Another Fanatec wheel arrives!

[The Outlaw]

Nm

 

[Fanatec...]

Still struggling with the XP drivers but I am doing some progress. the 086 didn´t work but the 083 installed. Then I got better progress trying to install the 091 without uninstalling the 083 but it asks for a pwfilterusb file I don´t seem to have from the fanatec driver disc?

anyone here got one to share?

I got GT5P working now. important to enable the compability mode after you start the game but before you start a race or the pedals won´t work.

Please make sure you set back the system date of the PS3 to a date before 2007

 

[oqvist]

Did that it was incorrect timing enabling the compability mode that caused it

 

[asia minor]

boy is it hard to get a email reply from fanatec.

 

[bevo]

Got this email from fanatec today about the turbo s wheel.
Dear Forza fans,

The Fanatec 911 Turbo S wheel will be presented by Microsoft with the game Forza Motorsport 3 at the E3.
http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/The-Ultimate-Racing-Wheel-for-Xbox-360.htm

This game is a milestone in the racing game genre and not just an update of FM2.

The development of the wheel has been delayed one more time so that we will ship your order at the end of September. Some betatester will get it before that date.

The good news is that we will give you the game FM3 for free as soon as it is available. So beside the discount you already got you are now getting a AAA full price game as well.

This offer is only valid if you already paid or pay until 5.6.2009.

Best regards

Thomas Jackermeier
CEO Endor AG

Another delay. It will have been 10 months after my preorder that I will receive the wheel. At least forza 3 for free is a good deal. It sounds like microsoft is making them hold the wheel for the release of forza 3. I guess it will just make the wheel and the game that much more exciting, getting them at about the same time.

Maybe this delay is good news, after hearing all of the problems with their new pc wheel, hopefully the turbo wheel will work perfect with all the buttons actually doing something, and the clubsport pedals having the right lubricant. After all, the anticipation is always the best part.

 

[Delphic Reason]

Another 2 months to wait?

I'm all for perfecting your product, but this is rediculous.

 

[Biggles]

Another 2 months to wait?

I'm all for perfecting your product, but this is rediculous.

I don't know, IS it ridiculous? The RS wheel seems to have some unresolved issues with it, perhaps due to rushing it to market. What IS ridiculous is taking customers' money 10 months before releasing the product.

 

[asia minor]

N/a

 

[Delphic Reason]

I don't know, IS it ridiculous? The RS wheel seems to have some unresolved issues with it, perhaps due to rushing it to market. What IS ridiculous is taking customers' money 10 months before releasing the product.

Yes it is...

They should not have released the GT3 RS to market with so many problems. The wait itself isn't so much the problem. It's Fanatec's lack of foresight. They set completely unrealistic goals for themselves in terms of production time, so they constantly have to push the dates back. Then they release the thing when they know there are a lot of problems. They even put out a video telling you how to "fix" your product. It's asinine.

Now, I was already expecting to wait a few more months (late July I was expecting). Which should be enough time to iron out any wrinkles and get things straightened out.

This delay, however, is two fold....

Yes, they need to fix some problems, obviously. Yet, this news about the inclusion of Forza 3 (still waiting to receive an email myself to confirm) for free, leads me to believe Microsoft had a big part in when the wheel is released to the general public.

Furthermore, I'm going to have a beautiful new hand built cockpit (https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=116737), complete with center console and ebrake (which will be hooked up once I receive a second shifter set to take apart), and now I'm going to have to wait 4 months to use the blasted thing.

Fanatec! You better fix all these problems before you send out the Turbo S and Clubsport Pedals. You're losing a lot of support hear at GTP, which should be a scary prospect considering the sheer size of this community. You still have a chance to win the hearts of the masses, but you need to buckle down, get all your ducks in a row, and let the consumer know at every step what the status is. We have given you a lot of money, and thus deserve not only a quality product, but quality service.

 

[nissan tuner]

Finnaly, my GT3RS arrived in the mail yesterday! I can't wait to put it through it's paces.

Also, what's the big issue you guys are having with the RS? Broken parts or Firmware?

 

[13inned]

Can I ask a simple favor for those who own the GT3 RS and CSP? I just want to know if I'm the only one who has problems with a possible loose contacts on its wires.

The 3 wires are colored - red, black and white. It connects the brake pedals and the small PCB board. Can anyone do these simple test:

1. Open the Porsche Wheel Property page in order to monitor the braking levels.
2. Touch or move carefully and lightly those 3 colored wires.

Does it activate the brakes even without stepping on the brake pedal? This is my problem. Once those wires where moved or 'disturbed' while playing it would activate the brakes. These manifest as the car starts to slow down even if your on the accelerator. On some games like GTR2 you can notice your driver is stepping on the brakes even you're not actually stepping on it.

I could live with the firmware updates and short lapses on having proper instructions. But having mechanical or electronic problems is too much. I've waited long enough and a possibility of sending it back to Fanatec is already too much of a burden.

I hope somebody would help on this. I already sent an email to their technical support.

Thanks!

 

[Delphic Reason]

Can I ask a simple favor for those who own the GT3 RS and CSP? I just want to know if I'm the only one who has problems with a possible loose contacts on its wires.

The 3 wires are colored - red, black and white. It connects the brake pedals and the small PCB board. Can anyone do these simple test:

1. Open the Porsche Wheel Property page in order to monitor the braking levels.
2. Touch or move carefully and lightly those 3 colored wires.

Does it activate the brakes even without stepping on the brake pedal? This is my problem. Once those wires where moved or 'disturbed' while playing it would activate the brakes. These manifest as the car starts to slow down even if your on the accelerator. On some games like GTR2 you can notice your driver is stepping on the brakes even you're not actually stepping on it.

I could live with the firmware updates and short lapses on having proper instructions. But having mechanical or electronic problems is too much. I've waited long enough and a possibility of sending it back to Fanatec is already too much of a burden.

I hope somebody would help on this. I already sent an email to their technical support.

Thanks!

I believe, oqvist was having the same problem. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Berlusca76]

Can I ask a simple favor for those who own the GT3 RS and CSP? I just want to know if I'm the only one who has problems with a possible loose contacts on its wires.

The 3 wires are colored - red, black and white. It connects the brake pedals and the small PCB board. Can anyone do these simple test:

1. Open the Porsche Wheel Property page in order to monitor the braking levels.
2. Touch or move carefully and lightly those 3 colored wires.

Does it activate the brakes even without stepping on the brake pedal? This is my problem. Once those wires where moved or 'disturbed' while playing it would activate the brakes. These manifest as the car starts to slow down even if your on the accelerator. On some games like GTR2 you can notice your driver is stepping on the brakes even you're not actually stepping on it.

I could live with the firmware updates and short lapses on having proper instructions. But having mechanical or electronic problems is too much. I've waited long enough and a possibility of sending it back to Fanatec is already too much of a burden.

I hope somebody would help on this. I already sent an email to their technical support.

Thanks!

Try to re-assign the gas and the brake in the configuration menu' of the game,it worked for me.

 

[oqvist]

haven´t noticed that but my pedals aren´t moving around either.

 

[geo1098]

After seeing Forza 3 and not hearing a GT5 release date I am tempted to pre-order the game and see how well it measures up to GT5P. What stinks is there is really no option besides getting a Fanatec wheel. With all the problems everyone is having I just don't see paying $480 for a Porsche S wheel and CS pedals. Even the non CS pedal Turbo wheel has gone from $250 to $320. Every batch the price goes up and hardly anyone has their wheels yet! I don't see a whole lot of Fanatec wheels shipping at that price point, especially with all these quality problems...

 

[Mr Latte]

Well i had my rant earlier on regards certain issues.

Im glad that some of you too are sharing your thoughts, because one or two people moaning is seen as those being fussy people when more start agreeing then the issue(s) perhap do need attention.

Ive arranged my faulty GT3RS wheel to be returned today and funny thing is even though i have expressed my opinion here ive went ahead and ordered the Turbo S wheel and dongle. I cant show more faith in a company to not only pay upfront for delayed products, but also order a second wheel before replacement of a damaged one is sorted.
So for me and the cockpit project im doing i will use the GT3RS on PC and perhaps some PS3 (may prefer the feel of the alacantra) and use the Turbo S mostly for X360. This way i will spread the wear n tear across two products and connect both to the CSP by easily swapping out the wheel itself.


Please also Fanatec will you sort out silly stuff like "drivers" being were the instructions tell you to go and ensuring products have manuals. Come on their are so many little faults/issues that could be easily rectafied.
Really is it that hard to employ someone to do this kind of stuff, i just dont get it how a business that has a Porsche Licensce for heavens sake cant have the professionalism and business acqumen expected?

Also your Blog sort it out and have somone respond better to peoples enquiries, that place should be heaving with input and problem solving and used for issues like things mentioned here yet, you rely on forums?
Why hasnt a single other person mentioned anything about the cables, or their been an announcement on the site to inform customers.
Sometimes I get the impression Thomas/Fanatec is a one man show with Thomas doing almost everything, time to get more onboard and offer a better service, better informed community and better quality control.

 

[Delphic Reason]

haven´t noticed that but my pedals aren´t moving around either.

I stand corrected.

 

[Mr Latte]

@ GT3 RS wheel owners.

I HIGHLY suggest you try replacing the shorter metal slug found in the brake assembly (behind the sea foam peice), with the longer one included with the pedals. The longer slug cuts the brake pedal travel in half and makes the brake MUCH more responsive. The brake pedal really feels amazing now...so much better than how it came from the factory. It use to be really mushy and unresponsive until you got half way into the travel...now it's perfect. Doing this also helped me shave .6 off my lap time around Fuji, where being able to modulate the brakes is very important for the last sector 👍

Please do a report or even PM on your progress on tryIng to beat previous TT times you have done with pad.

Would be excellent to hear from all you guys on this tbh

 

[cpp214]

I would definitely be buying a 360+Forza 3 combo in the near future if it were not for the wheel compatibility issues even in light of the bugs/issues some of you have had, if not for the relatively steep price and long wait to get the Fanatec wheels. Since we are not getting GT5 until god-knows-when, I would definitely like to try out both Forza 2 and 3 when it comes out.

I've just already sunk too much money into my Prologue (waiting for GT5) setup to justify more expenses at the moment.

And yeah, TA, your setup looks great bro 👍
The Fanatec wheel looks great, and clubsport pedals look even better
Can't wait to hear your review at some point

 

[oqvist]

Mr Latte I don´t believe it was the issue about you complaining. It was just that you took it to another level. Like complaining there was to many options for paddle shifters which many would se as a positive and some wrong spelling on the parcel and such which maybe not all care about. Though many of your complaints I and I expect many others agree with and I am sure Fanatec is working on that already. But your complaints would maybe be better perceived if you mixed it with the good stuff I suspect.

It´s not really THAT bad. It´s actually the best wheel in the world by quite a bit in this price range when you get it going. I dare to say that. It´s just not quite as plug and play as most other wheels It´s still an amazing bargain for the price and the issues there is brake deadzone as of now really being the only biggie already being promised. Hope most have as good wheels as me and that it doesn´t brake tomorrow just because I say this.

As for Forza 3 and the Turbo S since Turn10 obviously already use it I just can´t see how it can fail. I ordered an 911 turbo S pure edition yesterday since I know I will want Forza 3 and a wheel to run it with. Hope the paddle shifters is detachable on the Turbo S as well if you would preferr to run without. I like it better on the RS that way. I would also preferr a bit more resistance. I think it goes away the fanatec school with so light resistance on the paddle shifters . Want to remember they where a tad stiffer on the 911 turbo.

 

[Gabkicks]

Forza 3 + wheel. was this already posted?

 

[oqvist]

new to me. Sloppy driving looked like he was running at 900 degrees or something

 

[Delphic Reason]

Looks good. Although, it looks like the wheel was in 270 degree mode or less.

 

[Delphic Reason]

More news. This time from the folks over at SimHQ:

Endor gaming’s CEO Thomas Jackermeier told SimHQ that the Xbox 360 Fanatec wheel should be on the market this Fall

Source:

http://www.simhq.com/_commentary/all_090d.html


That better just be the September release. Although, he doesn't sound so sure.

 

[fishfash]

The good news is that we will give you the game FM3 for free as soon as it is available. So beside the discount you already got you are now getting a AAA full price game as well.

This offer is only valid if you already paid or pay until 5.6.2009.

Best regards

Thomas Jackermeier
CEO Endor AG

On the Fanatec Website the Turbo S Wheel is still listed as having a shipping date of 23.07.2009.

Seems as though they want to inform the entire world of the delay by word of mouth but don't even attempt to update their own website

I better order quick by Friday then to get the FM3 freebie

 

[Gabkicks]

is the preorder date for the Free forza 3 june 5th or may 6th?

 

[fishfash]

I would have thought it to be 5th June, unless Thomas went into North American date mode for some reason

 

[versapak]

is the preorder date for the Free forza 3 june 5th or may 6th?

I am pretty sure it is June 5th, because it says for those that already paid, or those that pay until.

 

[Mr Latte]

Mr Latte I don´t believe it was the issue about you complaining. It was just that you took it to another level. Like complaining there was to many options for paddle shifters which many would se as a positive and some wrong spelling on the parcel and such which maybe not all care about. Though many of your complaints I and I expect many others agree with and I am sure Fanatec is working on that already. But your complaints would maybe be better perceived if you mixed it with the good stuff I suspect.

It´s not really THAT bad. It´s actually the best wheel in the world by quite a bit in this price range when you get it going. I dare to say that. It´s just not quite as plug and play as most other wheels It´s still an amazing bargain for the price and the issues there is brake deadzone as of now really being the only biggie already being promised. Hope most have as good wheels as me and that it doesn´t brake tomorrow just because I say this.

Regards the paddle shiftes. i pointed out when the first photos were shown on "VirtualR" thats not what the official photos showed with the silver.

I emailed Thomas regarding it, did he tell me then that not to worry cos you get the original ones with it for free, no he didnt. He expressed they changed them and even went to the bother of stating D Ganji from SRT preferred the new black ones. I relayed that here to keep people informed as officially Fanatec couldnt be bothered or didnt see it as important.

My BEEF was the misinformation, not about getting something free. Its things like THAT which should be posted IMO on the community website, but quite frankly the communication is weak.
Another issue with my Pedals now is that the cable on the brake has snapped/torn from the solder. This is bound to happen to others as well as these fine little wires are not protected and could easily be detatched. Even at first glance i thought this could be an issue, im just having no luck at all...

Ive emailed support so will see if they can sort with a new cable or else im going to have to get it soldered.

 

[oqvist]

But you did get the silver pedals with it? So why complain about them not being the default option? There was no misinformation in that regard since you got what´s on the pictures. That´s why I can´t understand that complaint. You just disassemble them with an allen key and you are done. Personally I preferr them without any of them so I do think they have a point really. Should maybe complain about the design more then the misinformation on them.

Sorry about your cable problem though have not had that with any of my wheels sounds like real bad luck.