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Because, and only because, it is $50 more expensive than the PS2 ($320-DFP, $270-PS2).
I got the boys at Harvey Norman to set up the wheel and GT4: Prologue this afternoon. They also grabbed a desk to mount the wheel on and a chair to sit on (for me, not them - although one of them did watch me and no doubt tried to refrain from laughing
).
My impressions?
👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍
Holey crap!!!
Bear in mind i've basically never used a wheel before...
I love the design of it for starters. Compared to all the other ones there it was the only one with a rubber wheel thingy (which felt really, really solid). Loved the little 'GT' logo in the centre of the wheel. 👍
Wish the accelerator and brake pedals were a little harder to press down, but in saying that they weren't 'that' loose - the brake pedal being noticeably tighter.
The paddle shifters, i found, were a lot easier to use than the gear lever thingy and i got the hang of them right away.
The wheel itself however...
By crikey George. The guy put it up to the most feedbacky mode and chose the EVO VIII around Grand Canyon. He crashed it into the wall at the first corner and handed it over to me. I made it as far as the big hairpin (not going to mention how many spins/half spins/tank slaps/wall hits i did
) and then he decided to down the feedback level a bit (which i agreed with! ).
Once he put it on 'medium' the next victim was the R34 GT-R NuR at FISCO (or Fuji if you like).
I didn't notice traction control was on until the second lap - which is why none of my powerslides worked (seriously easy to initiate them with a wheel though - and s**tloads of fun). I could easily brake/accelerate, change gears and turn but what i had trouble with most is any sort of countersteering.
I did the *exact* same thing with the GT-R in GT4
as i did in Dad's Skyline last year ('tank slapped' up the road). I did a bit of opposite lock up the main straight, thinking it would be enough to start going straight again, but then it just snapped into 'tank slamming' on the other side (because i had turned the wheel a bit too much, like i did in real life) - seriously the same thing i did last year in the GTS-4. 👍 👍
I can honestly say that this will improve my driving in real life. The combination of Gran Turismo 4 and Driving Force Pro is just simply amazing. I HAVE TO GET THIS WHEEL!!
Anyway. 900° mode? Woah. I was countersteering a slide onto the grass at one point (one of many off track excursions) and turned the wheel a heck of a lot and never hit the steering lock! So i did another turn of the wheel and finally it stopped turning. 👍
And the force feedback is a little scary. It really 'jolts' the wheel with a force much like the person next to you being a smartass and turning the wheel the opposite way while your using it. I was going up the main straight in the GT-R, looked away from the screen - felt a jolt - looked at the screen and was heading towards the grass. The wheel was trying to get me off the track at high speed which i think is very awesome.
I truely can't believe the force (no pun intended) of the feedback in this wheel!
If you try the wheel in a shop (while not connected to any game - just sitting on a shelf) then do not make the mistake of not asking to hook it up to GT4: Prologue (in PAL countries obviously). I thought the wheel was pretty average/crappy until i played it in GT4. My mind changed in the absolute quickest of milliseconds (even before i'd used it! Just watching it calibrate and turn 900° by itself was enough!).
I'd give the wheel an 11/10 for sure. I think it is worth the price. I now have yet more motivation to get a job!
Please don't move this into the GT forums here, as i'm taking a break from all Gran Turismo forums so i don't learn about anything new before the final game is released.
Anyone else have a similar experience?
Logitec = 👍
I was going to say something else here but i've forgotten what that was.
I got the boys at Harvey Norman to set up the wheel and GT4: Prologue this afternoon. They also grabbed a desk to mount the wheel on and a chair to sit on (for me, not them - although one of them did watch me and no doubt tried to refrain from laughing
).My impressions?
👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 Holey crap!!!
Bear in mind i've basically never used a wheel before...
I love the design of it for starters. Compared to all the other ones there it was the only one with a rubber wheel thingy (which felt really, really solid). Loved the little 'GT' logo in the centre of the wheel. 👍
Wish the accelerator and brake pedals were a little harder to press down, but in saying that they weren't 'that' loose - the brake pedal being noticeably tighter.
The paddle shifters, i found, were a lot easier to use than the gear lever thingy and i got the hang of them right away.
The wheel itself however...
By crikey George. The guy put it up to the most feedbacky mode and chose the EVO VIII around Grand Canyon. He crashed it into the wall at the first corner and handed it over to me. I made it as far as the big hairpin (not going to mention how many spins/half spins/tank slaps/wall hits i did
) and then he decided to down the feedback level a bit (which i agreed with! ).Once he put it on 'medium' the next victim was the R34 GT-R NuR at FISCO (or Fuji if you like).
I didn't notice traction control was on until the second lap - which is why none of my powerslides worked (seriously easy to initiate them with a wheel though - and s**tloads of fun). I could easily brake/accelerate, change gears and turn but what i had trouble with most is any sort of countersteering.
I did the *exact* same thing with the GT-R in GT4
as i did in Dad's Skyline last year ('tank slapped' up the road). I did a bit of opposite lock up the main straight, thinking it would be enough to start going straight again, but then it just snapped into 'tank slamming' on the other side (because i had turned the wheel a bit too much, like i did in real life) - seriously the same thing i did last year in the GTS-4. 👍 👍 I can honestly say that this will improve my driving in real life. The combination of Gran Turismo 4 and Driving Force Pro is just simply amazing. I HAVE TO GET THIS WHEEL!!
Anyway. 900° mode? Woah. I was countersteering a slide onto the grass at one point (one of many off track excursions) and turned the wheel a heck of a lot and never hit the steering lock! So i did another turn of the wheel and finally it stopped turning.
👍 And the force feedback is a little scary. It really 'jolts' the wheel with a force much like the person next to you being a smartass and turning the wheel the opposite way while your using it. I was going up the main straight in the GT-R, looked away from the screen - felt a jolt - looked at the screen and was heading towards the grass. The wheel was trying to get me off the track at high speed which i think is very awesome.
I truely can't believe the force (no pun intended) of the feedback in this wheel!
If you try the wheel in a shop (while not connected to any game - just sitting on a shelf) then do not make the mistake of not asking to hook it up to GT4: Prologue (in PAL countries obviously). I thought the wheel was pretty average/crappy until i played it in GT4. My mind changed in the absolute quickest of milliseconds (even before i'd used it! Just watching it calibrate and turn 900° by itself was enough!).
I'd give the wheel an 11/10 for sure. I think it is worth the price. I now have yet more motivation to get a job!
Please don't move this into the GT forums here, as i'm taking a break from all Gran Turismo forums so i don't learn about anything new before the final game is released.
Anyone else have a similar experience?
Logitec = 👍
I was going to say something else here but i've forgotten what that was.
