Logitech G27 Racing Wheel PC/PS3 Review

Now that we have some of the technical stuff out of the way, we can get on to what really matters, putting this thing to the test,  as I said in the introduction I chose Gran Turismo, Need for Speed Shift 2 and Dirt 3 for this wheel, given they are a nice mix of driving disciplines and there are a couple of multi format titles in there too.

I started with Gran Turismo, since many of you will know it favours its self as a bit of a driving simulation and is targeted at the enthusiast racer market more than its more arcade friendly predecessors. Setup of the wheel was fairly straight forward in the game, I left everything adjustable at default to get a good feel for what it’s like “out of the box”. First impressions we’re superb, the wheel has a really good weight and balance to it, meaning you can hold on to those long drifts and slow turns without either felling too fatigued or of course loosing control.

I’m bit of a wizard at racing games with a control pad, some what of an intermediate with the wheel, so moving up to the more demanding super cars really make a difference to the wheels response, and so it should of course, you can definitely feel the difference in the weight of the wheel with the bigger and more powerful cars.

Need for Speed Shift 2 (PC) and DiRT 3 (PC) werew a little trickier to setup, fortunately the games come with a pre-set for this wheel, but I did suffer some initial conflicts between the included Logitech software and the games, which fortunately seemed to resolve them selves after a few attempts at ticking boxes in the software and a re-start of the game. I had a lot more room for adjusting wheel strength on the PC, but after dialling everything up to 11 I felt exhausted just fighting to keep the wheel in a straight line in Shift 2, but it speaks well for the powerful motor in this rig, once it was back down to about 70% force strength I found the wheel really started to shine in box Shift 2 and DiRT 3 a lot more than it did in Gran Turismo 5.

The included 6 Speed gear shifter and the 3 pedal setup are fantastic too, I kept missing gears, but I’m so used to using the paddles for gear changes that I need a lot more practice with a H-shifter, let alone a clutch pedal. Having the extra controls on the gear level is a great idea too as this frees up a lot of space on the wheel and keeps it clutter free.