This will be awesome for Forza 5. The most impressive racer for next gen.

The only other X1 steering wheel as of yet is from Mad Catz and that doesn't have a clutch pedal. And it looks like it's going to be as expensive.

The real point is that Microsoft needs someone to launch an affordable steering wheel that features clutch shifting or they'll lose a lot of fans whose current steering wheels aren't compatible with the X1. If the only options at the launch of the X1 is a 458 replica (with no clutch pedal) and another steering wheel that doesn't have a clutch pedal, then they'll be alienating Forza from people who can't afford to spend 1,000 dollars (including taxes) to play FM5 on the X1 with a steering wheel - especially since there are only two steering wheels available, as of yet, that don't feature clutch shifting.

Replica or not it should have a clutch pedal since it's supposedly the official Forza 5 wheel and Forza supports clutch and 6+1 shifters.

Why would any Forza fan that currently uses a complete setup want to spend more money just to go backwards? WTF was Turn 10 / MS and Thrustmaster thinking? Obviously they weren't. But than again Turn 10 could give or take wheel users. Their stance has primarily always been only a small percentage of our fans use a FFB wheel, pedal, shifter combo.

I will wait until a complete combo is made available before even considering to pick up an X1 or another Forza game.

I totally agree with both of you. I just was pointing out the only logical reason I could think they would do this..Haha.