Logitech G25 Racing Wheel
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Customer Review: Great for Gran Turismo on PS#
Summary: 4 Stars
Overall this is a good product. I use it on with my PS3 and Playseats Evolution Gaming Seat. Everything works well and helps get a real feel out of driving games.
Ease of Use: I plugged all the components together, plugged it into the wall, and then into my PS3 and i was ready to play. Its that easy PS3 recognizes it instantly and Gran Turismo did as well and thus made it that much quicker to get into the game. The buttons although not marked will work with PS3 the four red buttons correspond to the actually PS3 remote (square, triangle, circle, x).
Parts: Comes with shifter and pedals. The shifter is cool because if you want to shift with the clutch and the stick you can, or you can use the flappy paddle gearbox (which most cars make you use these days, at least lamborghini does) and shift that way. The steering wheel is leather and will give you that new car smell. the paddle shifters are aluminum, and so are the pedals.
Realism: So this wheel is supposed to work against you when you turn depending on your speed. Thus if you are traveling slow it is easier and if you are traveling fast it is harder. This actually is true, although it will only work against you so hard. The wheel is not as big as I would have expected and is one of the improvements that could be made. Also The paddle shifters move with the wheel, so when you go to downshift during a turn you may incidentally upshift. It doesn't make too much noise which is nice considering it has to motors inside. Also the gas, brake, and clutch are all different force wise. You must push harder (its not impossible its very similar the brakes in a Porshe) than the gas and the same goes with the clutch (although not as hard as the brakes)
Bottom line: I would recommend this wheel if you are really looking to buy one with real leather and aluminum shifters/pedals. If you are not going to use it often though don't waste the money.
Customer Review: Not nearly as good as other reviews would have you believe
Summary: 3 Stars
After purchasing this wheel, I don't know why it gets so many overwhelmingly good reviews. The G25 is poorly constructed, has some design issues and didn't meet my expectations.
The wheel itself consists of a plastic housing with a metal wheel. This sounds nice until you realize that the wheel and paddles are just stainless steel stampings with unfinished edges. The center button on the wheel fell off when I removed the protective film. The "leather" doesn't feel like the real thing and the whole wheel is thin and hard. There are only two buttons on the wheel, meaning you have to reach over to the shifter to navigate your way through the game menus. The real issue with the wheel itself is the gear mechanism used for the force feedback. You can really feel the notches as the wheel rotates, which does NOT emulate a real steering feel. Logitech should have used a finer pitch gear for smoother movement (or used a belt drive like Fanatec.)
The shifter is the bane of this wheel. Its all plastic and the gates have no resistance. It feels like a toy. Because the action is so terrible, I usually opt for the paddle shifters just to avoid frustration.
The pedals are probably the best part of the setup. The pedals feel nice and the action is reasonable. The only gripe I have is with the brake pedal. It isn't progressive like a real brake pedal, and only becomes firm once you bottom it out.
The unit attaches to the console or PC using a USB cable. The cable is short and doesn't allow you to mount the wheel very far from the source.
Overall, I don't feel the wheel is worth the price. The problems detract from the driving experience and make it feel like you are using a toy versus a true simulator. I bought this wheel based on all the reviews posted here, but in my opinion the wheel is not deserving of all the praise. I would try this wheel out in person before shelling out the cash for it. Your money would be better spent elsewhere.
Customer Review: WOW! It's Well Worth Every Penny!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Logitech G25 Racing Wheel is a real pleasure to use: beautifully hand-crafted leather-wrapped aluminum wheel, 6-speed automatic/manual transmission, and aluminum racing pedals. It's not just eye candy, however. The wheel and pedals behave almost like their counterparts in a real car and help to add realism to sim racing:
Force Feedback Wheel
Logitech did a bang up job of the Force Feedback Wheel! It vibrates when you're on rough road conditions just as a real steering wheel would. The wheel even straightens out like a real steering wheel as you complete a turn. The resistance of the wheel is also variable, depending on the speed of the car and on road conditions.
Note: In some driving simulators like GTR, I find that I have to check the option to "Reverse Force Feedback" in order for the wheel to properly simulate the behavior of a real steering wheel.
Pedal Response
Logitech has made the resistance of the clutch, brake, and gas pedals feel a lot like those on a real car. For example, the brake get progressive stiffer as it is depressed more whereas the gas pedal and clutch has a more of a uniform resistance. The clutch and gas pedals both have the right amount of springiness to make them feel authentic.
Shifter
The component that provides the least realism is the shifter. There is barely any resistance in the shifter. However, the Force Feedback Wheel and the Pedals more than makes up for this deficiency.
The Logitech G25 Racing Wheel has provided me with hours upon hours of fun. For me, it was definitely worth plunking down [...] on.
There is a successor to the G25 - the G27. The G27 has a few improvements. The improvements include the addition of 4 buttons on the wheel, the addition of an indicator on the wheel that tells you when to shift, and adjustable pedals. It's probably not worth upgrading if you already own the G25. If you don't, the G27 might be the way to go.
Customer Review: The G25 is top-drawer all the way
Summary: 5 Stars
After having one of the trusty ol' Thrustmasters many, many years ago, and then making do with various joysticks for a decade of piddling around with my Sims, my wife surprised me with this Cadillac (neh, a Ferrari and Rolls Royce all rolled into one). All I can say is, Wow... With nearly six-decades on the planet, younger/faster reflexes will often beat me, but the G25 is a great equalizer for those of us who'd really like to hang around the track in real-time again, but don't have enough hours left in the business week to keep a car competitive, let alone haul it back and forth... Anyone who has hung around real race-teams even at the local/amateur level will love the realism of the G25, and the easy trip to the exotic tracks of the world -- all while sitting behind first class equipment and not needing a second mortgage to do it.
Installation was quick on my workhorse XP machine -- although there is a basket of wires to get sorted through, but essentially a no-brainer... The G25 seems totally comfortable with my older Sim software (but now offers a compelling, and irresistible, reason to upgrade), and the separate mounting of the gearshift console makes getting the ergonomics right, very easy... Haven't begun to use all the features yet, but my track times dived almost immediately - largely due to the accuracy, precision and correctness of the movement - subtle moves translate into subtle moves, not jerks and sporadic twitches that separate this machine from lesser mechanisms... The smell of leather after a sweaty hour of racing Steve Kinser or Tony Stewart adds measurably to the realism and enjoyment, and the force-feedback is almost transparent... it does the usual wheel twitch when something "hits" the front wheels, but also handles the more subtle feel of the front-tires starting to let go at the beginning of understeer/push... nice, really nice... the grin factor is huge.
Customer Review: Brilliant
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this wheel primarily for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and that is what I have used it with. It's my first videogame wheel and as such an expert on sim games and wheels probably shouldn't listen to me too much. But I must say the experience is absolutely, absolutely incredible!
The setup was fairly easy, but before you get it think about how it is going to be set up. Right now I am using a TV tray as a hack but I bought a more suitable solution and am waiting for it. Build quality of the components are excellent, I wish the shifter was a bit tighter but I have not gone into detail with "H" mode, sequential works fine.
Anyway, onto the usage. With the wheel, you can feel the road, you can make adjustments, its easier to fully analyze the race conditions and adjust as necessary. The force feedback is absolutely phenomenal, somebody in another review who described it as a "3d matrix" of effects has it spot on, you really feel all the subtle effects going on. It's incredible. For example, while racing as a Suzuki Cappucino (a small kei car which is a personal favorite of GT's producer), I was able to feel when the car was starting to understeer, start to get a bit squirrely and adjust. These sorts of things are just so much harder to pick up on with a gamepad.
It's hard to describe, but with the wheel and the more advanced physics of GT5P (playing it on pro with all assists turned off and sequential shifting, I don't have good access to the clutch with my setup), the game feels "right". Its more fun just driving around the track trying to improve times than ever before. This has been literally some of the most fun gaming I have ever had and I have been playing games for a loooong time, way too long.
If you like racing games, and you like simulations, you really owe it to yourself to buy a wheel and the G25 is an excellent choice.