best steering wheel for xbox

[C2996]

would like to play forza 3 using a steering wheel, just wondering what everyone was using.

[North West Tom]

I'd also like to know.

[TVR Tommy]

There's the Fanatec. Which is the best, but too much money. Or the rubbish MS official wheel. The choice in wheels is pretty limited and the Fanatec coming in at £250+, is just too expensive. Also doesn't sound very durable at the moment.

MS should let Logitech put there G25/27 on the Xbox. If they did release a 360 version I would buy one. But I'm not buying any of MS’s current line up.

[C2996]

so is that the only choices?

what's rubbish about the ms wheel?

[Altrezia]

Build quality. Mount. Degrees of rotation. Pedals.

[Merry]

Well i've found the MS wheel alright. Could do with a better table clamp thing. I think its the best you could get without paying silly money to be honest.

[TheCaseAce]

I use the MS Wireless Wheel, on my lap on the sofa. It's fine - better than a pad, anyway. Not really sure what people mean by "the pedals" being wrong. They're exactly what I'd expect plastic computer game pedals to be like... and they have a really handy heel-retaining loop thing so they can't slide away

Although I suspect using the wheel actually makes me slower round the track, for some reason.

The force feedback can be a bit odd, and some games (like test drive unlimited) took a lot of playing around to get the feel at all right... increasing 'linearity' seems to help.

[satans worm]

TheCaseAce said:

Although I suspect using the wheel actually makes me slower round the track, for some reason.

I agree, I think its partly because lock to lock takes alot longer than joy pad does, but for the increase in realisim i think its worth losing the few tenths a lap it might cost you (well, thats my excuse for being so slow!)

[C2996]

i did have the gt force wheel on my ps2, always found i was seconds slower rather than tenths, more realistic though.