Logitech G27 USB Racing Wheel for PC

UPDATED 06/01/13 This has been a great wheel! Keep in mind I only play Gran Turismo on a PS3. I have tried the Thrustmaster F430, DFGT, and Fanatec GT3 V2. The DFGT has horrible shift buttons with no feel (click) to them. Their small size limits you to keeping your hands in one location as well. The DFGT increased my lap times more than the F430 did compared to a DS3. Pro's - overall quality and durability is very nice - all but one button can be remapped in Gran Turismo 5 - pedals are very nice, i recommend mounting the pedals to a base or against a wall - buttons on the wheel are tricky to use when the wheel is turned more than 90 degrees e-braking is very tricky, so i still use a controller for drifting - paddle shifters are nice, have a click to let you know you shifted, although a little flimsy and a bit too close to the wheel, you'll pinch your finger if you shift with one finger and have others underneath the lever - the wheel is angled upwards a bit too much, which I negated by putting a small 3-ring binder (or wooden wedge) with the small side facing the driver to decrease the angle - action is smooth, but can be loud when full force feedback kicks in - feedback is always strong even at the lowest setting, and can shake my entire corner desk - there's no playstation button! so you still need to use your controller here and there - it works very well with the PC just be sure to fully calibrate it in the control panel first, or you'll only get 300 degrees of rotation by default, and you have to go into the control panel and adjust that. I found the PC calibration tool and game calibration tools more complicated than they need to be. I don't trust FANATEC's ($400 cost) support history, and their being out of Germany and the best Thrustmaster rig is just too expensive. UPDATE I just received a Fanatec GT3 V2 pedal and chair set yesterday 05/31/2013. The seems on the wheel were not comfortable, the cooling fan makes a whining noise, the basic pedals (even firmed up) are not as nice as the G37's by far. All of the onboard custom settings didn't seem to make that much of a difference overall. Specifically, turn-in was always better on the G27. I raced 5 laps in a FR 550PP car with Sports Hard tires and my track times were far better with the G27. THRUSTMASTER: I've been a longtime user of Thrustmaster products. I was always happier with Logitec's flight sim products. They weren't always nicer per say, but overall they worked better. I did try the Thrustmaster Ferrari F430 wheel. I was able to match my controller times and it was nicer than the Logitec DFGT. The shifter buttons were way too loud and the gears were very notchy with fine turning adjustments. The pedals were nice. The buttons could not be remapped in GT5. They were laid out pretty well, but you have to get the layout from Thrustmaster support which was very responsive I must say. The T500 seems like the way to go if money is no option, but you're going to want the F1 wheel add on and that puts you around $800 and up range. I'll be looking to add an e-brake and race chair to this and get a backup G27 for parts in case this one breaks.

It's everything I wanted, the pedals look so good because they are made of medal, the quality of the wheel and stick is very good. I had this wheel for a few months now and no matter how much I had played it still feels like, the durability is super solid. Plus I really like the smell, it literally makes the room smell like a new car, when I bought my EVO I would love to get inside the car and smell the smell of a new car, this wheel smells just like that which proves is really made out of material from a real car. The size of the steering is perfect for Formula 1 games, and so is the force feedback. I use the clutch as the brake and it feels like I'm really driving a F1 car. For F1 2012, all you have to do is put the steering wheel saturation at 65% and the accuracy is incredible to see. Changing shifts with paddle shifters is also great since they are made of medal like the pedals and it gives to it a better feel than if they were plastic. The wheel looks good with the medal in the middle and the lights for changing gears look great when playing the F1 games. For games like Gran Turismo I would recommend to mod it with a Sparco wheel or any other real size wheel, since this wheel is too small for regular cars on simulators, they sell online good hub adpaters for those wheels that work great with this wheel. They also sell longer paddle shifters for those. For any other arcade game like Grid 2, MotorStorm Apocalypse, or Sega Rally Online, this wheel size is more than enough and makes the arcade gaming experience so much better and so much more fun, to the point that you don't want to stop playing. I would definitely recomment a good wheel stand, I found a really good one here on Amazon for $80, similar to the V2 and works excellent with this wheel, without a proper stand like that it would be hard for you to appreciate how good this wheel is, and you will be surprised how the couch is not bad at all when you use a stand like that. In the case you want to get a racing chair, then find a way to make it move, I've seem videos online of guys that had mod their chairs to move as if you were driving a rally car. If you are not going to do that to the racing chair, then you better off saving your money by just buying the stand because there is no much difference there. If you are wondering about 3D gaming, you can't go wrong with that, I would say having a big 3D TV is better than hooking up 3 monitors together that are not 3D, the 3D effect these days is wonderful, specially when it comes to driving games. If you don't have a big 3D TV, then yes the 3 monitors approach would be better, but even a 2D HD big TV is more than enough to really have fun with this. Cons: The USB cable that connects the wheel to the PS3 is a little short and you may need to buy an extension for it, unless you want to keep it right in front of the screen, which is not bad if you consider that for a car game, being close is better. Logitech does not gives you the chance to have a F1 add on wheel like Thrustmaster does, and in order to put one of those you would really need to know what you are doing which is not feasible to expect from most people. It is too bad Logitech said won't be doing more console accessories, it seens this would be the last one from them, they are really good making then. Also it is very possible this won't work in the upcoming PlaySation 4, but that is something I can't confirm and from what I heard it depends largely on the game makers more than the PS4 system itself. So if you are planning to buy this to play DriveClub on the PS4, I would hold on to see if it is compatible before making the purchase, other than that Gran Turismo 6 is coming up for the PS3 so in that case I would highly recommend to get this wheel for it.

Aunque sea un volante que lleva ya tiempo en el mercado la calidad del force feedback es excelente. En simuladores de Pc puedes configurarlo a tu gusto y puedes hacer una experiencia realmente buena, si lo que buscas es jugarlo en ps3, yo siempre practico en gran turismo 6 va bien el volante la verdad muy buena respuesta (pero hay que modificarlo en los ajustes del juego como por ejemplo ponerlo en simulador, sensibilidad etc.). Tengo WRC4 y el volante tiene una fuerza impresionante. las palancas es chica pero funciona corectamente igual que el embrague. Los pedales tiene materiales de alta calidad, los pedales no tiene valvulas hidraulicas ni se ajusta la dureza, tampoco cuentan con vibradores. Lo recomiendo mucho mas que un thrustmaster 300 el costo vale la pena y se me hace justo. por cierto llevo ya 9 meses de que lo adquiri y me funciona igual.

The Logitech G27 is, in my opinion, the best steering wheel for any game that supports it. The pedals feel very solid, the gas pedal has a soft spring, the clutch pedal has a medium stiffness spring, and the brake pedal has a stiff spring. The only thing missing in the pedals would be a vibration system in the clutch to let you feel when you are at the friction point of the clutch. The leather wrapped steering wheel is very comfortable, the helical cut gears are very quiet relative to the straight cut gears on the G25, The dual force feedback motors do pack a punch on bumpy surfaces. The only con to the steering wheel are the buttons, they feel very video game like, unlike the rest of the wheel and the pedals which feel realistic. The H-gate gear selector also feels a little cheap, but short of an actual gearbox with synchro meshes and gears and what not I still think Logitech did a pretty good job. Oh, and hours and hours of fun :)

Dieses Lenkrad ist wirklich jeden Cent Wert, wenn man gute Verarbeitung, extrem gute Haptik und Funktionalität haben will. Zwar gibt es schon länger Nachfolgermodelle, aber leider hat die Qualität der Produkte von logitech mit den Jahren sehr nachgelassen. Deswegen empfehle ich jedem weiterhin das G27. Einrichtung unter Windows 10 ist kein Problem. Mit entsprechenden Adaptern bzw. Konvertern soll es sogar an der Xbox One funktionieren.

It works better than expected, just be aware you need to get an extra AC and find the actual drivers software for this especiffic wheel.

Good response to controls, need a quick computer for best performance.