enclosed within the bodyshell. ie. F1, CART
or
> >F3000 etc.

> Thats what I guessed, but that hardly applies to NR2003 does it. Guess
> the OP is in the wrong newsgroup if he just wants arcade games.

> Andrew.

Dav

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by Dav » Sun, 24 Aug 2003 10:27:37


>So back to the original question, do consoles support any decent steering
>wheels and do the games support them properly?

Can't say I'm an expert on wheels as I don't even use one for PC
sims.  But IIRC, Randy Macgruder at digitalsports.com raved about
Grand Prix Challenge (PS2) and its use of the wheel (don't recall
which one).  But I can't imagine it compares favorably to F1-2002
on the PC.  I still pretty much only play GT3 (and with std
dual-shock controller).  I also picked up Pro Race Driver and EA's
F1-2002 for the PS2.  They are mediocre at best.  PRD scores
points for having interesting cars and tracks.  But realism isn't
its strongest suit.

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