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Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel (USB)

Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel (USB)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: a dream wheel
Review: all considered, the best wheel around, the feedback is just perfect, you'll think you're really in the car. Still missing the gears though. Still, the best wheel in the market.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent Wheel
Review: I am on XP and bought the game specifially to play Rallisport Challenge and it works perfect. I also played EA F1 2000 and 2002, it works flawless.

I have not had any luck geting the wheel to work with NASCAR 4 and I been trying for a week. On the internet I found users who have it working on Window98 or ME.

I am not a pc steering wheel expert. I have only used this one wheel since I bought it and may be missing or doing something wrong.

Do not try to save 20 bucks by getting the wheel without FF you will regret it.

I give this wheel 5 stars. If feels so realistic for the 3 games i have it running on.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent Wheel
Review: I am on XP and bought the game specifially to play Rallisport Challenge and it works perfect. I also played EA F1 2000 and 2002, it works flawless.

I have not had any luck geting the wheel to work with NASCAR 4 and I been trying for a week. On the internet I found users who have it working on Window98 or ME.

I am not a pc steering wheel expert. I have only used this one wheel since I bought it and may be missing or doing something wrong.

Do not try to save 20 bucks by getting the wheel without FF you will regret it.

I give this wheel 5 stars. If feels so realistic for the 3 games i have it running on.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A True Winner
Review: I bought this wheel mainly because I wanted my buddy to be able to race with me. He did not have a wheel, so I sold him the one I had and bought this one. Let me tell ya, very good investment. Not to knock Logitecs Wingman Formula Force that I had, but this wheel accells that one by leaps and bounds. It is more precise in control and in the FF mechinisum. I have found only one downfall. Although the clamping mechinisum is solid and hold under extreme forces, it requires a lot of room between your desktop and the top of your keyboard. Over 4". So if you have a desk that has this kind of room..., get it. If not, modify your desk. Or get the Logitec..., it's my second choice.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A True Winner
Review: I bought this wheel mainly because I wanted my buddy to be able to race with me. He did not have a wheel, so I sold him the one I had and bought this one. Let me tell ya, very good investment. Not to knock Logitecs Wingman Formula Force that I had, but this wheel accells that one by leaps and bounds. It is more precise in control and in the FF mechinisum. I have found only one downfall. Although the clamping mechinisum is solid and hold under extreme forces, it requires a lot of room between your desktop and the top of your keyboard. Over 4". So if you have a desk that has this kind of room..., get it. If not, modify your desk. Or get the Logitec..., it's my second choice.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: great wheel
Review: I have had this wheel for over 2 years, and it has been terriffic. It has gone from windows 98 to XP and is just as compatible as ever. It gets used and abused playing all types of games from the dirt track racing series, to formula 1, to nascar 4. It just keeps delievering the realism. I paid 150 bucks for mine, and would pay it again, but now the price has dropped.The forces are as real as it gets, buy this wheel now, you won't be dissapointed.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: HO HUM
Review: I was looking for a wheel where my tots could play action games. I was looking for something easy to install, easy to use. I tried setting it up with NASCAR 3 and it took me forever to configure the game to work properly with the wheel. The FF felt artificial at best. Our older LEGO s/w and NEED FOR SPEED 2 could be configured for a joystick control only and I can't use the Pedals.

Using a wheel in gaming action beats using the Keybord(impossible for most fast paced action with lots of controls) but it is still way complicated to set it up for different games (older ones I tried, I have no latest and greatest). PCs are still terrible for out of the box experience (you read manuals about drivers and complicated set up processes).

It is messey to have it on your work desk too (with hanging wires etc.). I compared the MS FF wheel with the Logitech one for the feel and hold on the table and MS is decidedly better on both counts.

It may be okay for teenagers full time into gaming but for occassional dabblers like me it wasn't what I was expecting.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Well worth it
Review: I was playing Nascar 2003 with the keyboard (not recommended). I have nothing but Kuddos for this steering wheel. I've driven a Busch car at the Richard Petty school; The force feedback on this wheel is comparable.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Well worth it
Review: I was playing Nascar 2003 with the keyboard (not recommended). I have nothing but Kuddos for this steering wheel. I've driven a Busch car at the Richard Petty school; The force feedback on this wheel is comparable.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Good wheel
Review: It's a good wheel.
But it has a lot of Dead Zone in it.
Nascar 2003 Season is the worst dead zone.
You can tweak it out so it dosent have as much.
But for Dirt Track Racing, Rally sport challenge and other off road or on road games it is a great wheel but it dose crunch some times. sounds like somthing in it. ever since I bought it it has done that but works.
The look is awesome better then the picture.
but I cant complain I bought it from theese guys for 60.00 on sale.
and Any where else it would be 110.00 $


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