What was your first wheel?

[ElectricDevil]

i thought it would be pretty interesting to know what everybodys first wheel was,i'll kick things off.

I've always been a pad player but only used the wheel at the arcades till sega saturn came out with daytona usa/sega rally then i stepped up to a mad catz wheel

 

[Mr Latte]

No FFB but working horn and sequential shifter!

Joking aside, yes had a Madcatz for PS1 and RIDGE RACER.
Probably the 1st arcade port that really looked/sounded and felt like the arcade but still a dodgy wheel. Took mine back in the end as it broke in about 2 weeks.

For PC it was this for games like TOCA 2 / Colin McCrae 2.0 / Rally Masters / GP3
Microsoft Sidewinder

 

[Jump_Ace]

I mounted that to the 'Easy Fold Desk' It looked kind of like this (minus the front bottom cross bar):

It worked great, folded away in my closet too, just wheel my office chair up to it and off I went. Ahhhh, memories......


Jerome

 

[Gunstar]

Logitech GT Force for Gran Turismo 3 was my first FFB wheel. I owned various wheels (dating back to Colecovision) before that but they never really got the use the Logitech did.

Here's a (p)review if you want to go back in time...

http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/24/gdc-2001-hands-on-with-the-gt-force

 

[Gunstar]

i thought it would be pretty interesting to know what everybodys first wheel was,i'll kick things off.

I've always been a pad player but only used the wheel at the arcades till sega saturn came out with daytona usa/sega rally then i stepped up to a mad catz wheel

I actually bought the SEGA Saturn Arcade Racer wheel... what a POS. Returned it QUICKLY. Was given one later, gave it away. Was given ANOTHER one in the box, still have it.

 

[Mr P]

My first wheel I got near the end of GT3 days after years of using the dpad, Great wheel and served it's purpose well... had decent FFB too 👍

 

[Mr Latte]

I soooooooo considered one of those for PC at a time was very tempted.

 

[ElectricDevil]

I actually bought the SEGA Saturn Arcade Racer wheel... what a POS. Returned it QUICKLY. Was given one later, gave it away. Was given ANOTHER one in the box, still have it.

yup your right about that,the wheel had a very hollow plastic cheap feel and pretty noisey.wow you still have one in the box? i heard they are pretty hard to find you might have a collectors item there

 

[Glipizide78]

My first was a G27..I didnt get into console racing till GT5

 

[crowhop]

No idea what it is called or even the brand name, but it was a wheel for PC that I purchased in 2003 to play with NASCAR 2003. I am pretty sure it is still at my Dad's house. Sadly, I lost the disc to the game somewhere.

 

[Gunstar]

My first wheel I got near the end of GT3 days after years of using the dpad, Great wheel and served it's purpose well... had decent FFB too 👍

This guy was THE wheel to have in it's day. The black MOMO is a pale imitation.

 

[Doodle]

Had a Driving Force GT for a few months back in the early days of GT5, then went back to a DS3 for a year or so before I picked up a Logitech G27. Been banging out the G27 since 2013 and will continue to do so until GT6 support ends. I have a T300RS that I'm using for Project CARS and other future racing games on the PS4. Great wheel and love the fact you can swap rims and pedal sets. 👍

 

[Tornado]

Until about a year after GT3 came out, these things were everywhere and pretty much every racing game supported them since games just recognized them as neGcons. I remember even playing Driver with it a few times. It wasn't as good as the wheel I had on PC around the same time:

But that was mostly because it didn't have as much resistance.

 

[12thgear]

This is a great thread! I also had the OP's Mad Catz analog wheel for PS1 as my first. At the time I thought it was great, but not for traditional racers. I used it in Wipeout. The gas pedal was throttle and I used the brake to fire. I used the shifter while steering for hard pitch turns. It worked beautifully.

My first FFB wheel was the Logitech Driving Force Pro. I had tried out the Logitech Wingman Formula Force GP/Driving Force EX and my father's glorious Logitech Momo Force (the luxe red one), but as a fan of production cars I found the 900 degree steering to be a game changer. That Driving Force Pro treated me so well and got me hooked on so many racing games. It never failed me and I passed it on to a friend, still in perfect working order.

 

[ULTRAVIOLENZZ]

I forgot the brand and model but its very similar or look almost like this. We bought it with our first PS1. Played some games with it but the handling was so horrible because no ffb (what do I expect?) we just wasted money.

 

[Gunstar]

My first FFB wheel was the Logitech Driving Force Pro. I had tried out the Logitech Wingman Formula Force GP/Driving Force EX and my father's glorious Logitech Momo Force (the luxe red one), but as a fan of production cars I found the 900 degree steering to be a game changer. That Driving Force Pro treated me so well and got my hooked on so many racing games. It never failed me and I passed it on a to a friend, still in perfect working order.

The DFP was a great wheel, I used mine until GT5 came out then I switched to a G27. Just recently gave it to another sim racer.

 

[VBR]

My first wheel was the Logitech GT Force with Gran Turismo branding, the first official one for GT3 on PS2. I had it mounted to an IKEA glass side table & sat it in front of my 14" Toshiba 4:3 CRT TV, aswesome set up huh!

 

[kikie]

What was my very first driving wheel? Very good question. I'm not sure but I think it was a Microsoft sidewinder FFB.

 

[fatkrakr]

Some of these companies are still using those same pedals with their current wheels.

 

[daan]

I use a G25 now.

Over the years, I've had

• Digital Edge F1 Sim Compact
• Microsoft Sidewinder Precision
• Logitech MOMO Force
• DFP
• G25

I still have the F1 sim compact up in the loft at my mum's. It was a brilliant wheel for it's time. No FF and not much lock either, but it was a huge advance on my previous joystick. The wheel attached to the plastic plate thing, and it was then held down on the desk by your (big, heavy, CRT) monitor sitting on the plate.

 

[Archangel]

This is a great thread! I also had the OP's Mad Catz analog wheel for PS1 as my first. At the time I thought it was great, but not for traditional racers. I used it in Wipeout. The gas pedal was throttle and I used the brake to fire. I used the shifter while steering for hard pitch turns. It worked beautifully.

My first FFB wheel was the Logitech Driving Force Pro. I had tried out the Logitech Wingman Formula Force GP/Driving Force EX and my father's glorious Logitech Momo Force (the luxe red one), but as a fan of production cars I found the 900 degree steering to be a game changer. That Driving Force Pro treated me so well and got my hooked on so many racing games. It never failed me and I passed it on a to a friend, still in perfect working order.

This was my first wheel as well, actually it is the only wheel I have ever had and I am still using it.
Getting ready to fire up AC in about 30min. I will get another wheel as I suspect it will improve my driving at least a little bit.

 

[Gunstar]

My first wheel was the Logitech Driving Force with Gran Turismo branding, the first official one for GT3 on PS2. I had it mounted to an IKEA glass side table & sat it in front of my 14" Toshiba 4:3 CRT TV, aswesome set up huh!

That's the "GT Force for Gran Turismo 3"!!

The "Driving Force for PlayStation 2" was the follow up. Basically the same wheel but it had a D pad and PlayStation buttons on the rim at the thumb positions, making it more user friendly, but less cool somehow IMO. I don't know why I felt that way, but I did. I had one and I think it went to my cousin once I got the DFP. Got it because the GT Force was feeling a lil tired, plus hey, multiplayer!!

The DF was the wheel that we used (on Initial D Special Stage mostly) until it burned up, called Logitech and they were like, oh cool, glad you liked it so much, cut off the USB cable and we will send you another.

Once I got the DFP tho there was no going back.

 

[GamerRacerPro]

This was probably years ago. I initially used MadCatz for PS1, which unfortunately didn't last very long for me though it did for a couple of my friends. Decided to use Logitech after that which lasted a long time for me after that!

 

[drandiiski]

My first wheel was this vibrating peace of crap:

Thankfully it broke in a few months and since then I had Logitech Formula EX and Logitech DFGT.
Currently using Thrustmaster T300RS.

 

[Flying_Kefran]

First I thought it was a Logitech DFP, then I remenber that I got the Logitech GT Force bundle with GT3 before it !
...
But digging in my memory, it seems that my very first wheel was the official Dreamcast Race Controller (I bought it for Daytona USA)... The feeling was so bad that I used it only a couple of times.

 

[Dylan]

My first wheel was this vibrating peace of crap:

Thankfully it broke in a few months and since then I had Logitech Formula EX and Logitech DFGT.
Currently using Thrustmaster T300RS.

Holy crap! Are those suction cups?
Mine was and still is a Logitech Driving Force Pro.
Praying that when GT Sport comes out, it'll still be supported. I'm not ready to get a new one.

 

[drandiiski]

^^ They are!

 

[tomcat66]

My first wheel was a

Logitech Formula Vibration Feedback Wheel

no power supply at all - so all force came from the USB-input. I did get rid of that rather fast (and did uprade to a Logitech MOMO).

 

[Gunstar]

Holy crap! Are those suction cups?
Mine was and still is a Logitech Driving Force Pro.
Praying that when GT Sport comes out, it'll still be supported. I'm not ready to get a new one.

The DFP isn't supported on PS4.

Unless Sony and Polyphony decide to do something really cool and let last gen Logitech wheels work... I mean, at least the GT branded ones like the DFP and DFGT would be reasonable, right?

 

[ElectricDevil]

^^ They are!

wow it must have been difficult keeping the wheel on a desk