Soooo….
I’m sitting there thinking really hard about pulling the trigger on the simagic pedals and figure i’ll go look at the podiums one last time and notice closer to the bottom of the page something to the effect of; ‘mounting holes for future haptic support.’
….what the what?
And i have to ask, does that mean fanatec will release some sort of haptic product, similar to the simagics? Or if that’s just a generic mount for bass shakers, or whatever?
just looking for a generic, yeah, Fana’s working on something, or no that’s for 3rd party stuff. Figure, if Fana’s working on it the podiums might be worth buying. If not, its been so many years waiting, I’m just going to get the Simagics and move on. I’ve been using the csl’s, for far too long, waiting for a non suck haptic pedal solution, which seems as if it will never happen.
Appreciate any rumor mill, regardless of how general it may be.
Tyty!
I feel like being in an even weirder position.
I bought a $4K+ Origin gaming PC a year and change ago. Bought Bigscreen Beyond 2 VR headset that took 9 months to arrive, and my PC sat covered until it arrived because I only really enjoy VR racing now. That began with GT7 and PSVR2. But I'm finally in the very early days of PC sim racing and VR the past two months, and all I do when I have time right now is iRacing. Spent hundreds on the majority of cars and tracks I care about already. It's been a big pill to swallow but I'm nearly 50 and stuck to console racing since it was first a thing when I was in college in the late 90s, beginning with the OG Psygnosis F1 game and then Gran Turismo and everything else.
First off, I have zero regrets about the PC and iRacing investment. It's just better in terms of driving. Not by some huge factor, but without getting into it, I'm a driver in real life. Not a pro racing driver by any means, but a driver of loads of experience and reasonable skill/talent, karting, track days ... From Day 1 in the virtual world, I have wanted the most realistic thing I can get at home. With a great PC, great VR set, and iRacing, I feel like I have that in terms of purely driving.
The weirdness is, as a lifelong GT enthusiast as well, I have so much invested in it that my brain keeps telling me to stick with console AND PC compatibility so I can play in both worlds. Which means sticking with Fanatec. I have ZERO complaints with the FFB and how the hardware drives. I
knock on wood have never had the app and update problems others constantly report, right up until now with what went on last week. But the constant threat/feeling of problems isn't fun.
Long way of saying, I want the Podium pedals. I've never had a problem with my Fanatec V3s, but I hate the long throttle travel that isn't unadjustable, and I just want something new (stupid mental personal problem, I know). Despite all the forum/reddit comments saying the Podiums are overpriced, from what I see, that's arguable. Loads of folks saying these pedals should be active pedals, but I look at the Simucube prices for that tech and ... yeah, I need that to be like $2K for a total pedal set to even begin to THINK about buying that. I'm not into Moza for whatever reason.
However, PC-only gives you SO many more options for wheelbase, wheels, and pedals. Being emotionally tied to Gran Turismo is what is stopping me from unloading all my Fanatec gear and "upgrading," but I'm questioning why I don't just recognize that it has been a great 25+ years, but it's OK to move on. But it's just fun in its own way. It's a real shame after all this time that if you want to play on console, you have so few wheel/pedal options. And no, I ain't going to Logitech or Thrustmaster LOL
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