Logitech G920 Xbox One & PC Steering Wheel Review

A Closer Look

First impressions of the G920 are very positive, the unit has a good weight to it, despite its relatively compact motor housing. The main unit comes hard-wired with a good length USB cable, and even has a break-off connector to protect your system should you snag the cable. All other components such as pedals and the optional H-shifter plug directly into the wheelbase.

The wheel is made from brushed aluminium, giving it a nice weighted feel and the real leather covering with a small amount of foam padding gives it a nice luxury and authentic premium grade steering wheel feel. There are a few lumps and bumps too, providing you with a good grip point for your hands, making it easy to hook the wheel with your thumb for those long winding turns.

Since this is marketed mainly for the Xbox One, you’ll find it comes equipped with all the usual Xbox One friendly controls. Thankfully, these controls are also supported in Windows-based games too, but it’s a familiar and easily configured layout for any gamer to work out. The LSB and RSB, as well as the menu/pause buttons, are well within reach of your thumb while racing too, meaning you’ve got more access to additional controls and functions mid-race.

There’s a standard Xbox home button here too, as well as a simple LED indicator light; all pretty self-explanatory.

A nice metal ring at the top gives you an easy focal point for ensuring your wheel is centered, handy for checking your steering angle at a glance as well as ensuring its well calibrated, as with 900-degree rotation, it could be easy to have the wheel way off-center.

Behind the wheel, you’ll find two large aluminium paddles with mechanical switch triggers, perfect for snappy and precise gear changes.

The G920 uses a clamp system to mount it to a table/desktop surface, and you can install/remove it using the two large thumbscrews on the top. What’s really nice is that they push down to keep things looking tidy.

Give them a little twist and they pop up, allowing you to easily tighten/loosen them, and when you’re done you can simply push them back down to keep it looking smart.

The slim housing looks really nice, with a little ventilation on there to keep the motors cool, as well as a nice grille at the back that mimics the design of a car, helping keep in touch with that racing vibe.

On the base, you’ll find a nice recess for all your cables, as well as a cable tidy bar and four cable routing channels to ensure your cables are neat and tidy, not dragging on the floor around your legs and pedals.

At the back, you’ll find two screw mount holes that allow you to fit it securely into a compatible stand or racing frame.

The pedal unit is a good size, with a wide design that allows for a decent amount of space between the pedals, especially the brake and accelerator, giving you room for left foot braking without tripping over your own feet.

There is a hard-wearing plastic grip base too, giving you something sturdy to dig your heels into.

Each pedal has a different feel and resistance, although the force is not adjustable. The accelerator is linear and relatively light to press, while the brake has an increasing resistance the more it is pushed, and the clutch has a firm but fairly linear spring feel to it. Overall, they feel nicely balanced and somewhat accurate for their purposes.

With a durable metal top plate, as well as a metal mounting (with plastic covers), the pedals look and feel incredibly strong. We gave them a few seriously good stomps while gaming and they didn’t falter one bit.

On the underside, firm rubber grips will help keep it in place on harder surfaces, while some flip-down spikes will help keep it planted on carpeted surfaces. There are also some screw holes, which can be used to mount it to a racing frame.

The spikes are easily folded away/deployed when required too, helping you easily set them up in any environment.

Getting this wheel setup was pretty straightforward, but not without a few hiccups. Windows didn’t detect the wheel at all by default, and you absolutely must download the Gaming Software to get it recognised. A quick turn off/on at the mains socket of may be required afterwards for the wheel to fully show up. You’ll be prompted to install the latest firmware, which only takes a minute, but to ensure best performance we highly recommend you do so.

The selection of games supported is pretty decent, although not exactly extensive. You can manually configure a lot, but some games may not report the wheel being there at all if they’re not on the support list, so be sure to do your research (Google will help you!) Everything can be customised to your liking, so getting the ideal button configuration per-profile is easily done thanks to a clean and nicely laid out interface. Of course, this applies to PC, not to Xbox On, where button layouts are a little more tied down on a per-game basis.

Without a doubt, the performance of this wheel is spot on, the wheel has a great feel to it, and a responsive force feedback motor that really lets you balance the weight or the car and the grip on the road throughout long turns. You’ll feel the back-end of the car slip out or a bit of under-steer and be able to quickly correct it without relying on visual clues on the screen, a big advantage over using a standard controller.

The pedals have a nice force to them, but they don’t exactly feel realistic. I would say there the best middle ground of realism vs practicality for home use. The accelerator is light, so holding it flat down for long periods is easy, the brakes have increasing resistance that makes light pressed manageable and stamping on them hard gives a satisfying response. The clutch is a nice addition, although it feels partially redundant on a flappy paddle setup. The clutch is great for starting a race, but without the H-shifter, which is sold separately, it’s not going to see a whole lot of use.

Setting the wheel up on the Xbox One was a whole lot easier, no software required, just plug and play. Forza seemed very happy to run with the G920, was quickly configured and thanks to the native Xbox One buttons directly on the wheel, navigation was easy to workout without any fuss.

My favourite features of the wheel are ones that can often be overlooked, the thumb controls are within easy reach, the paddles are fixed, not rotating with the wheel, and the force feedback motor isn’t loud. That last one is important to me, nothing more distracting than hearing that motor whining away while you’re trying to enjoy your favourite game, not so much of a problem here, thankfully.