Well, I think its safe to say the discussion has shifted from “is the Logitech G29 real” to “when can I get it, what is it compatible with and for how much?” While Logitech remains officially mum, we now have enough leaked info to begin to answer a couple of those questions.
The biggest leak to date has been this page (and it’s gone) from Logitech’s German Amazon page. The page contains the first studio pics of the wheel and pedals, giving us the best look at them yet. While we already had a good look at the updated wheel (a combo of the G27 and Driving Force GT), this is the first real good look of the pedals. And what do we see? Well, they pretty much look like G27 pedals.
The other big question that appears answered with these pics is the dropping of the 6-speed shifter as part of the wheel and pedal set. Other leaks have shown what appears to be the packaging for the shifter – so it’s not dead – it’ll just be sold separately.
As far as pricing, the wheel is listed for 400 Euros ($450 USD). This is in line with what the G27 sold for when new. Of course, the G27 also included the shifter.
As for compatibility, the page should chill PC racers who were concerned about being left out. The G29 will be compatible with the PS3, PS4 and PC. The Xbox One and 360 is another story. The USB G27 was never compatible with the Microsoft consoles and that doesn’t seem to be changing with the G29.
As for “when can I get it,” it’s hard to say at this point but I can say that Darin has a meeting scheduled with Logitech at E3 next week… Stay tuned.
Good to hear!
I want to sell my Thrustmaster T500 RS (and TH8 shifter). Pedal set is finally working again, but oh-what-I-had-to-go-through to get it fixed! Also I’m a Mac guy; I don’t want to have to buy or borrow someone’s PC to upgrade software, nor do I want to buy Windows.
If only you’d installed the windows 10 preview in virtualbox, parallels or vmware, for free… or dual booted. Or… y’know… done anything to alleviate your own complaints.
It doesn’t matter though. This product isn’t for you. Just like Assetto Corsa is not for you. The hardware in your mac is literally a pc with 50% markup, and rather than admit that much, or admit that you need windows to configure your g27 properly, you have started down a road of demanding support for a situation the manufacturer never advertised as supporting.
Good luck to your equipment downgrade, I hope whoever buys it gets a great price.
TLDR: I just wanted to let everyone know I have a mac, so that I can talk about this other unsupported wheel I’m using and complain about a different manufacturer not supporting their unsupported wheel.
Filename extension? Root directory? Pathname?
No thanks. I’m one of those people who prefers stuff that’s intuitive. And written in English.
In English then:
That your wheel worked at all was a happy coincidence. You would have had better luck and a larger library with a ps3 than a mac though. Especially since both the G27 and the T500 work on PS3 and are officially supported.
I’m sorry, I should have been more clear. Yes, my computer is a Mac, but the wheel is for my PS3 (and ultimately PS4) and Gran Turismo 6; I only race console.
My issues with the T500 RS were that a pedal pot failed, and getting it repaired took many months and countless photos and emails. It also involved me having to go into firmware to prove to TM that one of the pedals was, indeed, unresponsive. Without access to a PC – and without wanting to purchase and install Parallels or VMware and Windows itself, testing the wheel and upgrading to the latest firmware was no small task.
So I’ll be ditching Thrustmaster for Logitech. I’ve had various Logitech wheels over the years and never, ever had a problem with any of ’em. I’m not comfortable having a wheel that requires a PC to check/update, and with the G29 I can go back to trouble-free racing. Yes, it won’t be as sophisticated as the TM stuff, but will be good enough for me.
Oh, in that case good luck to you.
I thought the reason you were complaining was due to using the wheel on a mac.
Using the wheel legitimately and having issues with warranty are valid complaints.
Edit:
I’d still recommend putting the windows 10 preview on and dual booting for some assetto corsa before you get rid of the wheel though, just so you learn what you’ll be missing out on. It’s free except for the cost of the game, assuming your mac has a graphics card of some description.
Thanks for the tip!
Pleaswe let me know if it works with mac
It unfortunately does not. PC, PS3 and PS4 only.
For a PC racer I don’t see why anyone would pay $450 for this over a T300 or TX wheel. The wheel base and pedals look identical to the g27. Hopefully there’s some serious upgrades to the gear drive (or a new belt drive) or a very quick price drop. It’ll be disappointing if its just the same G27 internals rehashed again for PS4 support.
What a great few days for sim racing. Project cars passes 1 million sold, Assetto Corsa coming to consoles and now Logitech back in the wheels business. sim racing back in the mainstream!
On the G29 though it does look to me that this is old tech. I can just see the guy’s there seeing Thrustmaster and Fanactecs sales recently and staring at each other like “We F’ed up here didn’t we?”. Looks like they just stuck to what they know and took the best from the G27 and DFGT to get to market ASAP. Not a bad thing by any means but i hope the price point also reflects this, 150-250 euro undercutting Thrustmaster TX & T300.
I own a G27 and Thrustmaster TX. The G27 feels like a piece of junk after using the TX. Hopefully Logitech have switched to belt-driven FF and much better feeling pedals for the G29.