Logitech G27 Racing Wheel | 
| Brand: Logitech
Category: CE
List Price: $299.99
Buy New: $229.99
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Seller: J&R Music and Computer World
Rating:  55 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 19.9
Dimensions (in): 17.9 x 13.5 x 12.4
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 941-000045
Model: 941-000045
UPC: 097855056979
EAN: 0000978550569
ASIN: B001NT9TK4
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | The powerful, dual-motor force feedback mechanism with helical gearing smoothly and accurately simulates traction loss | | • | Six-speed shifter with push-down reverse gear allows you to quickly choose exactly the right gear. | | • | RPM/shift indicator LEDs integrate with racing game software to indicate when the user should shift gears. | | • | Realistic 11-Inch wheel with leather-wrapped rim provides a more comfortable, true-to-life racing experience for hours on end. | | • | Steel gas, brake, and clutch pedals deliver precise throttle, braking, and shifting control for heightened realism. |
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Product Description
Dual-motor force feedback makes you feel closer than ever to the world's greatest circuits.Sliding around a gravelly curve or screaming through Monaco, dual-motor force feedback and a six-speed shifter make the world's greatest circuits feel closer than ever. Dual-motor force feedback
You'll experience traction loss, weight shift, and road feel recreated smoothly and accurately. Helical gearing provides the exceptionally quiet steering action.Force feedback - You can really feel it. Six-speed shifter
You can quickly select exactly the right gear for the turn or the straightaway. The push-down reverse gear lets you back up realistically.Serious about sim games? Learn how Logitech peripherals make sim games more real. RPM/shift indicator LEDs
Keeping an eye on the indicator panel lets you know just when to shift gears for maximum torque (in supported games). Hand-stitched leather
The 11-inch wheel is wrapped in real leather to help keep your hands comfortable from the start line to the checkered flag. Steel gas, brake, and clutch pedals
Sturdy true-to-life pedals deliver precise throttle, braking, and shifting control for heightened realism. 900-degree wheel rotation
You can go 2.5 times around lock to lock-just as you would behind the wheel of many real cars. 16 programmable buttons plus D-pad
You can map useful game functions to locations that make sense to you-whether on the wheel itself or on the shift module. Custom tuned for popular games
There are no dead zones or lag, so you'll see and feel every bit of wheel movement reflected in-game. Optical encoding
You'll enjoy reliable and accurate handling race after race after race. Carpet grip system
Retractable teeth flip down to keep the pedals from sliding around on carpeting. Steel ball bearings
Two sets of solid steel ball bearings support the wheel
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| Customer Reviews:
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 G27 October 15, 2009
Andrey
22 out of 24 found this review helpful
Pros: Well built. Leather wheel feels much better than plastic. Clutch, break, gas all have different push pressure. Feedback force feels great. I just hope the motor won't give up on me any time soon!
Paddle shifters made out of metal and when shifting they feel very durable and firm.
Installation was a breeze.
Cons: The leather is no BMW quality! However, as mentioned before, it's much better than plastic wheel.
The screws that attach the wheel and shift stick to the table are made of plastic and give impression if you screw them too hard they'll crack. But so far so good.
Lots of cables. But I just taped them together and it's now manageable.
Have no horn button?.. :)
I don't have much to say about manual shift stick. It feels alright but I don't use it in any games( takes longer to shift), only paddle shifters.
I've never tried g25, so I can't compare them but judging from the pictures, extra buttons on g27 give a bigger advantage.
Overall, I'm very satisfied with this product.
Games played with G27: iRacing, NFS Shift.
Great toy/simulator December 31, 2009
J. Keeble (The 'sham)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I use this wheel for iRacing with my PC. It's my first racing wheel and first realistic racing sim. Cables drape down to the computer on the right nicely without any sort of containment needed. I think the leather varies in quality, mine has a slight twist to it on the left side where my thumb rests on the spoke, possibly due to my early death-grip when getting used to the experience. I still think it's acceptable.
The reason I'm writing this review is to save the new guys (like me) a little time by doing some additional set-up in the Logitech program. Logitech has a pre-set 200 degree limit that imposes substantial resistance at 100 degrees off-of-center in either direction. The iRacing program calibrates to this limit instead of the 900 degree travel that the wheel is capable of. The result is that the game interprets the first 90 degrees off-of-center correctly, then tries to squeeze the remaining steering travel (about a full rotation) into the last 10 degrees before hitting Logitech's 100 degree stop. The result of this "mis-calibration" is a complete loss of front tire traction whenever you go past 90 degrees and the wheels jerk to full-lock. This is corrected through the Logitech settings, not within the game. I'm not sure if it will be a problem with other games, I haven't seen it mentioned in any other reviews.
I haven't had any real problems with the G27 in the first three months and am having a blast improving my driving and learning to race in the simulator. I highly recomend this for anyone who is enthusiastic about race cars and wants to drive a "realistic" simulation.
PS3 - Racing Simulations are more realistic November 24, 2009
J. J. Marino (Rochester, New York)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
First off, let me open with this wheel is not without fault. However, this has to be the best gaming peripheral I have ever owned. I will go into detail about the niggly little things later on. For now lets cover how incredible this wheel system is for driving games.
I have used this on a PS3 slim. Prior to this I had only driven Dirt 2 & Need for Speed: Shift by using my PlayStation 3 Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller. This often had me tapping the turn motion on one of the joysticks. This left alot to be desired if you were doing a slow left or right turn at speed it often caused the rear end to break loose and eventually I lost momentum or worse wrecked.
I am no stranger to the motto right tool for the right job. Back in the 80's I used to do flight sims on my pc with the keyboard. I dont know of too many pilots that fly that way so eventually I purchased a Yolk or joystick for fighter games. I knew a wheel would improve my driving because we drive that way it is a natural movement for us to achieve. I have used countless plastic wheels for driving games in the past. I had not however, used on on my PS3 because I just got it in September.
Now, just with everything quality counts. You can get a flimsy plastic wheel that will probably perform very close to this setup. You will not however get the amazing force feedback or leather covered wheel, tight shifter and more that makes this wheel stand hands above any I have ever used.
Force Feedback rocks:
I used to have one of the old Force Feedback joysticks from Microsoft back in the 90's. I could always out-strength it whenever I was pulling some maneuver somewhere. What is so awesome about the feedback here is it is really sensitive,yet at the same time very strong. Ill give you an example. When going into a turn it fights you like a real car will, ok I expected that. What I didnt expect is when airborne in a corner (like in Dirt 2) the wheel goes limp, like the wheels are actually off the ground and I have no resistance to turn. THAT IS FANTASTIC!
When playing with the standard controller I always played from a car down view like I was driving a remote controlled car. Now I always play in cockpit view. It has totally reinvigorated the way I play my driving games.
Now to the naggy stuff;
Cords- 4 to be exact that need to be run somewhere and often get all mixed up.
USB only, I really wish this had Bluetooth built in, might be worth a few more bucks to not have to sit on top of my television due to the shortish USB cord.
Dont see the point in the manual shifter, but it is a nice addition for if you like to shift that way. Most of the games I play don't use it so I wish I could ignore it all together but all of the PS3 buttons are on it.
Tips for ownership:
I am only reviewing this for PS3, The buttons above the shifter are (your X triangle and so on) the buttons below are your left side D pad buttons. The red buttons underneath are your start- select.
I have not found out what all the little ones on the steering wheel are for.
IMPORTANT: Do not have any controller set to #1 when you plug this in. The PS3 will assign it to number 2 and it will not work in any game. To be honest I often restarted the PS3 to get it to take the wheel as controller 1.
Pros:
>> Very high quality
>> Accurate Feel
>> Adaptive force feedback
>> Brings old driving games back to life
Cons:
<< Cords - too many and the one that you need most is too short (USB)
<< USB only (Fine for PC but annoying for PS3).
<< Complicated to move once its in place. Might have to buy a table specifically built for it.
Summary:
Overall this is a TOP NOTCH accessory for your driving games. It will bring new life into all of your driving games. I recommend restarting them all at the beginning because you will suck once you start over with this new toy.
Thank you for reading my review.
Solid January 8, 2010
Old Kraut (Virginia, US of A)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Very well built - without taking anything away from the actual product, something ought to be possible to do to simplify the wiring, like putting it all in a single loom. A "start" button which would initiate the wheel centering routine would be neat.
Love the wheel !!! December 31, 2009
Gapper (Ohio)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I can't compare the G27 to other Logitech wheels because I haven't used a Logitech before getting the G27.But what I can compare the G27 too is the old style arcade racing games where you sat in a seat with a steering wheel and a old CRT screen. Games like Need for Speed Carbon and Fast & Furious.
I got to tell you that the Logitech wheel is way better than those arcade games. The feel of the wheel says quality. The responsiveness allows for awesome power slides and drifting.
I have my Logitech G27 attached to a Playseat and play both Gran Turismo Prologue 5 and Need for Speed Shift. The G27 and Playseat combo is allowing me to kick butt and take names.
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