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April 2025 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased
bizzgeburt:
I'm not actively buying games this year, but I managed to hustle some:
Scrabble [DE] for PlayStation
+ a friend of mine donated me a bunch of Logitech Driving Wheels for PS3, that I must examine and test first before I can assimilate them into my collection. Anyone here with experiences about used driving wheel/pedal controllers ? Guess some of them might be worn out to much to consider them working ... dunno
telekill:
Ok... so a downside to the new Indiana Jones (PS5). There was an update/patch for the game today and it wouldn't let me play until the patch was downloaded and installed. I would expect this for an online multiplayer game, but not for a single player game. Not a fan of that.
marvelvscapcom2:
--- Quote from: bizzgeburt on April 23, 2025, 06:55:45 am ---I'm not actively buying games this year, but I managed to hustle some:
Scrabble [DE] for PlayStation
+ a friend of mine donated me a bunch of Logitech Driving Wheels for PS3, that I must examine and test first before I can assimilate them into my collection. Anyone here with experiences about used driving wheel/pedal controllers ? Guess some of them might be worn out to much to consider them working ... dunno
--- End quote ---
I have conversational knowledge on racing wheels. I had a madcatz m12 from the ps3 gen. A trust master ferrari wheel from that generation and upgraded to XB1. And now I have a logitetch G29 FF wheel for ps4/PS5
As for your question. Theirs 3 main different types of wheels. Direct drive force feedback. Gear driven force feedback. And no force feedback.
Like a turntable thats direct drive. You have a belt, and a motor which has high torque. It simulates countersteer and feedback to the wheel and makes it so the wheel will pull like a real car. These are the top of the line systems usually over 450 dollars.
Gear driven is similar. But instead of a belt that uses motor torque to pull the wheel. It has gears with individual motors that form a tri axis that pulls the wheel in varying directions. This system is nice and still high end. Often 200 to 300 dollars. But it's not as smooth feeling as direct FF systems. It is a bit cheaper and more entry level for consumers like me who dont want to spend upwards of 1000 dollars on a wheel.
Then theirs no force feedback. Many of the mario kart themed wheels, the cheaper mad catz wheels and the entry level thrustmasters dont have any. Its just turn and rebound. No motors.
For your statement of "too worn out to work" that's highly unlikely. The gears don't necessarily wear out under any normal useage. Can it happen? Probably. But under heavy usage for Probably upwards of 2000 hours. If they feel loose its because you havent hooked up the force feedback power supply yet. Its what gives the wheel resistance.
What does happen however is the gears can break since they are typically plastic. Belt drive systems can snap or break. So usually you dont necessarily get a "it wore out" moment. Its more just broken and done because someone got rough with it. So it'll either work. Or not. Rarely theirs an in between.
My only advice. Launch Gran Turismo 5 or 6 for ps3. Enter cockpit mode in game where it shows the steering wheel on screen. Set up each wheel. And test to see if their is any issue with it replicating your movements on screen. Does it center itself properly without your help? Are their any dead zones where the input isnt picking up?
If all that checks out. You probably have a good wheel. And its fit for your collection. Force feedback usually requires power cables. Typically a figure 8 style cable. If they arent included they might work but without force feedback. Hope this helps. Pretty cool to get a bunch of wheels for a collection.
bizzgeburt:
--- Quote from: marvelvscapcom2 on April 23, 2025, 07:16:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: bizzgeburt on April 23, 2025, 06:55:45 am ---I'm not actively buying games this year, but I managed to hustle some:
Scrabble [DE] for PlayStation
+ a friend of mine donated me a bunch of Logitech Driving Wheels for PS3, that I must examine and test first before I can assimilate them into my collection. Anyone here with experiences about used driving wheel/pedal controllers ? Guess some of them might be worn out to much to consider them working ... dunno
--- End quote ---
I have conversational knowledge on racing wheels. I had a madcatz m12 from the ps3 gen. A trust master ferrari wheel from that generation and upgraded to XB1. And now I have a logitetch G29 FF wheel for ps4/PS5
As for your question. Theirs 3 main different types of wheels. Direct drive force feedback. Gear driven force feedback. And no force feedback.
Like a turntable thats direct drive. You have a belt, and a motor which has high torque. It simulates countersteer and feedback to the wheel and makes it so the wheel will pull like a real car. These are the top of the line systems usually over 450 dollars.
Gear driven is similar. But instead of a belt that uses motor torque to pull the wheel. It has gears with individual motors that form a tri axis that pulls the wheel in varying directions. This system is nice and still high end. Often 200 to 300 dollars. But it's not as smooth feeling as direct FF systems. It is a bit cheaper and more entry level for consumers like me who dont want to spend upwards of 1000 dollars on a wheel.
Then theirs no force feedback. Many of the mario kart themed wheels, the cheaper mad catz wheels and the entry level thrustmasters dont have any. Its just turn and rebound. No motors.
For your statement of "too worn out to work" that's highly unlikely. The gears don't necessarily wear out under any normal useage. Can it happen? Probably. But under heavy usage for Probably upwards of 2000 hours. If they feel loose its because you havent hooked up the force feedback power supply yet. Its what gives the wheel resistance.
What does happen however is the gears can break since they are typically plastic. Belt drive systems can snap or break. So usually you dont necessarily get a "it wore out" moment. Its more just broken and done because someone got rough with it. So it'll either work. Or not. Rarely theirs an in between.
My only advice. Launch Gran Turismo 5 or 6 for ps3. Enter cockpit mode in game where it shows the steering wheel on screen. Set up each wheel. And test to see if their is any issue with it replicating your movements on screen. Does it center itself properly without your help? Are their any dead zones where the input isnt picking up?
If all that checks out. You probably have a good wheel. And its fit for your collection. Force feedback usually requires power cables. Typically a figure 8 style cable. If they arent included they might work but without force feedback. Hope this helps. Pretty cool to get a bunch of wheels for a collection.
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Wow, thanks! Thats the knowledge I was asking for! Very useful 8)
Have a great day!
theflea:
Lots of LRG and other new releases, sales and deals and cheap Japanese games.
PS5
- Metal Slug Tactics
- Gimmick 2
- Cryptmaster
- Iron Meat
- Murderous Muses
- Freedom Planet 2
- Pixel Ripped
- Slipstream
- Balatro (Amazon $10)
- Yars Rising (Amazon $15)
- Gundam Breaker 4 (Woot $20)
- MLB The Show 24 (Walmart $7)
XB1/XBSX
- Lunar Remastered Collection
- Atelier Yumia
- Alan Wake II (Target $20)
SWITCH
- Lunar Remastered Collection
- Koumajou Remilia II: Stranger's Requiem
- Gimmick 2
- 9 Years of Shadows
- Iron Meat
- Freedom Planet 2
- Slipstream
- Ys Memoire: The Oath of Felghana - Refined Edition (woot $40)
- The Bridge Curse (woot $25)
- Atari 50 The Anniversary Celebration Expanded (Target $20)
- Yars Rising (Amazon $15)
- Roller Coaster Tycoon Adventures Deluxe (Amazon $15)
- The Grinch: Cristmas Adventures (Walmart $10)
- You Suck At Parking (Amazon $10)
PS4
- Lunar Remastered Collection
- Metal Slug Tactics
- Terminal Velocity
EVERCADE
- Atari Arcade 2
- Tomb Raider Collection 2
NDS
- Simple DS Series Vol. 48: The Saibanin: hitotsuno shinjitsu, mutsu no kotae
GBC
- Diabetor and the Sugar Monsters
- Sakura Taisen GB
GENESIS
- Jerry Glanville's Pigskin Footbrawl
ATARI 7800
- Bounty Bob Strikes Back (Amazon $15)
- Asteroids Deluxe (Amazon $15)
FAMICOM
- Yamamura Misa Suspense
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