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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Stuart Pritchard

Best racing wheels for gaming that will steer you to victory in 2025

Did you know that it’s borderline impossible to operate a real car using a thumbstick and a small selection of action and bumper buttons?

In fact, during a made-up experiment conducted back in 1958, the American Automotive Association ruled that an “undetermined percentage of serious fat-thumb-related road incidents could occur as a result of mis-dexterity”, which is why, in 1960, the use of steering wheels and pedals in cars became law in the US.

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