![]() With this setup, the wheel will let you use either the pre-attached paddle shifters, or the 6-speed, and you can change on the fly within a race. All that was needed was to set the game to manual, and turn off automatic clutch. The use of the 6-speed shifter was also very simple. If I pressed the pedal only as hard as what felt natural, brake pressure was closer to 50 percent, which resulted in tremendous collisions. This is while I was pressing with extreme force, to the point that my bare foot was in pain while doing so. It's not a percentage, and has no number indicating the pressure, but I would guess it was registering 85-90 percent. No matter how hard I pressed, the meter for the brake never reached the peak. Forza has a meter on the HUD near the gear indicator that depicts how much pressure is being applied to both the throttle and brake pedals. Steering felt very precise, but the brake pedal proved to be a problem. The wheel required no calibration to work with this game. The first game I tried with the G920 Driving Force wheel was Forza 6. There really wasn't much in the way of configuration once the driver is installed, it's up to the game to calibrate the wheel. The gaming software will detect the wheel, and you're all set. You'll need to install the Logitech Gaming Software and then reboot the computer. Set up on the PC wasn't quite that simple, but it certainly wasn't difficult. The Xbox detected the wheel as if it were a standard controller, allowing me to instantly navigate through the dashboard and launch a game. ![]() Just make sure the USB plug is hooked up, and that the wheel base has power. Getting the wheel working on the Xbox One couldn't have been more simple. Because the table had a lip on the edge, the slots in the wheel clamps proved to help hold the wheel in place. It's interesting to note that while the wheel didn't hold very well on my desk, it did much better than the shifter on the table. If the wheel had this same system, it would have likely held much better. It features two similar clamps, but also includes a third central clamping point that proved to hold to the desk very well. The shifter has a better mounting mechanism. I later tried on a square table and had much better stability. The clamps are fairly short, and on my desk they provided less than a quarter inch of surface space. My personal desk is a corner desk with a beveled edge, which proved to be a bit of a problem. Logitech included four tracks to run the wires so they don't get pinched when the wheel is clamped down.Ĭlamping the wheel to a desk is quite simple for a basic desk, but it can be a hassle if you have something a bit fancier. ![]() The pedals get plugged in there, as does the shifter and power bar. The underside has a hollowed out space where all the plugs are found, and you can wind up some of the extra slack in there too. The wheel base has a hardwired USB cable coming out of the bottom of it. Setting up the wheel is a bit of a task, but nothing really difficult. The motion of rowing through the gears is very smooth, but it feels like it shares the same internal construction of the old version. The shifter has six gears, as well as reverse, which you engage by pushing the knob down and selecting 6 th gear. It features a leather-wrapped shift knob and really nothing else. Unlike the previous generation, which included several of the buttons, like the D-pad, the current version is much simpler. The shifter kit is an additional purchase for those who will want it, but the company included a Driving Force Shifter with our review sample. It collapses somewhat under light pressure and then stops a few centimeters later, but if you press harder you can feel it squeezing something.Īs I mentioned, Logitech has opted not to include the 6-speed shifter with the latest iterations of its racing wheels. Logitech calls this a non-linear pedal and said it is supposed to mimic a pressure-sensitive brake system, but it felt more like pressing one of the face buttons of the controller. Depressing it was actually difficult, and no matter how hard I tried, it wouldn't press in anywhere near as far as I would expect. With the pedal set for the G920, I was very surprised with the way the brake pedal reacted. The clutch depresses very easily, as to be expected. With the G27's pedal set, the brake and throttle have similar travel distances, but the resistance is stiffer for the brake. At first glance, the pedal set appears unchanged, but when I first put my feet on the pedals, the difference was stark.
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