The tires screeched when I jammed and locked the brakes. The wheel locked up when I tried taking the corner too fast. Wheel flipping back and forth and thinking WTF just happened? Well the start of Sim Racing just happened. Foot on gas, hands wrapped around the wheel…flying out of the pits, first corner…you guessed it, missed it and ran into the wall. Once setup up, the first thing I did was fire up Assetto Corsa, got into the Corvette C7.R GTE car, headed over to the Barcelona track (which I know well). Properly mounted playing with a wheel and pedals is a game changer. I went out and bought a Next Level Racing Wheel Stand, I’ll post a review of it shortly. I really did not like the force feedback making my monitors shake like I was experiencing a 8.7 quake. Then tried the wheel attached to my computer desk. The Thrustmaster TX wheel base has so much force feedback that at times it can move the table. I first tried the wheel attached to a plastic picnic table. The games I tried with it were Forza Horizon 3, Project Cars 2, Forza Motorsport 6, Forza Motorsport 7 and Assetto Corsa. It worked well and had no issues setting it up. It’s plug and play, I will give Thrustmaster that. I write instructions for a living so doing that on my blog is not what I want to do (ha ha ha). Setup and connection is straight forward. Basically, you get your wheel, base, pedals, power supply and mounting hardware. There are tons of unboxing videos out there if you want to see what’s in the box. For Playstation 4 users look for a the equivalent Thrustmaster T300. The Thrustmaster TX 458 Italia is only compatible with XBOX One and PC. The Thrustmaster TX 458 Italia is exactly that, a quality wheel and a great way to experience what racing on an XBOX or PC has to offer. The feeling of having the wheel ripped out of your hands when going off track to the subtle queues you experience when losing traction are all conveyed to you when using a quality wheel. It adds a level of immersion you can never get with a joystick. It WILL feel like you are driving the car and especially when drifting! The pedal and wheel put you into the game in a way the gamepad will never let you experience. Put it this way, if you ever played Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter on a gamepad and then tried the arcade version of it, you’ll know. Sure, the Elite is a better controller but it’s still just a controller. This is not like switching from a regular Xbox One Controller to an Xbox One Elite controller. Switching over from a game pad to a wheel and pedal combo is about as night and day as upgrades go. Better yet, read the rest of this blog post THEN go try one. Trust me, try one and then come back to read the rest of the review. Before you ask the question, the answer is yes, it feels that much better racing with a wheel. So you want to get into Sim Racing? Maybe you just don’t want to keep tapping the left joystick trying to get around a corner perfectly? Did you just watch a YouTube video of your favorite racing game and the reviewer was using a wheel? If that sounds like you then the answer is yes.
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