Has anyone any experience of steering wheels with consoles (PS2/XBOX). Do
console steering wheels offer a realistic (ish) experience. That has to be
compared to PC game offerings which have recently been pretty poor IMHO
particularly that joke, Toca Race Driver.
Andi.
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 21:49:02 +0100, "Andi" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>Has anyone any experience of steering wheels with consoles (PS2/XBOX). Do
>console steering wheels offer a realistic (ish) experience. That has to be
>compared to PC game offerings which have recently been pretty poor IMHO
>particularly that joke, Toca Race Driver.
>Pretty poor? You haven't played NR2003 or F1C then?
Andrew.
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> Has anyone any experience of steering wheels with consoles (PS2/XBOX). Do
> console steering wheels offer a realistic (ish) experience. That has to be
> compared to PC game offerings which have recently been pretty poor IMHO
> particularly that joke, Toca Race Driver.
>
I've tried F1 2002 and Gotham Racing on the Xbox with a wheel. It was
horrible. Might as well use a gamepad.
Jone.
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Poor? Nascar 2003, F1C, LFS. Obviously Toca was not good; but then no one
expected it to be, once the demo was out.
But for consoles (I have an XBox) there is hardly nothing for the racing
fan. Even so, I wouldn't dare use a wheel. A gamepad works just fine.
I'm hoping CMR4 is good.
Alanb
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> Has anyone any experience of steering wheels with consoles (PS2/XBOX). Do > console steering wheels offer a realistic (ish) experience. That has to be > compared to PC game offerings which have recently been pretty poor IMHO > particularly that joke, Toca Race Driver. > > Andi. > >Email me and I'll send you the console story ("Car Games for Car Guys") I
wrote for Motor Trend). Bottom line: Gran Turismo (but wait for GT4...the
game AND the Logi wheel & pedals).
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> Has anyone any experience of steering wheels with consoles (PS2/XBOX). Do > console steering wheels offer a realistic (ish) experience. That has to be > compared to PC game offerings which have recently been pretty poor IMHO > particularly that joke, Toca Race Driver. > > Andi. > > >there is a site called www.ps2-racing.com
it is not very up-to-date, but might be useful
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> Has anyone any experience of steering wheels with consoles (PS2/XBOX). Do > console steering wheels offer a realistic (ish) experience. That has to be > compared to PC game offerings which have recently been pretty poor IMHO > particularly that joke, Toca Race Driver. > > Andi. > > >Not really into open wheelers.
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> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 21:49:02 +0100, "Andi" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
> >Has anyone any experience of steering wheels with consoles (PS2/XBOX). Do
> >console steering wheels offer a realistic (ish) experience. That has tobe
> >compared to PC game offerings which have recently been pretty poor IMHO
> >particularly that joke, Toca Race Driver.
> >
> Pretty poor? You haven't played NR2003 or F1C then?
>
> Andrew.
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 21:31:20 +0100, "Andi" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>Not really into open wheelers.
>Pardon my ignorance, what is an "open wheeler"?
Andrew.
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A car where the wheels aren't enclosed within the bodyshell. ie. F1, CART or
F3000 etc.
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> On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 21:31:20 +0100, "Andi" <[email hidden]> wrote: > >> Not really into open wheelers. >> > Pardon my ignorance, what is an "open wheeler"? > > Andrew.On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 21:52:34 +0100, "Ian P" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>A car where the wheels aren't enclosed within the bodyshell. ie. F1, CART or
>F3000 etc.
Thats what I guessed, but that hardly applies to NR2003 does it. Guess
the OP is in the wrong newsgroup if he just wants arcade games.
Andrew.
OK, slight brain fade on the Nascar thing with wheels - guess I was dizzy
from all those circles. Not really the wrong NG although this one has been
hijacked by NR people in the past., is Nascar the only Sim (or supposed sim)
out there.
What I'm looking for is seeing how some of the newer driving games/sims work
on the later consoles, on the basis that a lot of recent PC driving
games/sims havn't been too good (or don't appeal).
I don't like arcade driving games and really am looking for a closer to life
experience. My peference is for rally or sports car driving. It seams to me
that some of the console offerings may be the only ones around and although
Codemasters still seem willing to make PC sims, waiting months is not what I
want to do.
So back to the original question, do consoles support any decent steering
wheels and do the games support them properly?
Andi.
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> On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 21:52:34 +0100, "Ian P" <[email hidden]> wrote:
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> >A car where the wheels aren't enclosed within the bodyshell. ie. F1, CARTor
> >F3000 etc.
>
> Thats what I guessed, but that hardly applies to NR2003 does it. Guess
> the OP is in the wrong newsgroup if he just wants arcade games.
>
> Andrew.
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>So back to the original question, do consoles support any decent steering
>wheels and do the games support them properly?
Can't say I'm an expert on wheels as I don't even use one for PC
sims. But IIRC, Randy Macgruder at digitalsports.com raved about
Grand Prix Challenge (PS2) and its use of the wheel (don't recall
which one). But I can't imagine it compares favorably to F1-2002
on the PC. I still pretty much only play GT3 (and with std
dual-shock controller). I also picked up Pro Race Driver and EA's
F1-2002 for the PS2. They are mediocre at best. PRD scores
points for having interesting cars and tracks. But realism isn't
its strongest suit.
