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Thrustmaster Nascar Pro Digital (Serial/USB)

Thrustmaster Nascar Pro Digital (Serial/USB)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: ive tried them all. this ones well worth the money.
Review: After trying most of the wheels out there(own eight) this one has been the best. The wheel is only jerky if you use the parallel connection supplied. I advise not to us it. Use the USB connection and the wheel has no jerkyness like the analog wheels do. If you've run Nascar heat then this wheel is a must. With Nascar heat an analog wheel will put you in the wall constantly. Pro Digital solves that problem. Overall this wheel, if set up correctly is the best....yes Ive used the others.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: ive tried them all. this ones well worth the money.
Review: After trying most of the wheels out there(own eight) this one has been the best. The wheel is only jerky if you use the parallel connection supplied. I advise not to us it. Use the USB connection and the wheel has no jerkyness like the analog wheels do. If you've run Nascar heat then this wheel is a must. With Nascar heat an analog wheel will put you in the wall constantly. Pro Digital solves that problem. Overall this wheel, if set up correctly is the best....yes Ive used the others.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hubby loves it!
Review: Got the Nascar racing wheel for my husband's birthday--something he's wanted but didn't want to buy for himself! He loves it--I think it's definately safer & less expensive than buying him a real "sports car!"

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Very good
Review: I bought this wheel from Sam's Club about six months ago for (price). I always use this wheel for "Need for Speed." I must have installed the wheel incorrectly, because every time I use it, it pulls to the left. I have tried to callibrate it, yet my computer will not run the software. Other than this minor problem, the wheel is an excellent performer.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Very good
Review: I bought this wheel from Sam's Club about six months ago for (price). I always use this wheel for "Need for Speed." I must have installed the wheel incorrectly, because every time I use it, it pulls to the left. I have tried to callibrate it, yet my computer will not run the software. Other than this minor problem, the wheel is an excellent performer.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Tech support is poor
Review: I purchased the Thrustmaster Pro and it took me almost 3 weeks of trying to finally install this wheel. I even had the help of the company that I purchased my computer from. Every time I tried to install the wheel the program would let me in just a little further. All that the Tech help would do was to ask me the same questions over and over. I like the wheel, but will think twice before buying another product from then. I wish that if any computer magazine that rates a product should include Tech Support.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Good contruction, poor compatibility...
Review: I've been a fan of Thrustmaster products for a while, and was hoping that this would be a good steering wheel. The wheel felt very solid when mounted to my desk, but it did not perform well in the racing games.

I tried it in both Grand Prix Legends and Nascar 3. In both games, the wheel was very jerky, and had a negative impact on frame rates. My old analog Formula T2 steering wheel provided much smoother control in these games, and did not affect the frame rates in the games.

Also, the wheel is supposed to allow you to drive with the gas and brake pedals on separate axis, but I could never get it to work in the games.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: WARNING ' Don't buy this wheel.
Review: If you have WindowsXP you can expect it to hardly work. Under Win9x or Win2k the driver console was good enough to correct the problems associated with the wheels controls in most games. However in WindowsXP the drivers are horrible, the control console is not included any more leaving this product crippled.
TECH SUPPORT is horrible. I had to email them 6 times and only after I included several other departments did I even get a response. Then I was told that if it worked in one game it would work in all but this is simply not true. Of the six game I have purchased over the last year and a half, its only worked correctly in One under WindowsXP.
In the time span I have had this wheel, friends have bought cheaper Logitech and Microsoft Products and have NEVER had a single issue under any operating system. Its obviously the wheels drivers, yet Thrustmaster will not acknowledge this fact and continues to sell this product.
I [bought]it almost 2 years ago and have hardly been able to use it. The driving games I bought in that time were also a waste of money since I was unable to play them. I have finally decided to buy a new wheel since Thrustmaster has refused to do anything. I bought a Logitech brand. Its excellent and works with everything.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: :)
Review: This is a very nice steering wheel. Thrustmaster is a good brand & I hope they keep putting out good products like this one.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: DOES NOT WORK WITH WINXP
Review: Windows XP, will not install the software and drivers and trying to substitute drivers by trying to use other gaming device options all failed. I think Microsoft or Gillemot should be sued, my Vissioneer 6100 scanner won't work with xp either, the software will NOT load. Its a gimmick, if you buy an undated computer, your old hardware may not be usable, such as my Thrustmaster Nascar Pro. It worked well under Win 98se but as I said, could NOT get it to work at all, with my WIN XP.


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