Steering wheel to be replaced with PlayStation-style controller as manufacturer makes huge change to millions of models

THE traditional round steering wheel is to be replaced by a square Play­Station-style controller in millions of family cars.  Peugeot is putting the ­faster-reacting tech in its 208 supermini and other models from 2027.  The steer-by-wire “Hyper­square” has no mechanical connection to the wheels. At low speed, small driver input makes the front wheels turn…