Logitech RS50 System review: $699.99 for an 8Nm base that already steers

The Logitech G RS50 System is one $699.99 listing on Logitech’s US store with a console switch on it. Order the PS/PC option and you get SKU 941-000264; order the XBOX/PC option and you get SKU 941-000272. Both cost $699.99 and share a name, a box list, a torque figure, and a maximum angle, and the console each one carries is what differs. Logitech describes what is inside as “the RS50 Direct Drive Base with the RS Wheel Hub and RS Round Wheel pre-assembled ready for you to plug and play”, with the RS50 table clamp, a power supply, a USB cable, and four T-nuts and bolts for a rig in the same box.

This is a separate product from the RS50 base, on a separate listing at a separate price. The base is $349.99 in its PC configuration and $449.99 in PS/PC, its package list holds a wheel base and nothing that steers it, and its own copy reads “Table Clamp for desk mounting sold separately”. This box steers as soon as it is plugged in. Neither box holds pedals, which is the purchase both defer.

Drive type	Direct drive. Logitech's feature block reads "Eliminate gear or belt driven motors and feel the power directly in the steering wheel"
Peak torque	8Nm. Logitech's wording is "up to 8 Nm of peak torque", and its spec table pairs "Torque" with "Up to 8 Nm"
Maximum rotation	"Up to 2700°"
Price	$699.99 for either console option, the regular price with no sale figure against it (US store, checked 28 July 2026). Tax, shipping, and store promotions excluded
Platforms	PS/PC SKU: PlayStation 5 or 4 and PC, with Xbox reachable through a $189.99 wheel hub. XBOX/PC SKU: Xbox Series X|S or Xbox One and PC, with PlayStation closed off
In the box	Wheel base, wheel hub and round steering wheel, power supply, USB cable, table clamp and base, 2 helper tools, 4 T-nuts and bolts, washers, hex key, documentation
Not in the box	Pedals of any kind, and a shifter
Mounting	Four T-nuts and bolts for a rig's own mounting holes, or the included table clamp for a desk. Logitech publishes no bolt pattern, hole spacing, or thread size for the base
Size and weight	Base with the QR adapter 161 x 185 x 180mm and 4.4kg; wheel hub 152 x 237 x 120mm and 758g; round rim 291mm across, 36mm deep, 662g
Connection	USB. Logitech's PC requirement on both SKUs is "Windows 11, Windows 10; 150 MB of available hard disk space; USB 2.0 port"
Warranty	2-Year Limited Hardware Warranty
Best for	A first direct drive bought as one purchase, on PlayStation above all, where pedals come later

What the extra $250 to $350 buys over the bare base

Three things separate the two box lists, and all three are the wheel side of the box. Quoted wording below is Logitech’s own, off that product’s own listing; the rest is a reading of the two package lists. Both were read on 28 July 2026.

	RS50 Base	RS50 System
Price	$349.99 PC, $449.99 PS/PC	$699.99, either console option
Wheel on the box list	Nothing that steers	”Wheel Hub and Round Steering Wheel”
Quick release	Not named on the listing	”integrated quick release”, in Logitech’s description of the box
Table clamp	”Table Clamp for desk mounting sold separately"	"Table clamp and base”
Power supply, USB cable	Both listed	Both listed
Rig hardware	4 T-nuts and bolts, washers, hex key, 2 helper tools	The same four items
Torque	”Up to 8 Nm Wheel Base"	"Up to 8 Nm”
Pedals	None on the list	None on the list

The clamp is the row that moves a total. A bare base bought for a desk needs the $29.99 RS50 Table Clamp on top, so its desk price sits $29.99 above its rig price. The System’s own copy is “The RS50 Table Clamp is also included in the box”, and its rig-and-desk block closes on “all the accessories needed to mount the RS50 onto a sim rig or onto the table”, so both surfaces cost the same $699.99 here.

One thing the System listing never mentions is the on-base screen. The string “OLED” appears nowhere in its source, counted on 28 July 2026, while the base’s own listing describes the base’s “customizable OLED display” that “lets you fine-tune settings on the fly”. The base inside this box is the product that listing describes, and the RS50 base review is where that display and TrueForce are covered against the field.

$699.99 against the same parts bought one at a time

Logitech sells all three parts separately, so the System’s price has something to be read against. Every figure below is that part’s own regular price on its own Logitech listing, read on 28 July 2026, with the stock reading Logitech’s store showed the same day.

Part	SKU	Price	Stock on 28 July 2026
RS50 Base, PC	941-000257	$349.99	70 available
RS50 Base, PS/PC	941-000249	$449.99	75 available
RS Wheel Hub, PC	941-000248	$149.99	Out of stock
RS Wheel Hub, XBOX/PC	941-000247	$189.99	12 available
RS Round Wheel	941-000232	$69.99	141 available
RS50 Table Clamp	943-001434	$29.99	88 available
RS50 System, PS/PC	941-000264	$699.99	531 available
RS50 System, XBOX/PC	941-000272	$699.99	284 available

The PC route saves $100. A PC base, a PC hub, and the round rim are $569.97, and $599.96 once you add the clamp the System already includes. That is the gap to weigh, and on the day those figures were read the $149.99 hub was the one part of the three Logitech would not sell.

The PlayStation route saves three cents. Start from the $449.99 PS/PC base and the same hub and rim are $669.97, or $699.96 with the clamp, against $699.99 for the System. On PlayStation the parts route saves no money, and what it buys is the choice of rim.

Which base part number Logitech puts inside each $699.99 System is the one thing its listing does not say. It names no base SKU at all, so treat the arithmetic above as a comparison of two purchases rather than as a markup on a known component.

Which console option is yours

Logitech states the rule for each machine in one block on the System listing, headed “Multi-platform Compatibility”: “PlayStation compatibility requires RS50 System for Playstation and cannot be added later. Xbox compatibility can be added to the Playstation version of the RS50 System via the The RS Wheel Hub for Xbox.” The doubled “the The” is Logitech’s.

Read that as a one-way door. PlayStation is fixed in the option you order, and Xbox rides in the wheel hub, which is a part you can add. So:

• PS/PC, SKU 941-000264. PlayStation 5 or 4 and PC out of the box. Adding the $189.99 RS Wheel Hub in its XBOX/PC option puts all three machines on one base for $889.98.
• XBOX/PC, SKU 941-000272. Xbox Series X|S or Xbox One and PC. No purchase in Logitech’s catalog adds a PlayStation to it later.

If you own a PS5 or think you might, order the PS/PC option even when Xbox is what you race today. Both options cost $699.99, and only that one can pick up the second console afterward.

Who it’s for

A driver buying their first direct drive as a single purchase, who wants the console flexibility Logitech routes through parts and is willing to buy pedals separately.

Buy it if:

• You race on PlayStation and want direct drive with PlayStation support already fixed in the box you order. The PS/PC option is also the starting point for a tri-platform setup later.
• You want a wheelbase you do not have to assemble or shop for twice. The base, hub, and rim arrive attached to each other, and the clamp and the rig hardware are both in the box, so a desk and a rig are the same purchase.
• You already own pedals, particularly G25, G27, G29, G920, or G923 pedals, which Logitech carries over with the $39.99 Racing Adapter.

Not the one if you race on PC alone and shop torque per dollar, where the Moza R9 gives 9Nm for less, or if you already own a rim and a hub, where the bare RS50 base is $250 to $350 cheaper depending on the configuration you need.

Watch-outs

• Nothing in this box brakes. The System is base, hub, and rim, and the cheapest Logitech brake-and-throttle set to put under it is the RS Pedals at $159.99, taking a full set of controls to $859.98. Logitech’s other pedal set, the PRO Racing Pedals, is $379.99 regular.
• The round rim is the shape most drivers swap. Logitech sells it separately at $69.99 and subtitles it “Steering Wheel for RS Wheel Hub”, and its own description points at “the demands of drifting and rally racing”. GT and formula drivers usually want a different shape, and the hub’s copy says any “Racing Series or Logitech G x MOMO steering wheels” bolt to it with the included bolts and key. See rims and quick-releases and the RS Round Wheel review, which reads that rim as carrying zero inputs of its own.
• 8Nm is modest for $699.99. What the price buys here is TrueForce and console reach. The Moza R9 and the Simagic Alpha EVO Sport both make 9Nm at prices their own reviews put in the $300s, on PC, and both leave a wheel to buy.
• The Xbox option cannot become a PlayStation one. Logitech says so in its own copy, and there is no adapter path in its catalog.
• Logitech’s own supported-games link is broken. Both SKUs’ System Requirements ask for a “Game that supports Logitech force feedback racing wheel” and end with “For a list of supported games, visit logitechG.com/support/RS50”. That URL redirected to a page returning HTTP 404 on 28 July 2026, so the listing states that title support matters and gives no working way to check it.
• Logitech marks no generation and no lifecycle. The listing carries a best-seller flag and no new-product flag, which are store badges rather than a place in a lineup, and no string of the V1, V2, Gen 2, or Mk II form appears anywhere in its page source, counted on 28 July 2026. Nothing Logitech publishes says whether a successor is coming.

What you can add later

Logitech names three paid paths on its own pages, each priced from that part’s own listing on 28 July 2026:

• RS Pedals, $159.99, SKU 941-000306. A brake and an accelerator with a heel plate, wall braces, and carpet grips in the box. Logitech’s requirement is “Windows with an available USB 2.0 (or higher)port”, and “PlayStation or XBOX compatibility requires connection to a compatible Logitech steering wheel”, which this box supplies. The missing space is Logitech’s.
• Racing Adapter, $39.99, SKU 943-000435. The part that carries G25, G27, G29, G920, and G923 pedals and a Driving Force Shifter onto this base. It replaces the RS Pedals purchase above rather than adding to it.
• RS Wheel Hub for Xbox, $189.99, SKU 941-000247. The one part that changes what the System runs on, and only in the PS/PC direction.

The pedals are the purchase that moves lap times most from here, and the pedal buying guide covers what a load cell does for brake repeatability against the travel-sensed sets in cheaper wheels.

Alternatives to consider

• Logitech RS50 base: the same 8Nm motor and TrueForce at $349.99 PC or $449.99 PS/PC, with no wheel, no hub, and no clamp. The one to buy if you already own a rim.
• Fanatec GT DD Pro: the other PlayStation-licensed direct drive, $799.99 and $919.99 in packages whose box lists carry a wheel and pedals, or $599.99 for the base alone, with a far wider rim range behind it.
• Moza R9: 9Nm on PC for a base price its own review puts at $349, so budget a wheel on top.
• Thrustmaster T598: $499.99 for a 5Nm console direct drive whose box holds a wheel and pedals, so it is $359.99 less than this box with RS Pedals under it.

If PlayStation is why you are here, order the PS/PC option and put the next $159.99 into pedals before you look at torque. A brake you can hit the same way every lap does more for lap time than the 1Nm between this and a 9Nm base.

Sources

Every Logitech figure above was read on 28 July 2026 from one of these, all returning HTTP 200:

• RS50 System, for the $699.99 price on both SKUs, the two part numbers, the box list, the torque and rotation specs, the dimensions and weights, the warranty, the platform rules, the mounting copy, and the System Requirements.
• RS50 Base, for the $349.99 and $449.99 configurations, that box list, the OLED description, and “Table Clamp for desk mounting sold separately”.
• RS Wheel Hub, for $149.99 on the PC option and $189.99 on the XBOX/PC option, and the stock readings on both.
• RS Round Wheel, for $69.99 and the rim’s own description.
• RS Pedals, for $159.99, the box list, and the requirements.
• RS50 Table Clamp and Racing Adapter, for $29.99 and $39.99.
• PRO Racing Pedals, for the $379.99 that makes the RS Pedals the cheaper of Logitech’s two brake-and-throttle sets.

Every price above is Logitech’s own regular list figure. No sale stood against any of them on the day, and both System SKUs read onSale:false with no second figure. A $629.99 sale stood against the System’s $699.99 on 25 July 2026 and was gone from the listing by 27 July. The prices for the Fanatec, Moza, Simagic, and Thrustmaster products named above come from those products’ own pages here, each carrying its own source and check date.

One link on the System listing does not resolve. Logitech prints logitechG.com/support/RS50 inside both System Requirements values as the place to find supported games, and it redirected to logitechg.com/en-us/support/rs50, which returned HTTP 404 on 28 July 2026.