Best wheel for GT

[sinner]

I finally caved and got a DFGT and a WheelStand Pro... and loving both, I might add. For me it came down to the price and size of the wheel. Its really my first time spending an extended period of time playing GT with a wheel... a very interesting and new experience for me. I guess I kinda have to "learn" all the tracks again.

Anyway, for the people with the wheelstand pro, regarding the pedals and the metal bars that secure them, did you guys get a strip of rubber that prevents the bars from sliding down the pedals (I didn't)? I don't want to over-tighten the bars, but at the same time if I don't tighten them enough, they'll slide down... any tips?

 

[Neal]

I finally caved and got a DFGT and a WheelStand Pro... and loving both, I might add. For me it came down to the price and size of the wheel. Its really my first time spending an extended period of time playing GT with a wheel... a very interesting and new experience for me. I guess I kinda have to "learn" all the tracks again.

Anyway, for the people with the wheelstand pro, regarding the pedals and the metal bars that secure them, did you guys get a strip of rubber that prevents the bars from sliding down the pedals (I didn't)? I don't want to over-tighten the bars, but at the same time if I don't tighten them enough, they'll slide down... any tips?

I'm a recent convert to the DFGT and WSP too...I should be on commission for them judging by the number of posts I've made recommending the stand! Needles to say I'm made up with the new set up and am enjoying learning how to drive again, god knows how long it'll take to drift properly!

My WSP came with 2 circular stick on foam pads to fix to the underside of the red pedal bar to stop it sctratching and sliding down the pedals. B&Q or any DIY store will have this kind of thing for putting under furniture legs.

 

[mattbeddall]

The problem mentioned earlier about not being able to try the fanatec wheels out without incurring some cost is a big error by the company in my opinion, I know a lot of people put off by this fact, I wanted a fanatec but didnt want to risk losing money without being able to judge for myself that its worth 230 pounds more than the DFGT, does anybody know why they don't stock them in shops? Or is it just the shops local to me?

 

[sinner]

I'm a recent convert to the DFGT and WSP too...I should be on commission for them judging by the number of posts I've made recommending the stand! Needles to say I'm made up with the new set up and am enjoying learning how to drive again, god knows how long it'll take to drift properly!

My WSP came with 2 circular stick on foam pads to fix to the underside of the red pedal bar to stop it sctratching and sliding down the pedals. B&Q or any DIY store will have this kind of thing for putting under furniture legs.

Haha... I've busted out my copy of GT5P... driving all my cars again, for the first time.

Would you happen to have a pic of what this circular stick looks like? Right now its just metal on plastic for me...

Anyway, time to watch the MP4/25 launch...

 

[Neal]

Haha... I've busted out my copy of GT5P... driving all my cars again, for the first time.

Would you happen to have a pic of what this circular stick looks like? Right now its just metal on plastic for me...

Anyway, time to watch the MP4/25 launch...

I'll take some pictures and post them tonight or over the weekend but they very similar to these ( http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.j...refview=search&ts=1264765053033&isSearch=true or http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;j...HZOCFFA?_dyncharset=UTF-8&fh_search=felt+pad# )

New MP4 25 looks pretty nice from the first low res pick I've seen.

 

[TokyoDrift]

I just expect when we are talking cars we are talking speeds because that's the fun and a Ferrari 430 is the best fun you can get really, a Toyota Supra not so much. A Ferrari is not just speed, handling and looks, it's also durability, sound that makes your hormones run like crazy, then it's also a big legend, it's italian and rear engined. And yes it's very beautiful, I can say that much more than twice.

Oh, you "expect", eh?! See, regardless of what statistics you come up with, peoples varying requirements and opinions automatically nullify any perception of one thing being better than another. In some cases, there may be undisputed "better" things, but for the most part, you cannot just say an F430 is the best fun you can get really. What is fun to you may not be fun to somebody else. 0 - 60 times are indisputable. One is faster than the other, but faster does not always mean better. Miles per gallon is largely indisputable, and usually, more is better...

The problem mentioned earlier about not being able to try the fanatec wheels out without incurring some cost is a big error by the company in my opinion, I know a lot of people put off by this fact, I wanted a fanatec but didnt want to risk losing money without being able to judge for myself that its worth 230 pounds more than the DFGT, does anybody know why they don't stock them in shops? Or is it just the shops local to me?

Fanatec are a very small company and so have chosen to not use local retailers in order to keep profits for them as high as they can, while keeping the product as cheap as they can for the consumer. If they had these on store shelves, they would cost significantly more.

 

[mattbeddall]

ah i see , thankyou for setting me straight, I'm gonna stick with the DFGT for now anyway. Hopefully if the game has been developed around the official wheel the feedback will be a little more refined than prologue

 

[TokyoDrift]

ah i see , thankyou for setting me straight, I'm gonna stick with the DFGT for now anyway. Hopefully if the game has been developed around the official wheel the feedback will be a little more refined than prologue

Good decision. I'm hoping to get a Logitech wheel nearer launch, having decided to wait rather than just get one to play Time Trial and Prologue that I've done to death anyway. No way I'd spend so much money on something being shipped from another country.

 

[TrievelA7X]

So guys, what is wrong with the DFP wheel. It is not even an option in the poll, it IS a quality wheel, and it is only about 50 bucks now. Best bang for the buck by far.

I don't know where I could possibly get one for 50$, unless used, (not an option for me, no thanks) but right now on Amazon -
Logitech PlayStation 3 Driving Force GT Racing Wheel
Price: $84.98 + $12.99 shipping = 98$
vs.
Driving Force Wheel for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3
Buy new: $99.99

Then its a misleading poll.
I would create best wheel for the bang for GT5 game. Then clearly G25 would be best option.

Or maybe he is really specific on BEST wheel out there for GT5.

Both, really.
But I also knew making it, most people cannot fairly vote, if any. To fairly vote, one would have to buy all 4 wheels (any from fanatec) and drive them all, provided a few exceptions that got to test one at a friends house or something.
"Best" can mean whatever the voter decides, and price is usually a factor included by most people, whether they have infinite money or not.

I'm just taking collective notes of everything anybody says, whether it's "DFGT is best bang for buck" or "Fanatec is best hands down", to truly get a thorough review, one must consider all factors and as many opinions as possible, and that's what I'm trying to do, and it's looking like the Fanatec wheel is the best performer, but anyone with a budget will go elsewhere.

The actual vote itself wouldn't be my, nor should it be anybody's final product decision, and I don't think it has been or will be.

As of now, so long as I have the money I plan to get, I'll be getting a Fanatec Porsche Turbo wheel, with Clubsport pedals, and if I have less than I plan, I may either go Turbo S - Standard pedals, or G27. But if somehow I have much less than expected, I'll be getting the DFGT, and not worrying so much as I would have, as I haven't heard anything that makes it definitively worse than the competition, just noiser, more plastic, etc.

Then clearly G25 would be best option.

Many have disagreed with this also, it depends on what price you can find it for. I thought this, but I've now seen I can't find any new for less than 474$ currently - need I say that is NOT best bang for the buck.

 

[lilcat89]

I have read this whole thread, as I am currently looking to replace my driving force wheel. So, judging by everything here, and trying the DFGT for a week. I think the wheel I am going to get is the Fanatec GT3RS Clubsport and add the shifter set for $50. For $400 plus shipping, it should last as long as my 10 year old PS2 has.

 

[sinner]

I'll take some pictures and post them tonight or over the weekend but they very similar to these ( http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.j...refview=search&ts=1264765053033&isSearch=true or http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;j...HZOCFFA?_dyncharset=UTF-8&fh_search=felt+pad# )

New MP4 25 looks pretty nice from the first low res pick I've seen.

Thanks, those pics will do... and I have an idea where I can find em. 👍

Yeah, I found a couple hi-rez pics... a radical change. But I digress. My apologies.

 

[CoolColJ]

best wheel will be the Logitech G29, when they combine the features of the DFGT with the G27, and improve on it

 

[Neal]

Thanks, those pics will do... and I have an idea where I can find em. 👍

Yeah, I found a couple hi-rez pics... a radical change. But I digress. My apologies.

Good stuff, saves me taking it apart

 

[TokyoDrift]

Thanks, those pics will do... and I have an idea where I can find em. 👍

Yeah, I found a couple hi-rez pics... a radical change. But I digress. My apologies.

Those felt pads can be had real cheap from a store called "Boyes" if you have one near you. 99p or something like that for loads of different shapes, strips, sheets etc.

 

[Gejost]

Everyone will probaby just vote for which wheel they have. Obviously the G27 is better than the G25 yet the G25 has more votes... I wonder how that can be?

 

[irnbrutwinturbo]

Everyone will probaby just vote for which wheel they have. Obviously the G27 is better than the G25 yet the G25 has more votes... I wonder how that can be?

You could read the entire thread and find the answer, or

Just accept that, best can mean different things to different people,

for some people best is 'most official',
for others best is 'best reviewed/features that is compatible',
for others best is 'best value for money'

and for anyone who doesn't have an opinion on best, they will probably just vote for the wheel they already have.

As for me, i voted for the G25 because, it works, it's been well reviewed, it was the choice of many of the winners of round one of the TT, and i got it at a great price. On top of that, i have had no build quality issues.

 

[Hypo_Pylon]

Voted the G27 because I've just not long upgraded form a DFPRO. Would have taken a G25 but was to late to the party and what little stock there is left is much more expensive now than what Play.com and the likes had it on sale for (£99) so I went for a G27 and wasn't dissapointed.

Posted my findings in another thread so I'll just quote them here;

With regards to the wheel vs. wheel debate. I went from a DFPRO to a G27 and immediately went faster with the G27. After about 5 laps I beat my record that I had been struggling to best for a couple of days with the DFPRO, and on the next two laps I had gone even faster shaving off 3 tenth's.
I thought I would be slower at first and take many more laps than it did to get used to it, but this was not the case, the G27 was so much more precise in steering input, brakes and throttle. The helical gears make a big difference, so much smoother which make it easier to be more precise.

 

[Gejost]

Just accept that, best can mean different things to different people,

True, people interpret "best" in different ways: best overall, best quality, best for your money, and many just vote for which wheel they have, regardless of it being the "best".

 

[phil_2001]

Most people will not bother with steering wheels anyway, maybe %10 of all GT buyers got wheels. Dual Shock 3 isn't bad at all if they work on it right, GT4 was great and so were GT5P and GT3. I know people that half the time they prefer the DS to a wheel because it's more relaxing and it brings you back to what a videogame should fee like, not a racing, or driving simulator, but a videogame.

 

[sinner]

Most people will not bother with steering wheels anyway, maybe %10 of all GT buyers got wheels. Dual Shock 3 isn't bad at all if they work on it right, GT4 was great and so were GT5P and GT3. I know people that half the time they prefer the DS to a wheel because it's more relaxing and it brings you back to what a videogame should fee like, not a racing, or driving simulator, but a videogame.

I kinda had that mentality... before I bought the wheel

But I still agree, having spent a majority of my GT-time on a DS. Lol... am I the only one that still uses the analogue D-pad??? I never could quite get the hang of the analogue stick...

 

[TokyoDrift]

Most people will not bother with steering wheels anyway, maybe %10 of all GT buyers got wheels. Dual Shock 3 isn't bad at all if they work on it right, GT4 was great and so were GT5P and GT3. I know people that half the time they prefer the DS to a wheel because it's more relaxing and it brings you back to what a videogame should fee like, not a racing, or driving simulator, but a videogame.

Oh man, it took guts to say that! Still, you'll never be saying it again because people on here will have your guts for sacrilege!

I totally agree though, and would say that even less that 10% of all GT buyers go out and buy a wheel. I know loads of people who own/owned PlayStation consoles and one or more versions of Gran Turismo - not one of them ever bothered with a wheel. At the end of the day, it is a videogame as you rightly say.

 

[Raitziger]

Reality is that nobody knows which is the best wheel for any game if the game has not even come out yet.

 

[Neal]

Most people will not bother with steering wheels anyway, maybe %10 of all GT buyers got wheels. Dual Shock 3 isn't bad at all if they work on it right, GT4 was great and so were GT5P and GT3. I know people that half the time they prefer the DS to a wheel because it's more relaxing and it brings you back to what a videogame should fee like, not a racing, or driving simulator, but a videogame.

As it's been said you are right that most people will use a DS3 (or even a sixaxis) and have a great time playing GT5. I played all previous GT games with a pad and loved them but after recently getting a DFGT and WSP I think it adds so much to the experience that it's worth the outlay.

With the more realistic physics that GT5PP and GT5TT have and that GT5 will have a wheel adds even more to the game. That fact that this is a specialised GT forum means the majority of members are pretty big fans so I recommend anyone who is contemplating getting to make the jump regardless of which they go for.

 

[pay2021]

Reality is that nobody knows which is the best wheel for any game if the game has not even come out yet.

At least some with the foots on Earth!!

Nobody knows anything if the game has not even come out yet!!!!

Sorry my english.

 

[WolfRacer543]

double post, my bad

 

[WolfRacer543]

I think the Fanatec wheel because the G25/G27 doesn't really have proper support, and the Fanatec wheels have more flexibility in hardware where as the G25/G27 really needs something like the profiler on PC.

That said I can go down to the shop and buy a G25 off the shelf for a few hundred (Australian dollars) and a G27 for a couple hundred more... getting a Fanatec is a much more painful process, especially in Australia, and in the end will probably cost quite a bit more.

But when GT5 actually comes out, the G25/27 may have proper support which could sway things.

Reality is that nobody knows which is the best wheel for any game if the game has not even come out yet.

Well the thread title is "Best wheel for GT" Which, if you want to get pedantic would imply, at this stage, GT5P, GT5TT and GT4.

 

[TrievelA7X]

If I could, I'd change this whole thread to "Best wheel for racing games I'll play in my lifetime", and disinclude GT5 altogether.

 

[Raitziger]

pedantic would imply, at this stage, GT5P, GT5TT and GT4.

Poll is in GT5 section, so it is quite reasonable to assume op means GT5. If it means something else, this should be in steering wheels section.

 

[TokyoDrift]

I think the Fanatec wheel because the G25/G27 doesn't really have proper support

Logitech wheels have better support than Fanatec overall regarding the GT series.

 

[Raitziger]

Fananec performs very good in every GT game but not in GT5 as wheel shakes in the straight like with G27. And also G27 does not even support sequential shifting GT5: p. So clearly game has problems with all new wheels.