I think it is completely outrageous that Microsoft believe they can treat their customers in such an ignorant fashion.
I also purchased this steering wheel thinking that it would work with Windows (due to the information provided on Microsoft websites!) and feel completly ripped of, now knowing that the force feedback does not work.
I will NEVER buy another Microsoft product! Well done guys you have lost another customer!
One quick addition to the other posts is that my wheel DOES VIBRATE when I am playing DIRT 2, I am guessing that this is related to Windows treating it as a control pad. It only vibrates when I go over jumps, but it definitely has some life in there somewhere.
This is the only occasion I have managed to get any feedback from the wheel at all.
I really hope Microsoft resolves this issue, or at least provides some feedback on it, so that I can once again have a little faith in them.
David