Consoles & wheels
Discussion
I was a bit annoyed to find that my G25 wouldn't work with a PS4, but I treated myself to a G29 and a Playseat and all was well.
I just very nearly impulse bought an Xbox One on the back of Forza Horizon 4, but then realised that neither of my wheels would work with it. If Amazon had a DriveHub I'd have probably bought that and an Xbox today, but they've only got another product from the same company which is a generic controller adapter and I suspect works incompletely with wheels. The DriveHub takes some time to be delivered from the states, costs more and may get clobbered for import duty.
Probably for the best, since it stopped me chucking a few hundred quid at a whim, but if I decide to do it, what's the best option?
I just very nearly impulse bought an Xbox One on the back of Forza Horizon 4, but then realised that neither of my wheels would work with it. If Amazon had a DriveHub I'd have probably bought that and an Xbox today, but they've only got another product from the same company which is a generic controller adapter and I suspect works incompletely with wheels. The DriveHub takes some time to be delivered from the states, costs more and may get clobbered for import duty.
Probably for the best, since it stopped me chucking a few hundred quid at a whim, but if I decide to do it, what's the best option?
Dont wanna be that guy but PC is the real way to go.
The lock down on pheripherals came about with the ps4 and xbox one. Ps4 claimed a security issue which was proven not to be true and shortly later came out with a deal with gran turismo and thrustmaster. Effectively locking out logitech the only other main manufacturer untill the g29 which is just a rebranded g27 which is in effect a rebranded g25.
Microsoft are the apple of consoles and have always required proprietary connections and drivers, They tried to hold it themselves with the madcatz brand type thing for a while but have since stopped. As such the market for consoles slowly died away.
Anyone with a real interest have used PC to avoid all that although the PC costs and the lack of a plug and play in your living room feel puts alot of people off.
I cant even think of anything on console I would want to play with a wheel. Assetto corsa at a push but the console version is meant to be a much toned down game compared to PC. You also loose a lot of customization for wheels etc which PC software can do.
Im not aware of anything you can do to get around the microsoft issue. Ive never heard of anyone getting a ps4/pc usb wheel working with xbox, People cant even get their g27's etc working on ps4 with £100 quid adapters that get them powered on at best but still barely usable.
The lock down on pheripherals came about with the ps4 and xbox one. Ps4 claimed a security issue which was proven not to be true and shortly later came out with a deal with gran turismo and thrustmaster. Effectively locking out logitech the only other main manufacturer untill the g29 which is just a rebranded g27 which is in effect a rebranded g25.
Microsoft are the apple of consoles and have always required proprietary connections and drivers, They tried to hold it themselves with the madcatz brand type thing for a while but have since stopped. As such the market for consoles slowly died away.
Anyone with a real interest have used PC to avoid all that although the PC costs and the lack of a plug and play in your living room feel puts alot of people off.
I cant even think of anything on console I would want to play with a wheel. Assetto corsa at a push but the console version is meant to be a much toned down game compared to PC. You also loose a lot of customization for wheels etc which PC software can do.
Im not aware of anything you can do to get around the microsoft issue. Ive never heard of anyone getting a ps4/pc usb wheel working with xbox, People cant even get their g27's etc working on ps4 with £100 quid adapters that get them powered on at best but still barely usable.
Ah, I work from home. In IT. A PC is just a tool for me, in my office, so I have irrational problems with the idea of setting up one for gaming - it's the POS I spend all day swearing at. I've got Project Cars 2 and GT Sport on the PS4 and used to have previous GT titles on the PS3, and fancy a bit of Forza on the Xbox. I've got a BFO telly in the living room, I just want a box I plug a controller into and play. And that I'm quite happy to let the girlfriend's kids do what they want on. I know full well that if I want a proper sim I need to get a PC setup, I'm just insufficiently motivated.
otolith said:
Where did you order it from?
Direct from Collective Minds, just checked and it was back in May. It may be worth checking around for a discount code, I don’t know if this still works but I used the code gtplanet10 and got a 10% discount. Review below, it’s from last year and mentions about UK stock:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/drive-hub-r...
paulwoof said:
Dont wanna be that guy but PC is the real way to go.
The lock down on pheripherals came about with the ps4 and xbox one. Ps4 claimed a security issue which was proven not to be true and shortly later came out with a deal with gran turismo and thrustmaster. Effectively locking out logitech the only other main manufacturer untill the g29 which is just a rebranded g27 which is in effect a rebranded g25.
Microsoft are the apple of consoles and have always required proprietary connections and drivers, They tried to hold it themselves with the madcatz brand type thing for a while but have since stopped. As such the market for consoles slowly died away.
Anyone with a real interest have used PC to avoid all that although the PC costs and the lack of a plug and play in your living room feel puts alot of people off.
I cant even think of anything on console I would want to play with a wheel. Assetto corsa at a push but the console version is meant to be a much toned down game compared to PC. You also loose a lot of customization for wheels etc which PC software can do.
Im not aware of anything you can do to get around the microsoft issue. Ive never heard of anyone getting a ps4/pc usb wheel working with xbox, People cant even get their g27's etc working on ps4 with £100 quid adapters that get them powered on at best but still barely usable.
Are PS4 perifpherals lockeddown? Fairly certain my G29 can be used on PC or PS4 as it’s USB you just require Logitech’s software on PC to run it. The lock down on pheripherals came about with the ps4 and xbox one. Ps4 claimed a security issue which was proven not to be true and shortly later came out with a deal with gran turismo and thrustmaster. Effectively locking out logitech the only other main manufacturer untill the g29 which is just a rebranded g27 which is in effect a rebranded g25.
Microsoft are the apple of consoles and have always required proprietary connections and drivers, They tried to hold it themselves with the madcatz brand type thing for a while but have since stopped. As such the market for consoles slowly died away.
Anyone with a real interest have used PC to avoid all that although the PC costs and the lack of a plug and play in your living room feel puts alot of people off.
I cant even think of anything on console I would want to play with a wheel. Assetto corsa at a push but the console version is meant to be a much toned down game compared to PC. You also loose a lot of customization for wheels etc which PC software can do.
Im not aware of anything you can do to get around the microsoft issue. Ive never heard of anyone getting a ps4/pc usb wheel working with xbox, People cant even get their g27's etc working on ps4 with £100 quid adapters that get them powered on at best but still barely usable.
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