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I finally got tired of the fights amongst the kids for the use of the one wheel when playing split screen. The looser was always yours truly as I ended up doing the pedals for one whilst helping the other do the steering with the controller.
At first I told myself it would increase my eye hand coordination. And at first it bloody well did: Steering one car whilst doing the pedals for the other does take your coordination to the next level. Unfortunately it also takes your headaches to the next level and the recriminations from small children for "making them loose" to even higher levels.
So being the king of this particular Fairy Kingdom (I got girls you see) I edicted "A second wheel shall be procured so that each child may loose the race on their own!"
And so I got a Driving Force GT to complement the G27 we already had. At first the oldest princess rejected it on the grounds that it was not a matching pair but I managed to convince her that because it had more buttons (with actual words printed) on the actual wheel and only two pedals it was more suitable for up and coming Fairy princesses as opposed to the other "OLD" one that only a fuddy duddy old King would find endearing.
I took both wheels for a spin at the LaSarthe 2009 using the Minolta 88 race car. Here are my observations:
FORCE FEEDBACK: For some reason the car seemed a bit more loose with the Force GT, easier to understeer and oversteer. This makes sense if the G27 has stronger force feedback so I steer less with the same amount of effort.
EASE OF USE: The force GT is a treat to use. Everything on the wheel and clearly marked. I have had the G27 for more than 6 months and I still fumble around trying to find the right button for what I want to do. 5 minutes with the force GT and I was not fumbling at all.
I love the TC dial. It is the bomb. I've given up on changing TC settings on the fly with the G27. With the Force GT I was doing it mid turn and loving it.
The only thing I found "user unfriendly" were the paddle buttons. Far too hidden for my taste and you have to use your fingers in such a way that the palms of my hand were getting tired within 4 laps.
PEDALS: Well there is really no comparison. Plastic pedals vs Metal pedals with resistance. The brake pedal is the worst as you only need to touch it for it to activate. This means you have to drive in a completely different manner and cannot feather the brakes as well. Not to mention I kept getting flashbacks form GT4 and the Worn out pedals on the driving Force wheel I had back then. The metal pedals is why I got the G27 in the first place.
PACE: Both wheels are good for ~3:30 around LaSarthe on the Minolta. I moved the G27 to a different spot (to have both wheels on) so it was a bit weird at first but the Force GT's pedals feel complete alien and I kept braking too late or too hard. Still after 4 laps the times were within a couple of hundreds of each other.
BOTTOM LINE: Sitting next to each other I want to drive the Force GT more than the G27 but one touch of the pedals and I just move back to the G27.
At first I told myself it would increase my eye hand coordination. And at first it bloody well did: Steering one car whilst doing the pedals for the other does take your coordination to the next level. Unfortunately it also takes your headaches to the next level and the recriminations from small children for "making them loose" to even higher levels.
So being the king of this particular Fairy Kingdom (I got girls you see) I edicted "A second wheel shall be procured so that each child may loose the race on their own!"
And so I got a Driving Force GT to complement the G27 we already had. At first the oldest princess rejected it on the grounds that it was not a matching pair but I managed to convince her that because it had more buttons (with actual words printed) on the actual wheel and only two pedals it was more suitable for up and coming Fairy princesses as opposed to the other "OLD" one that only a fuddy duddy old King would find endearing.
I took both wheels for a spin at the LaSarthe 2009 using the Minolta 88 race car. Here are my observations:
FORCE FEEDBACK: For some reason the car seemed a bit more loose with the Force GT, easier to understeer and oversteer. This makes sense if the G27 has stronger force feedback so I steer less with the same amount of effort.
EASE OF USE: The force GT is a treat to use. Everything on the wheel and clearly marked. I have had the G27 for more than 6 months and I still fumble around trying to find the right button for what I want to do. 5 minutes with the force GT and I was not fumbling at all.
I love the TC dial. It is the bomb. I've given up on changing TC settings on the fly with the G27. With the Force GT I was doing it mid turn and loving it.
The only thing I found "user unfriendly" were the paddle buttons. Far too hidden for my taste and you have to use your fingers in such a way that the palms of my hand were getting tired within 4 laps.
PEDALS: Well there is really no comparison. Plastic pedals vs Metal pedals with resistance. The brake pedal is the worst as you only need to touch it for it to activate. This means you have to drive in a completely different manner and cannot feather the brakes as well. Not to mention I kept getting flashbacks form GT4 and the Worn out pedals on the driving Force wheel I had back then. The metal pedals is why I got the G27 in the first place.
PACE: Both wheels are good for ~3:30 around LaSarthe on the Minolta. I moved the G27 to a different spot (to have both wheels on) so it was a bit weird at first but the Force GT's pedals feel complete alien and I kept braking too late or too hard. Still after 4 laps the times were within a couple of hundreds of each other.
BOTTOM LINE: Sitting next to each other I want to drive the Force GT more than the G27 but one touch of the pedals and I just move back to the G27.
it wont fit center under the brake arm , just push it over to the side a bit , where it will happily bed in for ever 
