Hows the g29/g920 at drifting?

[StraightUpFake]

soon getting a g920 and wondering if its good for rifting

[CatEatingNoodle1003]

Get a thrustmaster tx or t300rs. I just find them better in general

[.Ressem]

Ive got the g920, being the only wheel i've used its really good. If you have experience in drifing and jump straight into it with this wheel youll have no problem.

[StraightUpFake]

Originally posted by .Ressem:

Ive got the g920, being the only wheel i've used its really good. If you have experience in drifing and jump straight into it with this wheel youll have no problem.

ive heard the g920 is ass tho. people said its loud and when u turn u hear clicks.

[StraightUpFake]

Originally posted by trizzet!:

Get a thrustmaster tx or t300rs. I just find them better in general

im looking for a wheel no more then $400 with 3 pedals and a shifter.

[StraightUpFake]

how does the tmx with t3a and the t8a sound?

[Simon said EAT DUST PLAYER_1 !]

you probably can make it work the way you want. I'd argue however that a stronger, more linear ffb as found in the recent Thrustmaster (T300, Tx, TX-PC) & Fanatec (CSL, CSWv2) wheels would give you more detail and alignment-speed to work with while performing a bit smoother.
Comes at a price, though.

The Logitech-wheels are nicely-built €200..240 wheels (please don't ever consider paying msrp for them!). And their proprietary (designed to plug into a Logitech base, only) shifter add-on is the least-expensive there is.

Really comes down to what you consider the best value proposition.
Regarding your budget-ceiling, enthusiast-level direct-drive wheels seem out of the question (as is the reality for most of us)

[ivor_bign]

for the love of god dont buy a logitech wheel, especially if you are planning on mostly drifting. the build quality of those new logitech wheels is shocking.

the G25 i owned for years never went wrong no matter how much abuse i give it, then years later i bought a G27 which lasted less than 2 months with an optical encoder wheel failure. when that went back to the shop i was given a G29 as the G27 was discontinued. that G29 lasted less than 3 months, the faults being phantom button presses when i turned the wheel quickly and the very cheap and nasty addon H shifter started double shifting the gears like i had quickly changed gear twice with the same gear.

now before all the logitech fanboys jump in and say how good the logitech wheels are i will say im 100% sure its the drifting that broke those wheels so fast, drifting abuses your hardware.

i now own a T500rs and the quality and feel of the belt drive thrustmaster wheels is night and day. the trustmaster stuff makes the logitech stuff feel like a toy.

at the end of the day the choice is down to you and how much you want to spend on a toy but just try and rememebr this. you will struggle to find someone thats got a thrustmaster wheel that will tell you not to buy one, there are plenty of people thats owned a logitech wheel that will advice you not to get one.

good luck, happy drifting.

[Murdoch]

I've had my G29 for almost two months, so far its working fine, but I'm pretty gentle with it, because I do fear it will go one day... my DFGT lasted 1,5 years before I got an issue with it, still waiting to see what they do as I sent it back... I'll probably end up getting a refund.

I see people shifting really violently alot, so that could be a reason, some people seem to just treat their wheels really badly, even in drifiting, if you learn to do it right you can be smooth and not abuse it all that bad... but yeah, I'm sure the quality is way off any of the Thrustmaster wheels, guess you get what you pay for...

Maybe I should stick to truck sims, then you're pretty gentle to the poor thing... :D

[StraightUpFake]

Well I'm looking for my first wheel and only looking to spend no more then like $350 maybe $400. I seen on amazon a thrustmaster tx used- like new condition for $260. I'm debating on getting the used tx or new tmx with better pedals and shifters on either one. I also play ets2 lol

[Talkie Toaster]

I've used the DFGT, G25, G27 and now own a T300 - the difference is huge, I remember the G27 being very noisy in most areas, and that uses very similar internals to the G29. The T300 is so far fairly silent and it feels smooth and responsive, I still hear awful things about build quality for both wheels though.

[Murdoch]

The G29 only makes a noise when spin a car and it stands still, for some reason the wheel shake abit until you get moving again, other then that its very quiet. The DFGT I had before this was waaaaay louder... :D

I just started drifting and after 1.12 update the FFB feels even better and I think I've gotten the wheel setup pretty good now so the G29 can be setup to work alright for drifiting I think, feels like it... but I do think people are correct, the Thrustmaster wheels if you can afford the setup is the better option. Everyone seem to agree there... :)

[Simon said EAT DUST PLAYER_1 !]

On the plus-side, the Logitech G-series wheels offer a retractable grip-plate with spikes for casual use on carpeting. And they replaced the optical encoder (steering-sensor) with a hall-effect unit on the current generation wheels.

Unfortunately the aforementioned phantom button-presses and related defects were reported numerous times for the first batch of the G29s. Then there was the issue with a Win-10 update overwriting device-IDs for existing driver-installations, rendering the wheels unusable...
...Hopefully these issues are now a thing of the past, seeing as these devices had been introduced about 1.5 years ago!

Nevertheless, if it was me, I would go for a T300 / Tx, again. Or maybe Fanatec, should they decide to offer a wheel-rim as comfortable as the 599-replica that Thrustmaster sells. Keep in mind that the Logitech G's wheelrims are not exactly round, nor are they centered on the hub. More like an "egg-shaped" affair - as found in many real-world road-cars. On the plus-side: leather-type finish comes standard.

[Murdoch]

Since my wheel is one of the latest, barely 2 months old hopefully the issues people have had before are sorted on mine. :D I dont think I've had ghost button presses either, my DFGT had em sometimes but not alot.

[Hdouble]

DO NOT buy a logitech g29 or g920 they are absolutley terrible on pc

[StraightUpFake]

Honestly didn't want anything over $400. Does a tmx with the upgraded pedals and shifter sound good?