And here I was thinking that, along with rumble, this was another feature Microsoft had up on Sony: After 50 reports of the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing wheel overheating and releasing smoke when plugged in, Microsoft has agreed to send out replacement parts.
Only 50 complaints? Pffft. That's not so bad -- with approximately 230,000 wheels sold, that's only a 2% smoking/possibly burning down your house rate. This only appears to happen when users have their wheel plugged in, and in addition to sending out replacements, Microsoft has another solution: Stop plugging them in.
Have any of our readers run into this issue with their Wireless Racing Wheel? I was going to pick one up myself, but then I learned it wasn't compatible with BioShock and decided to buy 58 pounds of Skittles instead.
[Source: MSNBC, thanks dragon7911]
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12:24 AM on 08.24.2007
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Seems the videogame steering wheel is still the same
(sitting in his closet collecting dust after the first week)
they make wireless force feedback steering wheel but only force when plugged into A/C = gheyed
Or...your house down!
Don't worry, I was about to post the exact same thing. 50 out of 230,000 is far smaller than 1/50.
"This wheel's on fire, burnin' down the road/house..."
Does this effect the UK aswell???? i have printed off the PDF file u have to fill in, and it has a UK postage address on it, but everywhere i look online its all US, and i cant even find it mentioned on the uk Xbox.com site...
btw, skittles & m&m's ftmfw.