I actually live in Colorado just up in the hills from Denver. I also loved NFS series but found them a bit too "arcade". Also at heart, I'm a driver (not a racer or track rat) so I think Horizon is going to be spot on for me.
I just spent 100 bucks or so at best buy for a cheap mad cat 2 wheel and pedals and really like am enjoying the increased control and more natural control style. I'm tempted to spend a few hundred bucks on a good dim level wheel and some pedals. The paddle shifter is fine for my purposes and I think a manual shifter and clutch would require a dedicated stand up cockpit setup to work.
The wheel has defiantly made it easier for a Xbox racing noob to turn better laps. My feet just "know" how to feather the throttle better than my fingers and forget about trying to manual shift on the controller. With the wheel I don't even think about shifting it just comes naturally.
In other words. I'm loving it all and am amped about horizon.
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