Edited: NFS2015 does not work on PS4 as of yet. Pretty sad about this...
I never owned a steering wheel. I have never used the G27, played a few racing games at the local arcade (Initial D, Max Tuning or whatever) and on my friend's setup ages ago which I can't even remember what it was.
I've been researching wheels since earlier this year, before the G29 was announced and through out.
I was considering the Fanatec Porsche, Thrustmaster 300RS and the 500RS as well as waiting a bit to save up for a Fanatec Clubsports...
Well, I wasn't sure how much I'd get into racing games so I held off for awhile reading reviews and I couldn't commit to nearly 1k dollars for a Fanatec CSP set and frankly speaking all the bad reviews scared me away from Thrustmaster. So it was either the Logitech G27 or the G29.
Well I'm glad I went with the G29. Originally I thought I didn't need to get PS4 support but I realized that most of my friends play consoles for racing rather than PC gaming so I figured I'd get the one that has the support.
This works right out of the box for GT6 on the PS3 and it is awesome. I never got into that game because it was too hard for me to play with controller, but this, this made it so much more fun.
The other games I've tried so far is Project Cars and Grid Autosports.
Project cars is a weird one for me, initially it worked but after tweaking some settings it messed up my controls (pedals were backwards) and had to fiddle with the settings to get them to work right.
Grid Autosports just straight up doesn't work. I gave up. Not even gonna bother with the headache. Menu keeps scrolling, can't change keys, stuck facing backwards and steering doesn't engage. I don't know if it's the Logitech software, my settings for the wheel, or the game but I gave up.
It doesn't work in Need for Speed Undercover. Couldn't get to the settings.
I'm just waiting for the new Need for Speed reboot, preordered it and waiting to play with friends. Plus GT7 sometime maybe next year.
Controls wise it feels fine, I was a bit skeptical of the wheel size since it seemed so tiny but it actually is really practical. I'm amazed on how small the actual wheel base is and it's pretty quiet. The pedals aren't bad, but I have nothing to compare to besides arcade ones. I may consider getting Fanatec's Clubsport V2 or V3 later on but for me it works fine. The paddle shifters work fine, I had a 2015 Mustang rental recently and it had paddle shifters and these feel about the same, if not better.
I have my wheel base mounted to a Obutto Ozone cockpit, works great, pedals I haven't figured out how to properly mount yet but they aren't slipping everywhere so I'll figure something out later.
Final conclusion: At this price I wish it included the stick shift. The driver support is a bit whack. I don't get how to get games to work on it but it works fine in consoles. The profiles are a joke for this inside the Logitech suite. Half are still assigned to keyboard. I don't regret it though. It's a lot of fun and a totally different gaming exp.
Edit:
So I've had this for over a month now, and to be honest... I still love it. I'm just disappointed with the lack of game support. Project Cars isn't a bad game but the cars I like aren't in it and the style of driving is.... not really something I find all that fun. GT6 is awesome on the PS3, I play one or two races daily.
Don't buy the stick shift. It isn't worth it. It works in Project Cars. That's the only game I personally can confirm it works.
Games I've played so far that work with this wheel, NFS: The Run (a bit awful though, can't really adjust settings, not very fun), Project Cars PC, GT6 (ps3) and thats it so far that i've gotten to work without too much fiddling.
Games that don't work that I've tried, The Crew (PS4), NFS 2015 (PS4), NFS Undercover, Grid Autosports (this is kinda weird one, it works for some, I haven't found a way around it)
I do want to add that this is kinda bs as some of the games on some websites say they are supported. Do research to make sure it's compatible with the games you plan to play.
| Standing screen display size | 16 Inches |
|---|---|
| Processor | 21 hertz 1_2GHz_Cortex_A8 |
| RAM | 8 GB A8 |
| Hard Drive | 21 MB Mechanical Hard Drive |
| Chipset Brand | VIA |
| Card Description | Dedicated |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 21 MB |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 2 |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 21 |
