Logitech G27 USB Racing Wheel for PC

UPDATED 06/01/13 This has been a great wheel! Keep in mind I only play Gran Turismo on a PS3. I have tried the Thrustmaster F430, DFGT, and Fanatec GT3 V2. The DFGT has horrible shift buttons with no feel (click) to them. Their small size limits you to keeping your hands in one location as well. The DFGT increased my lap times more than the F430 did compared to a DS3. Pro's - overall quality and durability is very nice - all but one button can be remapped in Gran Turismo 5 - pedals are very nice, i recommend mounting the pedals to a base or against a wall - buttons on the wheel are tricky to use when the wheel is turned more than 90 degrees e-braking is very tricky, so i still use a controller for drifting - paddle shifters are nice, have a click to let you know you shifted, although a little flimsy and a bit too close to the wheel, you'll pinch your finger if you shift with one finger and have others underneath the lever - the wheel is angled upwards a bit too much, which I negated by putting a small 3-ring binder (or wooden wedge) with the small side facing the driver to decrease the angle - action is smooth, but can be loud when full force feedback kicks in - feedback is always strong even at the lowest setting, and can shake my entire corner desk - there's no playstation button! so you still need to use your controller here and there - it works very well with the PC just be sure to fully calibrate it in the control panel first, or you'll only get 300 degrees of rotation by default, and you have to go into the control panel and adjust that. I found the PC calibration tool and game calibration tools more complicated than they need to be. I don't trust FANATEC's ($400 cost) support history, and their being out of Germany and the best Thrustmaster rig is just too expensive. UPDATE I just received a Fanatec GT3 V2 pedal and chair set yesterday 05/31/2013. The seems on the wheel were not comfortable, the cooling fan makes a whining noise, the basic pedals (even firmed up) are not as nice as the G37's by far. All of the onboard custom settings didn't seem to make that much of a difference overall. Specifically, turn-in was always better on the G27. I raced 5 laps in a FR 550PP car with Sports Hard tires and my track times were far better with the G27. THRUSTMASTER: I've been a longtime user of Thrustmaster products. I was always happier with Logitec's flight sim products. They weren't always nicer per say, but overall they worked better. I did try the Thrustmaster Ferrari F430 wheel. I was able to match my controller times and it was nicer than the Logitec DFGT. The shifter buttons were way too loud and the gears were very notchy with fine turning adjustments. The pedals were nice. The buttons could not be remapped in GT5. They were laid out pretty well, but you have to get the layout from Thrustmaster support which was very responsive I must say. The T500 seems like the way to go if money is no option, but you're going to want the F1 wheel add on and that puts you around $800 and up range. I'll be looking to add an e-brake and race chair to this and get a backup G27 for parts in case this one breaks.

I had originally used the Thrustmaster Ferrari GT Experience 3-1 wheel for games like Need for Speed (various titles under this) and then iRacing.com. After purchasing iRacing.com's product, I found that such a wheel was not up to the standards of the simulated race experience. So, I saved up and purchased the Logitech G27 Racing Wheel. Let me tell you this, the difference is AMAZING! There are tons of great things I can say about this, but I will spare you that for now and get straight to what you will want to know - the cons. Logitech does not con you with this product, but there are a few pitfalls. Straight away, you will have to 4 chords to manage. They could have put it all into 2, but they gave us 4. But once you work out a system, or get one of those nice wire management foam/plastic shells you're good. The other pitfall is that you might want to work out your arms and shoulders some before getting this! It only can put out a max of 3NM of torque, but trust me those 3NM of torque will tire you out quick if you're not used to such harsh reality. In real life driving wheels can be subject up to and beyond 10NM of torque! (that's more than enough to break fingers and possibly arms, if not injure you!), but you're safe with this product from any injury as long as you keep ergonomics in mind. Also, at first, with such torque at the wheel you will want to make sure to take frequent breaks. You won't believe how fast this wheel (when set to realistic specs of 102% overall effect in the window's control interface, and the default of 16FFB in iRacing.com's settings if you're getting it for that) can tire you out! *****BUT***** Here's the great things about this product from logitech! This wheel is the closest you're going to get to the real thing for under 300 bucks! Amazon provides a great discount here. Once this is set up, you can set it and forget it (for a while, EVERY wheel needs recalibration here and there, even the best). It's the most solid build you'll find. It's even quieter with helical cut gears! You get 3! YES 3! Pedals. Clutch!, break and throttle. Does it get better than this in simulated racing? I mean it's pedals are covered in REAL STEEL! The wheel's frame seems to be steel too! The pedals' base even comes with 3 ways to keep it from moving, hard mounting (screwing into place on say something like a Playseat, can I advertise for them enough?), rubber feet for hardwood floors, and even spikes at the back than can be pulled down to keep it from moving AT ALL on carpet! (And such great design there! It won't move, nor damage your carpet/rug!) Can I say enough about these pedals? I think not! It's accessability is rated 4 just for the amount of chords and the time you'll have to take to set it up in windows and in your various games/sims (which shouldn't take THAT long ;) ). It's comfort is second to none! It's genuine leather they wrapped it in! (though, it has a lot of torque, you get used to it once it's set to you're preference and you give it time) Speed of this wheel is incredible... it can't be turned faster than real life would allow, unless you turn down/off the forced feedback (FFB). With FFB turned off, it's like driving a Cadillac, or so I've heard. You can't get much more real, nor can you get much of a better feel than this... real steering wheels are bigger, but you don't need it really. It's immersion is second only to the real thing. Ergonomics... GREAT!, IF AND ONLY IF you keep in mind where you are supposed to keep your hands and take frequent breaks! Otherwise you could injure yourself. This is professional level simulation here. But if you keep correct positions and breaks in mind, this wheel will not injure you. It's like anything else out there. Cable management could have been better, but they do give you some stuff to help out with the 4 chords they give you. 4 groves to places them in so they don't get pinched and before that a place to wrap excess cable around. Overall, this is the best product you can get for your money (unless that elusive G29 ever comes out, ROFLMAO). There are more expensive products out there, but you will pay much more for them! You can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for a real simulator, tens of thousands on the lesser equivalent that doesn't move but will give you feedback in the pants in the form of knocks and vibrations and good sound/visuals, 500 USD or more for over-the-top reproductions of this wheel, or you can get the original! The logitech G27 Racing Wheel for the pc is THE BEST wheel you will ever get, without paying too much. Some would say 250 USD is too much, but trust me. You get everything you pay for, and THEN SOME! **Oh, and one last thing, make sure if you're doing your sim racing on a desk (as opposed to the Playseat also available on Amazon), that the desk isn't a cheapie! This thing will have your desk and everything on it bouncing (and possibly breaking), including that expensive HD monitor you payed a lot more for ;). (But don't worry too much here, I haven't bolted anything down and have yet to have anything break or fall) Otherwise I'd recommend bolting down everything that's loose, or at the very least duct-taping it all down! I'm being serious here, that wheel has a ton of force in it. When Logitech call it "force feedback" they mean it has FORCE! 3NM of torque, that is a TON of force for a gaming/siming race wheel!**

This is a good quality wheel. Overall I would definitely give it five out of five stars. But it is not perfect and there are some idiosyncratic aspects that I have encountered. I bought this wheel to play GT5, and Midnight Club LA and similar car simulation, driving and racing games on the PS3. It works for PC too but I haven't tried that yet. Quirky things I have noticed: *Whenever I first power up the PS3 the G27 does a full calibration by turning all the way to the right and then all the way to the left and then turning back to the right until it centers... but when I start a game (for example GT5) it does the calibration again... but this time it doesn't center... it ends up slightly slanted or crooked. Also, maybe its just my wheel but when the GT5 starts and it first starts to turn to the right to do the calibration thing it "shutters/stutters"... the rpm lights and the turning motion momentarily freezes and "shutters/stutters" during calibration, but only when it is turning to the right... and this only happens as GT5 loads, it doesn't happen during the initial calibration when PS3 first powers on.... *The G27 claims to have a "push down" reversible gear. But I could never get the G27 to reverse with the gears. Also the whole thing can not be "pushed down"... so I don't understand what they mean by a "push down" reverse-able gear... you can NOT push the snifter down at all! There is no way to reverse the car using the shifter/gear because it won't even have the grooves to let you put it in reverse! The diagram on the shifter is not how it actually is... I can put the gear in 1, 2, 3, 4, and yes even 5... but the reverse does not work! It seems to be a fake position that doesn't even exists on the G27 *It took me a while to figure out that G27 has to be put as controller #1 in order for it to be recognized and work in games like Midnight Club LA. On the Logitech website they list both the GT5 and Midnight Club LA as fully compatible with the G27 out of the box. This is not entirely true. It is not actually plug and play. At first I thought I got a bad/dud G27 until I had to Google for tech support online and came across forums that said you must put the G27 as controller 1 because it will be recognized in the game... but the thing is if G27 is in controller 1 spot, the ps3 controller itself no longers works in the game, even when I put it on controller 2.... what ends up happening is the ps3 controller becomes useless inside the game itself, meaning I have to use the buttons on the shifter/gear in order to navigate the menus and such in the game... This is annoying and a MAJOR hassle. *For the Midnight Club LA the G27 wheel is WAY too sensitive and over-corrects too too too much. This makes it almost impossible to accurately and enjoyably play. In GT5 there is option to adjust sensitivity of G27, but in Midnight Club LA you are SOL... Of course on the PC you have the drivers and software and can do what you want with the wheel, but for PS3 it is locked down and especially for games and titles like Midnight Club LA the G27 sensitivity makes it useless and it can't be adjusted. *The "real leather" on the wheel feels fake. I'm not saying it is not real leather... it just subjectively feel like synthetic leather... this is not exactly the kind of leather you find in a Lexus or anything... *There are too many wires with this setup... it is a mess and easily you can trip over yourself or worse someone trips it over and damages your G27... it makes it worse that the wires are so short... if you have a large TV and want to sit back a bit from the TV you run the chance of accidentally pulling the wires out.... not good... *You really need to get a playseat or similar item for this G27 .. that will end up costing you more than the G27 itself. The attachment devices that comes with the wheel and gear is cheap quality plastic and cannot secure anything at all... I tried to secure it to my table/stand only to have the whole wheel free fall to the carpeted ground 4 feet below... cause the darn plastic attachor thing came unhooked and loose... the wheel is very heavy, so even a free fall of 4 feet could permanently damage it... I'm not sure if mine sustained mechanical damage or not... I ordered playseat with this device but the device came sooner than the seat... so I had tried to mount it to a table but really it doesn't work well at all.... * There is no way to turn off the force feedback in GT5 for the G27. In the options I know it seems like you can turn it off... but in actual races when you hit something or run into rough ground the force feedback comes into full swing.... it is annoying, and it is powerful force feedback that makes you lose control.... especially when you are already drifting and trying to countersteer, the force feedback will make matters worse and cause you to lose concentration and then crash you on purpose.... In GT5 there is NO way to turn force feedback off! This means if you drive on the dirt road it will be impossible to maintain control, might as well use a ps3 controller...

This wheel has genuinely exceeded my expectations. Awesome built quality, I can tell this thing will take a beating over the years and there zero play in the wheel itself when you try to wiggle it; rock solid. The smell of the leather on the wheel literally exudes with the aroma of quality, love it. My first run with this wheel was with F1 2013 and had no luck getting the force feedback to work as I could not get the software from Logitech web site to open. After some days of frustration I finally called Logitech customer support and he quickly emailed me an updated game controller and it worked! They had been having problems with the previous version of the software on 64 bit windows. So...just a heads up, you will need to call Logitech at the date of this review to get the new version of the game controller in order to get force feedback in your games. UPDATE: 1 year later. The wheel has held up very well and remained solid, no play whatsoever in the steering mechanism after about 4 or 500 hours of use. BUT there is a serious flaw that has developed for me which I did some research on and discovered it to be a trend with the G27 in particular. The wheel is becoming off centered during use. I messed with re calibration settings again and again which worked temporarily yet the wheel would always inevitable stray from center during driving to the point I was holding the wheel 90 degrees to stay straight. Apparently the optical sensor on the force feedback motors becomes lose inside. There are you tube videos instructing a fix with epoxy but it involves taking the wheel almost completely apart. Logitech is sending me a new wheel. I have dropped my rating from 5 to 4 stars (and not 3) because Logitech is standing behind their product. I will post back with an update in another year to see if the problem has been potentially addressed in new makes of the wheel. If I were to start over I would look into another model for this reason however, as now I am without a wheel for at least a couple of weeks and I'm still waiting for my shipping label to arrive in my email from Logitech to send it back to them. Customer service is another review I'll have to update at a later time as I see how this unfolds. Having gone through that the force feedback lives up to its fancy gear technology. On my old Logitech Wingman wheel it always felt a bit like it was going to break while in use as well as having that gear whine when you whipped it around, the G27 is the real deal and makes you realize the others are toys. If like me you are contemplating whether 200 bucks for a wheel is worth it I can say that it is if you are into being connected with your driving games. One last tip I will mention is this: at first the wheel felt like it had a very small dead zone even when the game's settings where set to zero dead zone on the steering in put. I ended up going into the Controller Profile for the wheel's settings and set the SENSITIVITY from 50 to 100 percent which made a big difference and completely cleared up the wheel's dead spot. Playing F1 2013 with this wheel is truly an experience.

If you have been playing racing games with a keyboard like myself, hold on to your shorts!!! This G27 propels your fun factor into a completely different arena!!. One word of warning, the more powerful and up to date your rig the better! So, I Just built a new rig after coming off an older I7 930 with 2 GTX 760s in SLI. For the last 3 years I've done a lot of gaming but always used a keyboard. At the prompting of an online friend I purchased the G27. With my older I7 930 I set up the G27 and it just didn't work all that well. Initially I was disappointed and for a while just boxed it all up and put it in the attic. I have so much experience using the keyboard it was just easy to go back to it. I could go much faster with the keyboard (but keep reading). Later I decided I needed to give it another chance. So, it worked ok with the old I7 930, but nothing to rave about. Seemed like I needed to spend a lot of time with playing with settings as it just didn't perform all that well, but, in certain cases was kinda fun compared to the Keyboard. I have over a 1000 hours playing NFS Most Wanted 2012, and over 1200 hours playing NFS Rivals....all with keyboard driving. So, you get to be pretty good with a keyboard after so many hours. Now I exclusively play Ubisoft's The Crew....wow, what an amazing, gigantic world map they have!!! Well, I just completed building my new rig and I cannot believe how superbly this G27 transformed the game into the best racing fun I have ever experienced. It is all about how well everything, your hardware, works together with the game. So, what do I play and what is in my rig? Anyway, my new rig is: I7 4770K AsRock Z87 Extreme 4 m.b. Corsair H100I cpu cooler 2 x GTX 780 SC's in SLI 16 gigs 1866 ram EVGA 1200 P2 SuperNova Platinum p.s. Samsung 850 Pro SSD 256 gig and a couple of other SSDs and HDDs. And.....Logitech G27 wheel!!! When I finished building this rig and got all the drivers installed for all the various hardware, and re-downloaded The Crew...the most amazing thing happened.....The G27 worked superbly, better than I could have ever imagined. This is with no profiles set up or tweaking of any kind with the multiple settings. I am blown away how all this works so superbly now. I thought my old I7 930 with the two GTX 760s in SLI was a pretty great rig.....well, this rig in combination with the G27 feels like a $15-25,000 racing simulator. Everything about the game, The Crew, the cars, the handling, the cornering, the feeling of complete control and exceptional feel of the speed of the various cars in game is simply way beyond my expectations. Its obvious to me now that The Crew is designed for a Wheel. There is no way anyone with a keyboard could keep up with the performance of this rig in combination with G27. Maybe down the road I might play with the settings a little, but right now everything seems perfect right off the bat. If you like online Racing games like The Crew....this is the only way to go....a powerful rig and the G27. I bought the G27 brand new and glad I did. Most everything else in my rig I bought used but within warranty so overall the cost was way better than buying it all new.

This is my first ever racing wheel for PS3 and I'm pretty sure I wont be getting another one because the durability and quality is amazing. The only other wheel I've had was a ps2 wheel but that doesn't even begin to compare to this one. I played Gran turismo 5 and Gran Turismo 6 with this wheel and it works fine. I recommend these games for the most realistic ps3 experience. I havent had much racing knowledge until I got this wheel. The repsonse is amazing and the clutch, brake, and gas peddles work just like any other car. The shifter feels a bit loose but there are quick DIY mods online to fix that and make it more realistic. With this I learned many racing techniques such as heel and toe shifting. The light that tell you when to shift are not necessary but they are a nice addition. After 6 months of constant usage and (sometimes very rough because of friends) everything works good as new. Although i wouldnt go too hard on the shifter because it might tend to feel looser than it already is. The streering is excellent and the mechanism that makes it work is the best of its kind. You might read in other reviews that there is a dead spot in the 345 degree to 15 degree that causes the wheel to steer back and forth and that is true but that is because there is a glitch in the game and somehow that dead spot is necessary. Its not too hard to ignore, when youre going in the straights put the wheel in the exact center and the steering will feel a bit looser but if you want to turn then just steer about 15 degrees and everything should be back to normal. Otherwise everything is great value for the money, I would highly recommend to anyone getting into sim racing or just to have fun.

Best Affordable Steering Wheel That Exist today. Bought this wheel as i find out that it was possible to drift within different sim racing game. As i bought it i was not expecting the wheel to be of high quality. However, i was dead wrong. This wheel in my opinion is one of the best affordable wheels available in the market. Pros, Excellent build quality, everything on this wheel felt durable specially the steering wheel itself which is good since it's the part that would take the most abuse. The Force Feedback on this Steering wheel is great in simulating that real car feel which is very very strong. Another great thing is the 900 degree rotation which is a must for drifting in Sim racing Game. There are many buttons position within the steering wheel which is great for different uses that can each be program with in the game. The additional paddle shifter that rotates with the steering wheel is also an added bonus(however, in drifting i dont use it since ill be using the shifter). Moving on to the shifter, The feel is great, however is somewhat light but nothing to complain about. It is responsive and can easily be shifted without any problems, There are also addition buttons included in the shifter as well which is great for binding keys in game. Lastly the Pedals are also that of amazing quality. They are very which gives them that real car feel. The gas, brake, and clutch all feel very good in a way that imitates a real car as well. Installing, wiring, and mounting were also a breeze i was able to get this set up in about 30 minutes and begin playing. Cons, The only suggestion i could give for this product are the wires themselves. They are very thin and i find them susceptible to breaking Overall a great wheel for the price and recommend it for those looking to play Racing Simulator games.

I read a lot of reviews before selecting this wheel, and as a new product (that is, for the first couple weeks I've had it), it worked great. Mostly playing GTR Evolution. Then, slowly over the past couple weeks, it does not center itself when it calibrates on system startup, or when you reset the wheel by unplugging it/powering down. It grows more and more off-center with each calibration/use, such that it's now very awkward to use the paddle shifters. I can still use the wheel in the now-awkward configuration, and the feedback is still good and it tracks very well in gameplay, albeit with an off-center calibration. The pedals are taut and substantial, and they seem to stay pretty well-grabbed onto the carpet. The gearshift set is adequate (feels a bit lightweight.) The lack of centering has become more annoying and troublesome as the days go by, and I'm finished dealing with it. If it were only off by 1/4 to 1/2 inch from center, and didn't get any worse, I wouldn't be bothered by it. Now, though, it's about 45 degrees off-center. I read up on the problem, and it cropped up more than a year ago -- reported by many people on the logitech support forums. I've only had the wheel for a month, so I'm a bit disappointed that they didn't fix the problem by now. There are all kinds of blog posts from people who have taken the wheel apart to fix the problem, but this seems like a bit of a crapshoot and it voids the warranty, so I'm not going to do that. I plan on reaching out to amazon for an exchange, as this is clearly a defective product. I'm disappointed a little bit by logitech, as I've had very good experiences with their other peripherals, but this one is suffering quality issues that have cropped up very quickly. I've had the wheel only a month, and I'm pretty gentle with my equipment, so it's not a user problem. Oh well. It's a good wheel that I'd ordinarily be very happy with if I didn't get a defective one. Hence, I give it an "OK" rating. If you buy this wheel, save the box and packing materials for at least a few months. You may need them, to send it back. I'm glad I saved mine.