Opinion about steering wheel

It seems it is based on playstation wheels. I'm not sure if all of the recent racing games on pc supports that natively. I would suggest some Thrustmaster wheel, for example universal challenge(based on Xbox360 controller scheme), or something like that. With universal challenge you can play Grid, Dirt series, NFS Shift&Shift 2(with Shift2 it has some problems for some people), Driver San Francisco for example.

I have one of these. It's not the best out there, works for NFS Shift 2 (which is what I bought it for as it is unplayable with a keyboard).

Says PS3, but there is a switch on it for PS3 / PC conversion, comes with a desk clamp so it doesn't move (mine wobbles a bit if I spin it round quickly but that might be more to do with desk shape - can't get a good clamp position on it).

It does however have a very small wheel size for someone used to driving a car and a very small amount of travel round before hitting an end stop with a pretty loud clunk if you spin it over fast - but just tweak the in-game sensitivity and it works fine - can set it so that most corners on race tracks can be taken with a small-ish amount of movement and then only need about half the travel to get a full 180 turn.

EDIT: forgot to mention, it works fine on Win 7 as well.

I can tell you something

I bought my racing wheel 3 weeks ago. First of all: It is a Logitech Driving Force GT

But listen: I wanted to give out 50 in the beginning, too, for a thrustmaster ferrari thing. i bought it, tried it and it was garbage. why? because i tried out the logitech driving force gt at my friend before. And these 50$ things are very very very bad because:

1. Just 180°, that's what you need for an open wheel car in GRID (yes, it is my fav racing game), for a touringcar or similar you need 540° and for drifting 360°. You cannot drive a touring car with 180, it is impossible

2. no force feedback...just vibration. there is no feeling. with force feedback you feel everything you do and every place you drive on...

3. no shifter. If you wanna cruise in games like Test Drive Unlimited 2 (fav cruising game) you need it. Without you cannot cruise

4. It is no Logitech. And Logitech gives you an awesome guarantee (my brother bought a mouse 4 years ago, it broke a little bit and he got a new one immediately) and very good quality. Also Logitechs and other expensive Racing wheels are supported by games much longer. the Driving Force PRO and g25 are still supported by any games though they are 9 years old now. a 50 $ wheel isn't. We have one laying around here...

5. They have small sizes. Logitech have realistic sizes

6. You will play much more Racing games and have much more fun with all of these things. I am playing racing games only for 3 weeks now though i did not really like them before.

So...You are better in buying a Logitech.Really. You are exactly how i was a month ago and let your future self lets you knwo : buy a Logitech. In their VIP store it just costs 100 so here you go :)

PS: Racing Games: GRID, TDU 2, Euro Truck Simulator, DiRT 2, NFS HP(new), Shift 2