I recently installed my old copy of DiRT on my PC again, because I found a very old and crappy steering wheel in the attic. I didn't really like the game before, when I was playing it with my keyboard, but it's so much fun with a steering wheel!

Unfortunately, this thing is like 15 years old, if not more. According to windows it's a Microsoft Sidewinder something something (although knowing windows that may be completely wrong). It has no force feedback at all so it is quite hard to control the car in the game (you've got no idea if you're sliding or not, it feels like you're driving on ice all the time). Also, it can only turn about 120 degrees, so you never have to let go of the wheel in sharp corners. In fact, you can comfortably steer your rally car around a 90 degree hairpin using one finger on the hand that you are holding your drink with, and your other hand in a bag of sweets.

So, I'm basically looking for a good steering wheel, which is also not too expensive. I know the G25 racing wheel, that seems awesome with a clutch and all, but I'm not going to spend that much money. After all, I (currently) own only this one racing game so it seems a bit stupid to spend much money on something I might never use when I complete the game lol.


So, does anyone have an 'experience' with racing wheels? It must have decent force feedback, and if I can use it on my Xbox360 that would be a pro (even though I currently don't have any racing games on it). Doesn't have to have a clutch + shifter, but if you know one for a decent price then that would be awesome (I doubt it though...).

I just googled 'racing wheel' but predictably I found way too many to be able to choose one... So I'm looking for someone who owns a steering wheel, or has played with it, so that I know it is a decent one and won't fall apart when I get frustrated for screwing up the same corner 6 times in a row