If you’ve been holding off on buying a Logitech racing wheel because you knew the G27 was coming, the good news is that it’s finally here.
Okay, not quite – Logitech expect it to land in mid-November. And it’ll set you back $600 (as opposed to the $US300 RRP in the States) and will work with either your PC or your PS3.
Logitech G27 Racing Wheel for PC and PS3 to be Available in Australia
Real Metal, Real Leather, Real Racing
SYDNEY —November 4th, 2009 — Logitech Australia today announced the local availability of the Logitech G27 Racing Wheel. Replacing and improving upon the venerable G25 Racing Wheel, the Logitech G27 Racing Wheel is designed to deliver the definitive sim racing experience for the PC and PLAYSTATION®3. With the G27, whether you’re sliding sideways around a gravelly curve, or screaming through the streets of Monaco, the world’s greatest circuits feel closer than ever.
The G27 features a powerful, dual-motor force feedback mechanism that smoothly and accurately delivers high-fidelity force effects to the hand-stitched leather wheel, so you can feel traction loss, weight shift, and the surface of the road. The helical gears deliver exceptionally quiet steering action, virtually eliminating noise and unwanted vibration. A six-speed gated shifter lets you choose exactly the right gear for the turn, while new RPM/shift indicator LEDs let you know just when to up- or down-shift. And the clutch pedal makes heel-and-toe downshifting possible, keeping your gear changes quick and your RPMs high all the way around the track.
Nick Angelucci, Logitech Australia’s Product and Marketing Manager said; “In designing the Logitech G27 Racing Wheel we have improved upon the highly esteemed Logitech G25 with easy access to more programmable buttons on the wheel, better feeling from the shifter module and improved responsiveness from the force feedback transmission. It all adds up to making a wheel that delivers an unsurpassed racing experience, all from your own lounge room.”
The Logitech G27 Racing Wheel is expected to be available in Australia from mid-November for a suggested retail price of $599.95(AUD) inc. GST. For more information about the Logitech G27 or Logitech visit www.logitech.com.
rc
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 1:27 PMSummed up.
More buttons, a strip of LED light strip for rev counts. Slightly changed pedal placement, Quieter operation.
And the removal of the sequential from the gearstick. That means for Gran Turismo 4 on the PS2 you HAVE to use the paddles on the side for MT. Not a deal breaker, but the next point is.
You can buy the G25 for as low as $299 in some computer stores. To be honest the only thing of interest is the quieter operation. But that’s not worth $300 extra.
Hiro
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 1:33 PMI would really like to know why we have to pay anything upto double for our stuff. It really can’t cost that much to get it here and distribute. Since its not made in the US, but shipped and distributed there from China at the US$ 300 price tag I fail to see how it can be justified and would like full disclosure on how much of what we’re paying for like taxes.
Tom
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 3:41 PM$599!!
woah
Do you think i might get bundled with GT5 next year?
Damian Francis
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 4:43 PMI’ve got a review unit at home and played GT5:P on it last night. Very quickly, this thing is fricken awesome. I drove a Nissan GTR at Eastern Creek last year and this is as close as you’re going to get to the real experience. All you need is someone pushing you around as you go through corners to simulate the force and you’re there!
tim
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7:11 PMAs awesome as I’m sure it is, $600 is way overpriced, by about $300. They should be releasing this at the same price point as the old one, and reducing the G25 price. and as pointed out above, WTF is with double the US price? seriously, what is their reasoning for that?
Travis Young
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7:56 PMDoes it come in a right hand drive version for us Australians who don’t want to relearn how to drive a manual with our right hand?
rc
Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:26 AMIt’s hard to see with that picture. But the whole gear stick module is completely seperate from the wheel. That means you can position it higher, lower, left, right, wherever suits.
The pedals have different tensions too which means the brake pedal feels like a brake pedal, different to the accelerator.
The G25 is a great wheel, and compared to this G27, the price makes much more sense.
Flame
Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:42 AMLook up the product and you’ll see that the shifter block is separate from the wheel, so you can clamp it to your desk on either side.
poedgirl
Friday, November 6, 2009 at 1:34 PMI’m really getting tired of companies artificially inflating Australian prices. There’s no reason for it at all. Hell, most of the time it’s cheaper to buy something from the US and ship it over here than to just buy it locally. That’s pretty pathetic if you ask me.