Thrustmaster Ferrari 458 Racing Wheel for Xbox 360

Actually a pretty good wheel for the money. I know some reviewed it as braking, but you never know how rough someone is with something. For instance my significant other would play on the PS3 with the Logitech force GT I had mounted to a piece of ply wood laid across the coffee table. For a non spastic person, this is fine. For a woman that wants to over react, it was all I could do to keep that board relatively still.For steering this wheel worked really well, I like the return to center feature, it's just the right amount of drag on the wheel as you turn it. The peddles have more tension that the force gt set I previously mentioned. Only complaint as many have mentioned is no spikes to grip carpet, amazing how much it slides just getting on and off the throttle. Not that it slips out from under you, just that after a couple laps you soon realize you are sitting slightly different to compensate. For the price, I recommend

Muy buena adquisición llegó a tiempo y funciona excelentemente bien Totalmente recomendado para comprar con este distribuidor! Me encanta como se juega

I'm returning this unit because I want force feedback, however I can say that the build quality of the steering wheel itself is first rate, the flappy paddle gear shifter is made of metal which gives it a high quality feel, the wheel itself feels nice in your hands, the pedals are a bit of a weak point but they do the job, this costs less than a hundred dollars and it makes driving games so much better, force feedback is more expensive and I think it's worth the additional cost if you can afford it... if you want a solid, high quality, entry level wheel for PC, Xbox or PS3 this is a good choice.There is an application for PC that will allow you to use a steering wheel with Grand Theft Auto 5, I have to say that this is pretty amazing for driving a car in Grand Theft Auto 5 for PC and utilizing the mouse at the same time to fire a weapon whilst driving, it was an unexpected addition to the GTA5 experience that I wasn't expecting... I'd recommend this wheel just for this, but , , , and Asseto Corsa are great with it.I am returning it for force feedback, perhaps , or or but this is a solid value and way better than a controller for any driving game for any platform.

This wheel is very easy to set up with an XBox 360 and works great with racing games. The feel is great when using the wheel; high-quality materials and a good size. If the game you're playing supports the different buttons and controls, the experience is great. No horn or handbrake supplied, but you can use certain buttons for that and the shifters and pedal work very well. For the price ($70 before taxes and shipping), you can't go wrong with this purchase.Three important considerations before you buy are (1) you cannot have both the wheel and control signed in as a player at one time (games like GTA V with a walking and driving component will require you to turn off the connection between the wheel and your console and use the controller when walking around), (2) your table can only be between a relatively narrow set of thicknesses for the wheel to attach properly, and (3) the pedals are relatively light, so you may need to add something below to increase friction or behind them to keep the pedals from slipping.Haven't tried it yet with a PC game, but I assume the same considerations apply and think it would really improve gameplay.

hello and welcome! i thought this product was absoloutley glorious and splended! i first got it and it looked really snazzy, i attached it to the table and it felt marvellous to hold. when i started playing forza it was very responsive and gave me wonderful and mind boggling control. the pedeles felt lovelly jubely and were nice and firm my son loves it, but overall it was comepletely rubbish! thank you very much in dead for reading this.

esta guapisimo. para lo que vale es el mejor. te sientes piloto de verdad y funciona bien con todos los juegos, f1, forza,need for speed... se lo aconsejo a todo el que quiera sentirse piloto

Das Thrustmaster Ferrari 458 kam genau zur richtigen Zeit! Forza Motorsport 4 und F1 2011 sind draussen, aber wo war das passende Lenkrad dafür??Genau nicht verfügbar - Microsoft bringt lediglich so ein komisches "Steuerhörnchen"! Und die Fanatec-Luxus-Varianten sind sehr teuer und dann auch nur mit ewigenLieferzeiten zu bekommen!Da machte mich Thrustmaster schon sehr neugierig auf dieses Lenkrad zu einem normalen Preis: Okay kein Force Feedback!!!Aber was sollŽs ich habe bereits genug "Rüttelei" bei anderen Lenkrädern für den PC und die PS3 erlebt.Eigentlich geht es mir primär darum die recht empfindlichen Formel 1-Autos in F1 2011 wieder richtig präzise durch die Kurven zirkeln zu können!Wer den Titel schon mal in Monaco mit dem Gamepad gefahren ist, weiss wovon ich spreche!Also habe ich mir das Thrustmaster-Lenkrad bestellt und nach einer etwas eigenartigen Warterei auf den Release kam es jetzt am Samstag völlig überraschendbei mir an (drei Tage zuvor hat mir Amazon noch geschrieben, dass der Release wohl auf den 16. Dezember verschoben wurde)!Nach dem Auspacken, die erste Ernüchterung: Schon sehr "Plastik"! Ich hoffe im echten Ferrari 458 Italia sieht das anders aus!!! ;-)Aber egal - ich will damit lenken und es nicht anschauen! Also schnell an den bereits vorhandenen Race-Seat angeschraubt und los gehtŽs:Zunächst direkt in F1 2011 auf die Rennstrecke - Monaco natürlich (das war mit dem Gamepad ja fast unspielbar auf den höheren Schwierigkeitsgraden)!Und schon beginnt die Begeisterung die Lenkung funktioniert ganz präzise und geht "natürlich" von der Hand! Auch die Pedale sind ganz präzise und haben einenwirklich guten Wiederstand, der super präzises Gasgeben und Bremsen ermöglicht.Das fehlen der Forcefeedback-Impulse fällt im ersten Moment natürlich schon auf! Mittlerweile schätze ich das aber fast schon, weil sich ohne die Rumpeleiennatürlich noch präziser lenken lässt, was gerade bei langezogenen Kurven mit mehreren Scheitelpunkten richtig positiv ist (wenn auch vielleicht etwas unrealistischer)!Alles in allem ein gutes Lenkrad, dass ein Preis-Leistungsverhältnis bietet, das kein anderes, für Xbox 360 verfügbares, Lenkrad derzeit bieten kann.Und nicht jeder will 400 EUR für die Fanatec-Lenkräder ausegeben, die am Ende auch nichts anderes machen als Lenkimpulse an die Xbox weiterzuleiten! ;-)

Tres bon volant/pedale compatible PC et Xbox le seul petit point negatif est qu'il n'y a pas de retour de force comme annoncé par le constructeur mais sinon à recommander de toute urgence pour les personne amateurs de sensation forte en course !!!Pour information amazon marque rupture mais les livraison sont envoyé au fur et à mesure car beaucoup de demande !!!

Waiting for this to finally be available after several delays, got it delivered today.Opened the box and was impressed with how the wheel looked...however it does feel pretty flimsy. Has some nice rubberized grips and the shift paddles are metal and have a nice chunky clunk when you shift them. The pedals and base are a little awkward...unless you have a lot of weight resting on the pad they tend to lift off the ground under heavy brake or accelerator application. The clamping mechanism works pretty well, it stayed securely attached to my table for the 10 minutes I could stomach using it.In terms of actually in-game use, I'm incredibly dissapointed. I guess part of it is my fault...I knew this wheel had no ForceFeedback but I assumed no one would build a controller without rumble. In the first few moments I realized I shouldn't have assumed this. There is ZERO feedback from games. If you play Forza 4 or F1 2011 in simulation mode, you know how critical it is to have feedback from the tires even if there's no official "Force Feedback". I found myself actually being significantly slower than I am with a regular controller, which is a pretty sad statement. Force Feedback adds a lot of cost to a unit, but for the gains in playability vs cost I can't understand why this doesn't have a rumble feature.Another huge drawback is the motion of the wheel itself. It has some kind of spring or elastic material that increases tension as you increase steering angle. Right around the middle there is probably a 30 degree "dead zone" where the wheel just effortlessly floats back and forth. Trying to keep a car stable going down the straight at Silverstone on approach to Stowe is essentially impossible...approaches to most corners end up getting you unstable in braking and ruin your turn in. Incredibly frustrating.If you play Forza or F1 in arcade mode, you'll probably have fun...same with the more arcade-y games like Test Drive/ NFS / etc. If you enjoy the more simulation style games stay far, far away.