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Force Feedback Wheels?

1 post by 1 person · 02 Dec 1998 - 02 Dec 1998

Brian S 02 Dec 1998#437794
I'm wondering what standards there are in terms of software support for the different force feedback wheels...i.e., Logitech uses Immersion...Microsoft uses something else...etc. Is one kind better than another and more widely suported, or is the difference in force feedback feel all wheel dependent. The reason I ask, is I'm trying to decide on a force feedback wheel. I haven't seen the Act Labs RS or Thrustmaster, but I've tried the Sidewinder and Logitech ones. The Logitech has very different force feedback feel...more subtle, vibrating for example; as opposed to the Sidewinder which is very jerky and bumpy. Some software however, seems to support one wheel better than another. Viper Racing had a lot of force feedback for the Sidewinder, but almost none for the Logitech. In general, whenever I collide hard or flip in any game, the Logitech doesn't give any force feedback, whereas the Sidewinder really shakes. I'm not crazy about the Sidewinder though because it's not a USB wheel, and it's more expensive than the Logitech.

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