Mouse driven steering wheel for ICR2?

I noticed that ICR2 has mouse support. I dont have cash for a T2, and am considering buying one of those steering wheels that attach to a mouse. Has anyone tried this? Please E-mail me if you know anything about this... Thanks, P.S. I also need to know where to get one of these. All the places here in Dayton no longer stock these.

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>I noticed that ICR2 has mouse support. I dont have cash for a T2, and am >considering buying one of those steering wheels that attach to a mouse. >Has anyone tried this? Please E-mail me if you know anything about this... >Thanks, >P.S. I also need to know where to get one of these. All the places here in >Dayton no longer stock these.

Please save yourself the trouble! Even with non-linear steering selected in irc & irc2, accuracy is very important. If you want to eventually have fast laps anywhere near the hot shoes, you'll be at a tremendous disadvantage trying to wedge a mouse between your hands and the control of the sim. I have struggled with a mach2 joystick in lieu of a wheel, but I would never think of using the mouse solution.

from my e-mail: Don't know that specific one, but what you need to push the speed envelope is control. Arcade-style controllers don't offer enought travel (distance the device moves from extreme positions) in either steering or acceleration to be accurate enough to have proper control of the car. The steering wheel is obviously the best, because the travel any fixed point moves 10 inches or more. This allows for extremely slight adjustments to be made to control the car. For me, ironically, I prefer a slightly smaller than normal joystick. Even though the travel of the stick is only 3 1/2 inches, the big sticks are too hard to gain palm grounded finger control, and some are pretty loose at the base to table point. The key with a joystick is to adjust the max throttle to be exactly at the forward limit point of the stick. This allows you to lift throttle by pulling back just a slight bit. If you have to pull back the throttle 1/2" to start letting off the gas, you can't reliably get to proper speed for the curves!

from my e-mail: Don't know that specific one, but what you need to push the speed envelope is control. Arcade-style controllers don't offer enought travel (distance the device moves from extreme positions) in either steering or acceleration to be accurate enough to have proper control of the car. The steering wheel is obviously the best, because the travel any fixed point moves 10 inches or more. This allows for extremely slight adjustments to be made to control the car. For me, ironically, I prefer a slightly smaller than normal joystick. Even though the travel of the stick is only 3 1/2 inches, the big sticks are too hard to gain palm grounded finger control, and some are pretty loose at the base to table point. The key with a joystick is to adjust the max throttle to be exactly at the forward limit point of the stick. This allows you to lift throttle by pulling back just a slight bit. If you have to pull back the throttle 1/2" to start letting off the gas, you can't reliably get to proper speed for the curves!