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KillerArcades:
I'd love some suggestions for what's the best wheel to use for a driving cab. I'm looking at just having my xbox be the system I use in it.

Anyone know if it's possible / worthwhile to get a Logitech driving force pro wheel to work with an xbox and/or if it would be worth it since I'm not even sure that xbox (non 360 version) even has any games that will support the 900 degree rot..

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Or if there are better options out there?

Gunstar Hero:
The Logitech Driving Force series of USB wheel won't work with the XBOX (as far as I know) because they requires support (a USB driver) to be programmed into the game. They do rock the PS2 and as a USB wheel work real nice-like on the PC. They even have a new model coming out with a clutch and a six speed gearbox!

If you're dead set on using an XBOX only, the Speedster 3 is the best XBOX wheel out there. If you wanna be able to switch systems, the Madcatz MC2 Universal isn't terrible, but isn't as nice as the Speedster.

When I do a driving cab I'll probably base it around a PS2/PC setup and a Logitech wheel.

mhermann:
I am looking at this now as well. I am undecided on PS2 or Xbox. And like Gunstar said the only one readily available that can do both is the MadCatz.

I got one on Ebay for $20 shipped and am testing it now. It isn't bad so far. What I am thinking I am going to do is play a couple games on the PS2 and Xbox and see if I can decide on one or the other then go with one of the 2 wheels Gunstar listed.

The problem with going the PC/PS2 wheel route is you can only really play Mame driving games (270 degree at that). If you wanted to play other more recent PC driving games you can't really use a TV as a monitor and get good results. So then you need to decide on a PC monitor (limited to 22 ") or a Bill labs monitor (1024 x 768 but pricey) to get a decent picture on PC drivers.

KillerArcades:

--- Quote from: mhermann ---The problem with going the PC/PS2 wheel route is you can only really play Mame driving games (270 degree at that)....
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yeah, that's why I'm not bothering with MAME/PC games, I'm just going to do console games. I've already got a modded XBOX that I'm not really using much any more, so that's why I'm looking at using it for the system. But, yeah, a PS2 would be my preferred choice (but I've never modded one...) so that I can use the logitech wheel.

Oh man, I was at E3 the other week and I tried out the new version of that wheel you were talking about, man! it's got some torque on it!, it will really pull you around! The shifter looked cool, but the game they had loaded on it was near impossible to play with that instead of the paddle shifters, I HAD to keep both hands on the wheel in order to control it well enough to even stay on the track!

whew! it was suhweet!

anyways, okay, so I need to try to find a cheap PS2 somewhere and learn about modding it in order to get the wheel I want. :( ok, it could be worse.... maybe.

mhermann:
Upon further review I am leaning towards using 2 22" pc monitors and that new wheel from Logitech. I started looking at the long long list of PC driving games and also flight and mech games and am thinking PC is the way to go. But I am not shelling out for 2 bilabs monitors or an LCD HD TV so I think I am going with the PC monitors.

But after reading about that wheel it would be worth the smaller monitors I think.

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