Logitech G25 Racing Wheel
by Logitech
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Customer Review: Loving it!
Summary: 5 Stars
Bought the wheel about a month ago.
And also bought the WheelStand pro, from a company in Poland to mount the wheel to. I was going to buy the evolution seat, but my wife did not like something that bulky in the middle of our bedroom.
I mainly use the wheel with GT5 prologue. I have yet to try it with a computer simulation game.
Set up was pretty straight forward, the game recognized it right away. I wish I could have more flexibility in the settings, very limited, but that is more a drawback of the game.
The wheel itself is very well constructed, solid.
The feedback from the wheel is very realistic, and definitely makes it so much easier to point the car where I want it to go as compared to the game controller. You can definitely feel the car as it begins to break loose, and keep a nice slide going.
For some odd reason, all the cars changed their handling characteristics once using the wheel, as compared to the game controller.
All the cars seemed to understeer quite a bit, and I had to change the suspensions settings to loosen them up. As soon as I started to play with the steering wheel, the opposite was happening, the cars now were a handful to drive oversteering quite a bit.
I have been able to improve my lap times by about 2 seconds with the steering wheel right out of the box. In some cases I have been 5-6 seconds faster with the steering wheel.
Customer Review: The best entry level high end wheel on the market.
Summary: 5 Stars
The G25 is much more precise than the DFP. It is smoother and quieter. The bumps on Daytona (GT5P-Japan) come to life, even the washboard entering turn 1 when you hit it just right. Racing with the G25 is no longer a "tug-of-war" as it is with the DFP. The pedals feel rock solid and surely can handle whatever you dish out. Having large paddle shifter allows you to make use of the thumb rest, unlike other wheels on the market. Having a separate shifter allows you to place it wherever you want.
Mounting the G25 to a Playseat Evolution is the ultimate set up, this side of a fully mechanical motorized cockpit. Mounting the shifter to the shifter add-on with for Playseat will give you a sense of being in a real race car. Which leads to a more immersive racing experience.
Amazon's price combined with 24 hour shipping for $4 is, by far, the best overall deal on the internet, this side of Black Friday sales. There is even an online store trying to sell an open box unit for $249 with no warranty!
I'm glad I'm a Gran Turismo die hard and I'm so appreciative that Playstation is not playing any sort of proprietary games with peripherals like "the other console" owned by Mr. Money Bags.
The G25 coupled with a Playseat Evolution is a must buy if you are looking for a realistic racing experience.
See you on the track...
Customer Review: games do not impliment the "clutch" pedal feature great for Hard truck series though(unlike all others)
Summary: 4 Stars
Supposedly someone listened at the Logi office of the NASCAR MOMO discontinuation for a cheeze model of nearly equal price. That does not excuse this exorbiance. The clutch pedal is not implimented in games and until it is you are paying for a dead hand(or foot). This wheel and the transmission (hump) style gearshift is quite cool and gee whiz is the first re-action, the console buttons are only useful, again if the game doesn't back out of it. Hard Truck series backs out of any digit button or other past # 10 with in a few minutes play time as it is not designed that way and can cause software corruptions. One would usually need this for race car games, but it can be used in other driver games making it more diverse and no need to buy a separate unit for compatiblity probs. However. in as and most games do not even use more than six or eight buttons or macros at a time, the extra buttons are redundant gimiks. The styl'n Corvette style trans-hump shifter with the console buttons is nice to look at (stick a virtual transmission hump of carpeted cardboard on the ground under it for realistic effect) and the gear can shift better than a rudder(better used as a turn signal) other than that, either go down on price or give us key-to-button config in games that do not support it. Heel-toe shift is simply a way of saying shift with the clutch, how lameo is that?Customer Review: So much fun
Summary: 5 Stars
After searching the web to see what wheel(s) work with PS3, this was one of the most frequently mentioned, so I bit... and very glad I did. So, if you've got a PS3 and contemplating getting this wheel but not sure if it will work, rest assured it will.
For best results on a PS3, hook the USB cable to port 3 (or 1?), and restart the system without any other usb cables attached (no controllers), and then you are all set for some serious fun with this thing! Just use the keys on the gear shifter to get your games up and running.
Of the freely downloaded demos I've tried from the Playstation store, I found the following to work with this wheel, most with some degree of FF. Keep in mind I do not use the gear shifter, so I can not comment on the workings of it on these games.
Ridge Racer
GTHD
Sega Rally Revo (only worked when restarted as above) -- has serious FF!
Motorstorm - peddles do not work, but the buttons on the wheel will take their place. The Boost feature is on the shifter control, which is awkward, but it does work. No FF, tho.
Stuntman Ignition - no FF.
In addition, the two full version games I own both worked, with FF intact: DiRT, Need For Speed Carbon. I believe the DiRT demo does support the wheel.
Customer Review: Excellent setup
Summary: 4 Stars
So I researched and researched, considered cheaper options but ended up with this wheel. Why ? The glowing reviews here on Amazon and elsewhere (gaming forums). The wheel, shifter paddles and pedals are of exceptional quality, I love them. The shifter is ehhh.... I'm not crazy about it and I don't use it at all. Its way too loose feeling for me and feels nothing like a shifter should, theres no resistance/feedback? I have 2 manual cars btw. Plus you're a lot quicker with the paddles anyhoo. Theres no real instructions for consoles so I had to do a bit of Googling to figure out what the heck I was doing and there is no option for this wheel in GT5P's menu but rest assured, its one of them I just forget which. The force feedback is strong and quite realistic feeling, the motor does have a whir but you don't notice it as you're racing. I know they mention 900 degrees of motion on the wheel but I wish it was less. As I'm racing I don't like having to turn the wheel so much.
So those few faults I mentioned aside and the fact that you MUST build or buy yourself a racing seat and frame to go along with it, this is an excellent setup. All together you're looking at $400+ for a proper setup not including the game, the system, the tv, etc. but hey its cheaper than racing for real and less real parts to break !!