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I need to check my receipt and see if my wheel purchase was recent enough to get a refund. Sam's club has been selling this for about 119 for a while, but they don't take trade-ins

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Wow! Glad I waited, almost picked one up last week. But I am definately picking this up for the Forza release! Should be sweet!

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Its still a bit much for me. Yeah i might be being cheap, but damn... 129. :(

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agreeded, it still is a bit high but i might have to pick one up for DIRT. i suck at the racing sims like Forza

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If I pick it up it will be mostly for DiRT. A price drop is tempting....but I still don't know if it's worth it for me to pick it up.

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If your in Canada.. Future Shop and Best Buy have the wheel on for $99.00 (Canadian funds). Good deal.

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I hated the wheel with the Forza 2 Demo so I returned it. I won't be buying the wheel again.

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Was going to pick one up yesterday, preparing for Forza 2. Glad I waited.

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Is it worth it?

I love racing games, and I love Racing SIMS like GT and Forza, so needless to say I will be getting Forza 2. However, I have never used a racing wheel in any of my games. So, does it really make the cost worth it? Does it feel that much different?

Any help would be great as I am considering purchasing it.

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I also have never really used a racing wheel for video games and am on the edge...I will probably end up not getting it, because I tend to get tired of racing games fairly quickly, but Forza 2 and Dirt and Burnout Paradise and new NFS all look great.

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ALright, questions.
Is this the wheel that forces you to take PG3 with it?
Since it is wireless, dose it use the batterey packs that the trollers use?
Since it has force feedback, how often do you have to recharge the pack?

Statement,

Dirt owns Forza

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Hi guys, to answer your question... the wheel when you first start using it will not improve your game at all, there's a learning curve for sure. To be honest, I feel I'm still a bit more accurate with a thumbstick than I am with the wheel... however it makes racing games so much more fun, once you've got a wheel (especially this one, the quality is excellent) you'll wonder how you could live without one. You know how fun guitar hero is because of it's specialty controller? The same is true of racing games with this wheel.

HOWEVER, beware the fact that the force feedback features only work with certain games. I've tried using it with games that don't support it's force feedback, and the experience is terrible. However, games like PGR3, Test Drive Unlimited, and Forza 2 (it works with the demo!) which do support the force feedback make for an excellent experience. You can find a list of supported games on xbox.com.

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I bought the Wheel, played with it for a couple of weeks and then decided that without the whole racing seat setup it just wasn't that great. I do miss it now, but that 150 I got back bought halo 2, scrubs season 1, and quite a few other little goodies that I otherwise would not have.

Overall I am much happier without the wheel since I cannot afford the whole setup necessary for it to work well.

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PS - I did shed a tear after playing Dirt because I could just tell that the force feedback would be SWEET in that game.

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Can anyone else corroborate dozes story about them being only $99 canadian? thats like 75 bux for us here in the states!?~ or is that a typo WTF... *goin nutzo here* if so I'll snag it. The wheel in the terms of a driving wheel is ok... With Import Tuner Challenge, PGR3, Test Drive Unlimited, NFS carbon, and the coming of Forza 2 and D.I.R.T. [probably + the new NFS / and TDU2] theres finally some support for it, but there needs to be more. I would honestly buy another copy of most wanted if they did a retro compat/content upload like TDU did. and they rock for that~!! anyhow if anyone can let me know one way or another on that wheel in canada being that much lemme know. ~Q

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That is true. Futureshop in Canada has the wheel for sale for 99.99 canadian. I picked up one today. Sweet deal, its 60 CAD off for us.

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Is this the wheel that forces you to take PG3 with it?
Since it is wireless, dose it use the batterey packs that the trollers use?
Since it has force feedback, how often do you have to recharge the pack?

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To answer your questions:
Yes. The PGR3 disc comes with drivers (computer, not car) on it so that the system can inetrface with the wheel.
Yes. It comes with the same battery setup that the controllers have.
Force feedback requires the use of an plug-in adapter, so you only actually use batteries if you turn the feedback off.

Now, to add my own comment about the wheel. This the first wheel I have ever bought, mostly because my entire previous experience with racing games has been the original Gran Turismo and a bunch of Mario Kart/F-Zero games. I bought the wheel because of Forza 2, and playing the included PGR3 has made me very happy with my purchase. And my setup isn't even all that great. In fact, it sucks, but I am having a lot of fun. Also, I purchased mine from www.provantage.com for $107 + $14 shipping, which is still less than the lowered price, but now they have it listed for $91.

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Oops. Sorry about the weird organization of that message. 'Twas not intended.

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Meh for me here. I bought the Logitech Driving Force Pro wheel for GT4 and didn't really use it too much. I don't think I'll pick up a new wheel anytime soon. I'd rather spend that money on Guitar Hero 2's guitar!

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Is this one better than the Mad Catz one? I've see the MC2 wheel at Target for under $70. It's got a gear shift too...

TTFN

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