Fredrik
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So my only previous experience with a racing steering wheel was a simple plastic non force feedback wheel back in the early PS1 days, but yesterday I tried a Thrustmaster TX with PC Dirt 3 and XB1 Forza 5, my first ever force feedback experience.
And Oh My God! It was soooo cool! And the power in that thing was crazy, I really had to battle the turns! And the little nuances when you can feel the tires losing the grip and then getting the grip back. Simply mind-blowing!
Sadly though, I honestly don't know if/how it's possible to go back to using a controller now though :/ I tried Driveclub with the controller later and I can't even describe the disappointment, the staleness, there was no feeling at all and it was just plain boring
And unfortunately I have no table suitable to mount a racing wheel on (too thick for the mounting brackets) and no room for a complete racing chair plus wheel/pedals setup either.
What do I do now? I love the genre but it feels like I unknowingly opened the pandoras box and there is no turning back now
sigh
However, I did spot a couple of different wheel stands on ebay, without the chair, only for the steering wheel and pedal base, that you could stand infront of the sofa when gaming and then fold and tuck away under the sofa when done. Right now it feels like I need something like that if I'm going to find my interest for racing games again.
But are those sturdy enough for these types of force feedback wheels? Does anyone here have any experience using those stands? Are they stable or do they move around in hard turns? I guess they look okay in the ads videos but being the sceptic I am I tend to think they're fake and the force feedback was inactivated when recording.
And Oh My God! It was soooo cool! And the power in that thing was crazy, I really had to battle the turns! And the little nuances when you can feel the tires losing the grip and then getting the grip back. Simply mind-blowing!
Sadly though, I honestly don't know if/how it's possible to go back to using a controller now though :/ I tried Driveclub with the controller later and I can't even describe the disappointment, the staleness, there was no feeling at all and it was just plain boring
And unfortunately I have no table suitable to mount a racing wheel on (too thick for the mounting brackets) and no room for a complete racing chair plus wheel/pedals setup either.
What do I do now? I love the genre but it feels like I unknowingly opened the pandoras box and there is no turning back now
sigh
However, I did spot a couple of different wheel stands on ebay, without the chair, only for the steering wheel and pedal base, that you could stand infront of the sofa when gaming and then fold and tuck away under the sofa when done. Right now it feels like I need something like that if I'm going to find my interest for racing games again.
But are those sturdy enough for these types of force feedback wheels? Does anyone here have any experience using those stands? Are they stable or do they move around in hard turns? I guess they look okay in the ads videos but being the sceptic I am I tend to think they're fake and the force feedback was inactivated when recording.