LogitechG27 USB Racing Wheel for PC

It's everything I wanted, the pedals look so good because they are made of medal, the quality of the wheel and stick is very good.I had this wheel for a few months now and no matter how much I had played it still feels like, the durability is super solid. Plus I really like the smell, it literally makes the room smell like a new car, when I bought my EVO I would love to get inside the car and smell the smell of a new car, this wheel smells just like that which proves is really made out of material from a real car.The size of the steering is perfect for Formula 1 games, and so is the force feedback. I use the clutch as the brake and it feels like I'm really driving a F1 car. For F1 2012, all you have to do is put the steering wheel saturation at 65% and the accuracy is incredible to see.Changing shifts with paddle shifters is also great since they are made of medal like the pedals and it gives to it a better feel than if they were plastic.The wheel looks good with the medal in the middle and the lights for changing gears look great when playing the F1 games.For games like Gran Turismo I would recommend to mod it with a Sparco wheel or any other real size wheel, since this wheel is too small for regular cars on simulators, they sell online good hub adpaters for those wheels that work great with this wheel. They also sell longer paddle shifters for those.For any other arcade game like Grid 2, MotorStorm Apocalypse, or Sega Rally Online, this wheel size is more than enough and makes the arcade gaming experience so much better and so much more fun, to the point that you don't want to stop playing.I would definitely recomment a good wheel stand, I found a really good one here on Amazon for $80, similar to the V2 and works excellent with this wheel, without a proper stand like that it would be hard for you to appreciate how good this wheel is, and you will be surprised how the couch is not bad at all when you use a stand like that.In the case you want to get a racing chair, then find a way to make it move, I've seem videos online of guys that had mod their chairs to move as if you were driving a rally car. If you are not going to do that to the racing chair, then you better off saving your money by just buying the stand because there is no much difference there.If you are wondering about 3D gaming, you can't go wrong with that, I would say having a big 3D TV is better than hooking up 3 monitors together that are not 3D, the 3D effect these days is wonderful, specially when it comes to driving games.If you don't have a big 3D TV, then yes the 3 monitors approach would be better, but even a 2D HD big TV is more than enough to really have fun with this.Cons:The USB cable that connects the wheel to the PS3 is a little short and you may need to buy an extension for it, unless you want to keep it right in front of the screen, which is not bad if you consider that for a car game, being close is better.Logitech does not gives you the chance to have a F1 add on wheel like Thrustmaster does, and in order to put one of those you would really need to know what you are doing which is not feasible to expect from most people.It is too bad Logitech said won't be doing more console accessories, it seens this would be the last one from them, they are really good making then. Also it is very possible this won't work in the upcoming PlaySation 4, but that is something I can't confirm and from what I heard it depends largely on the game makers more than the PS4 system itself.So if you are planning to buy this to play DriveClub on the PS4, I would hold on to see if it is compatible before making the purchase, other than that Gran Turismo 6 is coming up for the PS3 so in that case I would highly recommend to get this wheel for it.

I had originally used the Thrustmaster Ferrari GT Experience 3-1 wheel for games like Need for Speed (various titles under this) and then iRacing.com. After purchasing iRacing.com's product, I found that such a wheel was not up to the standards of the simulated race experience. So, I saved up and purchased the Logitech G27 Racing Wheel. Let me tell you this, the difference is AMAZING! There are tons of great things I can say about this, but I will spare you that for now and get straight to what you will want to know - the cons.Logitech does not con you with this product, but there are a few pitfalls. Straight away, you will have to 4 chords to manage. They could have put it all into 2, but they gave us 4. But once you work out a system, or get one of those nice wire management foam/plastic shells you're good. The other pitfall is that you might want to work out your arms and shoulders some before getting this! It only can put out a max of 3NM of torque, but trust me those 3NM of torque will tire you out quick if you're not used to such harsh reality. In real life driving wheels can be subject up to and beyond 10NM of torque! (that's more than enough to break fingers and possibly arms, if not injure you!), but you're safe with this product from any injury as long as you keep ergonomics in mind. Also, at first, with such torque at the wheel you will want to make sure to take frequent breaks. You won't believe how fast this wheel (when set to realistic specs of 102% overall effect in the window's control interface, and the default of 16FFB in iRacing.com's settings if you're getting it for that) can tire you out!*****BUT*****Here's the great things about this product from logitech!This wheel is the closest you're going to get to the real thing for under 300 bucks! Amazon provides a great discount here.Once this is set up, you can set it and forget it (for a while, EVERY wheel needs recalibration here and there, even the best).It's the most solid build you'll find. It's even quieter with helical cut gears!You get 3! YES 3! Pedals. Clutch!, break and throttle. Does it get better than this in simulated racing? I mean it's pedals are covered in REAL STEEL! The wheel's frame seems to be steel too! The pedals' base even comes with 3 ways to keep it from moving, hard mounting (screwing into place on say something like a Playseat, can I advertise for them enough?), rubber feet for hardwood floors, and even spikes at the back than can be pulled down to keep it from moving AT ALL on carpet! (And such great design there! It won't move, nor damage your carpet/rug!) Can I say enough about these pedals? I think not!It's accessability is rated 4 just for the amount of chords and the time you'll have to take to set it up in windows and in your various games/sims (which shouldn't take THAT long ;) ).It's comfort is second to none! It's genuine leather they wrapped it in! (though, it has a lot of torque, you get used to it once it's set to you're preference and you give it time)Speed of this wheel is incredible... it can't be turned faster than real life would allow, unless you turn down/off the forced feedback (FFB). With FFB turned off, it's like driving a Cadillac, or so I've heard.You can't get much more real, nor can you get much of a better feel than this... real steering wheels are bigger, but you don't need it really.It's immersion is second only to the real thing.Ergonomics... GREAT!, IF AND ONLY IF you keep in mind where you are supposed to keep your hands and take frequent breaks! Otherwise you could injure yourself. This is professional level simulation here. But if you keep correct positions and breaks in mind, this wheel will not injure you. It's like anything else out there.Cable management could have been better, but they do give you some stuff to help out with the 4 chords they give you. 4 groves to places them in so they don't get pinched and before that a place to wrap excess cable around.Overall, this is the best product you can get for your money (unless that elusive G29 ever comes out, ROFLMAO). There are more expensive products out there, but you will pay much more for them! You can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for a real simulator, tens of thousands on the lesser equivalent that doesn't move but will give you feedback in the pants in the form of knocks and vibrations and good sound/visuals, 500 USD or more for over-the-top reproductions of this wheel, or you can get the original! The logitech G27 Racing Wheel for the pc is THE BEST wheel you will ever get, without paying too much. Some would say 250 USD is too much, but trust me. You get everything you pay for, and THEN SOME!**Oh, and one last thing, make sure if you're doing your sim racing on a desk (as opposed to the Playseat also available on Amazon), that the desk isn't a cheapie! This thing will have your desk and everything on it bouncing (and possibly breaking), including that expensive HD monitor you payed a lot more for ;). (But don't worry too much here, I haven't bolted anything down and have yet to have anything break or fall) Otherwise I'd recommend bolting down everything that's loose, or at the very least duct-taping it all down! I'm being serious here, that wheel has a ton of force in it. When Logitech call it "force feedback" they mean it has FORCE! 3NM of torque, that is a TON of force for a gaming/siming race wheel!**