Well I have both Gt3 and G27 and say G27 is just as good as the GT3.(I prefer the g27 over Gt3) You can tell that even some things about fanatec wheel looks and feels cheap. (all wheels seems to take some short cuts to reduce price)
So far every Logitech wheel I've bought still works today including the first FFB wheel for PS2. (of course it not supported by most games any longer epsecially since it's missing the d pad and most of the controller buttons)
Of course CSP are more heavy and nicer than the g27 pedals yet even g27 pedals is far from being crap.
Well that´s your opinion. I refuse to call something good which has a built in deadzone. The FF doesn´t have anything near the fidelity of even a Fanatec.
You might not feel it but i do and the facts back it up.
They are reliable i´ll give you that. (the wheel, not the pedals)
The wheel list thing was just a joke - no offense meant by it.
I do understand perfectly what you are saying. And I agree 100% with you the wheel is excellent, fanatastic even, or I would not be keeping my T500.
The insides might be the best there are in this price range, but the least they coul dhave done was make it look as good on the outside as it performs on the inside... that is all that is being suggested.
i know, just thought i´d give you a hard time there lol.
Agree, they could have made the outside better no doubt, but i guess the budget wasn´t enough, i really have no answer to that m8.
I think that there is no Right and Wrong here, there are only opinions, I find them all very valuable because I obviously have to make a good decision as I will be living with this for a while, always remember that we all have different need and requirements, the reason some people may think that this wheel is expensive is because (and I will use myself as an example), the only use for this will be on my PS3, I do not play games on my PC and once I am done with GT5 and NFS Shift, more than likely this thing will just sit as I wait for GT6 and NFS Shift 2.
If I relate this to Audio, you can have two pairs of speakers, be they High End or Low End with the exact same Frequency response, Total Harmonic Distortion, Same size Drivers (Tweeters, Midrange, Woofer), same Cross over Frequencies and they still are not going to sound the same or be equal, so you Cannot Just Read Specification Sheets and think that something is superior based on that!!!
As far as only the internal count, I dont know if that holds true in this case, you must remember, This is supposed to simulate driving/racing. One thing we can agree on is that must race cars and high end cars have materials on the wheel that become stand Motorsport expectations and Leather/ Alcantara just happens to be one of them
So, as far as I am concerned, the first thing you do when designing a Racing Wheel is give it the materials that racers expect!!!
Everyone has and deservers their own opinion, the thing to remember is that your opinion is exactly that
.YOURS, and no one can take that away, but we must respect other peoples !!!
That is just my personal opinion!
True, i´m sorry for what i said, of course it comes down to opinion.
But closing your eyes and just saying it´s overpriced is... well i´ll keep that word to myself lol.
If this "rubber" is so great, why cant I buy off the shelf professional race wheels with it? I was just at the SPARCO USA site, and all I found was leather and suede, didnt see an option for "the best rubber material as used on the T500RS".
Again, the point is that at the $600 price point the wheel could have been made to look as good as it functions for little to no extra cost.
To suggest that sude, Alcantara or leather are inhernetly inferior to this "new miracle rubber" is absurd.
But again, these are just opinions.
I strongly suggest you try a rubber wheel if you haven´t. they aren´t that bad and works great if your not sweating like a dog or planning on doing longer races.
Infact on my MOMO Force, the last problem i had was the rubber.
Suede or Alcantara is the best way of course. But if you buy a suede wheel you have to buy suede gloves since it wears out fast.
Nobody has said it´s inferior, just that everything is taken out of proportion here it seems.
Alacantra feels great but in the long run it is not practical as it beings to wear down. You have to use a brush on it every now and then. Using water is a no no. I have a alacantra steering wheel in my car and it is beginning to show signs of wear. Some people I know use driving gloves to keep the alacantra intact.
This is not true. You probably have a suede wheel.
Suede is leather, or more correctly the other side of leather. Basically you have the nice leather and on the other side the rough suede. It´s all leather and it wears fast without suede gloves.
Alcantara on the other hand is not leather. It´s a fabric.
And it does not need any care whatsoever.
I had Alcantara in my 320i from the factory and you can find it in cars from 320i to M3 CSL to 599 GTO.
It does not require any care and lasts just as long as other materials.
I'm not sure as I don't know a lot about thrustmaster but a lot of Internet talk says they are known for producing junk. Is this true or is it just the standard people who don't like it complain and those that do like it are too busy enjoying it to complain?
Yes they have been producing junk i agree but this time it´s different.
Now they had a mission to produce the best wheel on the market in this class specifically made for GT5.
So it´s a bit different then the other wheels they did which was very low-budget "slap on a ferrari sticker" type of wheels. Wheels not made for us can you say.
So the people that complain have no idea what type of wheel this is but eventually when the reviews get out they will also realise that this is something special.
ok i exaggerated there abit since the wheel obviously is made to get the most out of GT5. But still, i think IRacing just has the edge on other companys in terms of FF and general feel of the cars.
