Holy Crap that was cool!

I'd never run a force-feedback wheel before, and I have to say: it was awesome! Of course, when I plugged it in, and it took off calibrating itself it freaked me right the f00k out! As soon as the left LED lit, it took off and did some pretty cool stuff - all by itself.

Then, while I was in the Logitech software, checking out the buttons and stuff, as soon as I pressed the left paddle shifter, this huge explosion blew through the headphones and the wheel reacted accordingly. Crazy! Then the right paddle shifter, and it flashed 'blow-out' on the screen and I heard (and felt) what seemed very much like a tire blowing out.

Man, I should've gotten one of these things years ago!

I goofed around with my newest driving game: Need For Speed - Underground (yeah... I know it's a 6-year-old game... fire me!). Pretty fun stuff. Too bad there's not a car download for my '95 Honda Civic hatchback. Also loaded up and played a couple rounds of Need For Speed - Porsche Unleashed. Had a totally blast. Even tried loading up and running 'Whiplash!', but man do the graphics suck on that game. Which is a complete bummer, 'cause I used to love playing that game. The announcer cracks me up. I wish they'd come up with an updated version of that game. Of course, I wish they had Gran Turismo 3 for the PC as well - since I refuse to buy a console.

Oh well, I have plenty of cool games to keep me busy for years.

I just hope the joystick works with the AUI-to-USB adapter plug I bought as well as this wheel.