Just bought Logitech DFGT wheel....

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Its weird and I can barley control the car let alone win a basic race, I had to go back to the joypad to get my daily GT5 fix.

A little worried I may have wasted my money but I'll keep trying it, anyone else find it difficult at first?

Great forum by the way.
 
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Its weird and I can barley control the car let alone win a basic race, I had to go back to the joypad to get my daily GT5 fix.

A little worried I may have wasted my money but I'll keep trying it, anyone else find it difficult at first?

Great forum by the way.
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It definitely takes some practice to get used to a wheel, but is great when you get the hang of it. I would just start out going slow in a time trial without competitors. Keep going on the same track and you should see your times get better and better. Eventually you should be better with a wheel than a controller and you will have a blast.
 
A decent place to mount the wheel is pretty essential in my experience. I couldn't use my wheel until I bought a proper(ish) mount for it. If money's tight, pick up a Ridgid Flip-top work table from Home Depot. This thing works perfectly for me.

It will definitely take time to get used to as well. I'm still not as fast as I was with a ds3, and can't catch slides well at all, but once you get the hang of using a wheel, you won't go back. It adds so much immersiveness to the game.
 
I have the same problem if I try to use a controller to race, as I have only ever used a wheel. As ICallShotgun mentioned - the mount is critical. Try to make it as stable as possible and position yourself as best you can to simulate a real driving position.

I have been using a DFGT since GT5 was launched and the experience was greatly enhanced by expanding the springs in the pedal base. That gives a lot more resistance and makes throttle and brake control a lot easier. Do a search here and you'll find lots of info on that. Stick with it and once you get used to it you'll never go back to a controller.
 

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