100% Flawed Design

I bought this racing wheel less than two months ago. Since then, I have used it a total of 25 - 30 times.

In the beginning the wheel worked very well but over time it has become a nightmare to use. All of the sudden, the wheel has turn to the left (at 10 o'clock) and has set itself as its new center. Now, every time I try to use it, the wheel is completely off-center and behaves erratically in the middle of any racing game.

I have called Microsoft and they require to turn the racing wheel in and then wait 4 to 6 weeks to get a "refurbished" unit back. For a $120 dollar expensive accessory you expect this wheel to have a high quality manufacturing standard.

The worse part is that Microsoft knows about this on-going issue as most racing wheels have this problem. All racing games forums including the Forza and Project Gotham franchises are flooded with complaints. Some users don't even want to deal with Microsoft's customer service and buy the wheels time and time again. A quick search  more

Could have been better

Sadly you really don't have much of a selection as far as wheels for the Xbox360 goes. Xbox's wheel is better than its competition. However when you compare it with the ones Logitech makes for PS2/PS3 there is no comparison.

The Logitech wheels today provide much larger turn angle (900), more forceful haptics, and provides ALL the controls that are part of a standard PS2/PS3 controller. Logitech's device tends to work on both PCs as well as Playstations.

The Xbox's wheel on the otherhand only works for the Xbox and does not provide all the controls on a standard controller. This makes certain selections in a game impossible. E.g. when you want to use the right thumbstick to look around when driving.

All my gripes aside, this wheel does indeed enrich a game of Forza 2.

great product

This is a fantastic product. I got it out of the box and went right to work playing Need for speed carbon and also MX VS ATV Untamed with it. It handles great, the cars or whatever you are driving turns easy then you want it to.