Good Racing game controller for PC?

[DietOrange]

I mostly play FPS and some other strategy games on my machine, but I have the itch to play some racing games again. I don't want to buy a 360 or PS3 just to play a game with a controller again so does the 360 controller work well with any new racing titles on PC? I am not spending the money on a wheel with all that other stuff since I don't play these games very often.
Buddy told me a 360 wired controller works well with the racing games?

 

[LemoN]

I mostly play FPS and some other strategy games on my machine, but I have the itch to play some racing games again. I don't want to buy a 360 or PS3 just to play a game with a controller again so does the 360 controller work well with any new racing titles on PC? I am not spending the money on a wheel with all that other stuff since I don't play these games very often.
Buddy told me a 360 wired controller works well with the racing games?

i think it depends on wich games you are referring to

most racing games released on the xbox360 also support the 360 controller for the PC

 

[DietOrange]

i think it depends on wich games you are referring to

most racing games released on the xbox360 also support the 360 controller for the PC

I haven't really picked anything quite yet. I want to get something off Steam and they have titles like Need for Speed: Shift, Race on Bundle, Toca 3, GTR evolution.

 

[LemoN]

im pretty sure those support the xbox360 controller
you could also try and find some official words about the support of those

 

[DietOrange]

im pretty sure those support the xbox360 controller
you could also try and find some official words about the support of those

Yea when I get some time later going to try and check some of the official forums and see what exactly people are using. On break right checking the Killing Floor Forum here so I decided to ask about racing games as well

Thanks Lemon

 

[Lt_Kettch]

I would get the XBox 360 controller or anything from Logitech

Also you have to play Blur with me when it comes out

 

[fiftyone]

I have a SideWinder racing wheel and pedals.
PC 's need a good racing game.
Formula One is preferred. NFS street racing is not my cup of tea and rally is ok but not as good as F1.

Any suggestions?

 

[Mahnsikir]

Dont get the wired 360 controller. From what I've heard from friends and reading stuff about them for some reason they tend to break alot compared to the wireless ones.

 

[DietOrange]

Dont get the wired 360 controller. From what I've heard from friends and reading stuff about them for some reason they tend to break alot compared to the wireless ones.

I had one for months on 360 and it worked just great...do your friends get pissed and throw them around or something?

 

[Mahnsikir]

I had one for months on 360 and it worked just great...do your friends get pissed and throw them around or something?

Damn uncivilised console apes

Nah the ones they had were back from the early days of the console and were used as a spare/back up controller so didnt see much use but they still broke. Maybe they've changed the the quality of the wired ones now.

 

[DietOrange]

Damn uncivilised console apes

Nah the ones they had were back from the early days of the console and were used as a spare/back up controller so didnt see much use but they still broke. Maybe they've changed the the quality of the wired ones now.

Haha that is what I shall call them from now on.

Then again we are talking about MS xbox products here nothing really lasts very long...I guess the controllers might break, but they don't melt like the system itself

 

[SheepDip]

I always wanted a nice set of pedals and a wheel but I've never quite found the right game for it.

 

[DietOrange]

I always wanted a nice set of pedals and a wheel but I've never quite found the right game for it.

Maybe they will allow us to use a proper racing wheel to drive the clown car around one of these days

 

[SheepDip]

Hahahahha that would be awesome.

I've played some good racing games, I enjoyed GRiD most recently, Cross Racing Championship, TOCA3 in the past. Nothing seems to have that extra thing that makes me want to spend money on hardware (like IL2 for joysticks)

 

[DietOrange]

Hahahahha that would be awesome.

I've played some good racing games, I enjoyed GRiD most recently, Cross Racing Championship, TOCA3 in the past. Nothing seems to have that extra thing that makes me want to spend money on hardware (like IL2 for joysticks)

Exactly my thing I don't play enough racing games to warrant buying a wheel and all the other cool stuff you can buy so I need something cheap that still works better than this keyboard which does not feel right for a racing game.

 

[SheepDip]

I've been using an old Thrustmaster gamepad for non-keyboardy-mouse games for about 5 years

 

[DietOrange]

Thrustmaster?

Sounds like some sex toy bwhahaha

 

[SgtH3nry3]

Nothing beats GTR Evolution with the GT Legends, CTCP 2005 and GTR2 mod!
It's just a shame there is no Le Mans prototype for RACE 07/GTR Evolution.

Oh, Live for Speed is a great sim aswell!

 

[SheepDip]

So what you're saying is that I should try the GTR demo on steam...hmmm

 

[Grobut]

So what you're saying is that I should try the GTR demo on steam...hmmm

Yes, if you like realistic track racing, the GTR series is where it's at, and they are made for a good wheel plus pedals, even Track-IR.

But they are definately sims for the racing enthusiast, there are only racetracks, no oddball gamemodes, and the learning curve is very high if you want to win anything, you have to find motorsport interesting or you will probably not race enough to get good, and just get bored with it.