[Fot] current racing video games

Bill Babcock billb at bnj.com
Tue Feb 6 23:03:11 MST 2007


I have two of the wheels that are made for GT4. they make the game-- 
it's relatively unplayable with the stock wheel.
Bill Babcock
billb at bnj.com

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On Feb 6, 2007, at 1:23 PM, Chuck Arnold wrote:

> HAs anybody tried the upgraded wheel/pedal device "Logitech G25 Racing
> Wheel<http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-963416-0403-G25-Racing-Wheel/ 
> dp/B000GP8448/sr=8-1/qid=1170804090/ 
> ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-4830719-9262355?ie=UTF8&s=electronics>".
>  Costs a lot more, looks a lot more durable, and incluedes a clutch!
>
> On 2/5/07, DennisR380 at aol.com <DennisR380 at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm gonna have to throw in my vote for Gran Turismo 4 on  
>> PlayStation 2,
>> coupled with Logitech's Driving Force Pro steering wheel with it's
>> powerful force
>> feedback motors, integrated sequential shifter and floor pedal  
>> assembly
>> (gas
>> and brake). Grab a 32" wide aspect TV, find a computer desk that  
>> you can
>> secure
>> to the floor somehow, bolt down the steering wheel assembly and pedal
>> board to
>> the desk and hold on! Sounds like a lot of work, but this sim and  
>> steering
>> combo has in my opinion the best physics and artificial  
>> intelligence bar
>> none.
>> So real it's disturbing and you better make sure you have an up to  
>> date
>> physical before you get too far into it :). I know Laguna Seca  
>> like the
>> back of my
>> hand and the GT4 sim is so real that I occasionally burst out  
>> laughing at
>> the
>> end of a race...once I've calmed down. Granted the tracks and cars
>> available are
>> not as vast as GTR2, the absolute usefulness for honing driving  
>> skills in
>> GT4
>> far and away makes up for it.
>>
>> Anyone want more info or details on my setup, contact me off list at
>> dennisr380 at aol.com
>>
>> DR
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