Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Apr 06 '01
Pros: Realistic Feel, Makes you sprout horns on your head! Exciting.
Cons: Expensive, bulky, could be a software issue. Not always compatible.
Summary: I am your run of the mill Nintendo/Playstaion game player. I have played computer games from time to time and as of late seem to be more interested in it. However, my son is the computer gamer in the family and back a few months ago he asked for ... read more
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Dec 17 '01
Pros: Good Force Feedback, looks and feels fairly good.
Cons: Return tension screws up in blips sometimes. Clamp doesnt fit all desks.
Summary: I have had this product for a few months now and love it. The games I use it with are NFS: Porsche Unleashed and F1 Championship.
Looks: The wheel has a good color scheme for any house with black and gray and has an ergonomice feel when you ... read more
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Jul 02 '01
Pros: Great design and functionality.
Cons: Pedals could be heavier. No "official" support for Win2000.
Summary: I am not a newcomer to the Microsoft hardware line but this is the first time I buy a wheel from them. I have purchased three separate Sidewinder joysticks. The first I gave away to a friend and the last two I sold on eBay during a time when I was bored ... read more
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Jun 21 '01
Pros: look at Opinion
Cons: none
Summary: This is a cool wheel I used it to play Tomb Radier and it worked better than the game pad or the key board And it worked great with my Need For Speed. I like this Wheel because it is not stiff like other ones. This Wheel is smooth and the ... read more
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Jan 31 '01
Pros: Force Feedback, Good feel, Easy install
Cons: None
Summary: One of the things that used to bug me the most was having to use the keyboard for playing racing games. Those days are no more with the Sidewinder Wheel.
The force feedback on the wheel is great. The wheel actually makes it hard to turn when ... read more
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Jan 07 '01
Pros: solid feel, durable, features
Cons: had to pay for it
Summary: I can say first hand how fun, scary, exhilarating, dangerous and blood pumping driving a car real fast through city traffic can be. Of course the cars I drive have those neat go fast accessories on them that (sometimes) make people move out of the way. ... read more
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Jan 01 '01
Pros: Super effects
Cons: Incompatibility with some other hardware
Summary: Having gotten into Midtown Madness and Need for Speed, I've been wanting a force feedback steering wheel for a good while. There it was, Christmas morning under the tree in an unmistakable box from Santa. WOW!!! Very easy to connect, just plug into the ... read more
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Dec 21 '00
Pros: Force Feedback, need i say more? Great feeling pedals too.
Cons: expensive, and can dominate your drive if force is too high.
Summary: The Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Steering Wheel, even with it’s $200 price tag, is worth it. In most common racing games (especially Microsoft games), you can use this wheel to control your ride; weather it be a monster truck, F1 Indy car, ... read more
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Dec 18 '00
Pros: great control
Cons: a little bulky
Summary: Trying to get the total driving experience in my new game I decided I needed to get a steering wheel and pedals. Well after a lot of consideration I saw the microsoft steering wheel on sale in a store local to me and decided this was price was right for ... read more
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Aug 26 '00
Pros: Awesome force feedback action!!!
Cons: Price
Summary: Holy Smokes! Was I just driving in the Daytona 500 behind Jeff Gordon or am I sitting at my desktop running the track with my Microsoft Force Feedback Sidewinder Wheel??!! Well the truth is that I was running the track with Nascar 3 with my Microsoft ... read more
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Jul 20 '00
Pros: precise, durable, nice construction
Cons: form factor uses large amount of desk space.
Summary: I purchased the Sidewinder after my old Interact V3 busted. This one appears to be much more durable. I haven't found much that I don't like about this wheel.
The realistic feel is amazing. I makes me feel like I am sitting in the driver's ... read more
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May 05 '00
Pros: Great FeedBack, Very Good enhancement for racing games
Cons: If not attached properly, you can pull it right off of your desk
Summary: When I was working for Best Buy, we had this on display ... I decided to mess with the buttons to see what kind of force a PC steering wheel could generate ... To my surprise, the wheel shook so hard that it made my hands go numb ... Granted, the one we ... read more
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Feb 27 '00
Pros: graphic and realistic effects
Cons: takes a little bit of time to understand how to make the pedals work
Summary: Here in our home we enjoy racing weather its Nascar or any other type of racing. We have owned other racing software but for some reasons or another they have never worked as well as this one. After doing so reading we decided to get this software ... read more
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Jan 30 '00
Pros: Great feel and looks.
Cons: One of the higher priced force-feedback wheels currently available.
Summary: Microsoft entered the PC controller market a few years back with the Sidewinder line of controllers. The have quickly become the most readily available game controller available. The Sidewinder lineup added the Sidewinder Force-Feedback Pro joystick ... read more
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Dec 29 '99
Pros: Unprecedented performance and precise steering, acceleration, and braking
Cons: A couple of software bugs, the installation can be interesting.
Summary: First of all, I don't know where the 60 dollar price tag came from on the page w/ the picture, but I got mine for 206 dollars a year ago and it was on sale this Christmas at Comp USA for 155. I must say, it is quite an advance in gaming technology. The ... read more
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