While it wasn't operational, the Wireless Racing Wheel was touchable (unlike at E3, where it was shown for the first time). The pedals impressed us - while most "walk away" ꦡfrom you when you slam on the gas or brakes, the 360 version features a little lip where you tuck in youꦚr heels. Essentially, you keep the pedals from moving. It felt comfortable when we tried it, but we didn't race with it.

Same goes 🐻for the Wireless Headset, a peripheral a lot of gamers have been eager to see. It's reported to be higher fidelity, louder, and all-around a major improvement over the wired headset. Because the Xbox 360 can recognize a whopping 40 different wireless channels, four players using wireless controllers and wireless headsets won't even tax the system. A soft rubber rin𒐪g wraps around your ear, and a padded speaker sits directly over your ear canal, while the reverse side features volume buttons.

The external HD-DVD drive was shown too, though it's not yetoperational. Our friends from Microsoft reiterated that the drive would not be used for gaming - it's purely a movie machine, so you don't have to worry about being "forced" to buy more hardware to play Halo 3 or anything silly like that.A USB cablesends the encrypted/compressed data from the movie disc to the 360, and the 360 itself is where it gets decompressed and conver𒅌ted into luscious video an♒d surround-sound audio. The drive requires external power, but there's two more USB ports on the drive for your trouble.