People with a wheel, how good is it?

I use the G27 for many racing games as GTR2, GTR Evolution, Race Injection (all simulations), for Dirt 3, TDU2 and Flatour 2. It was a very good choice and I think a racing game without using a wheel is like soup without salt (a german phrase=.

 

A wheel is a necessity to get the best sim experience of any driving/racing game but it's not necessary for fast lap times. I know of at least 2 aliens on another sim who use xbox controllers and I'm sure there are many more.

 

id go as far to say that you shouldn't be able to access AC unless you have a wheel, I don't want to be racing against people with controllers or even keyboards, there a liability on track and take risks and make moves that a driver with a wheel wouldn't, id also get rid of unrealistic views too and have cockpit as the only option.

 

Filter or lock on the multiplayer session would do the trick. Don't hinder others to enjoy it just because you don't want to race against them.

 

no, that would kill AC in an instant. I do like an option to have a wheel only server. Also mouse drivers seem to be more reliable than wheel users.

 

Get the wheel. would be best 200$ you've ever spent.

 

yeah, wheel only servers, there playing a game, I'm driving a sim

 

you are driving a sim racing game.

 

yep, and a wheel sure helps with driving...

 

Iracing tried to go the route of wheel only with no alternative driving view and even charging outrageous prices they had to change their business philosophy to get more customers...there simply aren't enough hardcore simracers to be economically viable as a business to only market to them.

AC is doing the best thing possible with being a completely hardcore, as realistic as possible simulation that can also be enjoyed by gamepad users simply by turning on a few assists. I have already seen quite a few posts from gamepad users (the casuals, if you will) that have been bit by the sim-racing bug and have bought a wheel or are going to soon. New blood is nothing but a good thing for our hobby. That being said, I will be pissed if there isn't an option to make my on-line server wheel users only.

 

so does a gamepad, mouse and keyboard

 

I don't know where your going with this, the OP is after advice from wheel users and there opinions on how good it is, I gave him mine, if you would like to go and talk about how good controllers and keyboards are then I suggest you start a thread on the topic.

 

I'm not talking to the op here, I reacted on your comment about not being allowed to drive AC without a wheel, which is is the most stupid thing I've ever heard.

 

you'll get over it, have a good day

 

you not proving your stand point does say a lot

 

I'll toss my 2 cents in here, I've driven with a logitech game pad, and then finally after an extended break, hooked up my Thrustmaster rally GT wheel which frankly is not the greatest wheel and it's still like a night and day difference with FFB and just the natural feeling of controlling a car by a wheel. It provides a much more immersive experience overall. I wouldn't say you have to use a wheel but you're missing a lot if you don't.

 

Ive been playing AC for a week or so using my logitech gamepad. After a bit I am am halfway decent in the sim, but I know that the gamepad is holding me back. Yesterday I hit a rut and then realized that the I couldn't turn as far as I should on parabolica in the 599xx. Turns out it has to do with a conflict between the speed sensitivity and gamma settings I have to run with the stick steering. Turns out I have to tune the controller more than the car I'm driving .

I've gotten down to 1:44.5 with the 599xx at Monza, but I doubt if I can shave more than 1s off of that. I can't use the curbs because any type of correction turns into an overcorrection because of the small throw of the controller stick.

We'll see how it goes, a local guy is selling his Fanatec Forza CSR wheel for like $100 and I should be picking it up on Thursday. I don't have pedals or a shifter (yet), but in the meantime, I have a set of saitek rudder pedals I can use for gas/brake in the meantime.

 

My simming goes back so far that I have had to race and fly without the modern gear we have. So I have raced without a wheel.

Since I got a wheel many years back I would just as rather not do laps than do it some other way. I understand people doing racing from the gaming POV, its an arcade game and controllers are how most people do this on other platforms.

If thats how they get their fun thats cool but they are playing a different game, how you race with a controller is different and feels about as different if you asked them to drive their real car with an xbox controller hooked up to it.

A wheel is well worth it and you are then playing a different game, one which is much better imho if you prefer your games more on the simulation side.