For a very long time, I've thought about getting a steering wheel/peddle controller for the Xbox. The week before last, I saw them in the company store and decided to buy one. That's probably my weakness there, is the hardware. And the cheap Xbox Live subscriptions.
Anyway, the only driving games I even have are PGR3 and 4, but I love 4 for all of the real Las Vegas tracks. Driving with the wheel is a totally different experience, in part because of the force feedback. It's really difficult, not that driving with the controller is much easier. The PGR games are also a bit different because you "score" largely for sliding around turns and such. I didn't even remember at first that a major part of the game is power sliding with the hand brake, which is the "A" button.
The only games we have at work are those published by Microsoft, so I may consider getting Forza 3, which also has a great deal of eye candy and generally gets good reviews as more of a straight driving sim. Not that PGR isn't a lot of fun, but some tracks and objectives in the career mode seem a little silly when you can't "win" without doing some arbitrary sliding where it isn't necessary.
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