Got meself a PC steering wheel! I'm such a lil kid! Well...it's a MOMO force feedback by Logitech. I couldn't get the one that i wanted, a Saitek R440 which was a winner. But the MOMO wasn't a lightweight, no...the overall design felt professional-ish with the rubbery feel to the wheel and all. It felt like the real thing. And setup was dead easy and spot on.
The first racing games i tried it on was Colin Mcrae Rally 04. Rally games proves to be a too much exercise for this baby. You have to play rough and steer the wheels a lot to just to get your car on the track. A few calibration here and there and it already felt like a winner. Fantastic stuff!
Next I tried F1 2001 that i borrowed from my friend, Zaim. I know it's a lil bit outdated but if it's works, it's not broken, that's what they say. You supposedly have to switch off the steering assistance in the game so that you'd have total control over the steering. You'd have to spend some time to get used to the driving because the car tends to spin a lot and lose control easily.
Next up is Need for Speed Underground. Man...the game responded very well to the wheel and the vibrations such as going on a bumpy road or smashing into other cars and sidebends are all there. The experience was brill! Dodging from cars to cars could never be this easy!
I can't wait for the ultimate racing simulator, TOCA Race Driver 2 to arrive on the PC! That racing game has a lot of racing modes such as street racing, DTM, V8, rally, ice rally, trucks!, classic cars and F1s. Simply a Gran Turismo for the PC! Richard Burns Rally could prove to be a good rally game other than the Colin Mcrae's series. And then there's Juiced, a completely street racing game like Underground. It's all good stuff, can't wait!
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