The Turtle Beach Velocity One Race is a promising yet flawed racing wheel. Despite direct drive and and OLED display, fatal errors let it down.
Video Gamer is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Prices subject to change.Turtle Beach is a fresh face when it comes to racing wheels. Its first foray into driving sims, the VelocityOne Race, is a complete direct-drive system armed with a 900-degree turning mechanism and a 7.2nm wheelbase.
Where the engineering behind the wheel’s turning mechanism excels, it’s let down in a few key areas in which quality is sacrificed. The control unit’s buttons, for example, feel misplaced entirely. The cheap plastic caps have diffused light leaking out of them, and it all feels a little out of place above the slightly more premium feeling metal flick switches.
The first time I hooked up the VelocityOne Race Wheel and Pedals to my PC, I had a mug of coffee a little too close to it on my desk. Fast forward to five minutes later, the chequered flag drops. I fumble with the clutch and slam down on the accelerator. It’s not long before I’ve crashed into the side, my front wheels spun out, and the high torque VelocityOne steering wheel started rattling my desk around, sending coffee everywhere.
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