Thinking of buying a steering wheel

Derp · 1 Jul 2015 at 22:02

...and picking up Project Cars, but don't want to chuck loads of money into it as I probably won't use it that much. Are there any cheap-ish ones that are worth the money or are only the expensive ones worth getting?

Scania · 1 Jul 2015 at 22:05

See if you can bag a second hand Microsoft Sidewinder wheel, I sold one a few years back for £50 - it was bashed to hell but still worked!

Still a fine wheel IMO, my other one is still going strong after years and years of major abuse.

Rroff · 1 Jul 2015 at 22:06

Dunno if they are still available but the Thrustmaster Ferrari GT Experience Racing Wheel 3-in-1 used to be fairly cheap and worked reasonably well.

Derp · 1 Jul 2015 at 22:20

Thanks... will take a look on fleabay for either of those.

Scania · 1 Jul 2015 at 22:29

Make sure you get the force feedback variant, the non one isn't anywhere near as good to use IMO.

~>Dg<~ · 1 Jul 2015 at 22:34

go ebay pick up a dfgt 40-50 quid.

arknor · 1 Jul 2015 at 22:51

dfgt don't bother with anything less
you don't want a wheel that feels like it came from a toy car and with no FFB

K1LaW8tt5 · 1 Jul 2015 at 23:07

arknor said:
dfgt don't bother with anything less
you don't want a wheel that feels like it came from a toy car and with no FFB

+1 for the Driving force gt . Great wheel

SonniLombardi · 1 Jul 2015 at 23:23

~>Dg<~ · 1 Jul 2015 at 23:29

do not buy the cheap ferrari wheel

Kosmiche · 1 Jul 2015 at 23:33

thrustmaster f430 ffb

insidesimracing a well regarded site prefers this to the dfgt, and its slightly cheaper at least when i bought it.

SKILL · 2 Jul 2015 at 08:36

DFGT or Thrustmaster F430, both sit at pretty much the point where anything worse you'd be better off with a pad.

The MS Wheel was ok when it was first released but it's been so far surpassed by the above it's not worth bothering with.

MasterOC · 2 Jul 2015 at 08:46

Scania said:
See if you can bag a second hand Microsoft Sidewinder wheel, I sold one a few years back for £50 - it was bashed to hell but still worked!

Still a fine wheel IMO, my other one is still going strong after years and years of major abuse.

Still use mine ! How old are they now ? FFB is actually very good still to this day and support for the wheel is still excellent . I got mine with monster truck madness 2 ! absolute quality wheel , without spending major money I still think there is very little that beats it

Armageus · 2 Jul 2015 at 09:21

~>Dg<~ said:
go ebay pick up a dfgt 40-50 quid.

arknor said:
dfgt don't bother with anything less
you don't want a wheel that feels like it came from a toy car and with no FFB

weldon855 said:
+1 for the Driving force gt . Great wheel

Driving Force GT should also be cheap these days, as people move from PS3 to PS4, as the GT doesn't work with PS4.

arknor · 2 Jul 2015 at 11:25

SKILL said:
DFGT or Thrustmaster F430, both sit at pretty much the point where anything worse you'd be better off with a pad.

The MS Wheel was ok when it was first released but it's been so far surpassed by the above it's not worth bothering with.

DFGT is more widely used, most used wheel according to dirt rally stats so will likely be supported by games for many years to come on the pc

dits · 2 Jul 2015 at 11:46

Got Project Cars during the sale. Don't have a wheel atm though there's a Microsoft Sidewinder wheel in the loft. It seems to have gameport connection. Is there any way to connect this to PC?