Caveat: this is my first wheel.
The steering wheel came after 2 days in a huge carton packaged very well with me on. Then goes without problems - The steering wheel is under Win7 Plug-and-Play (at least for me). If you want to change various settings (eg, Force Feedback settings) then you need to separate the Controll center of the Thrustmaster website. The installation at the table was very simple. Simply pull the clamp fixed - done!
The force feedback has more than fulfilled my expectations. In the tested games (Need For Speed Underground 2, Most Wanted, Pro Street, Shift, Burnout Paradise, DiRT 2 and 3) the feedback was super satisfied. The steering wheel is robust and can withstand even heavy impacts of times.
The pedals can be perfectly operate and make a good resistance.
All in all a very good wheel for little money. Strong buy recommendation!