Why haven't you gotten a wheel yet?

[Knukel]

Nvm.

 

[Veinz]

It's my go to excuse for not being faster. If I get a (better) wheel, I have nothing to blame except myself.

The G29 is on sale this week in Canada at BestBuy and Amazon. $299. Which is the price I have been waiting for. But I'll probably miss out again.

That’s what I got mine for from amazon.ca on black friday last year, 336 after taxes iirc.

It may be even cheaper this year during black friday so it might be worth to wait it out a bit longer if you are keen on a G29.

 

[the_boy]

Space, time & money

 

[Veinz]

Does mudrunner on PS4 have wheel support yet?

Yes, it has had it for awhile now. The clutch is also done properly unlike GTS, I love playing it with the shifter.

 

[Clean Racer]

Yes, it has had it for awhile now. The clutch is also done properly unlike GTS, I love playing it with the shifter.

How do is set it up? I have a thrustmaster t300 RS. The game doesn't even recognize it. I've tried it in PS3 and PS4 mode and nothing.

 

[HellzFire]

Money.

 

[Strax]

Haven't gotten a wheel yet for the one and only reason: money. Especially since I just recently invested a ton of money on buying a real life wheel

 

[Veinz]

How do is set it up? I have a thrustmaster t300 RS. The game doesn't even recognize it. I've tried it in PS3 and PS4 mode and nothing.

Using the DS4 go to controls, then at the bottom of the screen it will tell you if it detects your steering wheel. If it does, then select "use as primary input" then it should work. You will still need the DS4 for some things like picking up logs and loading them onto your truck, the analog sticks are much easier for this.

 

[Eager Snake]

Sadly, because it's too damn pricy nowadays.
I have a DGFT from my GT5 era, but it doesn't work on PS4. I was about to buy the G29, then an economical crysis exploded in my country and all of the sudden the price of the wheel went up like hell, almost 4 times higher sooooooo, no wheel for me, at least for now.
I'm thinking about christmas, maybe some offer can drop out of the blue and maybe, just maaaaaaaaaaaaybe I can have the chance.
I wasn't even going to buy GTS, but I've managed to get a used copy, it was so so so cheap that I couldn't resist myself.
Now I'm suffering, playing with a wheel and then a DS4 is just....

 

[super_gt]

I have a DGFT from my GT5 era, but it doesn't work on PS4. I was about to buy the G29, then an economical crysis exploded in my country and all of the sudden the price of the wheel went up like hell, almost 4 times higher sooooooo, no wheel for me, at least for now.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/drive-hub-racing-wheel-converter.358306/page-36#post-12521929

 

[MisterMR44]

Well... it's not money or space that's stopping me. I'm not sure what it is really. Probably just the familiarity of racing with a controller.

I've been playing Gran Turismo since the very first one (on the original PlayStation)... all the way through to GT6... and always with a controller (I even got GT for the PSP-Go...! Yeah, remember that?! That's in the bottom of a drawer now).

I'd never really considered a 'wheel' setup until Gran Turismo Sport arrived... mostly because I was a bit disappointed that Sony ditched the pressure sensitive (analogue) buttons on the PS4's Dualshock controller (which I thought were brilliant for throttle and braking control on the PS3 playing GT6) but also it just seems that most people who race with one on GTS really rave about them... and can seemingly lap quicker with them than with a controller.

I'm still not sure I'll make the switch to be honest. I'm enjoying GTS just as much as I have all previous Gran Turismo games without a wheel... so unless the wife buys me one for Christmas (hint, hint) then I'll likely just stay with twiddling thumb sticks and bashing buttons.

 

[Slapped]

I'd never really considered a 'wheel' setup until Gran Turismo Sport arrived... mostly because I was a bit disappointed that Sony ditched the pressure sensitive (analogue) buttons on the PS4's Dualshock controller (which I thought were brilliant for throttle and braking control on the PS3 playing GT6) but also it just seems that most people who race with one on GTS really rave about them... and can seemingly lap quicker with them than with a controller.

I played GT1 through GT4 with a controller (I skipped GT5 and 6 - I took a 10 year hiatus from gaming) and thought it was fantastic. However earlier this year I bought a wheel (G29) on spec just to see if it worked with my iMac, and it did surprisingly enough, but didn‘t really think anymore about it. That was until I saw some online videos of GTS, which blew me away and prompted me to get a PS4.

I now cannot go back to using a controller for driving games. A wheel is just so much better in every aspect in all driving games, not just GTS. More control, more feeling, more immersion, more everything.

 

[George Jakob]

Money space and most important of all my disability.

 

[O604]

I didn't want to start another thread but I would appreciate any sharing of info on Black Friday (Nov 23) deals on the G29. And related products like the BT LED display and BT headsets.

Saw a deal on US Amazon for $199 USD including the shifter. But it's gone now. I'm aiming for $299 CDN w/o shifter. Less would be gravy.

Thank you.

 

[TTM]

If anybody wants recommendations for a wheel brand on this thread, I’d go with Thrustmaster.
Loving my t300rs integral. Loved it much more than my g27. Better ffb, better steering rim, no ffb deadzone. Haven’t had any problems with the wheel dying on me unlike the g27.
A solid pick I’d say

 

[super_gt]

I didn't want to start another thread but I would appreciate any sharing of info on Black Friday (Nov 23) deals on the G29. And related products like the BT LED display and BT headsets.

Saw a deal on US Amazon for $199 USD including the shifter. But it's gone now. I'm aiming for $299 CDN w/o shifter. Less would be gravy.

Thank you.

 

[Crazy Taylor]

I just did but the 🤬 thing won't clamp onto my desk.

 

[Pedinhuh]

1) I'm a casual player that likes to have the confort to play while laying in my bed;

2) Money, I can save for it but I have others things in mind right now;

3) Space, my bedroom has a lot of room but my TV is hanged on the wall adjacent to my bed, it can rotate around but I still need to look up, with a wheel setup I would have to sit too far away from the screen to not have to look up so much, and by that I would obstruct the way to my parent's bedroom;

4) I don't care that much about it, again, I'm a casual player at best so for me getting a wheel would be pointless.

 

[Whiteshark90]

I just did but the 🤬 thing won't clamp onto my desk.

What wheel did you buy?
If it's the g29 you can remove the little bits on the clamps to make it fit on bigger tables.

 

[Crazy Taylor]

What wheel did you buy?
If it's the g29 you can remove the little bits on the clamps to make it fit on bigger tables.

I will try that.

Thanks for the tip. It worked a charm.

 

[DodgySyrup]

I just haven't really been commited enough to the racing genre to see a wheel and pedals as a necessary purchase.

Yes, I like my racing games.

But I only play an hour here, an hour there...sometimes not at all (for days).

I might be playing something else or not playing anything at all.

Definitely, when I was younger, and I spent much more time absorbed in games, I had a wheel/pedal set.

V-Rally 2 (I think it was 2) on ps1 was something I played obsessively and I had the wheel/pedal set up and it was fantastic...so immersive.

I mean, don't get me wrong, if someone just offered me a wheel for nothing I would take it and use it whenever I played; in particular when playing Asseto Corsa, which has never really felt right to me on the pad.

I understand Project Cars 2, if it's anything like the first one, is much better suited to a wheel then controller?


Still, investing in one, as I would have to get something decent and not some £50 plastic rubbish, is just not a gaming priority.

There are other games (GoW, RDR2, Spider-Man, Fifa 19) I'd rather buy if I had £200+ going spare to buy a wheel set up.

Unfortunately, my finances aren't in a great place at the moment so it just isn't an issue.

Plus, I've gotten accustomed to the pad and I'm relatively happy with it.

 

[Shottah072]

I remember when my younger brother told me he was going to buy a G25 and i said to him that this was crazy money for a controller wich after some use would probably just collect dust in a cabin.

Some time later i happened to win my own G27 wheel at a timetrial contest at a local electronics store. I still had the same thoughts and was thinking of selling it. But after some playing GT5P with it i instantly became hooked. Been a happy wheel user ever since.

 

[simsimsheree]

It is interesting how few who stick to the controller confess to whether they drive IRL or not, particularly those most concerned with cost...

For me, as an adult driver, the idea of a racing game without a wheel (if one is affordable at all) is simply ridiculous. But then again, I'm not a 'gamer'. I have no games other than racing games, totally uninterested in shooting up aliens, and I grew up in an era without consoles and controllers. And the plain honest fact is, if a car could be driven safely and well with a game controller, they would already be in real cars (not boy fantasy concepts!). They are not...

If you want to control your car in the game with precision and safety, and know that it is YOU controlling the car, not a bunch of hidden under the hood 'interpretations' of joystick input into wheel rotation that you have no control of, you simply have to play on a wheel.

And it's got precious little to do with cost. Buy a used DFGT ($50) and a used DriveHub ($50) and you are in business. The price of two main games.

If you don't drive IRL, then sure, stick to your controller. But if you have a car (or drive your parents' one!), what on earth would make you want to use a joystick to do something you use a wheel for IRL?

 

[T_revisio]

I have bought a g29 and a TGT, after over a decade using the controller, in an effort to find those last 2 or 3 tenths, but I find that perfecting the less than real life realistic technique required to be competitive (amount of steering lock, speed of input etc.) with the wheels takes a lot of time to learn and also has a negative effect on my real life competitive kart racing technique !

Therefore, for me, the DS4 controller is most usable, especially on fast tracks without very slow hairpins / chicanes, like the ones at Suzuka or infield at interlagos or Nurburgring, it is these slow sections where I believe that wheels do have an advantage over the DS4, naturally or otherwise, but let us acknowledge right now that the DS4 is very good and a bit easier on the driver when getting the power down, compared to wheels.

 

[DodgySyrup]

It is interesting how few who stick to the controller confess to whether they drive IRL or not, particularly those most concerned with cost...

For me, as an adult driver, the idea of a racing game without a wheel (if one is affordable at all) is simply ridiculous. But then again, I'm not a 'gamer'. I have no games other than racing games, totally uninterested in shooting up aliens, and I grew up in an era without consoles and controllers. And the plain honest fact is, if a car could be driven safely and well with a game controller, they would already be in real cars (not boy fantasy concepts!). They are not...

If you want to control your car in the game with precision and safety, and know that it is YOU controlling the car, not a bunch of hidden under the hood 'interpretations' of joystick input into wheel rotation that you have no control of, you simply have to play on a wheel.

And it's got precious little to do with cost. Buy a used DFGT ($50) and a used DriveHub ($50) and you are in business. The price of two main games.

If you don't drive IRL, then sure, stick to your controller. But if you have a car (or drive your parents' one!), what on earth would make you want to use a joystick to do something you use a wheel for IRL?

Driving in real life is a completely separate issue.

It has no bearing on how you prefer to play a game.

I might play tennis in real life, doesn't mean I'd prefer to use a Wii-mote style device instead of a controller.

You say you only play driving games, which is fine.

I don't.

I play all types of games.

Shooters have tried to entice players to use plastic firearms replicas when playing in first person, and they've all failed dismally.

Don't get me wrong, a wheel is likely always the best set up.

But to say you can't understand how anyone who drives in real life can be happy with a controller, nor understand why they don't buy a wheel at the expense of other games, is, to me, a strange way of looking at it.

 

[kilesa4568]

I agree with simsimsheree. After 30 years of driving, I never felt like I was driving with the pad, only playing at driving and that's the main reason for me buying a wheel. It's nothing like driving a real car (especially in GTS) but it's way easier to suspend my disbelief and pretend that I'm actually driving.

It's probably a pretty dumb reason for me to spend console money on a peripheral but it's a personal thing whether you spend more money to enjoy your favourite game genre even more. It's been a royal pain in the arse getting up to speed after the convenience of the pad but it's been hugely rewarding seeing the (annoyingly) slow but steady improvement. (Hurry up with the driving school @Tidgney )

I still can't drift with the bugger (hard work!) so the pad comes in handy when I'm in a hooligan mood.

 

[Crazy Taylor]

For me I haven't driven a car, but I spent all my life with a pad in my hand (since we got a Sega Mega Drive for Christmas I 1990 aged 4). I would say it feels natural to me to use the pad. On the other hand I am trying to get to grips with using pedals on the wheel I bought on firday.

 

[kilesa4568]

I haven't driven my cars in anger in over two decades so eight months after buying mine, I'm still inconsistent with trail braking. I know how to do it in my head but the instructions from my brain gets lost in translation on the way to my left foot. If I had a brake pedal like the G29's in my real car, I'd need a brake fluid top up, or more likely, a new master cylinder.

It's the reason I'm going to eventually spend more money on a rig with a load cell. I'm hoping it will feel more natural to me.

 

[super_gt]

Saw a deal on US Amazon for $199 USD including the shifter. But it's gone now.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...s-day-black-friday-2018.383171/#post-12545493

 

[zorrofox]

I was going to buy a wheel right up to the point I discovered the six-axis method of control with the DS4. Now I really don't see the need. I own Project Cars 2 but I haven't played it since discovering the six-axis functionality.