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Logitech G27 Racing Wheel $192 @ newegg
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: Wade007 on August 28, 2012, 04:37:29 pm ---Is this the best MAME cabinet racing wheel?
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It's the best reasonably priced wheel with a clutch and shifter for racing sims and PC games. This wheel is the current standard, so everything is made to be compatible with it.
There are others that are better, but the prices get astronomical and they don't have logitech profiler which is a life-saver when it comes to setting up emulators.
For MAME, there's really no way around needing two separate wheels for 270 and 360 degree wheel games. Even though this has 900 degrees of rotation, pole position still isn't playable with it. The only MAME games that will benefit from the 900 degrees of rotation are Hard Drivin' & Race Drivin'.
If you just want something to attach and remove, you could find a cheaper one with the sequential shifter attached to the wheel base (or just use the paddle shifters).
RacerMAME will allow you to use the sequential shifter or paddles on 4-speed games.
The pedals that come with those won't feel as much like real pedals as the G27, but they'll work.
The wheels also usually look more "plasticky", but again, the game will still play just fine.
Personally, I don't care for the G27 shifter. It just doesn't feel like a real shifter or arcade shifter. My old act labs shifter is fairly flimsy, but the throw is about the same as an arcade shifter and I keep the 4 speed plate on it, so it feels right. I'm not sure how to describe the G27 shifter. Guess it feels like an undersized game controller.
If I ever get around to building a racing pod, I'll probably stick with it anyway since I already have it. Off the top of my head, the only game in MAME that uses a 6-speed is ridge racer (takes a beast of a pc to run), but it also has the option for sequential. I prefer to use the paddles.
If you just want to test the waters, find yourself a used Logitech MOMO or Driving force for around $40.
Stay away from the Wingman Formula Force and Sidewinder wheels as they are ancient and use a different way to communicate ffb that only works with a few very old games.
Also stay away from xbox 360 wheels. There are no pc ffb drivers for them.
TGov:
Can't you lock out the rotation in the control panel to 270 and get it to work with some games? I am pretty sure it has a mechanical lock in it for such things.
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: TGov on August 29, 2012, 10:35:33 am ---Can't you lock out the rotation in the control panel to 270 and get it to work with some games? I am pretty sure it has a mechanical lock in it for such things.
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If you're talking about the G27, you can set it to any amount of rotation that you want.
It works fine for 270 degree games. It uses the feedback motors to stop the wheel.
They work surprisingly well and do feel like you've hit a mechanical stop.
I keep mine set to 270 degrees, not that I use it much.
It's more for wheel hacking experimentation than anything.
Well Fed Games:
Looks like Amazon is matching, FWIW... http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-941-000045-G27-Racing-Wheel/dp/B001NT9TK4/ref=pd_rhf_ee_s_cp_20
Must resist temptation... I am still stocking up on the last generation's wheels and driving games now that they are dirt cheap.
teeuwen:
--- Quote from: Well Fed Games on August 29, 2012, 11:28:55 pm ---Looks like Amazon is matching, FWIW... http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-941-000045-G27-Racing-Wheel/dp/B001NT9TK4/ref=pd_rhf_ee_s_cp_20
Must resist temptation... I am still stocking up on the last generation's wheels and driving games now that they are dirt cheap.
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A really good older racing game is Richard Burns Rally