Racing has never
felt so real! Hold on tight as you hug corner after corner, skid
through the sand, or trade paint with rival cars fighting for
position—the wireless wheel simulates all the resistance and force,
immersing you in a relentless and unparalleled racing experience.
Featuring sleek design and cutting edge technology like dual Rumble
motors and powerful Force Feedback, the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing
Wheel is a masterpiece of form and function. [From the
Developer]
It's the finally
here, the XBox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel that takes gaming to the
next stage with its realistic design, features and force feedback
which allows you to experience all the bumps and thrills of racing.
The main feature of this item is that it supports true wireless
connectivity to the XBox 360 console which means less wires and less
setup times.
With this in mind,
the device does come with a power supply in order for you to
experience force feedback and a battery pack in order for the device
to work. Interesting enough, the manual does state that you need to
have the wheel powered via the AC adapter in order to experience
force feedback but when the cable fell out (without my knowledge), I
was still experience force feedback.
Features
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Drive with
confidence and zero loss of performance knowing that the wheel
is powered by the same award winning wireless technology used in
the Xbox 360 Wireless Controller.
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High quality
Force Feedback performance replicate the yanks and shudders that
a race car driver feels while blasting around the oval.
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Real world
automotive design with comfortable and intuitive ergonomics
immerses you in the action with a uniquely authentic racing
experience.
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Choose the Lap
mount or the Table mount to race the way you want to.
The quality of the
wheel is definitely quality from the professional wheel and peddle
designs which does give you a real sense of control as you race
around the tracks. The wheel itself has a rubber grip in order to
prevent the controls from slipping with the standard XBox 360
buttons conveniently located on the main part of the wheel.
The controller also
has two shoulder buttons for accelerate and brake. Although the
wheel cannot spin 760 degrees, the wheel does give more than enough
control while gaming.
Installation! The
wheel comes with a modified version of Project Gotham Racing which
contains the drivers for the wheel to be used on the XBox 360. It's
basically, put the disc in and activate the controller. This is
where I unfortunately had issues and after thoroughly reading the
manual and scouring the internet for a solution, I decided to go
back and basically follow the instructions and la and behind, the
wheel was configured.
I was not sure how
this happened but for some reason even when I followed the
instructions the first time, the wheel would not configure on my 360
and the controller light kept flashing. 30 minutes later... I was
racing!
For those that have not used a wheel
before or for those who haven't used one recently, the XBox 360
wireless wheel does take some time getting use to. The wheel is
extremely accurate so you will need to adjust your gaming. After a
few races, you will soon have your own techniques unconsciously made
as you race around the circuits.
The peddle is also extremely realistic
and quite firm which will let fly free as you will not be worried
about damaging the item with its sturdy design and grip feature to
prevent slipping.
