I just got a Logitech G PRO Racing Wheel delivered today from Logitech’s official eBay store, and unfortunately the wheelbase has some major issues right out of the box.
The strange part is that the wheel is not completely dead. Some of the basic control functions work. The platform/Xbox selection buttons respond, the face buttons work in Forza, and the steering input is detected. So at first, it gives the impression that the device is alive.
But the actual wheelbase behavior is very wrong.
The base never performs the expected startup calibration movement. There is no direct-drive force feedback, no torque output, and no TrueForce/haptics behavior. The Settings button on the base also does nothing, completely dead with 3 dots forever moving left to right.
There is also a serious steering-position problem on left rotation. Around -75° left, the wheel suddenly jumps to roughly -435°. Later, around -202° left, it jumps/locks to -540° until about -270°, where it starts behaving normally again. Right rotation from 0 to +540° works normally.
So the control side appears partially functional, but the wheelbase itself seems to have major initialization, force-feedback, and position-reporting problems. This does not feel like a normal setup issue or a minor refurbished-item imperfection. It feels like the core wheelbase functions are defective.
I have video of the behavior as well.
The worst part?
I basically have the components for an entire sim rig on the way, with the only missing piece to my setup is going to be the wheel..
Pretty disappointing experience, especially for my first wheel. I was genuinely excited to finally get into a direct-drive setup.
Edit:
Evidence of the fault: