Re: PC Steering wheel to PS2?

In article <3ku4f1hmh517lmucjn1ovon136t1i6mc69@xxxxxxx>,
Chris F <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 12:57:43 -0700, "Dr. Boggis"
> <boggissimoron@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >In article <h5q4f1lasm62no75ckbnd27c35p6hnupif@xxxxxxx>,
> > Chris F <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 11:49:27 -0700, "Dr. Boggis"
> >> <boggissimoron@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >
> >> >No, it was a PC wheel, but they made a clone of it when GT3 came out and
> >> >called it "GT Force" - the PC wheel had red bits, the PS2 wheel had blue
> >> >bits and eventually got the shapes buttons added on the front. I had the
> >> >PC one, and it worked fine on my PS2.
> >>
> >> fair enough, but i believe the FF code has to be written into the game
> >> itself, since its not like you can install drivers and from my
> >> understanding, only the GT games seem to actually support
> >> FF........(at least ive never seen a FF option in any other games
> >> menu's)
> >
> >Nope, never seen it in any games other than GT3 and 4 either. Shame
> >really! So if you have a force feedback PC wheel, and you're playing any
> >PS2 game that isn't Gran Turismo, you won't get force feedback. But the
> >same goes for FF PS2 wheels anyway, so that doesn't really answer the
> >OP's question.
> >
> >I'd say the general answer is yes, a PC wheel will probably work on PS2
> >as long as it's got a USB connection.
>
> so, exactly what i said 6 posts ago? ;)
>
> pedantic bugger! lol

Well, yes, except that you said that "force feedback won't be
supported", which for the case of the only PS2 games that use FF, is
incorrect. :-P
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