Why You Shouldn't Buy A Logitech G29

[A Cat, Probably]

I've owned my Logitech G29 for 9 months, and I have already regretted choosing this one.
My experience with this wheel has been absolutely horrible. There has never been a day in the last 7 months where I have liked it.

On Day 1 of using this wheel, it instantly started squeaking when I turned. This is a common problem everybody has but Logitech has done nothing about it.

Month 5 - For absolutely no reason the red circle slider stopped working. No idea why, as it just sits on a small table in my room, not covered in dust, and used about once every 2 weeks.

Month 9 (Today) - The paddle shifters stopped working, again, no reason why as it's taken care of. Also plugging it back in caused my PC to crash.

Also, the Logitech G Hub software is basically garbage. None of the adjustments, profiles, and settings do anything, and yes, I update it every time.

If anyone has had similar experiences, please comment them down below.

Also, if anyone has any advice about what I should replace this with, I'd be very open to suggestions.

Have a good day.

[JBM]

This is an interesting review, but it's gonna end up being locked or moved since it's nothing to do with ETS2.

FWIW, I won't replace my G25 of 12 years yet. It still works flawlessly and i've not seen a suitable replacement.

[A Cat, Probably]

@JBM Yeah, you're probably right as I possibly could have put this somewhere else.

I should have possibly thought about getting an older Logitech G model, like a G27, as they seem to be fine.

[JBM]

It's a bit of a problem really. I've seen many posts on various forums where people are trying to obtain older wheels. Some of them are doing it to replace their newer wheels as well, which suggests some of the newer models aren't what they're cracked up to be.

The options I was looking at a while back were well outside of my budget. And while they might offer more favourable features such as belt drive for smoother, quieter operation, it seems you get much less for your money these days. Want a shifter as well? That's gonna be another couple hundred bucks!

[Reese]

Hi there. Previous G27 owner, current G29 owner. My opinions here may not be what you were expecting.

I got a G27 back in 2015 because it was on sale for $200. I bought one for me and one for a friend on the other side of the country. After almost 3 years, the FFB was really loud, and almost felt like it was skipping teeth on the gears. Logitech replaced it, but since the G27 was discontinued, they gave me a G29+shifter instead. Since 2018, my G29 has shown none of the problems the G27 had during my time with it.

BUT. My G29 has developed new problems. The red circle thing, I've never had it working correctly. Sometimes turning left with it would do the right-turn input, and vice versa. Sometimes it won't register, sometimes it registers like 4 rapid inputs in a row. Don't understand it, so it doesn't get used. The only reason I chose the G29 over the G920 was because of this dial pushing the button count higher than the G920.

I typically use the paddles for indicators rather than shifting, but some days the paddles work fine in that manner, other days I have to spam the paddles to get the indicators to work. It's not a big deal to me, but I guess if you're racing or something, it can be problematic.

The only problem that really made me upset, and this occured with the G27 as well, was that the shifter would sometimes report 6th/reverse as each other. I once got so fed up with that that I made 1st gear Reverse and never used the reverse again. This problem is on both the G27 and G29/G920 G-force shifter.

The Logitech hub software thing, is absolute garbage. The older Logitech software actually did things. The only reason to install the current software is for the drivers. Otherwise it's just a waste.

G27 FFB might have failed from me being very rough/abusive with it, doing 12 hour drift sessions and whatnot almost daily, in a hot af room. The friend I mentioned, his G27 is still doing fine to this day. No loud noises, buttons are working great. He just doesn't use it as much anymore.

[TeDiouS]

Had a G29 for 3 years, never had a problem with it.

[Silverbiker]

My G25 is about 12 years old now. Been good as gold. Guess its luck of the draw

[JBM]

Originally posted by Silverbiker:

My G25 is about 12 years old now. Been good as gold. Guess its luck of the draw

Same for me. Also 12 years old. Only thing I had to do was replace the pot in the accelerator pedals last year.

[manodry]

I have a Logitech MOMO Racing and I have no problem with it

[Alabama]

My G29 has worked perfectly for year's. All i have done is get a softer brake pedal spring.
never once had a problem.


On Day 1 of using this wheel, it instantly started squeaking when I turned. This is a common problem everybody has but Logitech has done nothing about it.
Mine has not done that ever.

[Vellari]

Looks like you got a bad unit is all. RMA the thing.

Other than GHub being what it is, I've not experienced any of said issue in the 3 years I've had my G29.

[kraul59]

Originally posted by tim.schild:

Had a G29 for 3 years, never had a problem with it.

So i am. Never problems with G29

[kraul59]

Originally posted by Vellari:

Looks like you got a bad unit is all. RMA the thing.

Other than GHub being what it is, I've not experienced any of said issue in the 3 years I've had my G29.

G-Hub with Logitech G29???? Never worked for me. This issue is everywhere known. Use Logitech Gaming Software https://support.logi.com/hc/de/articles/360024694994--Downloads-G920-Driving-Force-Racing-Wheel

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3 Years

[The Imaginative Lad]

I bought mine around 3 months after it launched years ago. Squeaked from day one, I returned and swapped it for another unit which also squeaked. To this day it still squeaks. Everything else about the wheel I really like and have no complaints about. The only thing letting it down is Logitech G Hub as it simply does not work with this wheel. No force feed back in anything. I recommend using the legacy Logitech Gaming Software which it works perfectly with.

[Johnny M]

I have the G920 and never once had issues with it apart from figuring out how to get it to connect, which for me was to launch G Hub everytime I wanted to use it and it would calibrate. Otherwise the only actual issues is the squeaking which isn't noticeable, and the gears seems to be clunky when under high load and moving it quick such as drifting, seems others just have bad luck with the unit they recieve.

[grape_hooman]

Originally posted by TeDiouS:

Had a G29 for 3 years, never had a problem with it.

I bought my g29 a while ago. However, after only a short period of using this thing, it was suddenly unusable cause of a calibration issue (It was literally brand new).