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Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Wheel

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PCQ Bureau
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One of the latest hardware

offerings from Microsoft is the Sidewinder Force Feedback Wheel. This is a

force feedback device—you can feel the jerks and the rattles as you drive

over various types of terrain—and the power of the forces was quite

strong, though adjustable. It has a toggle button with which you can switch

off force feedback if you don’t want it.

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Interestingly,

even if the game you’re playing doesn’t support force feedback, you can

still feel some of the realistic effects, because the device plugs them in.

It has eight buttons, very

conveniently placed. Six of them are on the top, and two below the wheel. It

also has a pair of foot paddles—one for acceleration and the other for

braking.

The Sidewinder Wheel is easy

to set up and the drivers are preinstalled in Win 98. It comes with an

installation CD, which you can use to configure and program the various

buttons for various games.

The Sidewinder Wheel is

designed for driving and racing games, but even flight sims, tank combats,

and other games were a sheer pleasure to play. Even with Quake II, with its

huge array of buttons and easy controls, it proved itself to be a great game

controller.

The Sidewinder Wheel ships

with two full games—Monster Truck Madness 2 and Precision Racing.

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