iRacing?

[D_Eclipse9916]

Suggestions on a wheel? Thinking of picking this up. On a budget in terms of driving time (aka doing a lot less karting) and this is wayyyy cheaper than karting.

[BLINGMW]

no, but there's only a couple that I see recommended on their forums, the Logitech G27 or the Driving Force GT. I wouldn't trying anything cheaper than the GT. I tried a handful of sub $100 wheels a few years ago and they were all pathetic, I'd much rather use a gamepad.

Join up! (and put me in as a referral will ya?)

[ScottyB]

i've got a wheel I've been trying to sell forever. make me an offer if you'd like it. it's a Logitech Wingman Formula Force GP. comes with the AC adapter, connectors, software, etc. i used to play Live For Speed with it no time anymore.

[BLINGMW]

3mo for TEN AMERICAN DOLLARS

Promo Code: PRSPFBYGTZDMNV46HVJW84VTKJV

[danparm]

we need to get a league started if more mm peeps get iracing

[BLINGMW]

The 4PM race today was a test of the service to see if it could handle 1500-2000 people in one event.. and their webserver died :lol:

They're trying again for 4:45.....

[BLINGMW]

$49 for year subscription for the next couple days :thumbup:

Come on, join me, you NoVA guys pay more than that for parking in a week

[Apoc]

I don't pay anything for parking. :dunno:

[D_Eclipse9916]

$49 for year subscription for the next couple days :thumbup:

Come on, join me, you NoVA guys pay more than that for parking in a week

I dont even drive to work :lol:

[BLINGMW]

ok gang, sign up for $12 for 3mo. You put my name in as referring you and I'll transfer the $15 in credits I get to you.

I got a wheel, and haven't gotten as fast as my controller times yet, so now's your chance to come kick my ass on my dime. :lol:

[D_Eclipse9916]

so now's your chance to come kick my ass on my dime. :lol:

Someone get me a wheel.

[BLINGMW]

Summit comes with it and you can use your $15 to buy VIR :wink:

[G.Irish]

ok gang, sign up for $12 for 3mo. You put my name in as referring you and I'll transfer the $15 in credits I get to you.

I got a wheel, and haven't gotten as fast as my controller times yet, so now's your chance to come kick my ass on my dime. :lol:

What wheel did you get?

[BLINGMW]

well I was going to post a review, but I'll just do it half assed now. :wink:

If you want a wheel in the $100-$120 range, there's two good choices. Most people on the iRacing forum recommend the Driving Force GT

It's a 900 deg wheel and many say the force feedback is as good, if not arguably better than the G25 or G27 (which are kind of the default good choice for a serious sim). The pedals pretty much suck for two reasons. One, no clutch. Two, they're cheap. Many recommend starting with it then upgrading the pedals to something fancy later.

Because i have to be different, I went with the Thrustmaster RGT

It's only a 270 deg wheel, which is why some don't consider it seriously. And it's a small wheel, like 10in dia I think? To me 270 deg is enough, and WAY more betterer than using a stick. If I wanted to drift or play an offroad sim or like, taxi driver parking sim?, sure, it would be limiting. But the size, to me, was a bonus so it takes up a little less space. And you get a clutch pedal. Unfortunately, it appears the manufacturer has recently switched to plastic pedals (which I got too), rather than the metal ones shown in pics, but they're pretty thick, and I don't play with my shoes on, so I think they'll last.

With either wheel (and with the G25 / G27 as well), the brake is unacceptably suck out of the box. It's just position based like the throttle and clutch, and the manufacturers for whatever reason don't even try to give it any sort of progressive feel to make up for it. So you secure a peice of rubber, old sandal, bumpstop, in my case a piece of vacuum hose behind it, calibrate and set it up it with that in place, and then it feels pretty good and you can heel toe pretty convincingly and such.

Overall, I'm happy with the RGT. Right now, the wheel is a little notchy, I can feel the gear/belt doing its thing in there when I'm thinking about it. I'm told it fades as it breaks in, and at speed I don't think about it. As expected, the 270 deg limit is 99% a non-issue (there's ONE hairpin at suzuka that's a little odd in tin-tops but ok in open wheel), and the pedals are good enough.

The last kind of funny part is that I've had this set up since christmas and have yet to get back to my gamepad laptimes. It's a little frustrating. Hey, I've been playing GT1,2,3,4 and other sims with a gamepad for 15 years. But the immersion is worth it. It's definitely better in traffic, driving offline, or getting bumped, but worse in correcting a little slide as my arms aren't as fast as my thumb. I have confidence I'll get back. And I don't feel like it's screwing up my real driving.

I built a sweet wooden stand for it all to raise it up from desk level, give the keyboard some room, and get the monitor as close to me as possible:

[JustinG]

Thrustmaster......

[BLINGMW]

G27 for $209 :thumbup:

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[BLINGMW]

so I remember a few others posted here before the blackout.... is anyone playing now? :dunno: I've been running the Mustang a lot lately.

[BLINGMW]

Solstice at Summit tonight, come join Sam and me

[navin]

o_O

what time? Finally won some races at LRP in the Miata.

[BLINGMW]

we did an 8:30 race. I cocked it up and caused a crash well before T1 :oops: