Steering Wheel Users - CHEATERS

hahaha, I was ready to slap a necro for creating a troll thread.

I had a cheap wheel and pedals for my PC car game and it took me awhile to get used to it but once I did, I never went back to the controller. The pedals were the hardest but then again I wasn't using a 600$ piece of equipment either.

I know a few people that use "wheels" and they say it is better than using a controller. But I like to kick back in my recliner and relax when I play games so you'll never see me hunched over one of those things.

Originally posted by Deadaim bah.. idk.. imo i think if you are going to play a game on a console it should be with a controller.   steering wheels are for pc nerds

Originally posted by Deadaim Originally posted by danjel3+5 Originally posted by Deadaim bah.. idk.. imo i think if you are going to play a game on a console it should be with a controller.   steering wheels are for pc nerds Like KB/M? BTW - Like the thread title :) I'd rather use a controller, I don't really want my mates walking in on me pretending to be Michael Schumacher. <FONT>  <FONT>you realize i wasnt serious right? <FONT>  <FONT>at one of my old houses we built a cardboard car to go around 4 kitchen chairs.. had doors and windows and **** was utterly badass.. anyhow we would play racing games and pretend we were passengers lol with the driver using the wheel. yes it sounds corny but it was always funny as hell and we would drink and pass around a blunt so it was just like real driving   and for you simpletons who are going to think "oh wow he built a whole car out of cardboard that must of been hard.." no.. their is something called a Gaylord (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaylord_(container) and all you need to do is flip it over and cut out a window and some doors with a blade. takes about 5 minutes.

roflmao awe sh1t Deadaim thats fk'n hillarious.. thats what guys will do for fun.. no wonder women think were fk'n crazy sometimes lol i made a cardboard devider for Golden Eye so we couldn't see eachothers screen.. it changed the game big time too.. no booz or blunts though.. Cheech and Chong would be proud of you guys :) still laughing xD

I have a wheel for my ps3 and the 360. I currently don't use either. To much trouble mounting them to a table and sitting up to drive them, but they do make a huge difference, I would shave several seconds off of lap times with a wheel, especially on oval tracks where you have to hold the wheel in one direction around corners at a certain angle to keep the car on the bottom of the track. I could never do that with a controller, you have to keep jerking the car with the joystick to keep going around the curve, but I just find games more fun while laid back on my couch. Yes, Deadaim, I actually play every game while lying on my couch, never cared how much better I might be if I actually set up and played in a chair. Not that I could ever be good at a game to begin with, so why bother. I'm 41 years old and still enjoy video games for fun. I've actually laughed so hard in clan matches that I couldn't even see to play, ask Lunchy, I had him laughing during a clan match one time and he's laughing and shouting shut up Ace the whole game.

Logitechs gt wheel is awesome.  Everything is easyer. Force feedbck... But i dont bother setting my shait up. Change gear on r1 r2 use both analog. rearw. L1 handbr. L2... When you know what gear you must have in the corners, you will turn faster. auto. is **** cos when you got a certain amount of rev it will change gear.

that is the craziest looking controller, can you explain how you use that? what button or scroll button does what activity for you?

Someone I know would love something like this! a nice alternative to the wheel.

Originally posted by JPINATOR that is the craziest looking controller, can you explain how you use that? what button or scroll button does what activity for you? Someone I know would love something like this! a nice alternative to the wheel.

Well where the D-PAD is on a standard controller is basically your steering wheel. It looks funny, but when you think of it. You only turn left and right. And with it being slanted at a 45 degree angle. When you put the controller in your hand, that wheel is already aligned with the natural placement of your thumb. Its weird at first, but you realize the placement of it and angle works great. Because all you simply have to do is move your thumb up or down.

To the right where you X, Square, Triangle, Circle. X is accelerate and square is brake. Circle is E brake and Triangle is reverse. Which honestly unless your messing around, if you run into a situation where you need to use the E brake or Reverse, your already f***ed. The best part is being able to make a nice crescendo when accelerating or braking. For example, if I am taking a high speed turn at 110 MPH and i need to drop down to only 100 MPH. I can gently push on the brake to make that slight altercation. Because with a standard controller hitting the square button with mostly result in full use of braking power. So I would be dropping too much speed when I don't need to. Another example when using the throttle. Lets Say there is a High speed turn that is a complete 180 turn from start to finish and I can only go with a maximum of 95 MPH without veering off into a wall. Then once I find the appropriate gear I can just gently press down on the throttle to obtain the perfect amount of gas I am using so I stay at the steady 95 MPH.

The thing you have to understand in GT5 is when it comes to throttle or braking. You have a meter that tells you have much you are implementing. So you can literally apply 20% of your braking power or 40% of your throttle power. Because you will always come into a situation where you can only go so fast in a turn without wrecking. But you want to be able to go as fast as you can in the turn, even if its only 40 MPH.

Another example is at Daytona Speedway. Only those long oval turns. I can apply the exact amount of steering I need when turning. So there is no ''whoa to much, whoa not enough*. Or having to steering back and forth to keep from veering left to right. so once I find that sweet spot I just have to keep that thumb down at that turning angle and it will be smooth. Because the least steering you doing the higher MPH you can keep.

But really you would have to play GT5 to understand where I am coming from. This isn't Burnout where I can just turn into a wall and keep going 150 MPH. Its a very punishing yet rewarding game. All I can say is, if your looking for a cheaper alternative from a wheel. Than this is the controller for you.

Edit: Almost forgot, where you see that red number 98. That tells you how much pressure your applying to X/[] button. From 0-100%

Well if you do decide to buy it let me know when you have it. You kinda have to tweak it to activate that 100% sensitivity. Its complicated, but I basically had to switch my gas/brake to R2/L2 then flip the switch on the back of the controller that exchanges X/[] for R2/L2. Its sounds wierd, but thats I was able to achieve full sensitivity.

That's amazing Helscream, that was my friends complaint that when you brake.. you lock brake and so seeing you can now adjust that by this controller I think he's going to go crazy for it. I'll be copying your post in an email to him, thanks Helscream!