Fanatec acquired by Corsair

[Daz555]

I was wondering the other day what might have happened to TJ. Has anyone here heard any news of him since the final acquisition?
Any statements ?

Depending on how leveraged he was in Fanatec, I guess there is a chance he is now bankrupt?

 

[ANDRITSOULAS]

Depending on how leveraged he was in Fanatec, I guess there is a chance he is now bankrupt?

I do not think so. He made money all these years. No big financial problems for him i suppose.

I hope he will come up with a new sim racing equipment boutique brand in the future.

He and his team were giving milestones every once and a while in the sim racing community.

He has way more things to offer in sim racing.
Let's hope he is doing ok.

 

[super_gt]

As far as I know, shipping should be free now.

 

[super_gt]

Free shipping – limited time only! New product launches!

As a special thank you from Fanatec to you, our loyal customers, we are delighted to announce that we are offering free standard shipping on all orders for a limited time only. This means that you can save big on your next order, no matter the size.

Best of all, orders placed between now and December 15th will arrive by Christmas with this free shipping deal.

This deal runs alongside any other promotions we are currently offering, so you can combine savings. For example, if you’ve been eyeing the 15% discount on the ClubSport DD+, you can enjoy free shipping with it as well. This makes a great deal even better.

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For existing users:

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[super_gt]

 

[PJTierney]

That’s good, hopefully all the bases will default to QR2 too if they haven’t already.

 

[Scaff]

About time, but too late for me, one of the reasons I just ordered a Moza was the mess that quick releases are option wise with Fanatec right now.

 

[cjsrt4]

I commented on Will's Facebook post this morning regarding this. I literally had the McLaren wheel in my cart yesterday, but decided not to buy it because they wanted an additional 80 dollars for the QR2. Purchased it this morning and it was free with the wheel purchase. A few others cancelled their orders from yesterday and re-purchased today to save the money. Kind of stupid that they just do this out of nowhere.

 

[Nathaniel_Wu]

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In my opinion they should just get rid of QR2 Lite for good.

 

[NevilleNobody]

It was also a barrier for me and one of the reasons I bought the DD Pro was they threw in the base side QR2 for free.

 

[i386]

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Not jsut wheels but also the universal hubs. Sadly fanatec are out of stock for the xbox version (and also all wheel sets that use that hub)...

 

[Jump_Ace]

I got a random email about an RMA last week. I couldn't tell you what it could have been for, but it seems like they are churning through items in their CRM software 👍 I'm feeling 'back to normal' about owning my Fanatec gear now. Is the general consensus the same way?


Jerome

 

[PaMu1337]

The newly introduced QR2 wall mounts just got delivered to me, and interestingly the packaging prominently features Endor logo's.

Guess the packaging was finished up ages ago already.

 

[PJTierney]

The newly introduced QR2 wall mounts just got delivered to me, and interestingly the packaging prominently features Endor logo's.

Guess the packaging was finished up ages ago already.

Hopefully they’re decent.

I’ve been using some 3d printed ones for a year which are serviceable but seem to struggle with heavier wheels.

 

[PaMu1337]

Hopefully they’re decent.

I’ve been using some 3d printed ones for a year which are serviceable but seem to struggle with heavier wheels.

Just installed one, replacing a 3d printed one, and it's loads better.

The 3d printed one I had to pull back the release on the wheel to get it on, but this one works properly and just slides on. The wheel is also on quite solidly, where it was a bit wobbly on the 3d printed one.

And I'd say they're decently priced (still expensive for a bit of plastic, but whatever), as this set of 3 is only 50% more than what I paid for a single 3d printed one.

One thing to note, as I mounted it on an aluminium profile rig: where I could mount the 3d printed one using M6 bolts, these only fit M5 bolts. I had to search around for some M5 T-nuts to mount it (luckily I had exactly 2 still laying around)