*Urgent* Steering wheel suggestions. V3 or V4???

[plucky duck]

I'm kinda itching for a pc steering wheel lately, especially when I play lots of racing games 24/7.

The matter of facts is that there's both an Interact V3 and V4 out there selling for $80 and $160 Canadian, respectively.

Major differences are that the V4 has force-feedback, F1-style gear shifters, and realistic rubberized feel to the steering wheel.

Question is, is it worth payin' double the price for those extra features? Is force-feeback a must-have feature? I don't wanna kick myself in the *** for buying the wrong one.

What about the issues of cpu power. Will having a steering wheel, especially ones with force-feedback, put a noticeable drag on my racing games?

These are the racing games I've got that support steering wheel and force-feedback...
NFS III
TD5
Midtown Madness

[apollo11]

I have the Logitech Wingman Formula Force which has force feedback and is absolutly superb - it made a hude difference to my enjoyment of Formula 1 racing simulation and Midtown Madness - the non force one also felt good at the store when I was trying it out though.

There isn't a noticable drain on the CPU as far as I can tell - it's just another output from the software - I think I will have a look at the wintop read outs after a while using the Wheel and keyboard.

Just a case of do you have the extra cash to spare on it.

Good if you can :-)

Ian

[socalgal]

plucky duck -

Please, only one (of same) posts per forum. We discourage duplicate posting in multiple forums. This keeps the confusion factor lower.

Thanks for your support.

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