The momo always struck me as cheap and cheerful. It does the job certainly, but I've never been that impressed with mine. I've also tried both the red momo and DFP, both are nicer (although the latter looks too much like a toy).
The £30ish wheels always struck me as cheap and nasty.
I consider the £180 I paid for mine a fair and sensible price for the kit you get, I'm by no means rich - I live in a house share with 5 other people and work for Tesco's to pay my way through college, but you have to pay for quality and if you want decent kit for £50 your going to be waiting a while.
When your 13 even £50 seems like a fair chunk of money The most a paper route ever pays is ~£30 a week..things are a bit different when you go out and get a proper job though.
well I must be quite a priveliged kid, not many kids at my old school had pcs and if they did they were family pcs, i have my own. Now hopefully in 2 months time I'll get a DFP as lovely xmas present and i cant wait. £200 for the G25 for me isnt a "fair" price for the amount of money I have so I stick to DFP. Can't wait to use it though
That's a present I haven't thought of. I never thought of getting a steering wheel for christmas but cone to think of it, I went shopping with my mum and every shop I went in i was looking for a DFP. She might have got me one.
Hopefully she has. I'll be glad to get a wheel which hasn't got crappy suction pads.
£180 is still a fair bit of money. However my first proper full time job gave me nearly twice that every week, so everything is relative. Considering I've spent nicely into the 4 figures on my audio equipment, it seems quite affordable to me.
You're definately not alone; my family wasn't exactly well off when I was younger Over the years, if you work hard enough, things change. It's all part of growing up, and getting reasonably well paid jobs, at the end of the day though (booo-hiss)
To answer the original question - G25 looks like and seems to be a good wheel but it will be £200. For a more reasonable price (excluding bob smith richness lol) the DFP is a nice wheel for about £50 - £60 now. People say about the pedals fail etc but it seems if you dont stamp on them or such they are fine
As for money, ive only had one job which paid about £50 a week but then i was only working 8 hours a week lol. But christmas jobs are good, im applying for some now as christmas is expensive so always good to earn some money. When your young £50 or £100 seems sooo much money. But just in rent i pay about £1600 a year so £100 seems so little to me but ah well, suppose thats growing up. Bring on the £30,000 a year jobs
And how stupid or naive it sounds, money isn't everything. If you have both parents and they are doing ok, you have a lot already. Stuffs like alcohol and etc. have ruined many childhoods
Thanks all for ur comments, It looks as though I will go for a Logitech DFP, seems a sensible price for a good wheel.
At the moment I use an XBOX360 controller which has triggers on the front for analogue gas and brake, but this is just too difficult to use when racing the big guns, for any1 who can't afford a wheel though, this is a good alternative.