Another Fanatec wheel arrives!

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12thgear
Bonefork,

How bad is the wobbling? My RennSport Wheel Stand locks in very firmly at straight vertical position. There's a just a bit of flex wobble, but the entire stand is quite firm. Is there actual slop and play in your wheel stand?
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Yep, mine is solid as well, but IIRC there may have been some play until I messed with the upright angle slightly and then the stopper bolt caught it more firmly. I forget if there are drilled holes in there it needs to catch into or what? Perhaps move it a couple of degrees more or less upright and try to tighten it down again to see if that helps?

12thgear- what part of NoVA are you in? I work in Sterling and live in Leesburg, and have quite a lot of sim gear and projects I've been working on. Maybe we should get together sometime if you're nearby and compare notes.
 
AGP5000
The smaller paddles that come with the GT3RS V2 are the ones I have on my GT2. They have no deadzone like the ones that the GT2 come with. I love those things. I will get a picture up later with them on to show. I will agree, the stock paddles at the tips are a terrible design. You hit it, but it does not give the right pressure on the actual button to shift. Thus, the smaller paddles are ideal.
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Please do put up a pic AGP, I'd like to see that for sure.
 
will do Franjo. I will be home around 6pmEST US. about 6 1/4hrs from now. Once i get home, I will take the pics, and post them. I am surprised others have not figured that out by now with the GT3RS. Those smaller ones are the right size and fit for Fanatec. The big ones from day had too much "play" in them. That is when I discovered those and got a friend to send me a set. to say the least, 1000% better. No play whatsoever anymore, and great feel and size
 
12thgear
Bonefork,

How bad is the wobbling? My RennSport Wheel Stand locks in very firmly at straight vertical position. There's a just a bit of flex wobble, but the entire stand is quite firm. Is there actual slop and play in your wheel stand?
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If I try to use the perpendicular position (90 deg) it wobbles forward to back by about 2-3 degrees with moderate pressure, extra pressure loosens it another degree or so. If you look down you can actually see the knob bend under the stress.

I found after posting that if I use the ~100 deg angle position (so the stand leans towards you an extra 10 deg) I can get it nice and firm, how I would expect it to be. Only problem with that is then you have to move the pedals in closer and the whole thing takes up a lot more room.

So I probably have to take it back apart and see what's up, but my guess is the hole is malformed or something. Maybe I can drill it out a little? I'm not sure yet.

Also worth noting, mine does not look like this: http://www.fanatec.de/webshop/new_usa/popup_image.php?pID=88&osCsid=0c61b4a92e69129078c937d75e3fd5f0 ...instead of a knob at the center of the middle pipe I just have an awkward contraption that uses hex screws.
 
Interesting that the forward position is more solid. I'd take a close look at the hole for the 90 degree position. Perhaps there's some buildup there from powdercoating. You may be able to carefully drill it out a little so the knob locks in more firmly, but obviously you want to be very careful so you don't exceed the diameter of the locking pin.

And yes, that photo is outdated. Personally, I think the new clamp is an improvement. Less knee banging risk.
 
Starting to have issues with my second set of standard pedals that were purchased in February.

I've read online that the standards have been improved now. Can anyone confirm this?
 
Eh, I think not GTPosche. I am furniturerow421 on Fanatecwheel.com http://forums.fanatecwheel.com/index.php/topic,579.0.html This is a link regarding the issue. I am taking a hard stance on this. It is wrong IMHO, that Fanatec continues to sell a KNOWN FAULTY product. They said they gave it a go for a fix, but as of patch on FW, the updated pedals did the SAME thing within the SAME timeframe. So, as of now, no, they are not fixed. SO, after 5-6 sets of standard pedals they sent patch, they are giving him a set of CSP's free of charge. So they not only gave him 4-5 additional sets of PWP, now 1 CSP all at a cost of $50, and some R&D. How do you make money? (Patch did provide some helpful insight to Fanatec btw, so he earned his CSP's IMO)

If Fanatec is truly going into the upper echelon of SIM racing, they might as well just stop selling those, and use them purely for replacements. To me, this is fraudulent by Fanatec to continue to sell a product that will 99% of the time fail in a few months. Mine did. So, I took them up on the offer of $50 off the CSP's + Free S&H. But some cannot afford to do so, so Fanatec will continue to send you more Standard's. So, they are costing themselves a LOT of time and money over this, for really NO reason.
 
I haven't had any problems with my CSP pedals after using them for 11 months. My old turbo wheel I bought didn't hold up well, but the Turbo S is doing okay. I haven't done much endurance races or much driving since I got the regular Turbo S, though... hopefully i didn't just jinx myself.

In my experience, the standard pedals are like the basic logitech ones that came with the DFP/dfgt and don't hold up well if you actually do a decent amount of racing. I thought they would've changed the design of them by now in some way to remedy that. They'd lose range and start to malfunction over time. but i havent experienced much range loss, spikes or anything like I did in the past with standard Fanatec and Logitech pedals.
 
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mikemav
12thgear- what part of NoVA are you in? I work in Sterling and live in Leesburg, and have quite a lot of sim gear and projects I've been working on. Maybe we should get together sometime if you're nearby and compare notes.
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That's not too far. I'm in Falls Church. I'm not sure how much I can contribute as it sounds like your rig (rigs?) are much higher end, and it sounds like you have a lot more serious sim racing experience. Home theater is another passion of mine though, and I can help there. Especially when it comes to setup and calibration.
 
Although I'm not in the US it is standard procedure to get that email, I got the same one.


Kludger
Did any of you US guys receive your GT2 wheel without getting a UPS tracking number email?

On Monday I got that "Your wheel is shipping NOW" email but nothing since, and I have been following the Fanatec threads since Dec so I am trying to keep my hopes down until I see a tracking number email but I was curious if any of you received the wheel before getting the tracking number?
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I ordered my wheel Sunday and I already got both emails...UPS tracking # says my wheel should arrive next Wednesday, June 22nd.
left888
Although I'm not in the US it is standard procedure to get that email, I got the same one.
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Kludger
Did any of you US guys receive your GT2 wheel without getting a UPS tracking number email?

On Monday I got that "Your wheel is shipping NOW" email but nothing since, and I have been following the Fanatec threads since Dec so I am trying to keep my hopes down until I see a tracking number email but I was curious if any of you received the wheel before getting the tracking number?
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and to think I've been waiting since December for my GT2 & CSP :nervous:

Anyways, all the best with your new wheel.


Wiggs
I ordered my wheel Sunday and I already got both emails...UPS tracking # says my wheel should arrive next Wednesday, June 22nd.
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left888
cheers
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Yeah I hope you gets yours resolved soon too @left888, I actually almost ordered in Dec too but decided to hold off until the production/delivery/support problems got resolved, especially for those of us in NA it seemed NA was most impacted by that first production run.
 
This just seems so weird you guys are able to order those GT2s and get them swiftly. I wish it was like this back when I originally tried to order my GT2+CSP!

So--- the new standard pedals, are they still unreliable? From what I'm reading Fanatec never made them more reliable? Just curious if anyone else had an opinion on that but maybe it will take a few months for you guys to get settled in and break them in proper
 
As far as I know, my wheel is still working fine but there is something loose in the right hand button bank. I am getting a video ready to send to fanatec... Not even a week and something is wrong...
 
My power button is a little weird, takes several presses to get it on all the way. Why can't they just put in a heavy duty switch, maybe like the PS3 power switch? The whole GT2 wheel just feels fragile to me, compared to my T500. The CSPs are solid, the GT2? Not so much.
 
Friend of mine just received his wheel after months of waiting. He said it worked the first time he tried it out. Came back to it later and during calibration it displays 888 and stays all the way to the left. Good stuff there.

Hope you all have better luck than that.
 
Hey Guys, here is the paddles I was speaking of. This one had NO dead zone like the tips of the normal paddle shifters. You can see how its profile makes it easier to shift with. And with its size, wherever you hit it, it WILL make the shift for you.

Sorry I did not post this last night, too busy iRacing!

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MisterStatic
My power button is a little weird, takes several presses to get it on all the way. Why can't they just put in a heavy duty switch, maybe like the PS3 power switch? The whole GT2 wheel just feels fragile to me, compared to my T500. The CSPs are solid, the GT2? Not so much.
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Misterstatic, just curious why you have both the T500 and the GT2? Do you use the T500 only for PS3 and PC, and the GT2 for Xbox? How do you have them set up? On separate wheel stands?

Just curious.

Thanks!
 
@MisterStatic, how are you liking those Fanatec CSPs over the brakes that come with the T500rs? I've been thinking of adding on a pair eventually since I mostly game on my PC. I'm currently looking into which games will support CSP brake vibration with this setup
 
sandboxgod
@MisterStatic, how are you liking those

Fanatec CSPs over the brakes that come with the T500rs?
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Hey sandboxgod, correct me if I'm wrong but don't you have the Thrustmaster T500, if so aren't you happy with the pedals? Compared to my old Logitech G27 my T500 pedals are very good.
 
left888
Hey sandboxgod, correct me if I'm wrong but don't you have the Thrustmaster T500, if so aren't you happy with the pedals? Compared to my old Logitech G27 my T500 pedals are very good.
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Yes I am. But I can't help but be tempted to tryout a load cell setup. People are claiming it has shaved off 1 sec from their times and more. I am pretty desperate to get my timings reduced more in iRacing. However, what I will try first though is go into the iRacing thread here and try to get more tips so I can improve.

Fanatec has a bad rep when it comes to wheel delivery / reliability but their CSPs have a much better reputation at iRacing.

Plus if I decide to order an CSR I'll already have the CSPs

[edit] ok turns out there are some mods I can try to my t500rs brake pedal crysis averted
 
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Any news on the CS shifter, was hoping we would have seen it by now??

FWIW - i ordered my GT2 on 20th Dec 2010, shipping email 21st and i was using it by the 24th Dec 2010. In the UK so maybe a factor.
 
AGP,

So when I get my GT2 wheel, can I just remove my shifter paddles and these are on there, or did you order these? Just wondering if the GT2 comes with them already if I just unscrew the bigger ones. Thanks for the picture!
 
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