Yeah my stepfather was into racing games and had a nice rig set up on his 360. He even built a dash and place to put the pedals so while using his chair it was set up like a real car...he played the SHIT out of GT4 when it came to the PS2, and played Forza notstop on his 360.
the sort of moron who's used to playing racing games on a console I guess. Additionally, I am in no position to afford one of those fancy smartening wheels you mention and hence must stick to being an idiot yet make efforts to enjoy myself and the expensive console and expensive games I ve got for it, despite being pennyless.
Agree and personally I think a pad drives more precise then those crappy driving wheels (most of them feel so unrealistic, and even the ones that feel realistic get screwed by the game itself..) the only ones that do work are very expensive arcade racers that have state of the art driving wheels build-in but to create that at home you probably need to spend a crazy amount of money and spend time building cabins and whatnot.. which i both find a bit too much hastle just to play a game. OT: Home sucks big time.. I was very curious but now that im in its like Second Life all over.. and Second Life was the worst shit I ever saw.. the only thing somewhat funny was playing a game in the arcade.
Jamtex, do you know if the official racing wheel for 360 is any good? I was thinking about cluttering my room up with one because you can get them for pretty cheap. Might be fun to play the 2 racing games I have. Maybe I'll just be a moron and use a pad.
Doc Emmett Brown used a remote control with twin swicks for the DeLorean. If it works for him on a time machine, I'll stick them for Forza
Console 360 games are Made to work best with a controller. Try playing Pgr 2 with a steering wheel and listen to people make fun of you as they rape each race.
Again I state, my stepfather had a great wheel set up on his 360 and was really good at races with it. It didn't cost him a fortune either to build the wooden setup to make it feel and position like a real car. He was handy like that. Anyway, whether you use a wheel or controller, it's whatever works best for you. He did a great job using the wheel, and an alright job with the controller, but hated how it felt. He also always played in first person mode and couldn't play well in 3rd.
The main problem with racing games using the joypad is the completely unrealistic way that the lock to lock is tiny, so corrections are far too easy. Most Xbox 360 games are geared towards a pad, but this is bad and although the Xbox steering wheel is an improvement to the feel and handling it still feels like an oversized joypad. Play GT5 Prologue with no assists, with the wheel set to simulation and see how far you get driving around the tracks with a wheel compared to a pad. The fact that Logitech do make several types of wheel to suit all budgets and all of which are compatable with all PS3 driving games does make racing games a joy. I will be buying a G25 soon and then the PS3 and GT5P will be the closest thing to driving as you can get with the ability to adjust driver aids to match your talent.
Wherever possible I play in third-person perspective for car racing games, I dislike being unable to see where I'm going from above. I really don't crave the simulation aspect of racers that others do, though.
