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.

I had originally used the Thrustmaster Ferrari GT Experience 3-1 wheel for games like Need for Speed (various titles under this) and then iRacing.com. After purchasing iRacing.com's product, I found that such a wheel was not up to the standards of the simulated race experience. So, I saved up and purchased the Logitech G27 Racing Wheel. Let me tell you this, the difference is AMAZING! There are tons of great things I can say about this, but I will spare you that for now and get straight to what you will want to know - the cons. Logitech does not con you with this product, but there are a few pitfalls. Straight away, you will have to 4 chords to manage. They could have put it all into 2, but they gave us 4. But once you work out a system, or get one of those nice wire management foam/plastic shells you're good. The other pitfall is that you might want to work out your arms and shoulders some before getting this! It only can put out a max of 3NM of torque, but trust me those 3NM of torque will tire you out quick if you're not used to such harsh reality. In real life driving wheels can be subject up to and beyond 10NM of torque! (that's more than enough to break fingers and possibly arms, if not injure you!), but you're safe with this product from any injury as long as you keep ergonomics in mind. Also, at first, with such torque at the wheel you will want to make sure to take frequent breaks. You won't believe how fast this wheel (when set to realistic specs of 102% overall effect in the window's control interface, and the default of 16FFB in iRacing.com's settings if you're getting it for that) can tire you out! *****BUT***** Here's the great things about this product from logitech! This wheel is the closest you're going to get to the real thing for under 300 bucks! Amazon provides a great discount here. Once this is set up, you can set it and forget it (for a while, EVERY wheel needs recalibration here and there, even the best). It's the most solid build you'll find. It's even quieter with helical cut gears! You get 3! YES 3! Pedals. Clutch!, break and throttle. Does it get better than this in simulated racing? I mean it's pedals are covered in REAL STEEL! The wheel's frame seems to be steel too! The pedals' base even comes with 3 ways to keep it from moving, hard mounting (screwing into place on say something like a Playseat, can I advertise for them enough?), rubber feet for hardwood floors, and even spikes at the back than can be pulled down to keep it from moving AT ALL on carpet! (And such great design there! It won't move, nor damage your carpet/rug!) Can I say enough about these pedals? I think not! It's accessability is rated 4 just for the amount of chords and the time you'll have to take to set it up in windows and in your various games/sims (which shouldn't take THAT long ;) ). It's comfort is second to none! It's genuine leather they wrapped it in! (though, it has a lot of torque, you get used to it once it's set to you're preference and you give it time) Speed of this wheel is incredible... it can't be turned faster than real life would allow, unless you turn down/off the forced feedback (FFB). With FFB turned off, it's like driving a Cadillac, or so I've heard. You can't get much more real, nor can you get much of a better feel than this... real steering wheels are bigger, but you don't need it really. It's immersion is second only to the real thing. Ergonomics... GREAT!, IF AND ONLY IF you keep in mind where you are supposed to keep your hands and take frequent breaks! Otherwise you could injure yourself. This is professional level simulation here. But if you keep correct positions and breaks in mind, this wheel will not injure you. It's like anything else out there. Cable management could have been better, but they do give you some stuff to help out with the 4 chords they give you. 4 groves to places them in so they don't get pinched and before that a place to wrap excess cable around. Overall, this is the best product you can get for your money (unless that elusive G29 ever comes out, ROFLMAO). There are more expensive products out there, but you will pay much more for them! You can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for a real simulator, tens of thousands on the lesser equivalent that doesn't move but will give you feedback in the pants in the form of knocks and vibrations and good sound/visuals, 500 USD or more for over-the-top reproductions of this wheel, or you can get the original! The logitech G27 Racing Wheel for the pc is THE BEST wheel you will ever get, without paying too much. Some would say 250 USD is too much, but trust me. You get everything you pay for, and THEN SOME! **Oh, and one last thing, make sure if you're doing your sim racing on a desk (as opposed to the Playseat also available on Amazon), that the desk isn't a cheapie! This thing will have your desk and everything on it bouncing (and possibly breaking), including that expensive HD monitor you payed a lot more for ;). (But don't worry too much here, I haven't bolted anything down and have yet to have anything break or fall) Otherwise I'd recommend bolting down everything that's loose, or at the very least duct-taping it all down! I'm being serious here, that wheel has a ton of force in it. When Logitech call it "force feedback" they mean it has FORCE! 3NM of torque, that is a TON of force for a gaming/siming race wheel!**

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.

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

3年前にGT5が出たのに合わせて購入しまして最近まで使っていました。 ハンコンはPS時代に変なプラスチック製のものが初めで、 ロジクールのGTFP→そしてG27が自分にとって三代目のハンコンとなります。 プレイシートを買ってやっていましたがこれは最高に面白いです。 ハンドル→高級感もありとても握りやすいです。 手が滑らない質感で運転しやすいです。 シフト→G27の特徴の一つ6速H型シフトノブは良い感じです。 スコスコとシフトチェンジ出来る辺りは、実車のガコッ！とシフトするのとは違い軽い感じです。 けれど、ゲームコントローラーでここまで出来れてば合格でしょう。 シフトノブブーツも革製でちゃんと付いてます。 フットペダル→シフトと同じくこのG27の特徴の一つでクラッチ付きの3ペダルのフットペダルです。 作りが頑丈で、ハンドル、シフト、フットペダルの三つの中では最も素晴らしい部分です。 一番感動したのはペダルの重さです。結構バネが強くて強く踏み込まないといけません。 けれど、この重さは実車に近いものがあり自分は好感触でした。 クラッチもありますがまだ実質クラッチに対応したレースゲームが少ないのが現状で、 使用頻度は実はそんなになかったです。 GT5でも一応クラッチは使えますが、少し特殊な操作をしないとクラッチを有効に出来なかったはず。 自分は結局クラッチなしで6速シフトで遊んでいました。 総じて素晴らしい商品といえます。 どのハンコンでも言えるのですが、レースゲームはパッドでやらずにハンコンでやった方が良いです。 パッドではレースゲームの5割くらいの楽しみしか味わえないと思います。 専用シートは正直重く出し入れに苦労します。自分もそうでした。 良くこのハンコンを買った人はこんな商品を買っています、の項目にある2000円位の机と椅子でも楽しめますよ。 まずはそれでやってみて、本格的にガチッとした装備でやりたい！という人はシートを買うとよいですね。 追記： ハンドルの部分を少しコメントを追加。 FFBは当然ながらキッチリ効きます。自分はGT5でしか使っていませんが、結構強めに効いていると思います。 ハンコンでFFBがないものがありますが、あるとないとでは雲泥の差ですよ。 コーナーリングで、縁石に乗り上げた時に、壁に追突した時、ハンドルに衝撃がバッチリきます。これが最高！ デュアルショックのパッドが振動するのとは大違いです。