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EssexMame:
The more I look, the more confused I become. I'm looking for a decent, but inexpensive, second hand steering wheel. I'd use it for Mame Our Run and the like, maybe Hard Drivin and all it's gears and peddles. I'd identified the Logitech G25/G27 but they still go for a whopping £150+ on Ebay.

What wheels still have a decent strong force feedback wheel, pedals (2, or 3 if possible) and gears (hi/lo and 4/5/6 speed shifter style) for around £30. Things like the momo seem to fulfil some/all of that criteria but is it a good one to go for and are there others/better?

For PC and also use on PS/PS2/PS3 would be a bonus - I'd probably play Gran Turismo if I'd got the wheel even if just for a little bit ;-)

Ultimately I'd like to put it into a cabinet but for now it would just to have some fun playing the games (I have Dirt 2(?) on my PC - free with my graphics card and never played). I always loved driving games in the arcade and at home and want an inexpensive way to experience them as intended....

Oh, a 360 - Pole Position/Champ Sprint/APB/Ivan Stewarts would be a future thing but can any of these be played on a 270 type wheel? I know Pole Position gives problems but do others work? Ivan Stewarts seems playable on a PS2 analogue DS stick so expect it would work with a 270 wheel too??

The Logitech Driving Force GT comes up a lot on Ebay, and is inexpensive at £25+. Is it any good?
Of the G25/27 I'd probably go for G25 - cheaper and both are identical in most respects (I even prefer the G25 sequential shifter option). These are £130+ though and I don't think I'd go anywhere near that, yet..
Fanatec wheels get a lot of mention online but I can't actually see these for sale, new or Ebay, so perhaps they don't really exist any more?
Any other good, cheap options??

Lot of questions there - sorry!

MrThunderwing:

--- Quote from: EssexMame on March 26, 2015, 07:26:19 am ---The Logitech Driving Force GT comes up a lot on Ebay, and is inexpensive at £25+. Is it any good?

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I've got one and I'd say you can't really go wrong for that price. It does everything I want a wheel to do and the force feedback is pretty decent. It'll also work on your PS3. It's the only wheel I've tried at home with force feedback though, so I've got no idea how it stacks up next to some of the more top-of-the-range wheels and the FFB they provide, and it doesn't have a proper stick shifter (even though it looks like it does).

_Scott:

--- Quote from: EssexMame on March 26, 2015, 07:26:19 am ---The Logitech Driving Force GT comes up a lot on Ebay, and is inexpensive at £25+. Is it any good?

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I'm not sure it's that cheap, you know. I had a quick look (Buy It Now, sorted from least to most expensive) and the cheapest was £60 and pick-up only. The next up was £70. Who knows what the final price of the auctions are. I think I'll watch a few to see what happens.

EssexMame:
I've seen a few end at £25 for it - the Buy it Now is a little hopeful I think. Still, if it was those sort of prices and higher new then that in some ways is more reassurance its decent/solidly built. Edit: £25 is probably optimistic looking again, but hopefully £30-£40 especially if unboxed.

Thanks for the endorsement - it helps a lot, esp. regarding the force feedback. No idea how I setup Out Run Force Feedback via mamehooker yet, but I'm sure I'll have fun trying. Actually, the thought of Out Run again with a steering wheel is a good one right now.

On the gearstick - is it a sequential shifter - like a paddle and you push up/down through the gears? It'll work for Out Run Hi/Lo in some way I'm sure and an option for a semi-automatic game like Super Monaco GP and even Hard Drivin' (with some other buttons for clutch, key etc etc - I've some setting up to do for that one I know).

I'll go for one on ebay then. I can always upgrade to a G25/G27 and sell it on Ebay in the future can't I...

For now, I'm back to moving Teddies to pickup men (some others here will know what I'm talking about, it's not what it sounds like!)

_Scott:
This rewrite of Out Run has force feedback https://github.com/djyt/cannonball/wiki

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