Do i have to buy a wheel?

I have been playing this absurd game with one XBOX 360 controller.

Its fun with the the right settings, but it seems really impossible to get near a average player with a Wheel.

Anyone playing with a controller getting another impression?is it possible to compete with Wheel players?

Otherwise...

I have to convice my wife to buy this childish thing...

 

There are a couple guys that are crazy fast using a gamepad.....they are definitely the exception to the rule though. Sell her whatever bs it takes to get at least a DFGT and prepare to have your mind blown.

 

You can correct a slide quicker with a pad, but nothing will prepare you for the smoothness and control you`ll gain by using a wheel, as long as it isn`t a crap £40 one with about 90 degree of rotation

 

If you look around you should be able to find a DFGT for around a $100.....any wheel cheaper than that and you are probably better off with the controller.....Don't worry though, it won't be long before you will want a $200 set of Fanatic pedals, a $100+ shifter, $300+ for a cockpit, $400+ for a new video card, etc......welcome to the club!

 

I just upgraded from a HORI EX2 (look it up, it's terrible) to a g27. The hori was fun but now that I know what a proper wheel is like I wish I never wasted my money on the hori.

Just save up for something decent, trust me.

 

I would recommend buying a used G25 in good condition. Comes for approx. 150€. It's better than the successor, cause it's got a sequencial leaver, which I dearly miss on the G27. A good bargain and great fun. Btw, I upgraded from a used DFP. A descent wheel that comes with silly pedals

 

There are a few fast gamepad player like me which can follow/keep up with Hany and Anssi, both aliens^^
Still IF you can convience your wife, a wheel is way cooler for this game.
I just need a few other things for the life first, but in 3 years atleast i get my wheel too.

 

Yes, buy a wheel, do it now!

If it helps, having a wheel and spending a hour on the sim is borderline exercise.

While it's possible to go fast or be competitive with a controller, it's a much better experience with a wheel, the feedback in the wheel makes it a much more immersive experience because you're getting more information about what the car is doing. You won't regret getting a wheel. For the amount of enjoyment you'll get out of it, a wheel is certainly worth the money.

 

You have to define Gamepad. With a usual X360-pad or similar I don't get any good laps in AC, you just don't have the "feel" for steering.
It's a totally different story with my Namco neGcon. You can drive much more precise with that thing!
Atm. I'm trying to get used to a Steelseries SRW-S1 (mounted/clamped to my desk), which is sort of a "inbetween" from gamepad to racing wheel.

 

Been play racing games over the years with various pads , games like gp3, gp4, rfactor, gtl, gtr, gtr2, pcars, AC. Finally bit the bullet and bought a G27 (new) for £215, i have no doubt it will be a VERY steep learning curve setting it up and learning how to drive with it. I just got fed up with a pad, i drive with no assists anyway so i thought to myself might as well get a wheel. Space might be a problem though...

 

Please get a wheel, for your own excitement.

 

I have reasons not to buy a wheel, which I won't discuss here anyhow.
I'm trying to find the best alternative which are by now the two mentioned above.

 

OK, if it suits you... All good here and fare well.

 

So, since i've upgraded my rig and now i can play AC fine, i was thinking about buying a wheel, like the Driving Forcet GT.... Is it okay to grab this one, or is there another one better than that in the same price range?

 

You won't regret getting a wheel. I could never go back to using a pad for driving. I started with a DFGT, was about £100, perfect starter wheel. I have a Thrustmaster T500 now, and it is incredible. Every little bump, rumble strip, engine vibration comes through the wheel perfectly.

There are two main types of wheel around these days. Gear driven and belt driven. Gear driven, like DFGT, G27, G25, tend to be a bit more clunky and rattly with their FFB. Belt driven, like the T500 or TX, tend to be much smoother and quieter (and more expensive).

If you race a lot, I would spend as much as you can on a good wheel. I went through a DFGT and G27 before getting the T500, and wished I'd just bought the T500 in the first place. It was £300, but worth every penny. Great wheel, great pedals (it also now comes with a brake mod that makes it more of a load cell brake).

If you're on a budget though, the DFGT is really good considering the low price, and it will give you much more enjoyment than a controller. And you will drive a lot better too.

 

hey OP, hope you don't mind if I hijack this thread for one question,

i'm running a G27, what would be the next step up from there. so many out there, what would be the logical next step

 

T500, unless you've got upwards of £1000 lying around.

 

You got it all wrong buddy, you never address stuff you want to buy as "childish" to the wife, never! How did you sneak a xbox in there eh?
You're 24, and already calling the rest of us 30+ year old childish?
Simracing is a legit mature hobby, which I happily practice along with gardening/homeimprovement and playing music.
So go get that G27 used/new, and start feeling the major difference in sim-immersion and control.

 

Awesome, thanks for sharing this.... But what about the Sequential Shifter? Is it good, or it is better to buy one with that paddle shifter like on the G27?

 

The DFGT does have paddle shifters too as well as the sequential, so you can use either. The paddle shifters are more like large buttons on the DFGT, but they do the job

The main advantage of the G27 is the much better pedals you get than with the DFGT.