Logitech WingMan Formula Force GP Wheel with Pedals
by Logitech
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Customer Review: Precise Force Feedback Wheel
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a very precise steering wheel and works very well with Force Feedback games. If your games do not support force feedback you will have trouble because the wheels return to center feature relies on force feedback.Customer Review: Great Toy....Great Price Not At Amazon[.com]
Summary: 4 Stars
the steering wheel is awesome, ...Customer Review: ok, out dated
Summary: 3 Stars
Logitech Is a company that seems to have killed off most if not all of its competitors in terms of wheels, since Microsoft decided to stop production of its sidewinder steering wheel line. But the fact is, this wheel, while very good is not their best. The main reason for this is its age. The 'Logitech WingMan Formula Force GP Wheel', try say that fast 5 times, Is ,in computer years, about as up to date as your gand fathers old 1975 AMC Pacer. So why is this such a big deal? Well, there were a few problems, in terms of quality and functionality, that would need to be corrected. These corrections do not appear on this wheel.
To start with, the wheel it self feels light and plastic. It is easy to grip and feels comfortable, but it also feels like it could break if moved to suddenly. The wheel does give good feed back and seems to react to every little effect right down to hitting little rocks in the rode.
The pedals are plastic and seem a little to easy to break! Jamming on the gas too hard a the wrong moment will cause it to crack. Holding it down with force can also cause this to happen. Another major issue that affects these pedals is the phone line jack type connector that connects and locks the wire in to the wheel it self. It is easy to break and does its job of holding the wire in place to well. I had the misfortune of having this wire fall on the gas pedal just before I slammed down the gas, this, needles to say, ripped wire out of the phone line jack connector rendering the pedals useless. And don't think you can just run down to your local electronic store and replace it, the connector is smaller then a standard phone connecter and dose not seem to be available anyware. I have had to replace several of these wheels because of the pedals failing in one way or another.
This wheel also lack something that was very highly noted in its early days, A shifter. The only way to shift gears is to use the small paddles on the backs of the left and right spokes. The paddles really don't give that good a sense of feed back.
For the price you pay, you get an ok wheel, but why would one by this wheel when the much improved MOMO wheel also from Logitech, which dose have a shifter, can be found for not much more.
Customer Review: Ok, but it's not really like driving, is it?
Summary: 3 Stars
This wheel does everything it's supposed to, and at a good price. Install was easy and it's one of the few that are compatible with Windows Me. I have a few problems with it. The mounting brackets are a little slick and my desk is also, so it kept slipping out of place.
I also could not get the pedals to stay put, again on a slick floor, but I suppose one could rig up a system to keep it solidly planted.
The feedback is nice, but merely shaking the wheel isn't the same as real road feel. It's still impossible to feel when tires are about to let loose, so the feedback is mostly just a gimmick, not an aid to driving well in a sim.
All force feedback wheels and pedals are bulky and cumbersome to store when not playing. With the various cords running everywhere, it's just not pracical to set up to play on a whim.
This is the problem with any computer driving simulation, not the wheel, however. It's simply not possible to design a system that can realistically simulate driving a car. And when I stopped to think about it, I realized that I didn't really need to play at driving. I have a car, a BMW 540i! I guess I'm spoiled by that. It can be fun to drive at super fast speeds on a computer, but for me, the fun wore off fast. I prefer more reasonable speeds and reality. No force feedback wheel can recreate the emotional and physical rush of accelerating from 0-60mph in less than 6 seconds, or carving corners smoothly w/o the jerkiness of a computer sim.
Customer Review: Pedals Break
Summary: 3 Stars
Although this steering wheel is a good wheel to race with it does have a major drawback. The pedals are cheap plastic and usually break within 2 months. When this happened on my first one, about 2 years ago, Logitech replced it twice (it comes with a year warranty). When the brake pedal broke this time I replaced it with the same wheel because Logitech stood behind its product and it still came with a year warranty. Unfortunately the gas pedal broke within 2 months and Logitech no longer honors the year warranty for breaking pedals. I will not buy another of this brand.