ataridave Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I really love racing games, and while I find the XBOX 360 controller to be fine for the racing games on the system, the official MS brand wireless steering wheel looks really sweet! But I don't know what the quality is like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlysublime Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 are you talking about the older wireless wheel or the newer wireless speed wheel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 From my understanding the original 360 wireless wheel is one of the best peripherals made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ataridave Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 are you talking about the older wireless wheel or the newer wireless speed wheel? The older one that's white and gray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtmtnbiker Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I was lucky to find someone put the 360 wheel to the side at my local transfer station so I was able to score one for free. It is in excellent condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ataridave Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 I just want to know whether it's a quality peripheral or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlysublime Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 it works. the feedback is vague and your times will probably not improve. but the immersive factor is the cool part. are you asking if it's reliable? decently reliable. around the level of its price. not as reliable as more expensive wheels like the logitech ones or the fanatec ones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I found one in a thrift shop for ~$20. I wanted really hard to like it, but it's just not much good. I was so unhappy with it that I just stopped playing Forza. It was a pretty rough shock realizing that I was going to need a $350 wheel to enjoy the game. Especially since I have a rather nice wheel that the game doesn't support. IMO the force feedback was weak and lazy, but the worst part was the poor support for it in forza 4 which could have found better ways around its lock-to-lock limits. If you're coming from something like the Fanatec Speedster 3 (xbox1 wheel) or another non-feedback wheel, it might be an upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Never have been a big racing fan. I sold my mint, unopened Dreamcast wheel about a year ago, just because it was taking up space and I had never used it!! That said..If you're a huge racing fan, I'd take Reaperman's opinion over just about anyone here on AA. He knows what he's talking about when it comes to racing games!! Just my 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 (edited) From my understanding the original 360 wireless wheel is one of the best peripherals made. It's a cheap wheel and pedal set. If it has that reputation, it's completely undeserved. Everything is plastic, the force feedback quality is rough, the quality of the buttons, d-pad, and shifters are poor and failure prone, it's noisy and doesn't turn as smoothly as it should, and it has several common issues sometimes right out of the box. The guide button is known activate itself at times (Which is a killer when that problem develops after a few hours of use if you have any intention of utilizing it during online races) and the wheel often isn't centered. Mine had to be held slightly to the right or left (I forget which) to go straight from day 1. Far from an isolated problem judging by how common I saw that issue be brought up at forums. Edited February 14, 2013 by Atariboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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