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Review Logitech DriveFX™ Racing Wheel
Xbox 360 Fans Now Have an Excuse to Spend More Money by Chuck 'PFunk' Bellows Consoles have long borne the brunt of an avalanche of criticism, jokes, and outright derision on simulation web sites. Console racing games have long been considered (with good reason) to be overly simplistic, or ignoring Newtonian physics completely so as to allow the racer to KISS (Keep It Shiny, Stupid). Dent-free arcade games are not simply the purview of consoles, however. The PC has been home to several awful titles as well, but at least the ability to sit behind a racing wheel offered you a slight amount of realism that even the most high-fidelity console/gamepad combination could never reproduce. Until now. With the advent of the Microsoft Xbox 360, there now exists a console with the number-crunching ability to match pixels with even the stoutest of PCs. With the coming next-gen console wars, the 360 has a clear advantage (it was here first and thus has a head-start) and software and hardware developers have had a chance to create some very nifty peripherals for it. Up until now, the racing wheels made for the 360 have been childish-looking affairs, like something strapped to a toddler’s car seat when they wanted to ‘pretend’ to drive. Designed to be placed in the driver’s lap, allowing the player to drive from the Barcalounger, these lap-friendly devices were largely met with yawns from gamers who were accustomed to driving with a gamepad and saw no need to further clutter up their living room or have something that ridiculous laying around where someone might see it. Enter the new Logitech DriveFX Racing Wheel for the Xbox 360. Logitech DriveFX Racing Wheel One look at the general design and workmanship, and you can tell this peripheral’s descendants were PC wheels. The DriveFX’s construction is rugged and durable. The rubber-coated wheel is approximately 10 inches in diameter and allows you to firmly grip at the 10 and 2 positions. On the left spoke is the direction pad and the four color-coded buttons are on the right. The Start and Back buttons are on the bottom spoke along with the standard green ‘X’ button that turns on the console. |
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At $300, the Logitech G27 Racing Wheel is an expensive but really nice looking gaming peripheral. Full metal, full leather, and full control, the level of immersion discharged by the G27 should easily rival the competitors. From what you can’t see in the picture is that the G27 also has a force-feedback mechanism as well as a RPM and shifter light display. Only compatible on the PS2, PS3 and Windows based PC’s, I’m sure there are some folks out there that are mad they won’t be able to play Forza Motorsport 3 on their Xbox 360’s with this luxury wheel. However it should be sweet for Gran Turismo 5. Available this September.
See G923 in 360° 3D' g series. Logitech G923 TRUEFORCE Racing wheel for Xbox, PlayStation and PC. PRODUCT COMPATIBILITYSome titles may require manual configuration of the wheel upon first use. If you need assistance, please contact Logitech Support. Grab Logitech DriveFX Racing Wheel's comfortable rubber grips, and get ready to race at a new level. Logitech's Axial Feedback technology makes Xbox 360 racing frighteningly real - feel the road, curbs, and even the wall if you're not careful. Some of the other features are accelerator and brake pedals, two paddle shifters, and a full set of. The Logitech DriveFX Racing Wheel works with all Xbox 360 racing games, and features Logitech's axial-feedback technology to provide realistic road feel with precise control. Gas and brake pedals, wheel-mounted paddle shifters, and an injection molded wheel with soft rubber grips add to the realism of your driving experience.
Drivefx Racing wheel help. I just bought a Logitech DriveFX racing wheel from a friend and im trying to use it on forza 7 but it didnt seem to automatically pick it up. Went through the list and it doesnt show, assumed i have to set it up on custom controller options, however it seems to be really weird handling almost like its too.
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