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After trying most of the wheels out there(own eight) this one has been the best. The wheel is only jerky if you use the parallel connection supplied. I advise not to us it. Use the USB connection and the wheel has no jerkyness like the analog wheels do. If you've run Nascar heat then this wheel is a must. With Nascar heat an analog wheel will put you in the wall constantly. Pro Digital solves that problem. Overall this wheel, if set up correctly is the best....yes Ive used the others.

I purchased the Thrustmaster Pro and it took me almost 3 weeks of trying to finally install this wheel. I even had the help of the company that I purchased my computer from. Every time I tried to install the wheel the program would let me in just a little further. All that the Tech help would do was to ask me the same questions over and over. I like the wheel, but will think twice before buying another product from then. I wish that if any computer magazine that rates a product should include Tech Support.

If you have WindowsXP you can expect it to hardly work. Under Win9x or Win2k the driver console was good enough to correct the problems associated with the wheels controls in most games. However in WindowsXP the drivers are horrible, the control console is not included any more leaving this product crippled.
TECH SUPPORT is horrible. I had to email them 6 times and only after I included several other departments did I even get a response. Then I was told that if it worked in one game it would work in all but this is simply not true. Of the six game I have purchased over the last year and a half, its only worked correctly in One under WindowsXP.
In the time span I have had this wheel, friends have bought cheaper Logitech and Microsoft Products and have NEVER had a single issue under any operating system. Its obviously the wheels drivers, yet Thrustmaster will not acknowledge this fact and continues to sell this product.
I [bought]it almost 2 years ago and have hardly been able to use it. The driving games I bought in that time were also a waste of money since I was unable to play them. I have finally decided to buy a new wheel since Thrustmaster has refused to do anything. I bought a Logitech brand. Its excellent and works with everything.

I've been a fan of Thrustmaster products for a while, and was hoping that this would be a good steering wheel. The wheel felt very solid when mounted to my desk, but it did not perform well in the racing games.

I tried it in both Grand Prix Legends and Nascar 3. In both games, the wheel was very jerky, and had a negative impact on frame rates. My old analog Formula T2 steering wheel provided much smoother control in these games, and did not affect the frame rates in the games.

Also, the wheel is supposed to allow you to drive with the gas and brake pedals on separate axis, but I could never get it to work in the games.

My son ordered this, which advertised that it had a USB port connection. Turns out, it has an old monitor-type screw-in connection: totally incompatible with modern computers and modern computer games. This thing probably belongs in a video arcade, for which it would work great. We have not heard back from the supplier, which did not provide a return address or even a proper return email address. We have not received any help from Amazon, either, which should warn people about suppliers like this.