Video game racing is not just the video game and standard controllers. Virtual racing actually involves more than that. At least the proper racing simulation. Because racing games can be played just fine, without special accessories. Or not?
GranTurismo is definitely the best video racing simulation ever created and the one that will probably remain the best for a very long time indeed. It is everything a modern racing game should be like. Visuals, game engine, AI, online etc. Best of all the rest. But there is something big missing when the game is only controlled by a standard PS3 controller. The unit without a real racing simualtion can not be achieved. A steering wheel of course.
Like the video racing games, there are many wheels manufacturers and platforms. But only one maker is proven good to be good enough for GranTurismo. The best video game racer requirers the best steering wheel system. Logitech is the GT companion that deserves to be called the real wheel solution for the world's greatest racing simulation. Some might say that standard controls are just fine, but the real deal is different. Much different actually. There is no such thing as driving without a wheel. At least not in the next 20 years. As long as the legal road cars are driven by a wheel, simulating that action can only be achieved by a real wheel device. Unfortunately not by any wheel though.
There are many wheel makes and models but just a few are actually able to put the true magic of GranTurismo's game engine into the drivers hands. Logitech are the maker that have the hardest job of all - getting the maximum out of GT.
With wheel models like G25, G27 and of course the special GT edition the Driving Force GT, Logitech are giving drivers everything they need in order to get ahead of the others and show their racing talent. The special effects that their wheels support, make this superb game engine come to live. Drivers can now feel and touch the behavior of their dream car.
And to close the real racing simulation circle the wheel and world's best driving game unite with a real gaming seat. This is the final ingredient of the ultimate race recipe. Because having the best software is not enough. Having the best wheel is still not enough. But having the best game with the best wheel on a real driving chair simulator is something else. OpenWheeler cockpit simulator is that secret ingredient. It has been designed around those to founding parts of the real race sim. It is not the easiest of home entertainment investments, but once tried no one will go back on the sofa with a silly bunch of buttons pretending to have the race of their life.