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First official PS4 racing wheel announced: the Thrustmaster T80 DriveClub Edition

VVV: "When Evolution Studios declared that Drive Club will support all PS4 wheels, it was surely only a matter of time before a wheel designed specifically for the PS4 would be announced. And now here it is: the Thrustmaster T80 Drive Club Edition."

spaceg0st3890d ago

i'll give YOU a thrustmaster! hey ohhh!!!

_FantasmA_3890d ago

Hmm never had a racing wheel because I never really liked racing games that much. But lately I have been interested in them an I want to see if a wheel will make the games more immersive while still being easy to use. Is a wheel really worth it or is a controller just as good? I may also condider the PS4 gun if the shooters support it like Move was supported by quite a few games that I have.

Pintheshadows3890d ago

A wheel is most definitely worth for a game like GT5. The difference is night and day but don't get a cheap one.

THEDON82z13890d ago

You are so right, I have never been a big racing fan except for BURNOUT....but since PS4 has been announced I have a day 1 purchase, I feel for some reason inclined to want one for all my next-gen games that are racers, and that I do decide to purchase..So after looking at this one I like it but will wait until something like this comes along with force-feed back,I don't really care about the clutch..just give me everything this wheel has with force-feedback!!!

spaceg0st3889d ago

Seriously, why buy a wheel without force feedback?!? Crazy

THEDON82z13889d ago

@spaceg0st : exactly what I was thinking!!!!

WeAreLegion3889d ago

Agreed. Force feedback makes the game so much better.

Have either of you played Burnout: Paradise with a wheel? It's awesome! Better yet, have you played it with the Move racing wheel? Go try it, if you can. It's the most fun way to play the game!

_FantasmA_3889d ago

My first racing game was Midnight Club 2 and I still haven't found a better racing series. I have all the games except the first one. Burnout was okay, but I hated the time trials that some of them had, I just like taking down people and the crash events. The fist NFS Underground was good also, but too bad EA started sucking after that. Hopefully Midnight Club 5 will support this wheel.

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HammadTheBeast3889d ago

When you start with a wheel, you probably will feel uncomfortable, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty sweet.

THEDON82z13889d ago

Kool, when the time comes I will keep that in mind!!!

Enemy3890d ago

Oh man I would love to play Driveclub with this.

zeroskie3889d ago

if this wheel doesn't have force feedback, I would recommend buying a Logitech wheel for the PS3/PC. The difference is night and day.

NaughtyGods3890d ago (Edited 3890d ago )

A stupid question: how do you handle with this? I know that on PC you just mount the wheel on a table and the gas under your table, but thats not the case with a console. Help.

aLucidMind3889d ago

Place the thrustmaster between your legs.

TIER1xWOLFPACKx3889d ago

It's exactly the same with console you mount it to a table, there is no difference between pc and console wheels they both mount the same

NaughtyGods3889d ago

my point is that i don't have a table at my livingroom, only a couch and the tv standing on a table far away.

shutUpAndTakeMyMoney3890d ago (Edited 3890d ago )

I am gonna use this to play infamous!

Sharingan_no_Kakashi3890d ago

Please give this man some bubbles lol.

Skate-AK3890d ago

On PS2 I played Mortal Kombat 3 with a Guitar Hero guitar. You couldn't move but the frets work for punching and kicking.

_QQ_3889d ago

I'm going to play infamous with the power glove.

_FantasmA_3889d ago

I'm going to use to pwn people in Killzone Shadowfall. I'm going to murder some PC elitists also in Battlefield 4 because wheel>mouse and keyboard. LOL jk.

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Fight it out with the Hot-Swapping Thrustmaster ESWAP X 2 PRO controller for Xbox and PC

Building on the success of what Thrustmaster found in the eSwap XR Pro and eSwap X Pro is the Thrustmaster ESWAP X 2 PRO controller for Xbox

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60FPS on PS5: Unofficial PS5 'FPS Boost' mods are radically improving PS4 back compat

Digital Foundry : Whether it's via FPS Boost or bespoke software upgrades, backwards compatibility on the current-gen consoles delivered an unexpected delight - the ability to liberate older console games from their 30fps limits, running them at 60 frames per second or even higher. FPS Boost did the business for Xbox Series consoles on an impressive range of titles, but there was always the sense that PS5 could do more. It's a hunch that checks out as a range of frame-rate unlocks are available for PS5, covering many must-have games - the major caveat being that only exploitable consoles running on older firmwares are invited to the party.

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darthv7297d ago

you love to see new life being breathed into older titles but damn the process to get there. It should be automatic that these work for everyone... not just those who exploit their systems. Really wish Sony and MS would keep this program going officially.

Psychonaut8597d ago

Damn this sucks. I want this shit so bad, but I’m not jailbreaking my console. And frankly I shouldn’t have to. I’m not a tech person, but is it really that hard for developers to unlock the framerate? Or would that have to be a large patch?

dveio97d ago (Edited 97d ago )

"but is it really that hard for developers to unlock the framerate?"

I guess it's not.

But it has become a profitable business if you do so.

So no one would pay for only the framerate patched to being unlocked. So studios need to offer more than that.

But this would take more time, polishing and would cost more money. So they shy away, but won't unlock the framerate, either.

That's just my personal assumption. But from what I can comprehend technically, it shouldn't be difficult to unlock framerates via a patch for older games.

... if it hadn't became a business.

RaidenBlack97d ago (Edited 97d ago )

frame-rate unlock should be free ...
We've seen many devs offer free patches and updates to pretty old PC titles, even bonuses ... so why can't devs offer the frame unlock patch for free (in consultation with the platform-producers) for a title from just a generation earlier?

Einhander197297d ago

RaidenBlack

"frame-rate unlock should be free ..."

Obviously the result of that thinking is that developers aren't even going to do it.

If they had been allowed to charge $5-10 you would see incentivized developers doing it way more often.

People just always want everything for free, but it's not free to make the patch, people have to code it then other people have to test it, and there will always be other costs involved.

If people want dollar store gaming then expect to get what you pay for.

shinoff218396d ago (Edited 96d ago )

Raiden I might be wrong but last I thought it cost money to put patches out on consoles.

As far as me paying for it, I'm not all that interested tbh. Not enough to pay for it with older games, and newer games have been pretty decent about it for the most part.

dumahim97d ago

Sounds like the modder has to go in to make changes to unlock it on a game by game basis. "Simple" enough to do it unofficially, but to have it done officially, they need someone to go in a make that change, put out a patch and put it through certification, which I believe is not necessarily a cheap thing to do. It's questionable if going through this would then give them enough sales to make it worthwhile.

Inverno97d ago

Many games still have physics tied to framerate, i think it's cause they wouldn't want to go in and do anything extra. Then there's the 10 dollar upgrades they rather charge. The problem is that there's no compromise, cause if I could mod my PS4 and all I'd lose is online play then id jailbreak it immediately. Mods have done so much for PC games and they could do the same for consoles, but manufacturers hafto be willing to compromise.

shinoff218396d ago

It's not to hard to do and there's youtube videos that break it down really well. ANyway most of us here arent able to break are console anyway due to being up to date on firmware from playing

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Chocoburger97d ago

Yep, this sucks having to require a jailbreak for something that should be standard in our industry by now. I learned my lesson when PS4 was jailbroken and I didn't keep a console on low firmware for years, but now I'm holding onto two low firmware PS5s specifically because there are features I'll be able to do that you can't do on official firmware, so this will pay off for me soon enough.

Jin_Sakai97d ago

It should be a sin to let these games sit and be stuck at 30fps.

EazyC97d ago

RDR 2 not getting a 60FPS patch for PS5 was a crime.

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Elden Ring Shadow of Erdtree Release Month and Mention of Second DLC Outed by Thrustmaster

Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC release date may have been leaked through a Thrustmaster collaboration planned for February 2024.