- - - - - Games in the past involved simple graphics, sound and playability, the keyboard was your only way in controlling your game whatever the genre is. But as technology progressed, games became more and more advanced, they became more graphically rich and gameplay astounding. ![]() But not only that, gamers became more sophistcated and wanted more out of their games as well. Enter realism, gamers wanted realism in their games more than ever before, from the replica of a F16 joystick and TQS to a FPS controller. The gaming peripheral business was bigger than ever. Microsoft has been in the gaming business for quite sometime now, under their belt is the Sidewinder Series of game controllers. Known for their high quality and solid construction, I have never heard a complaint from any Sidewinder user. The Microsoft Precision Racing Wheel belongs to the latest set of hardware in the Sidewinder Series. The aptly named, 'telephone wire' is actually the extension cord connecting from the base to the foot pedals, the reason why I named it the 'telephone wire' cos when I asked my brother to open the box, the first cable he saw was that and asked me, 'Ermit's a telephone wire.so where's the phone?' The plug is not of standard of course do don't go plugging it into your phones, it connects to the steering base at the back where the power input should be (it doesn't have FB, so a power input is not needed.) and into a socket into the base of the foot pedals. Installation The Precision Racing Wheel is easy to setup, but the wires tend to get tangled up if you're not careful. Intel smart sound technology driver windows 10. Like its older brother, installation can be done very quicky. Microsoft Driver Update Utility - free scan to check which drivers are out-of-date. All Microsoft SideWinder Precision Racing Wheel Installation Driver Updates. Microsoft Driver Downloads - most popular Microsoft drivers. Keyboard Driver Downloads - most popular Keyboard drivers. Mouse Driver Downloads - most popular Mouse drivers. ![]() Since the size of the base is exactly the same, I didn't need to make more space for it. Minimal brain power is needed here. Just hook everything up together, arrange the wires so it won't get in the way, insert the USB plug into the USB socket, install the drivers, reboot and you're all set to go! There's one thing you should know though. In the first generation of sidewinder hardware, Microsoft used the Microsoft Sidewinder Game Controller for their peripherals, that meant whatever 1st gen controller you got from them, all you needed was that piece of installation software. Now with their latest batch of controllers, you can't do that anymore. You have to install individual drivers that came with your 2nd gen hardware, for example if I had the wheel the drivers inside the CD would only contain the wheel's drivers and Microsoft Game Controller Version 4. Try to use another peripheral like the 1st gen Gamepad and it wouldn't work. Seiko watch finder by serial number. To use both, you have to install the Sidewinder Game Controller 3 and also the Wheel's drivers and Sidewinder Game Controller 4 as well. This rule applies to all 1st and 2nd gen controllers from Microsoft. I have a few racing games that are more than willing to help me test out the Precision Wheel itself, but to make it simple, I've shortened the list to just two of them: They are Electronic Art's Need for Speed 4: High Stakes (my fav game.) and Microsoft's Midtown Madness (very realistic game I might add.). Because the Precision is identical to the Force Feedback version (except for the missing Force Feedback), configuring it was similar, if not identical. Only thing you can configure with the Precision Steering Wheel is the Force Feedback settings. With Need for Speed 4, you can pre-select the profile with the Sidewinder Game Controller Version 4 (its included), or just jump into the game. Once inside you have configure the controller by re-mapping all the buttons and directions to the appropriate controller. Well, since I have also my Sidewinder Game Pad connected as Joystick 1, it automatically configured itself for my pad. So for those people who are rich enough to own more than one Microsoft pheripheral (like meheheheh.). You must do some configuring since NFS:HS will default to the first joystick. Once I got that done, after some tweaking and stuff, I was on my way into the races. With NFS4:HS, there was minimal fuss and the Precision did its work well. With Midtown Madness, like its name sake it was madness alright. Windows stop code thread_stuck_in_device_driver. Being a Microsoft Game, I expected it to be much more easier and compatible to configure it to the Precision Wheel (one would expect an option internally selectable in the game) than with NFS4:HS. Who knew what they were thinking when it COULD only support one peripheral at a time.
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