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Yeah, that's what I suspected. Reports of them being too stiff are meaningless to me because I run my V3s with probably not even a third as much travel as seen in that video. I pretty much want my brake pedal to be as stiff as possible but with just enough travel and give that I can precisely control my pressure. And also so I can hit the pedal HARD on initial application to mimic a more realistic real race car experience. I'm well aware that my setup has actually less travel than most real race cars, but having several inches of travel on a sim is just wasted motion for me. And I've been running stiff pedals for so long, it feels wrong and just makes me drive much worse because unlike a real car, there is no feeling a true bite point coming through the pedal and through your rear end. The braking retardation in a game is conveyed visually and not physically through your body, so I drive far, far better when I don't have to figure out where in a long pedal stroke the braking force I want lies. By running a stiffer pedal with little travel, I can repeatedly hit the peak pressure I want on initial strike, then trail off precisely without needing loads of travel to do so. Having all that travel is a waste of time, but that's just me. I realize a lot of people might try my setup and find it equally difficult to drive. But when I have friends try it, they seem to adapt to it quickly whereas it takes me quite some time to adapt to long brake pedals when I try other setups outside of my house.
Anyway, yeah, I will get the Podiums when the three-pedal set is available. Not too bothered about the haptics or lack thereof. I barely even register the haptics on my V3s anymore.
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