[psuedohippy]

Yes the paddles are used for shifting and that works great. The mounting system for the wheel kinda sucks, just look at the pics of it even, its not even flat where it mounts. It works ok but could be better.

The FFB portion of the wheel seems much weaker then my logitech FFB wheel. That being said all the games Ive played on it were out prior to the wheels release so maybe the FFB wasnt developed into the game well.

Forza is better but not much better. Im hoping in the full version you will have a feedback strength selection so you can beef up the feedback. Overall, its a good wheel but not a great wheel so far but only time will tell once some of these new games come out AKA Dirt, NASCAR and Please GTR find a way to get to the 360.