ISR: Fanatec’s New 911 GT2 Steering Wheel “Best” for GT5
With the launch of Gran Turismo 5, the steering wheel market is really heating up. Now, however, the bar has apparently been raised with the new Fanatec Porsche 911 GT2. The wheel is receiving high marks from users in our steering wheels forum, and there’s even more kind words from the hosts at InsideSimRacing, who called it part of the “best package” to play the game. Keep an eye on the wheel segment of InsideSimRacing’s Gran Turismo 5 review in the video above (you’ll find the wheel discussion begins at 24:45) for more, or watch Darin’s mini-feature on the GT2 here.
The first production run of GT2 wheels quickly sold out, but Fanatec is already taking pre-orders for the next batch which should arrive later next month.
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December 26th, 2010 at 2:35 pm - #Magic Ayrton
Just noticed that there are NO REPLAYS in 2 player split screen mode.. WHAT IS THIS??? This game is a step backwards.
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December 26th, 2010 at 1:44 pm - #LeMAD
No way I’m buying a $300+ videogame steering wheel, ever. No matter my income.
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December 25th, 2010 at 8:46 am - #Russ
Am I the only one who thinks it’s quite sad to have a £200 in your living room, still?
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December 26th, 2010 at 3:02 am - #Magic Ayrton
Yep.
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December 25th, 2010 at 3:31 am - #jasr73
I like the review the ISR crew did, there usually pretty balanced, I’ve been watching there stuff for about 12 months now and they’ve done some great reporting. However I do note they’re also pretty tight with Fanatecs founder…just sayin.
What’s troubling me is not that Fanatecs got a great product (if you’ve followed Fanatec story in the last year or so, you’ll know they’ve spent some serious dollars on RD, which has clearly paid off).
What’s concerning me is that PD dont seem to be fully in sync with Logitech where it counts. i.e. where is the full support for the G25/G27? Can they give us an indication of when a patch might be coming to sort the button mapping out?-
December 26th, 2010 at 3:02 am - #Magic Ayrton
They tricked us into thinking that our wheels would be perfect for the game and when everyone make a steering wheel purchase they drop a bombshell in the form of the thrustmaster T500RS what a bunch of !’#”[[#!S
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December 25th, 2010 at 2:55 am - #Gtkiller
I luv my g25 but I’m definitely thinking about upgrading. I’ll wait for the thrustmaster review before I decide if I wanna change to the gt2.
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December 26th, 2010 at 3:11 am - #Magic Ayrton
I seem to remember my G25 wheel feeling better in GT5 trial demo, these people are playing with us, they want to seel new technology so they downgrade the G25 feel.. we’re small fries.
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December 24th, 2010 at 12:09 am - #t.o.
The hypocrisy in this thread is amazing. I’m dying laughing at some of the replies. If they took the Porsche logo off and slapped a GT5 in it’s place got rid of the 360 compatibility AND even kept the price the same EVERYONE in here would be professing how this is the best wheel on the planet. But just because Porsche isn’t in the game and the wheel works with the 360 people here are doing the same thing they accuse those who don’t like GT5 do, inventing things just to hate. I don’t even have the newer wheel above, I have the “older” Porsche Turbo GT S AND I have the Logitech G27 and the Fanatec CLEARLY beats the Logitech in every way. And as they say in the review, the Clubsport brakes is almost like cheating with the Fanatec. Sorry guys it is what it is. Hate or not.
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December 24th, 2010 at 12:11 am - #t.o.
PS: I gotta link this thread to some friends so they also can get a good laugh. I’m sorry but some of the replies are just laughable. It’s like reading from kids who couldn’t get the better toy and they start making up reasons why the lesser toy is better than “that old fancy-dancy toy I didn’t want anyway”.
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December 24th, 2010 at 7:32 am - #MidianGTX
I was thinking along the same lines, but probably more for the reason they’ve all been told for so long that the G25/27 is the way to go and don’t want to let go of what they know. They’ve probably invested into those two and want to keep telling themselves they’ve got the best experience. Newsflash: things change.
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December 24th, 2010 at 7:47 am - #Bolg
I totally agree, it seems everyone with a G25 or G27 simply refuses to believe that a better wheel could possibly exist, I’m sorry but they are just glorified DFGT’s, the Fanatec GT2 and the Thrustmaster T500 RS are now the ultimate wheel’s.
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December 24th, 2010 at 3:44 pm - #t.o.
You guys are so right. Guess what, the Thrustmaster could come out and smoke everything up and down the road and if it’s true I’d be the first to praise it as a Fanatec and G27 owner. My only gripe would be for my personal needs it wouldn’t be the best fit since it doesn’t work with the 360 so for my needs the Fanatec would still be king but as a PS3 standalone wheel I’d give it it’s props all day long. Why, because things change and get better all the time. Some time in the not so distant future a wheel will come out and smoke everything on the market now, a little further down the time line yet another will come. That’s how it works.
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December 26th, 2010 at 3:09 am - #Magic Ayrton
Take the Porsche logo off? take the logo off? LOL, can you also take the whole design based on a 911 off too?? the shape of the wheel colour texture etc… Porsche aren’t in the game because they are has been fuddy duddies only kept alive by the pipe and slipper people, stuck up cars.. I owned a 911 and a Cayman S, got so much grief from all angles that I couldn’t wait to get rid of them. Sad but true, so I agree with those people.. who wants a Porsche wheel when it reminds you of all the things you hate the most. (sorry just my take) lol
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December 23rd, 2010 at 4:57 pm - #don-sf
erm…deadzones are important, very important.
if you people think all cars in real life have 900 degrees, you are sadly mistaken. not many cars actually use 900 degrees because its unpractical.
i have been enjoying gran turismo prolouge with the ferrari f1 car, but 900 degrees of steering in a f1 car is absolutely ludicris.
f1 cars use about 180ish degrees of steering…sometimes adjusts for different situations. but 180 and 900, that is day and night difference, cmon, get real…
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December 23rd, 2010 at 3:13 am - #Honchie
There is no way I’m going to sit through 50 minutes of that report.
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December 23rd, 2010 at 10:34 am - #Bolg
Thats probably why Jordan has given the time when the wheel review begins.
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December 22nd, 2010 at 8:48 pm - #Markyy
@Bolg: Since when are you using your DFGT? Btw yeah there’s should be Porsche as a DLC!!! I just bought my DFGT last 2 months.. And I’m lovin it.
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December 23rd, 2010 at 9:14 am - #Bolg
I got it a short while after it was released so I’ve had it at least a couple of years and it has taken a great deal of violent abuse.
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December 22nd, 2010 at 5:38 pm - #Bolg
So what’s the difference between the GT2 & GT3 RS? All that testing and they don’t even give a decent explanation. The GT2 looks a great wheel though, I’ll just wait and see what the T500RS is like now before I upgrade my DFGT which is gradually falling to pieces.
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December 22nd, 2010 at 5:21 pm - #StogyBear
I love how during the DFGT review he says there’s major dead zone issue as he is flinging the wheel but you could see on the screen its completely accurate and there is no deadzone whatsoever.
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December 22nd, 2010 at 7:34 pm - #Keyz13
You realize they are talking about “mechanical” dead zone. Lack of tightness in the center. G25 will NOT stay tight down the middle like a real car. Get a car going 20mph or more and the wheel will feel glued to the center, but not the G25, or any logitech products.
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December 23rd, 2010 at 3:29 am - #Abriael
actually the DFGT is quite tight in the center when the car is in motion. I’m not sure about the G25, but so much for “or any logitech products”.
Again, when you talk aboiut controllers, the term “deadzone” refers to control imput. If they’re talking about something else they shouldn’t use improper and misleading terms.
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December 22nd, 2010 at 1:40 pm - #recca
great review, I actually watch the whole show, these guys are totally fair with the pros and cons and I like how they want unlock everything first before giving it a final score because no one else was willing to do that
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December 22nd, 2010 at 1:32 pm - #YoanP
Ironic!!!
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December 22nd, 2010 at 11:25 am - #Geo_212
There’s absolutely no way I’m spending $500 on a stupid wheel… $250 for my out-of-the-box G27 was a huge price tag to begin with.
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December 22nd, 2010 at 10:20 am - #COOLfiat
YOU CAN’T PAINT THE CAR!!?? BULLSHI*!
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December 22nd, 2010 at 10:09 am - #Abriael
Don’t get me wrong, the Fanatec is a great wheel in it’s own right, but their comparison is 100% invalidated by the fact that they mention flaws on the other wheels that simply don’t exist.
For instance the alleged brake problems in which the brake pedals would go 100% input even when slightly depressed on the logitech wheels is completely untrue. You simply need to fully depress the pedal once for it to calibrate, and then it’ll perform spotlessly.
To be honest someone that markets himself as simulated racing experts should know that.Mind you, the overall review is pretty nice and fair, but the wheels part is simply not realistic.
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December 22nd, 2010 at 9:00 am - #Jos
whats wrong with having a deadzone? real life cars have a deadzone?
no deadzone will only give you way to much resistance in the middle? and probably oscillation…
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December 22nd, 2010 at 9:41 am - #occasionalracer
It is a little unrealistic actually, like if you jerk back and forth in the first 2 inch range a real car would be shaking violently but in GT nothing happens and therefore gives that initial steering input much less precision than it should. I’m gonna wait for the RS500 review in the near future and pick up the best rated wheel next summer. I’ve used the G25 since it hit shelves in 2007.
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December 22nd, 2010 at 10:03 am - #Abriael
I’mnot sure about the G25 and G27, but contrary to their description the DFGT doesn’t have the mentioned deadzone at all. Even the slightest movement of the wheel corresponds to a response of the car.
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December 22nd, 2010 at 11:55 am - #Rampage917x
I think they were referring to a Force Feedback deadzone on the DFGT which it has. I use a DFGT and I’m certain there is little, if any, steering deadzone.
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December 22nd, 2010 at 2:18 pm - #Abriael
Then he should use the proper terminology, or explain himself. When talking about a controller of any kind “deadzone” refers to the area of input where there’s no responsiveness.
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December 22nd, 2010 at 2:21 pm - #Abriael
by the way, even for force feedback the “deadzone” exists only when stationary (like in real cars) when at speed feedback will be immediate, I’m testing it now, and i receive feedback as soon as i move the wheel one mm left or right.
Goes to show how much they tested the wheels they didn’t want to put under the spotlight.
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December 22nd, 2010 at 8:38 am - #speedthrill
This is going to be the most honest review of GT5, thanx to the fact they wait for part 2, with the upadtes and all!
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December 22nd, 2010 at 8:38 am - #BWX
My G25 works great. I Don’t notice a “Huge deadzone”… But whatever. I’d have to try that wheel out before I bought it to see how much, if any, I think it’s better than the G25. Since that’s never going to happen, I guess I’ll never know. PS – getting my sim-seat SR-2 Platinum racing rig today.. Woot!
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