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Comments: Thrustmaster Nascar Force GT for $79.99

Greg M

Comments: Thrustmaster Nascar Force GT for $79.99

by Greg M » Wed, 01 Dec 1999 04:00:00

The local Office Depot had this on sale for $79.99 the day after
Thanksgiving.  I purchased it on impulse.

Is this a good wheel for this amount?

I did a little web surfing and Gamespot rated it so so.

Pricing from ComputerShopper turned up selling price in the $150 range.

Any comments appreciated.


Joe6

Comments: Thrustmaster Nascar Force GT for $79.99

by Joe6 » Wed, 01 Dec 1999 04:00:00


>The local Office Depot had this on sale for $79.99 the day after
>Thanksgiving.  I purchased it on impulse.

>Is this a good wheel for this amount?

I personally wouldn't have bought it. According to a GPL programer the
wheel has HORRIBLE CPU overhead when it is being sent commands.

Joe McGinn
_________________________
GA-Sports Writer
http://www.ga-sports.com/

Eric Smit

Comments: Thrustmaster Nascar Force GT for $79.99

by Eric Smit » Wed, 01 Dec 1999 04:00:00

I bought it and it's going back.  I never got it to work because I already
had DX7 installed and it won't work with it.  Tech support told me they
would probably have a new model out before there was a fix for this one.

I guess that's what happens when you go for a deal that's too good.



> >The local Office Depot had this on sale for $79.99 the day after
> >Thanksgiving.  I purchased it on impulse.

> >Is this a good wheel for this amount?

> I personally wouldn't have bought it. According to a GPL programer the
> wheel has HORRIBLE CPU overhead when it is being sent commands.

> Joe McGinn
> _________________________
> GA-Sports Writer
> http://www.ga-sports.com/

Dave Henri

Comments: Thrustmaster Nascar Force GT for $79.99

by Dave Henri » Thu, 02 Dec 1999 04:00:00

  I had heard the wheel was a big resource hog also.  But didn't they
release new drivers that was supposed to fix that?  At least dload the
latest drivers and give it a whirl before throwing it back.
dave henrie

> I bought it and it's going back.  I never got it to work because I already
> had DX7 installed and it won't work with it.  Tech support told me they
> would probably have a new model out before there was a fix for this one.

> I guess that's what happens when you go for a deal that's too good.




> > >The local Office Depot had this on sale for $79.99 the day after
> > >Thanksgiving.  I purchased it on impulse.

> > >Is this a good wheel for this amount?

> > I personally wouldn't have bought it. According to a GPL programer the
> > wheel has HORRIBLE CPU overhead when it is being sent commands.

> > Joe McGinn
> > _________________________
> > GA-Sports Writer
> > http://www.ga-sports.com/


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