I use a Logitech G920 with pedals and gear stick, which (as far as I remember) worked out of the box.

I used to have the simpler (and much cheaper) Logitech Driving Force GT, which had accelerate/brake pedals, but didn’t have a clutch or proper gearstick, but did have a sort of “up/down gear changer” sort of thing.

Anyway, they basically both worked on Linux.

I use pyLinuxWheel for configuration, but think Oversteer is generally used by most people these days.

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Logitech Driving Force GT
between £30 and £150 2nd hand

Logitech G920
£100 - £150 2nd hand
£170 - £230 new

Try a £30 Driving Force GT. If you don’t like it, you’ve not lost too much. Resell it for £30 again. If you love it, but start dreaming of clutch control and manual gear shifting, then you know you need to invest more.

As a Briton, I appear to use either the traditional “fuckin’ 'ell” or “shittin’ 'ell” or the somewhat nonsensical “shit the fuck”.

I’d be interested to see if I could train myself to switch to “Good Lord!”, like some sort of gritty Northern “My Fair Lady”.