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Just wanted to let anyone know if you're interested,

I just saw at Amazon that they have the MS ForceFeedback steering wheel for 70 bucks after 30 dollar rebate.  

I had this when I had Win98SE and it made MidtownMadness fun as heck.  Also comes with Monster Truck Madness which isn't too bad, although it can get old after a while.

It should also work with Nascar 4 and a few other racing games(can't remember them all right now).  But I thought it was a great price for a force feedback steering wheel, I always hated using the keyboard when playing racing games.

Oh yeah, apparently no problems running it with Windows XP either.  :devil:

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I have one. But, I lost all my driving games when my other computer crashed :devil: I cant find the disks for them now either.

SteveSierra Enthusiast

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Ah, that sucks.  I have mm 1 and 2, monaco and nfs.

I gave my wheel away when I couldn't get it to install on

my ME machine.  Thinking about picking one up now though if they're only 70 bucks.  When I originally got mine, they were 130 bucks with no rebate.

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I paid $120 for mine about a year ago. I dont know what I am going to do with it now. My dad wont let me install it on his computer and I cant install it on my laptop. So, it will most likely sit in the box down in the basement, until I figure out what to do with it.

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I bought the logtech force feedback wheel for the same price (w/ rebate) at Best Buy around Christmas installed ok but I can't get NASCAR racing 4 to work w/ windows 2000 which is the reason I bought the wheel in the first place so it's just sittin' here under my feet  :angry:

antig24 Senior Enthusiast

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Thats a good deal for the price but if you guys want really nice wheels you should look at the Logitech MOMO or the Act Labs force RS. I currently have a Act Labs RS non FF and the Act labs performance clutch pedals. It's awesome IMO. I use it on Nascar Racing 2002(newest version in the n4 series), and DTR. :devil:

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