Saitek R440 Force Feedback Wheel Review

If you are one of those freaks who is willing to get up in the middle of the night for a Formula-1 Grand Prix race then good news, you are not alone! Racing is an extraordinary event in many classes: motorcycling, carting, Formula 3000, Rally, Nascar, etc… If you are such a freak (yours truly included), chances are that you also have a mid to high-end PC on which you like to play racing games (yours truly is among them again). In fact, what I play most are F1 games. Now I’ve always been a keyboard man when it comes to steering until I messed around with some wheels. They come in all kinds of shapes, forms and sizes and today’s review will of course be centered around a racing wheel. It’s the recently renewed Saitek R440 with Force Feedback.

…The new Saitek R440 is a downright bargain, the force is strong in this one. For less than 80 bucks you’ll own a great wheel that is very responsive and realistic in its behavior, it has very subtle Force Feedback. Now I have to admit, I installed this wheel a couple of days ago and it really does need to grow on you. I asked a friend to try out the wheel, he’s quite picky when it comes to devices like these and after just a few minutes racing he was amazed on how precise the wheel was. Where he normally lost the F1 car in certain corners he now got through them far more easily. He instantly was confident that it was one of the best wheels he ever used. He raced onwards for an hour without noticing time.

Saitek R440 Force Feedback Wheel @ Guru3D