Dreamcast Racing Wheels?

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Torque
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Re: Dreamcast Racing Wheels?

Post by Torque »

^It does have a circular wheel, see here:

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Sega-Dreamcast-M ... b/$_35.JPG

And yes I'm in the US. Are you able to buy from eBay USA? That's where I found mine. I think I got really lucky though, as I saw both of mine within about a 4 week timespan and snatched them both up at a decent price. I saw one the other day on eBay, but it was part of a larger bundled lot of DC stuff.

I know here on eBay there are quite a few Mad Catz MC2 Wheels listed for the XBox. But I'm sure if you are patient enough, one for the DC will pop up eventually.

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krssn
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Re: Dreamcast Racing Wheels?

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Torque wrote:I've experienced a couple of the DC racing wheels. And despite what people may think or say of the company, I can honestly say that the Mad Catz MC2 DC wheels are some of the finest and most solid racing wheels I've experienced, for ANY platform.

1. Thick solid (nylonpoly?) material instead of cheap, thin ABS plastic - check
2. Rubberized gripping on the wheel - check
3. Paddle shifters - check
4. Optional stick shifter with rubberized grip - check
5. VMU slot - check
6. Built in rumble - check
7. Knee side supports - check
8. Racing pedals - check

I own 2 of them, and they are awesome for DC racing games.
It's a nice wheel. I have two of them too. But the pedals aren't the best. They tend to go sideways when you push them in, cheap spring style...

EDIT: And they take up A LOT of space... lol
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BionicKoalaBoy
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Re: Dreamcast Racing Wheels?

Post by BionicKoalaBoy »

The Madcatz wheel that we seem to have here in England has a cemicircular wheel, and is not very pretty. It's not the MC2, and is called the DREAM WHEEL. Adam koralik looks at it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pacUa6ckr1A

Xanxi
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Re: Dreamcast Racing Wheels?

Post by Xanxi »

That's an earlier MadCatz wheel. I have twi of them. Quite good but the later mc2 is supposedly better.

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krssn
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Re: Dreamcast Racing Wheels?

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Funny how we all seem to have two of them... :lol:

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BionicKoalaBoy
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Re: Dreamcast Racing Wheels?

Post by BionicKoalaBoy »

krssn wrote:Funny how we all seem to have two of them... :lol:
I think it's just nice aesthetically to have two wheels of the same brand, yeah? It also makes sure the playing field is level in two player. ;)

Xanxi
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Re: Dreamcast Racing Wheels?

Post by Xanxi »

Yeah the usual loser excuse is "your pad/stick/wheel is better than mine". No excuse when all players have the same stuff. :-)

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rjay63
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Re: Dreamcast Racing Wheels?

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Here's my overview on the Ferrari F355 Wheel (made 2 years ago)



I substitute the stock pedals for a set from Thrustmaster's later PS2 Ferrari wheel. For me, only a couple of games benefit from using a wheel - Ferrari F355 and Sega GT - as wheel programming was often done as an afterthought.
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krssn
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Re: Dreamcast Racing Wheels?

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rjay63 wrote:For me, only a couple of games benefit from using a wheel - Ferrari F355 and Sega GT - as wheel programming was often done as an afterthought.
Don't forget Daytona USA...

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Re: Dreamcast Racing Wheels?

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krssn wrote:
rjay63 wrote:For me, only a couple of games benefit from using a wheel - Ferrari F355 and Sega GT - as wheel programming was often done as an afterthought.
Don't forget Daytona USA...
Actually I do much better playing Daytona 2001 with a Madcatz pad as it's easier to shift gears..here's a run I did way back when:



Mind you a Japanese player managed very well with the official wheel however our times were fairly close.
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