Thrustmaster Red Legend Wheel Will It Work?

[That Old Fox]

Hey looking to buy a thrustmaster red legend racing wheel want to know if it will work in game, before I buy it. I know its not officially supported but I'am still wondering if it will work. Could anyone with any expirence with this wheel, shed some light on this please.
thanks

[Simon said EAT DUST PLAYER_1 !]

no personal experience with that wheel.
in-general: any wheel that has official support for your version of operating system should be usable. The most common ones have pre-baked presets in-game, the less popular ones require you to map their controls manually.

also: a link to the specific piece of equipment in question would make it easier to help you with your question.

[That Old Fox]

hi thanks for the info, just looked up the system should be compatible with windows 10, as it looks like thrustmaster have released drivers for it,

Heres the link for anyone else
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Thrustmaster-Ferrari-Red-Legend-Edition-Racing-Wheel-For-PC-PS3-/171341855331?hash=item27e4c53a63:g:Ne0AAOxyQfJTgtSe

[Simon said EAT DUST PLAYER_1 !]

well, since your check was positive that seems to be o.k. then. Thrustmaster site seems down temporarily for me (I think that's sort of daily midnight maintainance or something).

However: Be mindful that this model of a wheel is a very basic affair - as in no force-feedback as well as a very limited amount of rotation. That can still work out o.k. for you, especially if it is going to be your very first wheel and you deliberately want to keep costs down. It will probably still be a better choice than a standard hand-held controller. AFAIK there are no new wheels on offer anymore that integrate gas&brake into one virtual axxis ("combined pedals"). I would have liked to double-check that... ...yet with the website down, this has to wait.

In Rally-sims (and other driving simulations) having seperate control over throttle and brake is a must - that is why I'm bringing this point to your attention. Your feet are as important for your driving as your hands are. Some say: even more important.

[That Old Fox]

Alright thanks this is all really helpful, so with the brake and gas being set to one virtual axis would that mean that i couldnt brake while i was throttling and vice versa.

[That Old Fox]

thrustmaster web site is back up now
here is the link if you want to a quick refrence to the wheel
http://www.thrustmaster.com/en_US/products/ferrari-racing-wheel-red-legend-edition

[Simon said EAT DUST PLAYER_1 !]

...just to give you a heads-up: I think that model is a "safe buy".

Downsides? Maybe the bungee-cord self-centering will feel a little strong for comfort on first contact. Judging by this video there is no perceptible deadzone in the steering - which is good imho:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtzACHgSEl4

Oother than that: it is what it is: one of the least-expensive, most-simplistic wheel-shaped controllers out there.
Should you want to compare against the next step up: that would be the T100 by the same brand (essentially the same thing, yet with "proper" ffb instead of the bungee-cord).

The real simracers' wheels would be yet another step up with 900..1080° of rotation - yet from experience: I can see nothing wrong with getting your feet wet with something a little more basic! The most important aspects of a wheel are covered with the "red lengends": precise steering control as well as two seperate pedals. That will (with a little training) give you a comfortable edge over thumbstick-users.
I started on a 240°-wheel, as well (although that did offer ffb), so I can relate.

[That Old Fox]

thanks for all the help just ordered one.

[Grégory]

Originally posted by That Old Fox:

thanks for all the help just ordered one.

I'm interested in Thrustmaster Red Legend Wheel.
Can you confirm this wheel is functional in Dirt Rally ?

Thx for your feed back.

[That Old Fox]

yep worked last time I played, works well for a budget wheel. have fun

[=dwk= Gravey]

I know the Red Legend wheel doesn't have force feedback, but I'm wondering if it has any vibration/rumble? I haven't been able to find an answer online.

[That Old Fox]

I dont think it does. I havent felt any when using it

[=dwk= Gravey]

Thanks for answer!

[ramontag]

Originally posted by That Old Fox:

I dont think it does. I havent felt any when using it

Hi man, could you please tell me which games in steam are compatibles whit the racing wheel please, i just buy one and i dont now which game its gona be usefull

[That Old Fox]

Honestly I've only used it in, project cars and dirt rally so I don't have much of a list unfortunately. Works well in both of those though

[BasDouma]

Recently bought the game and I am running Dirt Rally 2.0 in Linux Ubuntu 18.04 with steam beta mode on. Game works fine and detects my game controller but not my race wheel. Can anybody point me in the right direction?