Re: Magazine review of force feedback steering wheels...

brakes really nice on the Ferrari one. They don't have much resistance but I can be precise. the perfect wheel: Logitech wheel ch pedals? strength of act lab FF smoothness of Logitech ff act labs shifter. M$ clamping system -- Kieran www.pcracing.co.uk for GP3 and WSC Some Call Me Tim <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:hBFd5.5233$[email hidden]... > I've had my Ferrari FF wheel for 6 months now and it's just fab. Even my GPL > lap times are tumbling with it. > It's the best wheel I've tried by far. It's well made has excellent FF loads > of buttonsand a stick and the peddles are very good (nice progressive > braking in GPL) > > Some Calll Me Tim > >

I bought PC Gaming World (UK Mag) at lunchtime - mainly for the DVD on the front with 1.5Gb of game patches. It has a rundown of Steering wheels in it - and the Logitech FF wheel comes out very badly. They rate them in the following order 1. Guillemot 2. Microsoft followed several places lower by Logitech Has anybody got the Guillemot wheel? -it's got a ferrari badge in the center of the wheel, and gorgeous looking pedals. If it's up to the job, I'll get it - otherwise I'll go with Microsoft (who I respect and trust without question). If it's any help in the tips forwarded, the wheel/pedals I buy is going to be used for GPL and GP3. Jonathan Beckett [email hidden] www.btinternet.com/~jonbeckett

>I bought PC Gaming World (UK Mag) at lunchtime - mainly for the DVD on >the front with 1.5Gb of game patches. Please ignore the previous message. I'm having a brain dead few minutes...

"Jon Beckett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted text (9 lines)

> I bought PC Gaming World (UK Mag) at lunchtime - mainly for the DVD on > the front with 1.5Gb of game patches. > > It has a rundown of Steering wheels in it - and the Logitech FF wheel > comes out very badly. They rate them in the following order > > 1. Guillemot > 2. Microsoft > followed several places lower by Logitech

Huh. I have the LWFF and bought and returned the MS wheel. The LWFF used the smallest amount of CPU cycles per FF event plus I liked the shift paddle placement better. I am pretty happy with it. > Has anybody got the Guillemot wheel? -it's got a ferrari badge in the > center of the wheel, and gorgeous looking pedals. Many people have this wheel and apparently like it. > If it's up to the job, I'll get it - otherwise I'll go with Microsoft > (who I respect and trust without question). Bad plan actually. > If it's any help in the tips forwarded, the wheel/pedals I buy is > going to be used for GPL and GP3. GPL ran fine with my LWFF. The FF was great and I had no problems with the pedals. -- [email hidden]

The Act labs is the Fest force feedback with the most powerful motor. All the reviews I seen online rate the Act labs #1 and the logitech #2 I have an act labs with the gearshift and love it. www.act-labs.com -- --g_major on TEN --Team Oscar -- http://drive.to/racehard (Personal site) --"To finish a race first, you first must finish the race" -- Mark Martin "Jon Beckett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I bought PC Gaming World (UK Mag) at lunchtime - mainly for the DVD on > the front with 1.5Gb of game patches. > > It has a rundown of Steering wheels in it - and the Logitech FF wheel > comes out very badly. They rate them in the following order > > 1. Guillemot > 2. Microsoft > followed several places lower by Logitech > > Has anybody got the Guillemot wheel? -it's got a ferrari badge in the > center of the wheel, and gorgeous looking pedals. > > If it's up to the job, I'll get it - otherwise I'll go with Microsoft > (who I respect and trust without question). > > If it's any help in the tips forwarded, the wheel/pedals I buy is > going to be used for GPL and GP3. > > > Jonathan Beckett > [email hidden] > www.btinternet.com/~jonbeckett

I've had my Ferrari FF wheel for 6 months now and it's just fab. Even my GPL lap times are tumbling with it. It's the best wheel I've tried by far. It's well made has excellent FF loads of buttonsand a stick and the peddles are very good (nice progressive braking in GPL) Some Calll Me Tim

Here is your top 4. 1. Act-Labs 2. Guillemot 3. Logitech 4. Microsoft. Jon Beckett wrote:

Quoted text (22 lines)

> I bought PC Gaming World (UK Mag) at lunchtime - mainly for the DVD on > the front with 1.5Gb of game patches. > > It has a rundown of Steering wheels in it - and the Logitech FF wheel > comes out very badly. They rate them in the following order > > 1. Guillemot > 2. Microsoft > followed several places lower by Logitech > > Has anybody got the Guillemot wheel? -it's got a ferrari badge in the > center of the wheel, and gorgeous looking pedals. > > If it's up to the job, I'll get it - otherwise I'll go with Microsoft > (who I respect and trust without question). > > If it's any help in the tips forwarded, the wheel/pedals I buy is > going to be used for GPL and GP3. > > Jonathan Beckett > [email hidden] > www.btinternet.com/~jonbeckett

On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:11:47 GMT, [email hidden] (Jon Beckett) wrote: >I bought PC Gaming World (UK Mag) at lunchtime - mainly for the DVD on >the front with 1.5Gb of game patches. > >It has a rundown of Steering wheels in it - and the Logitech FF wheel >comes out very badly. They rate them in the following order Sounds odd. I did the same thing Greg did, I bought the MS wheel 1st, returned it for the LWFF, and I love it. If I had to do it over again though, I'd take a closer look at the Act Labs one, I love the feel of that shifter. (which wasn't out yet, when I bought mine) Andy Please use [email hidden] for all email replies

Before one goes and puts too much stock in the review,..please go back to the issue and check for adds within the magazine for Guillemot and MS if you see those but not one for Logitech....then I think the ol publishing arm influenced the editorial arm. If there are NO adds for Gulliemot and MS, then you can probably accept their verdict as on the level. dave henrie "Jon Beckett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted text (23 lines)

> I bought PC Gaming World (UK Mag) at lunchtime - mainly for the DVD on > the front with 1.5Gb of game patches. > > It has a rundown of Steering wheels in it - and the Logitech FF wheel > comes out very badly. They rate them in the following order > > 1. Guillemot > 2. Microsoft > followed several places lower by Logitech > > Has anybody got the Guillemot wheel? -it's got a ferrari badge in the > center of the wheel, and gorgeous looking pedals. > > If it's up to the job, I'll get it - otherwise I'll go with Microsoft > (who I respect and trust without question). > > If it's any help in the tips forwarded, the wheel/pedals I buy is > going to be used for GPL and GP3. > > > Jonathan Beckett > [email hidden] > www.btinternet.com/~jonbeckett

"Andy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Sounds odd. I did the same thing Greg did, I bought the MS wheel 1st, > returned it for the LWFF, and I love it. If I had to do it over again > though, I'd take a closer look at the Act Labs one, I love the feel of > that shifter. (which wasn't out yet, when I bought mine) Did they ever get the ACTLabs wheel to work with USB? That was pretty much the main reason I took the plunge with the logitech. Plus the shifting paddles. -- [email hidden]

Yes, the ActLabs wheel now comes with serial and USB connectors. Greg Cisko wrote:

Quoted text (15 lines)

> > "Andy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Sounds odd. I did the same thing Greg did, I bought the MS wheel 1st, > > returned it for the LWFF, and I love it. If I had to do it over again > > though, I'd take a closer look at the Act Labs one, I love the feel of > > that shifter. (which wasn't out yet, when I bought mine) > > Did they ever get the ACTLabs wheel to work with USB? > That was pretty much the main reason I took the plunge with > the logitech. Plus the shifting paddles. > > -- > > [email hidden]

My Act Labs Force RS has the option to use either USB or Serial connectors. I bought it just over a month ago. Cheers Phil ---- GPL F2 Handicap: +149.93 GPL F1 Handicap: +62.44 ----------------------------------------------------------- Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com. Up to 100 minutes free! http://www.keen.com

On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:11:48 -0500, "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted text (11 lines)

> >"Andy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> Sounds odd. I did the same thing Greg did, I bought the MS wheel 1st, >> returned it for the LWFF, and I love it. If I had to do it over again >> though, I'd take a closer look at the Act Labs one, I love the feel of >> that shifter. (which wasn't out yet, when I bought mine) > >Did they ever get the ACTLabs wheel to work with USB? >That was pretty much the main reason I took the plunge with >the logitech. Plus the shifting paddles.

I don't know, I have the LWFF. Was just commenting on the shifter from the Act Labs wheel, which I would like to have as well. <G> That shifter only works with the Act Labs wheel right? I''m guessing there isn't a way to hook it up to my LWFF? (that would be perfect!) I do like the paddles on the Logi wheel though, and I've been completely happy with it. Andy Please use [email hidden] for all email replies

We at SimHQ did an in-depth review on 5 different wheels. I hope you guys enjoy it! http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/hardware/features/wheels/index2.shtml Regards, Victor DiCosola Contributing Editor www.simhq.com