I too have been playing this game since the beginning. Back when there were still dashboards. High stakes in the '90 was the last one, I think. Never really understood why they chose to part from that. Seeing that countless other games did deliver an experience from inside the car. But OK, no problem, I can live with that.
What I cannot understand nor can live with, is no steering wheel support. First rivals, for which I actually bought a wireless Xbox360 wheel on Amazon, that I connected to my pc via one of those receivers. EA never responded to our complaints, and I loved the game. So what else was I going to do? I thought it a brain fart on EA's side. And a fluke.
With 2015 there was no initial support. But knowing EA and their policy of releasing half finished games, it was corrected after (quite) a while. So everybody happy in the end. So nobody really liked the fist-bumping or the "bra-talk". But the graphics were great and the game was nice.
Now we are in the present. For the first time in my life (yes I know it's long, since I actually played the first need for speed when it came out) I pre-ordered a game. Not for a discount, but to be sure I had it on the date of release. I normally think is nonsense to do that, for its only to line the companies pockets before the release. But I wanted a copy.
I have seen a lot of advertisements with a Logitech 920 wheel. So I could only assume there was support. I have a G29, but that couldn't be a problem, since it's not that old.
There actually are advertisements in game, with Logitech. I have seen deals were when you bought a wheel you would get a free copy of payback.
But there is no steering wheel support.... In one of the oldest end most successful game franchises in the world. Much older than battlefield or battlefront. And once again EA would not tell us. Before or after the release. They will not tell us what's in store in the foreseeable future. This is downright elitist behavior. "we peasants have no need to know". And once more, you have lost a loyal customer. I'm not gonna ask for a refund, instead I'm gonna consider this a hard lesson learned. So every time I feel an urge to buy a EA game, I'll remember this. AND I WILL PIRATE IT INSTEAD..
Not any other company. Only EA.
Maybe if enough of us would actually do this, then maybe EA would fall of their high horse and start listening to it's customers.
Shame it has to come to this. But what goes around..... Eventually will come around EA.
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