WORST wheels in the universe

[jinxtigr]

OK, I'm interested to know if anyone can rival my candidate for the worst racing wheel in the entire universe. I just got a little TV-stand thing that will work great for when I get a proper wheel, and saw fit to hook up my Big Mistake wheel. That's right, the Wal-Mart Pelican Cobra TT... I managed to get both pedals switched on this time (doesn't default to useful settings) but five words define this wheel for me...

OVER SIXTY DEGREE DEAD ZONE.

I'm not exaggerating. I measured. It feels more like ninety sometimes, like if you're in an oversteery vehicle and get into that dead-zone pendulum oscillating, where the car starts swinging harder and harder back and forth...

Can anyone beat the sixty degree dead zone wheel from hell? I can't imagine why anyone would even do such a thing or would want to. I had it apart and it appears to be a normal pot controlling it, meaning that the dead zone is in software. If you increase the steering sensitivity the zone tightens about half as fast as the sensitivity increases so it makes matters much worse real fast...

 

[Leonidae]

Try any madcatz wheel and you might have a competitor.

 

[slowman]

DFP/G25 FTW...

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[Speedster502]

I think this thread should be in the Steering Wheels And Racing Cockpits section as this is not directly related to GT4.

 

[KAMKA-Z]

Try any madcatz wheel and you might have a competitor.

I'm using a Madcatz MC2 and it's very useable.

I picked up a cheap second hand wheel called a "V3". Absolutely Worthless! It must have all of 90 degrees of rotationwith 45 of them being dead zone. Just trying to go straight is a challenge.

Yeah, this thread could be moved to the "Wheel Section"

 

[Danny]

Wal-Mart Pelican Cobra TT?

My advice would be to try the Weasel Camel TT instead.

 

[ImprezaAddict]

I use a Huskee wheel. It cost 80,000 so it was really ridiculously crappy for what I payed for. It only turns 90 degrees, and after 45 degrees, it starts turning.

 

[Tornado]

I picked up a cheap second hand wheel called a "V3". Absolutely Worthless! It must have all of 90 degrees of rotationwith 45 of them being dead zone. Just trying to go straight is a challenge.

Tell me: Is it an InterAct?

 

[jinxtigr]

Well, though I'm starting to be able to use the crap wheel a little bit as long as the car isn't too spinny and I don't expect to go fast or anything, I finally got fed up once and for all.

Ordered a DFP, just now.

By the end of next week, I ought to be able to have more fun with this sim, the way it ought to be

 

[Tak Fujiwara]

The Mad Catz Dual Force Racing Wheel is rather difficult to use, I really want to configure it to GT standards.

Anyone out there who could help me ?

 

[KAMKA-Z]

I picked up a cheap second hand wheel called a "V3". Absolutely Worthless! It must have all of 90 degrees of rotationwith 45 of them being dead zone. Just trying to go straight is a challenge.

Tell me: Is it an InterAct?

Yes it is. I've messed around with it a bit and can't seem to make it any less sensitive. We got it with an old playstation and a bunch of games at a garage sale, so at least I don't have much into it. I downloaded a brief instruction sheet off the web but that didn't help much. Has anyone else had any luck with this wheel?

 

[Tornado]

Ah, the V3 Racing wheel. Known for outselling the piece of equipment whose task it was supposed to emulate. I have the manual for mine. If you have any questions about it, PM me.

 

[GT 01]

if you want a cheap but good wheel i bought a farrari wheel for for just £15.00 on amazon if thats any help

 

[daan]

if you want a cheap but good wheel i bought a farrari wheel for for just £15.00 on amazon if thats any help

How do you know its good? You haven't got it yet.

And its Ferrari.

 

[GT 01]

how did you know? anyway i got it last night and it is

 

[daan]

how did you know? anyway i got it last night and it is

ive just bought a farrari steering wheel i havent got it yet so send me a reply and say whether it is any good or not its called farrari challenge black edition:tup:

What experience of the DFP and/or G25 do you have to compare the Ferrari wheel with?

 

[GT 01]

sorry its only a spelling mistake

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

I nominate Logitech's MOMO Wheel, not because it performed the worst, but because it was so over hyped, sold for over $300, but was no better than your average $100 wheel.

 

[KrazyMitch]

Yes it is. I've messed around with it a bit and can't seem to make it any less sensitive. We got it with an old playstation and a bunch of games at a garage sale, so at least I don't have much into it. I downloaded a brief instruction sheet off the web but that didn't help much. Has anyone else had any luck with this wheel?

Actually, a friend of mine has the wheel and its very usable. I just try to be smooth with and it usually works. Though it does have almost 180 in each direction i never turn it past 90.

 

[EA11R]

I'd like to nominate the Universal Rumble Wheel!

I think it cost me $50, and was worth no more than 50 cents. The pedal travel zone began about one inch down, and was just as tiny as the pressure range of an X button. The wheel has 200 degrees of travel in each direction, and at least a 40 degree dead zone in each. It's the only time I've spun out on a straightaway without the help of diabolical downforce settings.

I'm currently awaiting delivery of my DFP. They're only $100 now on Walmart.com! G25s are only $300, but I don't really see the point of a
$300 wheel. Besides that, it's fun to say that I've decided to get the second best there is!

 

[Kryz11]

I'd like to nominate the Universal Rumble Wheel!

I think it cost me $50, and was worth no more than 50 cents. The pedal travel zone began about one inch down, and was just as tiny as the pressure range of an X button. The wheel has 200 degrees of travel in each direction, and at least a 40 degree dead zone in each. It's the only time I've spun out on a straightaway without the help of diabolical downforce settings.

I'm currently awaiting delivery of my DFP. They're only $100 now on Walmart.com! G25s are only $300, but I don't really see the point of a
$300 wheel. Besides that, it's fun to say that I've decided to get the second best there is!

tiny as pressure range of an X button

that made me laugh so much..

right now you could get the wheel for 255 if you look hard enough.. and if you wanna get that wheel just for gt4, its not really worth it, GT5 and PC games its worth it

 

[darkinertia]

OK, I'm interested to know if anyone can rival my candidate for the worst racing wheel in the entire universe. I just got a little TV-stand thing that will work great for when I get a proper wheel, and saw fit to hook up my Big Mistake wheel. That's right, the Wal-Mart Pelican Cobra TT... I managed to get both pedals switched on this time (doesn't default to useful settings) but five words define this wheel for me...

OVER SIXTY DEGREE DEAD ZONE.

I'm not exaggerating. I measured. It feels more like ninety sometimes, like if you're in an oversteery vehicle and get into that dead-zone pendulum oscillating, where the car starts swinging harder and harder back and forth...

Can anyone beat the sixty degree dead zone wheel from hell? I can't imagine why anyone would even do such a thing or would want to. I had it apart and it appears to be a normal pot controlling it, meaning that the dead zone is in software. If you increase the steering sensitivity the zone tightens about half as fast as the sensitivity increases so it makes matters much worse real fast...

you know why you think this steering wheel sucks so much? cuz your an idiot. when i read this, i thought i was doomed until i picked up the instructions and saw that you can ADJUST the dead zone. i belive you press select + up to ge the dead zone right and start + right until you reach the last setting to tune the steering. and thats about it.

keep in mind, i dont know if this is a good wheel cuz i got it for xmas and its my first, but i do know how to at least make a good thing bad. or you know, read. reading helps sometimes.

 

[Road Rash]

Try any madcatz wheel and you might have a competitor.

Which MADCATZ? I have the MC2 joke and a Micron. The MC2 is a nightmare, but my little Micron was quite nice until it decided to drop the throttle. Now the throttle works for about 5 minutes then quits working. Both at the pedal and any button you program the game to recognize as the throttleSucks for me because the Micron would have made a nicebaCK UP FOR THOSE GAMES THAT DON'T SUPPORT 900 DEGREE STEERING. iT ACVTALLY has about 210 degrees which makes a big differenc especially in GT3.

 

[EA11R]

tiny as pressure range of an X button

that made me laugh so much..

right now you could get the wheel for 255 if you look hard enough.. and if you wanna get that wheel just for gt4, its not really worth it, GT5 and PC games its worth it

I found the petals' sub-par behaviour much less amusing.

For 255 whats, exactly? I think you thought I said 'G25,' not 'DFP.' Not all of us have that much money for a simple steering wheel. By the time I save up the money for G25, I'd have DFP and cockpit!

I found mine, brand new, for $100! Though it's actually like 1 or 2 mm off centre, I'm not complaining... much.

 

[nitrorustler41]

i got the cobra tt pelican wheel and figuured out how to fix the deadzone. once the game starts, and you are at the menu screen, or in a car, hold down select and mode, and hit the right button, until the yellow and red lights come on. it brings down the deadzone to almost none, and ther are even levels after that, where the deadzone is litterally gone.


well, i have this wheel, and you know what, it is very fun. i like it a lot.

 

[oqvist]

I nominate the Microsoft Force feedback wheel. Not as much because it´s the absolute crappiest wheel ever it for sure isn´t but it´s a 200$ wheel but is hardly of better quality then the 50$ non force feedback wheels out there. Okay pedals is a bit better but the only force feedback wheel on the 360 and they manage to build something that is worse then the 10 year old Microsoft Force feedback wheel...

 

[Delphic Reason]

I nominate the Microsoft Force feedback wheel. Not as much because it´s the absolute crappiest wheel ever it for sure isn´t but it´s a 200$ wheel but is hardly of better quality then the 50$ non force feedback wheels out there. Okay pedals is a bit better but the only force feedback wheel on the 360 and they manage to build something that is worse then the 10 year old Microsoft Force feedback wheel...

Definitely not worse than the old FFB wheel. I have both, and there is no comparison. The old wheel is almost unuseable. The new wheel is not the best, by any stretch, but it is useable, and I have had no trouble with it since purchase. Works like it was made to. Could use stronger FFB, and belt drive would be nice, Oh, and lopping off that weird plastic loop below the pedals couldn't hurt. All in all, it's not perfect, but is infinitely better than that of old.

Madcatz MC2 and MC3 I have found to be pretty near unuseable, so I'll nominate them.

 

[oqvist]

What is wrong with the old wheel? I had no problems with it when I tested it .

The biggest problem with the 360 wheel is that the steering column is not fixed in place... And the play just get larger and larger the more you use it. Makes the force feedback kind of non existant.

 

[Delphic Reason]

The 360 wheel does have it's issues, but I find it to be an overall upgrade from the previous MS effort, both in FFB feel (although, I do imagine that will diminish over time), and in FFB strengh. The aesthetic design of the wheel is horrid... Sorry MS, but it's true. They tried to match it to the design of the 360, and ended up with what looks like "My First Playschool Racing Wheel". However, I have had no problems with it thus far.... Thus far...

 

[Robin]

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