Wheels With Mounted Throttle?

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I owned a Thrustmaster Gran Prix racing wheel long ago which came with proportional wheel mounted throttle & brake. It was very enjoyable as I was setting great track records with it back in the 90s.

Now I want a wheel for GT5 that also has proportional throttle on the wheel and I am wondering what kind of choices I actually have?

I know the Logitech wheels & the Fanatec wheels don't come with this option...

Looking around I was wondering if the
Thrustmaster T500 RS,
Ferrari Wireless GT Cockpit 430 Scuderia Edition,

or any other wheel around comes with this please help.
 
Man my dad had one of those wheels back when I was too short to see over it. I think it's still down in the basement somewhere. :)

Unfortunately I don't think there's anything on the market right now that works the same way, everything comes with pedals now.

You would probably have to rig up the triggers from a PS3 controller to be used with the paddles or something.

Otherwise, you could use the DFGT, which has mappable buttons, and map gas and brake onto the wheel. It wouldn't give you the pressure sensitivity, but it would work.
 
The Logitech Driving Force Wireless has throttle/brake paddles mounted behind the wheel... but I wouldn't recommend it if you're looking for a serious wheel.
 
Yea I can but the problem is that if they aren't analog. On most of the wheels they're just on off switches which isn't very desirable to drive with.
 
The Driving Force Wireless is a really low-end wheel, small-diameter hard plastic wheel rim, only about 180 degrees lock to lock and relatively weak FFB, but it's not a terrible option, and it has nice analog paddles on the wheel for gas/brake. I have one that I use when I have someone else racing at the same time, or if I don't feel like setting up a full wheel, since it has a really good integrated lap-rest.

I would however suggest giving a wheel with pedals a try, to see if you can get used to it, assuming you are physically capable of operating pedals, if not, the DFW is still miles better than a controller.
 
scca_ziptie
Couldn't you set the paddle shifters as brake and throttle ?
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I tried this for my son ( he can't reach the pedals ) but it was an unmitigated disaster. Paddles are designed to be within easy reach but they're also designed to be far enough away that you don't hit them accidentally meaning that the vast majority of people have to adjust their position on the wheel, if only slightly, to press them.

After a while it just became very uncomfortable to steer, whilst constantly applying pressure with the finger tips. Almost like some weird stress position.
 

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