Comments on: Logitech G25 on Steroids – Previews

By: ToLyAn

ToLyAn — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:06:48 +0000

This one is on steroids? I don’t think so.
For some strange reason i always thought that if someone uses a similar combination of the words (g25 + on + steroids) that it means only one announced more than a year ago specific and unique modification:

http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?t=313401
http://www.jlvrh.de/JL_Wheel_UK.htm

Now. THIS ONE really bad ass pumped with steroids wheel.

By: Stan

Stan — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:21:05 +0000

Sorry Raikku, but after reading your comments for this subject, it seems that you don’t know/understand what it is about.

Cheers.

By: Raikku

Raikku — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:34:34 +0000

So, just put 220v from the wall directly to G25 and you get all the forces that you’ve dreamed of…

By: Stan

Stan — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:13:42 +0000

Hi all,

Form my point of view, it seems that they have just raise the voltage of the ffb engines, for producing a stronger force.
It could also explain the necessary adjunction of the fans.

By: maxs

maxs — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:16:06 +0000

i just wonder how long will this steroided G25 will live ….

By: Papa_K

Papa_K — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:26:04 +0000

This may be very nice… but above anything else for the G25, I’d like to see a commercially produced wheel-buttons-addon.

By: fpol

fpol — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:11:05 +0000

Don’t know how many of you lift weights, but look at it like this. A guy who easily can bench 280 lbs can more “delicately” move 120 due to the fact that it’s pretty light to him. The guy who benches 120 as a max, has no finesse when moving it. *that* may be the benefit – with greater max stength, you may be able to set the overall FF lower, and still get *all* of the forces generated accurately.

I don’t know…I know that the FRex wheel is much more powerful than the G25, and the users (many moved from G25s) say its better. Of course it’s expected for them to say it’s better…it cost them $2K ;).

Sound…don’t many simmers use headphones anyway? What’s the big deal with it being too loud? Heck, my game box can sound like a tornado at full throttle.

By: Gopher04

Gopher04 — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:56:22 +0000

I don’t see any point for this niether….

By: 2point8

2point8 — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:39:01 +0000

I like all my 10 fingers, that thing scares the crap out of me!

By: Raikku

Raikku — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:11:07 +0000

I don’t see any point for this. You don’t need more forces to G25, you can already get them too forceful if you just put levels high enough from games/profiler.

By: ScHiRoCk

ScHiRoCk — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:02:45 +0000

In my opinion i dont see the improvement, who cares about calibrating times…

BUT, i everytime i startup my pc it does that turning thing, but always that click after hitting the utter right/leftside of the wheel, i always think it will break someday because of it…

By: TeroD

TeroD — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:42:56 +0000

I guess they are after more responsive (reactive?) wheel. As laiders71 (and Niels) pointed out with his so called Niels test videos, the current FFB wheels aren’t responsive enough.

911 wheel test: Comparision of FF with DFP (The Niels test)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW2ybcWmg9w

911 wheel test: FF test 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6o7bVIkjdo

By: AeroMechanical

AeroMechanical — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:16:30 +0000

Yeah, of course it’s going to make it louder. If they used high quality fans, or a very low rpm fans, it’s probably okay though. And any noise problems are usually rectified by having the volume at the appropriate level.

By: navalhawkeye

navalhawkeye — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:34:55 +0000

Even louder? My G25 is almost silent…certainly much less noisy than the Momo.

By: AeroMechanical

AeroMechanical — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:48:08 +0000

Stronger motor and now fans too, huh? So, their aim was to make it even louder? I don’t really see the amount of force being much of an issue. More precise forces with a greater dynamic range, sure, but just a linear ramp up in strength doesn’t strike me as worth a whole lot. If it can manage to produce strong forces while still allowing the subtlety of the weaker forces to be felt, that would be something.

By: Vkt

Vkt — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:17:28 +0000

lol wtf is this?

By: Tifose

Tifose — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:56:06 +0000

Slap Nuts!!! that look like fun or Hospital?

By: F1Racer

F1Racer — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:53:09 +0000

If it is too violent wont that also risk longer term damage to the wrists etc or whatever ?

By: -eRNIe-

-eRNIe- — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:39:42 +0000

Okay….it calibrates very fast, but …. what are the improvements in detail? (beside the fans)

By: Siggs

Siggs — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:38:36 +0000

That FFB in the vid seems excessively violent, don’t you think? The Fanatec 911 turbo is considered to have strong ffb, and spins about the same speed as the standard G25. I do hope its not like that while racing, and it being that violent could well damage the wheel?
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