looking for budget wheel, pedal, shifter setup

[ChubbyNinja]

was thinking of getting the"PXN V9 Gen2 gaming Racing Wheel With magnetic Pedals and Shifter 270/900° Dual-Vibration Driver free, sim car Driving Pc Steering Wheel for PC,PS4,PS3,Xbox one, Xbox Series X/S switch" off amazon.

trying to keep it under 200$. I am not a dedicated racer/truck sim guy so i don't want to buy a expensive one. just something for a good startup. Mainly looking for reliability and something that is built to last within my budget (crosses fingers)

Heard PXN's have trouble connecting issues sometimes, maybe someone who owns one can let me know their experience?

Anyway thanks for the suggestions and feedback!

[Duke Dudeston]

I will say this. Buy a decent highly recommended wheel like one of the logitek ones that you can buy, sure they maybe expensive, but you may find yourself loving the setup so much that you will play more and more.

I use a Suzuka Wheel Elite, which I found pretty reasonable at the time (2021) about £150 I think it was, and I have used that every time I play any kind of driving simulator.

I don't play ATS or ETS2 without it. The shifter, the pedals and just the feel of having the wheel in front of me just makes this game even more enjoyable.

The reason why I say don't buy a cheap wheel, is because I done that, I was in the same boat and bought one for £60, although it was alright, it done the job, it was missing a lot, it only had 270 degree motion so it was too easy to go into full lock all the time, it didn't seem right.

I love my wheel, I also have the Logitek "heavy equipment box" thing, its just a button box really, designed for games like Farming Simulator, but I have never used it (or my wheel for that matter) with those games, but in Truck sim, and Bus Sims and the like it comes in handy having all these extra controls at my finger tips. no more reaching for the keyboard, everything in game can be done from one of these buttons...

If things don't work out, you will have better luck reselling a decent wheel, you might lose a little but you will at least be able to get something back. But trust me, you won't want to sell it..

Wheel seems good to me, not sure what the connection troubles are? I mean USB is USB right

[🐺Blue Wolf]

If you don't mind skipping on a shifter for now and paying a little more, it looks like BestBuy (until the 5th) has the G29 on sale for $230(USD). The shifter is on sale for around $50.

I paid over $500 (CAD) for mine years ago (plus another $100 for the shifter). It's been solid since, so for that price it seems worth it, personally.

It's not always the case but I'd stick with either Logitech or Thrustmaster as reliability and longevity is *usually* better.
I stopped buying on Amazon a few years ago as I found most of the quality of items I got went for good or decent, to nearly always trash. So I'd be careful about spending close to $200 on Amazon for a wheel, especially an 'off-brand' one.

[ttower]

Do not buy a wheel unless it has at least 900 degrees of rotation and real FFB. The wheel you listed does not have FFB, just vibration. For your budget, you should either be looking for a quality controller or a used wheel. I got an Xbox controller a while ago, and that alone is a huge upgrade over keyboard while being much more affordable.

[Bean Man]

pxn v9 is a good starter but make sure to clean out pedals every month or they start sticking

[Bean Man]

or just get pxn v10 with ffb

[straiton]

What TT and beanman said, PXN v9 doesnt have FFB. It has simulated vibration only
You will want FFB and 900 deg

[maxcry]

Logitech G29, G920, Thrustmaster T128 or 248 are very good options in that price range, on sale or maybe used.

I would prefer them over any budget wheel like the PXN.
With Logitech or Thrustmaster you will get a good quality wheel.
Compatibility to any kind of driving game should be guaranteed as they are very wide spread.

A used T150 (I own one) is also a good choice if you don't need a clutch.
The 2 plastic pedals are OK for ATS/ETS2.
There is also a Pro version with the better 3 pedal set.
It's out of production, so you will only get it on the used marked.

You can find some reviews here:
https://simracereviews.com/reviews/

[Texas_Jake]

Buy whatever wheel and pedals you can for your budget and get a no name metal box shifter off Amazon. DO NOT BUY the logitech shifter if you plan to use shifter extensions/large eaton shifter knobs. It DOES NOT hold up well to the extra weight at all.

[JackalTech]

I bought my G29 on FB market place with shifter for $120

[NULL]

Originally posted by Duke Dudeston:

Wheel seems good to me, not sure what the connection troubles are? I mean USB is USB right

Not every game engine out there (notably UE until very recent experimental builds of UE5) supports the USB game controller interface. Hence the games running on them won't have universal PnP support and specialty game controllers from minor manufacturers can have issues connecting.

Shouldn't be any issue in ATS/ETS as they do have USB PnP. Best to disable Steam Input though.

[JoeWoo]

I had a PXN wheel. I thought it would be good and it worked ok until SCS updated the game, then I had to set it up again and again and again until finally after one recent update, I could not get it to work right. I would not recommend PXN for this game