Yet with a Lotus Elise, the wheel is lighter and talkative enough that you can feel when the car's rear is about to step out.GRID™ - Racing Video Game from Codemasters - Electronic Arts EA Play FIFA 23 F1™ 22 Madden NFL 23 Apex Legends Battlefield™ 2042 The Sims 4 Pick an Integra Type-R and you can feel the steering tighten up under acceleration, growing to a wink-wink-nudge-nudge hint of torque steer. When we mated the G25 with Gran Turismo HD Concept and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue on the PS3, we nearly fell off our seats, so giddy were we with delirium. Once acclimatised, the G25 rewards you with feedback that gets pretty close to the real thing - ripple strips feel remarkably like, well, ripple strips not like an electro-mechanical gubbin that's trying to yank your arms free of their sockets. Stepping up from other wheels, though, it takes a few races to get used to the extra steering effort required, especially in low-speed corners. After all who wants to finish second because vital tenths-of-a-second were wasted clutching in and out.īoasting 900-degrees of motion, or 2.5 turns lock-to-lock, the G25 makes a good start on its path to realism. Although none of the games that we had on hand supported the clutch, we suspect that it too, like the six-speed gate, falls into the realm of gimmickry. Mid-corner shifts require the utmost attention, though, because with the paddles mounted to the wheel rather than the base, it's all too easy to shift down when you mean to shift up. Slip the box into sequential mode and the shifter becomes redundant changing gears with the wheel mounted paddle shifts is not only quicker but far more pleasing too, with the paddles cool to the touch and emitting a particularly satisfying snick on engagement. In six-speed mode, the gate is so poorly defined - think of stirring a ladle through a vat of cold, day old porridge - that selecting the wrong gear is an all too frequent occurrence. The gearbox operates in one of two modes, either as a sequential tap-up, tap-down shifter or a gated six-speed box. Like the steering wheel, the gear knob is swathed in leather and, as such, feels great in the hand. Joining the already mentioned brushed metal bits and liberal use of dead cow, the G25's other headline features are its clutch and six-speed gearbox. Although if you have that older wheel's attachment, it works surprisingly well with the G25. If you're using the G25 with a PS2 or PS3 in the living room, be prepared to do a little bit of room re-arrangement because, unlike the Logitech Driving Force Pro steering wheel, which was bundled with the PS2 and Gran Turismo 4, there's no attachment allowing you to use the G25 between your legs. On paper the two metre USB cable seems sufficiently long, but when we were using the G25 away from a PC it usually came up just a little bit short we either had to move things around to accommodate the wheel or use a USB cable extender.īoth the steering wheel and gearshift boxes have adjustable clamps so that they can be securely attached to a table.
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