WingMan Formula - Worth getting ?

Just wanna get a cheap wheel for my racing games and i saw that the Wingman Formula should be ok at a low price. Gonna use it mainly for f1 racing games. Thought about getting a force feedback version but they are so much more expensive and i've got a feeling that they are both noisy (with the fan) and break easily (am i wrong?) But to sum up, is topic a good wheel or can i do better in the same price range ? - Jorgen Christensen

Nope the force feedback version is NOT noisy at all. And its very solidly constructed so I don't think you will have cause to break it unless you toss it around the room. :)

I bought a Wingman Formula Force about a month ago and exchanged it just 2 days later because the pedals were so bad for GPL. In exchange, I got a Wingman Formula and CH pedals (not the pro pedals). I plugged the Wingman wheel into the Wingman base and the Wingman base into the CH pedals. It worked instantly with no fuss. I was turning laps at Silverstone within 2 tenths of my personal best after just 2 hrs. of playing. Needless to say, I am VERY happy with this combo and it's still cheaper than the Formula Force! Regards, Hoyt Lindley

I've got a wingman formula and am perfectly happy with it. I ONLY use it to play GPL - i didn't even bother wasting hd space on F1RS & Motorhead. Steve Blank(something) posts here regularly and has some excellent revisions listed on Alison Hines webpage - which I'd recommend doing for GPL. (They're pretty straitforward: better spring for the pedals, tightening the spring for the wheel, & increasing the turning radius.) I'd had a Wingman Formula Force but it developed a tremendous "squeek" after about 2 weeks - and Tom from Logitech who posts at force-1 told me there was nothing to do about it. That said, many others have the formula force wheel & have had no problems. Personally, I love my wingman formula...and the price was right! Happy racing. -Mark

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>> Just wanna get a cheap wheel for my racing games and i saw that the >> Wingman Formula should be ok at a low price. Gonna use it mainly for >> f1 racing games. >> Thought about getting a force feedback version but they are so much >> more expensive and i've got a feeling that they are both noisy (with >> the fan) and break easily (am i wrong?) >> Jorgen Christensen

I brought a Wingman Formula two weeks back. It's great, very well built and the wheel feels superb. The pedals are slightly dissapointing, it's got a nice base but the pedals don't travel as much as I would like. Installation was very simple, there is no USB option on the this wheel, just gameport. The software is great, drivers work very well, especially if you download the latest beta of the wingman software. Buttons are great, 4 on the wheel and two excellent 'F1 Style' shifters. The shifters are well placed and have a nice feel. Again, the paddles are well built, nice and big, not small like some other wheels. On the wheel there are 2 LED's, one confirms power to the device, the other tells you if the wheel is communicating with the device driver. I have no problem with the green LED's, but it would distract some people, but you can easily put some tape over them. Finally the game bundle is F1RS and Motorhead. I've not tried Motorhead yet, but F1RS is ok (if you like it). I don't like Ubisoft's style. I'd give the wheel 8/10. There are only 2 *really* good wheels out there, I think : This wheel and the Act-Labs range. I was going to buy an Act-Labs but there are so few suppliers of it in Europe I gave up searching and brought my Wingman instead. HTH (sorry it dragged on ;-)

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>Just wanna get a cheap wheel for my racing games and i saw that the >Wingman Formula should be ok at a low price. Gonna use it mainly for >f1 racing games. >Thought about getting a force feedback version but they are so much >more expensive and i've got a feeling that they are both noisy (with >the fan) and break easily (am i wrong?) >But to sum up, is topic a good wheel or can i do better in the same >price range ? >- >Jorgen Christensen

Apart from the "squeek", how did you feel about the performance of the wheel in terms of the quality and strength of the forces? Did you find it helpful in GPL? thanks! Sharad --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- ---Share what you know. Learn what you don't.---

>Apart from the "squeek", how did you feel about the performance of the >wheel in terms of the quality and strength of the forces? Did you find >it helpful in GPL? It certainly should help. I found the wheel to be *WAY* more precise than my old T2... -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com

No fan in (or my is defect) Wheel seems reasonable solid (ask again in two years) Jens <snip> --------------------------------------------- Remove "NOSPAM" before using my email-address