i used to have the Logitech MOMO FFW but it's broken for the third & last time (i'm sick of taking it back to the store to get a replacement)...it's a very poor/cheap build quality on the Logitech Wheel (i am always very careful with my usage... yet still the left gear paddle stopped working (it's just like the buttons you get in "Mice" , then the Steering would not align properly for more than 3 min (or a lap of Spa in GTR) , & last but not least the Accelerator & Brake Pedals started to fail (more very cheap buttons) this all happened in the space of one year & each time i took it back to the store they would replace it with a new one )... im guessing i'm not alone.
Anyway
now i use my Thrustmaster joystick (with throttle control) & find it quite fine... you would & should find it near impossible to play this game with the keyboard :P

No crashes or *errors to be found in GTR 2 on my old system

XP2800+
SATA
1Gig DDR400
6600GT
Sound Blaster Audigy 2

(1280x1024@85htz with settings on high)

(* i did find the shadows on some cars would disappear though & the rain comes in above the windscreen)

it's much more stable w/o Starforce imo & the loading times are brilliant...
i'll be buying it ... when it reaches Australia (hopefully at the same time as everywhere else in the World :yeahright