Yes of course you are correct, it's just been many many years since I've played any of those games so I had forgotten just how many game do have it.
Still possibly a first for a AG racer, I can't remember in Star Wars Pod Racer on the Nintendo 64 had it.
There is still a possibility that FF will have steering wheel support, there is a lot they can do with it, as it's R8's only game, so they have a big list of things they want to try and implement, VR being one.