Can anyone point me in the direction of some reviews of FF wheels please?
Following my "GPL Generic Joystick & Windows 2000" post of 16/7 I got the my
T2 working in GPL. I didn't manage to get the pedals working though. I
tried the wheel in GP3 which doesn't need to have Windows see the wheel and
the pedals don't work in that either - ie. the pedals are knackered.
So, its time to purchase a new wheel. My assessment of my usual peripheral
suppliers is that the following seem to be the wheels available to me:
MS Sidewinder FF �84.99 (www.gameplay.co.uk)
Saitek R4 (why do Saitek not list this product on their site, but
gameplay.co.uk still sell it) �94.99 (www.gameplay.co.uk)
Thrustmaster Ferrari FF �84.99 (www.amazon.co.uk)
Logitech Wingman Formula Force GP �74.99 (www.amazon.co.uk) �54.99
(www.gameplay.co.uk)
The Saitek R4 got good ratings at the US Pits, but oz informs me that it
doesn't working in Win2K and Saitek don't make it anymore (wonder why
Gameplay still sell it - must have big back stocks of it!).
Are there any other mass market wheels which I should consider in the FF
wheel range? I see that there are alot of homemade wheels for sale out
there, but they are US based so big shipping and duty costs and I'm screwed
when it goes wrong.
My experience of my Thrustmaster T2 and my FLCS was that they are very well
put together and robust. The only problem I had with the T2 was the
gearshift which was a pain in GPL and GP3 having to take my hand off the
wheel to change gear - the springback on the wheel was v.strong too and the
muscles took a pounding after a few hours play.
James
Thanks to ML for pointing me to act-labs.com
This subject has been covered pretty thoroughly in this newsgroup within
the last couple of weeks. Try a search at groups.google.com, it should
be pretty easy to find the thread.
"james" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Can anyone point me in the direction of some reviews of FF wheelsplease?
>
> Following my "GPL Generic Joystick & Windows 2000" post of 16/7 I gotthe my
> T2 working in GPL. I didn't manage to get the pedals working though.I
> tried the wheel in GP3 which doesn't need to have Windows see thewheel and
> the pedals don't work in that either - ie. the pedals are knackered.
>
> So, its time to purchase a new wheel. My assessment of my usualperipheral
it
> doesn't working in Win2K and Saitek don't make it anymore (wonder why
> Gameplay still sell it - must have big back stocks of it!).
>
> Are there any other mass market wheels which I should consider in theFF
> wheel range? I see that there are alot of homemade wheels for saleout
> there, but they are US based so big shipping and duty costs and I'mscrewed
> when it goes wrong.
>
> My experience of my Thrustmaster T2 and my FLCS was that they are verywell
> put together and robust. The only problem I had with the T2 was the
> gearshift which was a pain in GPL and GP3 having to take my hand offthe
> wheel to change gear - the springback on the wheel was v.strong tooand the
Quoted text (10 lines)
> suppliers is that the following seem to be the wheels available to me: > > MS Sidewinder FF �84.99 (www.gameplay.co.uk) > Saitek R4 (why do Saitek not list this product on their site, but > gameplay.co.uk still sell it) �94.99 (www.gameplay.co.uk) > Thrustmaster Ferrari FF �84.99 (www.amazon.co.uk) > Logitech Wingman Formula Force GP �74.99 (www.amazon.co.uk) �54.99 > (www.gameplay.co.uk) > > The Saitek R4 got good ratings at the US Pits, but oz informs me thatQuoted text (7 lines)
> muscles took a pounding after a few hours play. > > James > > Thanks to ML for pointing me to act-labs.com > >On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 21:01:57 +0100, "james" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>MS Sidewinder FF О©╫84.99 (www.gameplay.co.uk)
Check your USB chipset. Ditch this option if it's a VIA chipset as I could not
get the update for the Sidewinder software to run under Win2k.
>Saitek R4 (why do Saitek not list this product on their site, but
>gameplay.co.uk still sell it) О©╫94.99 (www.gameplay.co.uk)
>Thrustmaster Ferrari FF О©╫84.99 (www.amazon.co.uk)
>Logitech Wingman Formula Force GP О©╫74.99 (www.amazon.co.uk) О©╫54.99
>(www.gameplay.co.uk)
Went back and got a LW FF GP and love it.
-Scott Johnson
"There is nothing, I think, more unfortunate than
to have soft, chubby, fat-looking children who go
to watch their school play basketball every Saturday
and regard that as their week's exercise."
- John F. Kennedy, 1962
> Ditch this option if it's a VIA chipset as I could not
> get the update for the Sidewinder software to run under Win2k.
> Where did you find the Sidewinder FF update for Win2K? Do you have a url
and/or filename? I looked on Microsoft's site and found only a note
somewhere that MS would not update the Sidewinder FF wheel drivers and
profiler for win2k.
Thanks,
John
On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 07:07:03 -0700, John Zumsteg <[email hidden]> wrote:
That's odd, MS just came out with a new driver for the wheel under Win2k - it
showed up under windowsupdate.com right after I installed the wheel.
minor rant: Why can't you redownload something off of windows update easily?
Grrr....
Anyway, the update was for the VIA USB chipset - the force feedback won't work
unless you install it, and I every time I tried to run it it reported I hadn't
installed the Sidewinder software (which I had). It's at:
http://www.microsoft.com/products/hardware/sidewinder/SWUpdate/ff2/FF2Download.htm
Also see:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q240/0/75.asp
-Scott Johnson
"There is nothing, I think, more unfortunate than
to have soft, chubby, fat-looking children who go
to watch their school play basketball every Saturday
and regard that as their week's exercise."
- John F. Kennedy, 1962
